General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, František (bratr)
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationPolička
Send date18.02.1946
RecipientŠebánek, Karel
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationPrague
Note on Recipient‘s location[Prague]
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy from Bohuslav Martinů centre in Polička which received the letter from inheritance of Karel Šebánek
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Call number at IBMŠeb 1946-02-18
Content and physical description
ContentMartinů in Polička has no published compositions by Bohuslav Martinů, only his manuscripts from his youth and study compositions by other composers. Nobody in Polička has anything either. František Šauer has one Sonata, who could lend it. But he doesn't know where the other sonatas might be. The following is an inventory of manuscripts of early BM compositions found in Polička. They received the radio bulletin late and so did not notice that the 2nd SYMPHONY was played. They only found out about its performance by the Philharmonic from a review in Lidovky. They must be careful not to miss the performance of THE FIELD MASS. [František Martinů] has a lump on his eye which he must have removed. They have already received 4 packages and 8 more are to come. Hopefully BM will have a place to stay in Prague when he arrives. Maybe he won't stay there long. The wind is blowing so hard they can't heat in the stove.
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text4
Fixationmanuscript
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atMartinů Centre in Polička
Date of digitisation2019

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Person as subject
Martinů, Bohuslav
Šauer, František
Corporation as subject
Česká filharmonie
Československý rozhlas
Lidové noviny
Composition as subject
Angel of Death, H 17
Ballad on Böcklin´s Painting “Villa by the Sea”, H 97
Czech Rhapsody [auth.], H 307
Chanson Triste, H 36
Two Songs on Russian Poetry, H 135bis
Improvisation in the Spring, H 132
What a Nice Time, H 106
Piano Quintet, H 35
Concerto, H 13
Puppets I, H 137
Puppets II, H 116
Puppets III, H 92
Little Dance Suite, H 123
The Little Lullaby [auth.], H 122bis
Nipponari, H 68
The Night, H 89
Nocturne No. 1 , H 91
The Fiery Man, H 71
Song of the 1st November, H 72
A Fairy-Tale of Goldilocks, H 28
Field Mass, H 279
The Village Feast, H 2
Prelude, H 86bis
Prelude No. 2, H 86
Prelude, H 85
Romance, H 12
Ruyana, H 100
A Dream of the Past, H 124
Six Polkas, H 101
Six Simple Songs, H 110
Death of Tintagiles, H 15
String Quartet in E flat major, H 103
String Quintet for Two Violins, Two Violas and Violoncello, H 164
Sonata in C Major for Violin and Piano, H 120
Enough of Happiness, H 81
The Shadow, H 102
Symphony No. 2, H 295
Three Riders, H 1
Three Lyric Pieces, H 98
Three Melodramas, H 83
Three Melodramas, H 82
Three Melodramas, H 84
Three Songs to French Texts, H 88
From Childhood, H 51
From Andersen’s Fairy-Tales, H 42
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