This content was automatically translated from the original language. The original content is available by clicking the link below.
Bohuslav Martinů odpovídá nyní lépe na dopisy Jana Nováka. Doufá, že se mají v Koníničkách [tj. Kníničky - obec, kam se Novákovi přestěhovali] dobře. BM si prohlédl Novákovy "Baleti" - je v nich jiskra, ale JN si to dělá moc lehké, nevyužije materiál a už kouká po novém, nehraje si s tím a je lajdák. BM se ptá, co JN dělá a co od BM mu chybí v knihovně. DVOJKONCERT má jen jednou, tak ho nemůže poslat, ale pošle něco jiného, pokud bude JN chtít. BM chce popsat jejich nový byt. Je to v Brně, nebo někde "u ďábla"? Frank Rybka psal, že je JN teď spokojený. BM ho takového nezná. Jak to dělají, když musí Eliška [Nováková] cvičit a starat se o děti a JN komponovat? BM se snaží dohnat svou bývalou váhu. Do města ještě nemohou. Těší se oba [se Charlotte Martinů] v březnu do Nice. Z jeho kritik si JN nemá nic dělat, ale taky si nemá dělat kompozici moc lehkou. Možná je to teď u nás v módě? JN má napsat novinky z vlasti.
Show AI translation
Bohuslav Martinů now answers Jan Novák's letters better. He hopes that they are well in Konínice [i.e. Kníničky - the village where the Novák family moved]. BM has looked at Novák's "Ballets" - there is a spark in them, but JN makes too light of it, doesn't use the material and is already looking for new material, doesn't play with it and is sloppy. BM asks what JN is doing and what is missing from BM's library. He only has the double-concert once so he can't send it, but will send something else if JN wants it. BM wants to describe their new apartment. Is it in Brno or somewhere "by the devil"? Frank Rybka wrote that JN is happy now. BM doesn't know him like that. How do they do it when Eliska [Nováková] has to practice and take care of the children and JN has to compose? BM is trying to make up for his former weight. They can't go to town yet. They are both looking forward [with Charlotte Martinů] to Nice in March. JN shouldn't make light of his criticisms, but he shouldn't make light of composition either. Maybe that's the fashion in our country now? JN is to write news from the homeland.
Show original