General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNice
Send date26.11.1954
RecipientNovák, Jan
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationBrno
Note on Recipient‘s locationBrno, Žižkova ulice 1
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy from Czech Museum of Music, Jan Novák collection, 2019
Owner of the sourceČeské muzeum hudby
Call number at IBMNovJ 1954-11-26
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů still corresponds with Brno and Polička and forgets about Jan Novák. BM has heard how they celebrated his birthday in Brno and elsewhere and would like to be among them for a while, but for now he is sitting in Nice. The Prague quartet was a great success in Belgium. BM is still putting off work. The sun has not been visible for several days through the clouds and rain. [Karel] Shebanek wrote that JN had some help. BM still does not want to ask only [Zdeněk] Zouhar, so he asks JN for old Russian liturgical chants, probably Byzantine [probably for the preparation of the GREEK PASSION]. But not those by [Zdeněk] Nejedlý. Perhaps the neighbors [i.e., the USSR] published something about a Russian choir using a special voice leading. BM wouldn't understand the words, but perhaps the notes are the same. BM would like to adopt the special voice leading. BM can find sources on Byzantium in New York, but it's harder to find sources on the choir. Just type in the name and publisher. BM won't be disappointed if JN can't find anything. JN has to write about himself, how the hut building is going. BM is having fun now reading [František] Bartos and [Leoš] Janáček's book - it's informative, just a pity about Janáček's terms, which BM doesn't understand. BM greets both [JN and Eliska Nováková].
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationhandwriting
Attachmentsenvelope attached
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atCzech Museum of Music
Date of digitisation2019

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Location as subject
Belgium
Brno
New York, NY
Polička
Person as subject
Bartoš (etnograf), František
Janáček, Leoš
Nejedlý, Zdeněk
Nováková, Eliška
Šebánek, Karel
Zouhar, Zdeněk
Corporation as subject
Pražské kvarteto
Composition as subject
The Greek Passion, 1st version, H 372 I
The Greek Passion, 2nd version, H 372 II
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