General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNice
Send date06.09.1954
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 1954-09-06
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů answers Jan Novák's questions: the name of SYMPHONY No.6 is "Fantasie symphonic", so it is not a symphony, it is unpublished and the first performance is by [Charles] Munch, so JN will have to settle for one of his other five symphonies. Radio BM almost doesn't catch it. The THREE CZECH DANCES for two pianos is supposed to be 15-16 minutes long, so the indication in the copy is wrong. THEATRE BEHIND THE GATE is not for JN to tackle, it was an impossible idea from BM. JN should draw attention to BM's KYTICI, which is little performed, there has not been a concert performance yet. BM has vague memories of CONCERTINO, but it's not his best work. CONCERT FOR PIANO No. 3 will be published soon and BM will have it sent to Eliska [Novak]. If JN needs anything in that Music Fund [?], BM can help him, he has friends there. BM regrets that he has not heard the WEDDING COSHILES. BM thanks for the greetings from [Jan] Kunec and [Břetislav] Bakala. BM asks JN to check with [Zdeněk] Zouhar if he has received his TWO [PETRKLÍČ] songs. By a note below the text, BM says that he has already received a reply from ZZ and everything is in order.
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
Prague
Person as subject
Bakala, Břetislav
Kunc, Jan
Munch, Charles
Nováková, Eliška
Zouhar, Zdeněk
Corporation as subject
Československý rozhlas
Moravská zemská knihovna
Composition as subject
Concertino for Piano and Orchestra, H 269
Theatre Behind the Gate, H 251
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, H 316
Bouquet of Flowers, H 260
Primrose, H 348
The Spectre´s Bride, H 214 I A
Symphony No. 1 [auth.], H 289
Symphony No. 2, H 295
Symphony No. 3 [auth.], H 299
Symphony No. 4 [auth.], H 305
Symphony No. 5 [auth.], H 310
Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques), H 343
Three Czech Dances [auth.], H 324
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