General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderFirkušný, Rudolf
Sender (corporation)
Send date09.01.1959
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationSchönenberg, Pratteln
Note on Recipient‘s location[Schönenberg?]
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy from Martinů Centre in Polička, Karel Šebánek Coll., 2018
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Call number at IBMFir 1959-01-09
Content and physical description
ContentRudolf Firkušný thanks Bohuslav Martinů for his letter and wishes him a speedy recovery. He apologizes for not writing to him on his birthday, so he sends him a belated congratulations. He has already written to Karel Šebánek about the concerts. RF has the scores of the CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 2, the CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 3 and the CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 4 (INCANTATION). The printed material is with Boosey and Hawkes. He sold them both materials at BM's request years ago and since then the organization has requested performance materials directly from them. He last performed the CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 2 in The Hague and Amsterdam with the Concertgebouw (Van Beinum) in October 1958. He also played the CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 2 in Krefeld and Munchen-Gladbach and in Luxembourg. He also played the CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 3 several times. There has never been a problem with the delivery of the material. RF does not understand why Ernst Roth does not know about this, both materials are printed and they took money for them. RF would have liked to keep the scores for study purposes. If BM would like details, he should write to M. Floothuis (Concertgebouw), he will know what materials they have received. The score and materials for the CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 4 (INCANTATION) are with RF at the request of Paul Fromm. RF will perform the work in Australia. He concludes with a farewell to BM and a greeting from [Martha Gerstel].
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypescript and handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atCBM
Date of digitisation2018

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Location as subject
Amsterdam
Australia
Hague
Krefeld
Luxembourg
Munich
Germany
Person as subject
Floothnis, M.
Fromm, Paul
Gerstel, Marta
Roth, Ernst
Šebánek, Karel
van Beinum, Eduard
Corporation as subject
Boosey & Hawkes
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Composition as subject
Incantation. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4, H 358
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, H 237
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, H 316
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