General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Charlotte
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationVieux-Moulin
Send date30.03.1972
RecipientVannoy, Robert G.
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationMedford, Oregon
LanguageFrench
Language 2English
Call number at IBMVanR 1972-03-30b
Content and physical description
ContentCharlotta Martinů writes to Robert Vannoy that Rudolf Firkušný is with his family in the south of France and is touring all over Europe (he is currently in Israel).
ChM is grateful to the addressee for his love of Bohuslav Martinů's music. She also thinks the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2 is beautiful. Unfortunately, it is not played in Paris. Sasa Večtomov plays it often and very well.
ChM is also glad that RV still keeps in touch with Libuše and Nicholas Mara. They don't seem to know about Frank Rybka's suicide. ChM thinks it's a bit silly to take your life at 76 because of an unhappy love.
Thanks for the nice photos. She mentions her poor health limiting her. Gives the Florida address of Colonel [Alexander] Hess, who directly saw FR's suicide. Do the Moors know him? Would they want to know about FR?
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
NoteEnvelope attached; letter not written in Ch. Martinů's hand (probably dictated); only signature by ChM
FixationHandwriting
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
Location as subject
Brooksville, Florida
France
Israel
Paris
Person as subject
Firkušný, Rudolf
Hess, Alexander
Mara, Libuše
Mara, Nicholas
Martinů, Bohuslav
Rybka, Frank
Večtomov, Saša
Composition as subject
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra No. 2, H 304
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