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Content	Robert Vannoy received in the mail on July 21 a copy of Charlotte Martinů's book "My Life with Bohuslav Martinů", translated from French into English by Dr. Diederik Cornelius Dignus De Jong of Cincinnati, Ohio. The book was published in 1978 and this copy is dedicated to Vannoy by the translator with whom RV corresponded in recent years. The MC is undoubtedly familiar with the book. If not, it was published in Prague by "Orbis Press Agency" [?, published by Supraphon]. It is interesting and beautifully translated into English. MS and his wife [Germaine Leroux] are often mentioned there. RV found some surprising information there, especially regarding recordings: he did not know that the Kühn Children's Choir ["Paul Kuhn Children's Choir", probably meaning Jan Kühn] had recorded OPENING STUDIES, that Charles Munch had recorded exclusively for BM PARABOLY, and that Conrad Beck had a recording of PASTOREL FROM STOWE. These are beautiful tributes. It might have been interesting if ChM had written more about her life after 1959.
Total number of leaves	1
Number of pages bearing text	1
Note	envelope attached; handwritten notes (contacts)
Fixation	typescript, handwritten signature
Markings	in an unidentified hand