General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderHenderson, Michael
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationAmsterdam
Send date12/1978
Send date note[it was written on the Christmas wishing card]
RecipientNovák, Jan
Recipient (corporation)
Note on Recipient‘s location[probably Riva del Garda, Italy or Ludwigsfeld, Neu-Ulm, Germany]
LanguageEnglish
Acquiredcopy from Czech Museum of Music, from inheritance of Jan Novák
Owner of the sourceČeské muzeum hudby
Call number at IBMNovJ 1978-12-00
Content and physical description
ContentMichael Henderson sends further questions about the creative thinking and opinions of Bohuslav Martinů, which he asks Jan Novák to answer. During his holiday in Italy, MH wanted to visit Jan Novák in Riva, but was unable to catch him. On 22 November [correctly 23 November] Charlotte Martinů died in a clinic near Paris. MH enquires about BM's views on other composers (Claude Debussy, Josef Suk, Vítězslav Novák,...). According to Rudolf Firkušný, BM was deeply affected by the attacks on his integrity printed in Czechoslovak newspapers. What position would BM have had in the Czechoslovakia if he had returned to his homeland after 1948? JULIETTA had a successful English premiere last year and now they hope to stage GREEK PASSIONS. Finally, MH enquires about the life and work of the Czech-born composer František Kramář [also Franz Krommer], whose works have intrigued him. He wishes all the best for 1979.
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text4
Noteprinted Christmas wisches card from American Greetings Corp company
Fixationhandwriting and printed text of the Christmas wisching card
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour

Preview only available at the Institute.

Location as subject
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Paris
Riva del Garda
Person as subject
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Debussy, Claude
Dvořák, Antonín
Firkušný, Rudolf
Janáček, Leoš
Kramář, František Vincenc
Martinů, Charlotte
Martinů, Bohuslav
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Novák, Vítězslav
Smetana, Bedřich
Suk, Josef st.
Wagner, Richard
Composition as subject
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), H 253
The Greek Passion, 2nd version, H 372 II
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