General information
Type of the document Varia
SenderBarvík, Miroslav
Sender (corporation)
Send date1955
Send date noteDeducated
Recipient
Recipient (corporation)Československý rozhlas
Recipient‘s locationPrague
LanguageCzech
AcquiredBohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Call number at IBMBarM 1955-00-00
Content and physical description
ContentThis is a text written by Miroslav Barvík for Czechoslovak Radio on the occasion of Bohuslav Martinů's 60th birthday. MB writes about BM as an artist who is known all over the world and whose work is the subject of lively discussions. BM has undergone an interesting artistic development in recent decades during events that have had a great influence on most artists around the world. He also mentions BM's native country, which has strongly influenced him. BM combined the influences of French composers and Igor Stravinsky with the development of our modern music, and remained a Czech musician at the core. MB gives a brief account of how BM came to Paris and how he shocked the world with his compositions HALF-TIME and LA BAGGARE (The Cry). He recounts the difficulties of BM's fate abroad. He concludes by praising BM's personality and talent, is glad that his works are being published and performed in this country, and hopes that BM himself will soon visit Czechoslovakia.
Total number of leaves4
Number of pages bearing text4
FixationTypescript
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atBMC

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Location as subject
Boskovice
France
Kunštát
Litomyšl
Paris
Polička
Prague
Russia
USA
United Kingdom
Person as subject
Dvořák, Antonín
Hamsun, Knut
Helfert, Vladimír
Honegger, Arthur
Martinů, Bohuslav
Roussel, Albert
Stravinskij, Igor
Suk, Josef st.
Corporation as subject
Česká filharmonie
Composition as subject
Half-time, H 142
La Bagarre (The Tumult), H 155
Memorial to Lidice [auth.], H 296
Songs on Two Pages, H 302
Songs on One Page, H 294
Field Mass, H 279
The Chap-Book, 1st version, H 214 I
The Chap-Book, 2nd version, H 214 II
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