General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderLippold, Gerd & Hannelore
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationOtterndorf
Note on Sender‘s locationKochenbütteler Weg 15
Send date05.04.1984
RecipientNovák, Jan
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationNeu-Ulm
Note on Recipient‘s locationAmmerweg 15
LanguageGerman
Acquiredcopy from Czech Museum of Music, from inheritance of Jan Novák
Owner of the sourceČeské muzeum hudby
Call number at IBMNovJ 1984-04-05
Content and physical description
ContentGerd Lipport thanks you for your prompt reply to the previous letter. The address of Jan Novak was obtained by GL on request from Mock's publishers. Thanks for the news about JN's family. Charlotte [Martinu] did tell him about Dora and Clara [Novak] but things have changed a lot since then. He and his wife [Eliška Nováková] are certainly happy that both their daughters are successfully pursuing art. Does JN still perform with his wife [as a piano duo]? GL studied JN's playlist with interest. He admits that he doesn't know much about JN's work. He only owns a gramophone record and a score of Capriccio, and once heard the Concerto for 2 pianos from a friend. He is interested in the possibility of acquiring more of his works. He wishes JN a happy birthday. He also responds to JN's previous letter. He knows Michael Henderson. He is very interested in the works of Bohuslav Martinů. GL met him in person at the Internationalen Martinů Kongress in Prague in May 1981, where they both gave a lecture (GL discussed the piano in BM's works). They met again in Prague later and became friends. He is also in contact with Jaroslav Mihule, secretary of the Bohuslav Martinů Society, and with Petr Eben. At the end of August, GL and his wife will visit Polička to celebrate the consecration of Charlotte and BM's grave and the reopening of the BM Museum. GL hopes JN doesn't mind writing so much about Czechoslovakia. Thanks to the friends they have made here, they love this country despite the political climate. He would write again in May. If JN travels north, he and his wife are welcome to visit.
Number of pages bearing text5
Noteenvelope attached
Fixationhandwriting, blue ink; preprinted text and picture of the Birthday card
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour

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Location as subject
Germany
New York, NY
Polička
Prague
Person as subject
Bořkovec, Pavel
Eben, Petr
Henderson, Michael
Kubelík, Rafael
Martinů, Bohuslav
Martinů, Charlotte
Mihule, Jaroslav
Mocek, Vladimír
Nováková, Dora
Nováková, Eliška
Nováková, Clara
Corporation as subject
Duo Eliška Nováková a Jan Novák
International Bohuslav Martinů Society
Libreria Musicale Zanibon
Městské muzeum a galerie v Poličce
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