General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderFeist, Leonard
Sender (corporation)Associated Music Publishers
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Send date27.09.1960
RecipientRybka, Frank
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationNew York, NY
LanguageEnglish
Language 2French
AcquiredFrom K. Maýrová 07/2018
Owner of the sourceInstitut Bohuslava Martinů
Call number at IBMAMP 1960-09-27
Content and physical description
ContentLeondard Feist apologizes to Frank Rybka for not being able to spend as much time with him during his office visit yesterday. He had to take care of some pressing obligations, so he could not deal with the situation regarding the CONCERT FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRA No. 2. Enclosed is a copy of a letter Bohuslav Martinů sent to [Richard] French in 1955, highlighting in red what BM wrote about the piece. He wished the concerto not to be published until he had edited the piece. However, he did not devote himself to the work after that. The decision to publish is now up to the survivors, who administer the composer's estate. Associated Music Publishers paid a relatively large sum for this work and also for the CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA. According to LF, publishing the composition is the only hope of recouping the investment.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
NoteAssociated Music Publishers letterhead.
FixationTypescript, handwritten signature
MarkingsNotes in French
AttachmentsCopy of Martinů’s letter; see AMP 1955-06-11.
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Date of digitisation2018
Note on digitisationCopy from K. Maýrová

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Person as subject
French, Richard F.
Martinů, Bohuslav
Composition as subject
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, H 292
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra No. 2, H 304
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