General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationRome
Note on Sender‘s location[Roma]
Send date14.09.1957
RecipientDiamond, David
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageFrench
Acquiredcopy from the Library of Congress; David Diamond Papers, box 46, folder 2; 03/2020
Owner of the sourceLibrary of Congress
Call number at IBMDiaD 1957-09-14
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů and his wife are now back in Rome. From Switzerland he received a commission for a concert [FANTASIA CONCERTANTE. CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 5]. He was also in the mountains, which was really refreshing in this heat. He is now composing again, but his hand still hurts - he will be treated in Switzerland and then go to Rome again. In Rome he would then like to meet David Diamond, unless his plans have changed. He hopes DD is well. It is clear that he would rather like the Academy [American Academy in Rome] to be located in the more interesting Florence instead of Rome. BM made great use of the library services there, especially the Roman history pages. He misses it very much, as well as news from friends: [Clemens] Brenatan and Scibner [Olga Schneeberger]. He will be back in Schoenberg from October. There he will premiere EPOS OF GILGAMES, and then the GREEK PASSIONS will be performed in Zurich.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypescript with handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atLibrary of Congress
Date of digitisation03/2020

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Location as subject
Arosa
Basel
Zürich
Davos
Florence
Schönenberg, Pratteln
Switzerland
Person as subject
Brentano, Clemens
Martinů, Charlotte
Schneeberger, Olga
Corporation as subject
American Academy in Rome
Composition as subject
The Epic of Gilgamesh [auth.], H 351
Fantasia concertante. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, H 366
The Greek Passion, 1st version, H 372 I
The Greek Passion, 2nd version, H 372 II
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