General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderDushkin, Louise
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Note on Sender‘s location[New York City, New York]
Send date27.02.1939
Send date noteYear of sending the letter written in pencil at the top of the letter, handwritten by an archivist
RecipientKusevickij, Sergej Aleksandrovič
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationBoston, Massachusetts
Note on Recipient‘s location[Boston, Massachusetts]
LanguageEnglish
AcquiredCopy from the Library of Congress, 05/2016
Owner of the sourceLibrary of Congress
Call number at IBMBSO 1939-02-27
Content and physical description
ContentSam [meaning Samuel Dushkin] wanted to write it himself, but he's just back from tour and is in bed with the flu. He is very excited about the new "Suite de Concert" for violin and orchestra by Bohuslav Martinů [CONCERT SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA, H 276 I] . The orchestration was not finished when LD left Europe, but he now has the full score. The piece has 5 movements and will last about 20 minutes. Sam considers the piece a most wonderful and valuable contribution to the violin and orchestral literature and would be delighted to play the piece with SAK! SAK is said to be coming to New York, could Sam show him the score of the Martinů?
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
NoteA transcription from the summary of the Kusevickij-Dushkin correspondence in the Library of Congress by Judith Fiehler, January 11, 2000, is also deposited at IBM
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
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Person as subject
Dushkin, Samuel
Kusevickij, Natalie
Kusevickij, Olga
Martinů, Bohuslav
Composition as subject
Suite Concertante for Violin and Orchestra, H 276 I
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