General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderHonzl, Jindřich
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationPrague
Send date27.02.1946
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageCzech
AcquiredCopy from Bohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Owner‘s call numberPBM Kd 121/1, 123/1
Call number at IBMHonJ 1946-02-27
Content and physical description
ContentJindřich Honzl thanks for his letters of 6 and 20 January 1946. The parcels have not yet arrived, according to reports from friends, parcels from the USA are lost regularly. From the beginning of the war he often thought of Bohuslav Martinů, he met with his tireless promoter [Karel Šebánek], who sold music at Orbis on Wenceslas Square during the war. JH describes feelings of despair and sees Stalingrad as a major turning point in the war. After May 1945, JH recommended BM's stuff to the new ND opera report; both Krombholz and Jeremias told him they wanted to give Martinů, but didn't know what. Hába told him at the opera on 5 May that in their general programme they had announced PLAYS ABOUT MARY, even conductor Kašlík was keen on it, but they didn't know if they would get round to it. BM chamber works were given in the previous year, this year II. BM will send the Hidden, but he would not agree with the choice of subject.
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text2
NoteTwo copies are deposited in CBM (Call No. 123/1 and 121/1). In the estate of Jindřich Honzl more typewritten transcriptions are attached
FixationTypescript
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
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Person as subject
Eliáš, Alois
Frank, Karl Hermann
Jeremiáš, Otakar
Kašlík, Václav
Krombholc, Jaroslav
Šebánek, Karel
Švec, Jan
Corporation as subject
Česká filharmonie
Národní divadlo v Praze
Orbis
Composition as subject
The Plays of Mary, H 236
Symphony No. 2, H 295
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