General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Send date29.12.1958
RecipientSchweighofer, ?
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageEnglish
Language 2French
Acquiredcopy from Dominic Winter Auctions sale, 2020
Owner of the source- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Call number at IBMSch 1958-12-29
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů thanks Mr Schweighofer for his letter. He sends him a page of an old manuscript because he is now having writer's cramp. In the enclosure to the letter BM writes that he [presumably Charles Munch] thinks that he has forgotten to write him a work in thanks for performing his score in New York [presumably SYMPHONY No. 6]. He apologizes for his delay, but ChM himself knows well what life is like for a composer who needs to earn money for the next month. Since receiving the Grand Prix he has had a little more time, which he has used to write a new three-movement score for ChM. The following is a description of the new piece.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Notethe letter contains a note written in lead pencil: MARTINU KOMPONIST
Fixationhandwriting
AttachmentsFrench notes are attached to this letter
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Date of digitisation2020

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Person as subject
Munch, Charles
Composition as subject
Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques), H 343
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