General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderNovák, Jan
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationBrno
Send date04.03.1955
RecipientŠebánek, Karel
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationPrague
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy from Martinů Centre in Polička, 2019
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Call number at IBMŠeb 1955-03-04
Content and physical description
ContentJan Novák thanks Karel Šebánek for his letters. He had hoped to be able to satisfy him, but he has neither the score [CONCERTINA for piano and orchestra] yet, because the copyist was in surgery, nor a photograph [presumably of the score of the same work], because Soukal [?] is taking time. If KS has nothing against it, he will send one photograph directly to Polička. He will send the score as soon as possible. [Jan Novák made an arrangement of this piece for two pianos for the CHF, which the CHF published in 1956 together with the original version of the piece.] The CONCERTINO is lovely and charming music and it would be a shame to let it lie. In the meantime, before JN sends the score, KS can have the piece played at Czechoslovak Radio, where they have a recording with [Břetislav] Bakala and Eliska Nováková at the piano. JN doesn't know why [Jiří] Berkovec doesn't let it out on the radio. Eliška Nováková is now practising a new Martinů [apparently SONATA FOR PIANO]. KS's news of the contract with London [perhaps with Boosey & Hawkes?] has raised hopes among the composers of the Brno Composers' Union (JN encloses their letters). BM promised to send Jan Novák a CONCERT FOR TWO PIANOES, but what good is that if he can't get the material. Does the contract also apply to Associated Music Publishers? JN would like to play the CONCERT FOR TWO CLAVES with EN and perhaps also with [Karl] Ančerl. [...] JN has read the New York reviews of SYMPHONIC FANTASIES - those guys are really scared of it, but the reviews shouldn't reach Czech readers or BM might be banned again.
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text3
Fixationhandwriting
Attachmentsattached is the letter from Brno Composers Union to Karel Šebánek from 19.02.1955 (also kept at IBM under call no. Šeb 1955-02-19)
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atCBM
Date of digitisation2019
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Location as subject
London
New York, NY
Polička
Prague
Person as subject
Ančerl, Karel
Bakala, Břetislav
Berkovec, Jiří
Firkušná, Karla
Kasíková, Marie
Martinů, Bohuslav
Nováková, Eliška
Soukal, ?
Corporation as subject
Associated Music Publishers
Boosey & Hawkes, London
Československý rozhlas
Český hudební fond
Svaz československých skladatelů
Composition as subject
Concertino for Piano and Orchestra, H 269
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, H 292
Sonata for Piano, H 350
Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques), H 343
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