General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderŠafránek, Miloš
Sender (corporation)
Send date13.07.1940
Recipient
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageCzech
AcquiredCopy from the Bohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička, the estate of Miloš Šafránek
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Call number at IBMŠafM 1940-07-13
Content and physical description
ContentMiloš Šafránek draws the ambassador's attention to Bohuslav Martinů, from whom he has received desperate letters from the south of France. BM begs him for a visa to the USA, which could save him from a concentration camp. He was blacklisted by the Protectorate as an emigrant who disobeyed the summons and did not return to Prague by the end of January 1940. The performance of his compositions is banned at home and royalties blocked. BM is also compromised as an active member of the Resistance in France, so it is not impossible that the Germans will demand his extradition. BM has money for travel and has immediate opportunities to commission his manuscript compositions. He has a good reputation with conductors - MS mentions [Sergei] Koussevitzky, [Artur] Rodźinski, [Otto] Klemperer. He also mentions [Elisabeth] Sprague-Coolidge, and a friendship with [Samuel] Dushkin.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
FixationTypescript
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
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Location as subject
Czechoslovakia
France
Paris
Prague
USA
Villefavard
Person as subject
Dushkin, Samuel
Klemperer, Otto
Kusevickij, Sergej Aleksandrovič
Martinů, Bohuslav
Munch, Charles
Rodziński, Artur
Sprague-Coolidge, Elisabeth
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