General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationSchönenberg, Pratteln
Note on Sender‘s location[Schönenberg]
Send date21.10.1957
RecipientVaněk, Vladimír
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationRome
Note on Recipient‘s location[Rome]
LanguageCzech
AcquiredCopy from V. Vaněk papers at Czech Foreign Affairs Ministry Archive, 2021
Owner of the sourceArchiv Ministerstva zahraničních věcí ČR
Call number at IBMVanV 1957-10-21
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů explains the longer pause because his typewriter was broken. Also during their stay in Paris, both he and Charlotte Martinů got the flu and are now unable to get along. In addition, ChM got bronchitis. BM just coughs, sneezes and swears. Everything had to stop, even the Clavier Concerto [No. 5] and the opera [Greek Passions], because BM couldn't get to Zurich because of his illness. BM thanks for the letters and for the reviews. He has news that Moravan had success in Brno with THE HORSE OF THREE LIGHTS. BM thanks for the photo with Palestrina, glad VV took them there to see it. BM is just lounging around now and it will be hard to get him back to work. BM looks out the window at the sky and like a good American, curses the US administration and the President for getting jumped by Sputnik. Paris was spectacular, except for the flu. Now they're adapting to a new environment in the hills where it's real quiet.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
FixationTypescript, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Digitized atMZV
Date of digitisation2021

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Location as subject
Brno
Zürich
Paris
Person as subject
Martinů, Charlotte
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Corporation as subject
Moravan
Composition as subject
Fantasia concertante. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, H 366
Mount of Three Lights [auth.], H 349
The Greek Passion, 2nd version, H 372 II
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