General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNice
Send date13.09.1958
RecipientRoth, Ernst
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationLondon
Note on Recipient‘s location[London]
LanguageEnglish
Language 2Czech
AcquiredCopy from British Library, Boosey & Hawkes Archives, 12/2019
Owner of the sourceBritish Library
Former ownerBoosey & Hawkes, London
Owner‘s call numberMs Mus. 1813/2/1/73/5. Martinu, 1958
Call number at IBMBH 1958-09-13
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů searched for MIRANDOLINY mastersheets in Nice, but did not find it. They must therefore be at B&H. B.M. has other complaints - his FOURTH SYMPHONY was not performed in Paris due to the unavailability of material. Similarly, TOCCATA E DUE CANZONI was announced on Radio Nice, but was not played for the same reasons. B.M. was not pleased.
B.M. hopes that E.R. gathered enough strength over the holidays to deal with his complaints. He points out that this cannot continue for financial reasons.
B.M. asks E.R. to decide the fate of the SECOND and THIRD SYMPHONY. E.R. promised to take care of FANTASIES in a smaller edition.
B.M. asks E.R. if B&H produced Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and if he could give him a copy.
B.M. asks E.R. to let him know as soon as possible about MIRANDOLINA's mastersheets.
B.M. dealt with the New York branch of B&H by sending mastresheets (probably autographs) of the SECOND and THIRD SYMPHONY and material of the FOURTH SYMPHONY.
B.M. sends greetings, hopes for an early meeting and sends E.R. his address in Nice.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
FixationTypescript, handwritten signature
MarkingsPen and pencil
Letter

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Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atBritish Library
Date of digitisation12/2019
Location as subject
Nice
Paris
Person as subject
Gershwin, George
Corporation as subject
Boosey & Hawkes, New York
Radio Nice
Composition as subject
Mirandolina, H 346
Symphony No. 2, H 295
Symphony No. 3 [auth.], H 299
Symphony No. 4 [auth.], H 305
Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques), H 343
Toccata e due canzoni, H 311
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