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Type of the document	Letter
Sender	Martinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s location	Nice
Send date	13.09.1958
Recipient	Roth, Ernst
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s location	London
Note on Recipient‘s location	[London]
Language	English
Language 2	Czech
Acquired	Copy from British Library, Boosey & Hawkes Archives, 12/2019
Owner of the source	British Library
Former owner	Boosey & Hawkes, London
Owner‘s call number	Ms Mus. 1813/2/1/73/5. Martinu, 1958
Call number at IBM	BH 1958-09-13

Content and physical description

Content	Bohuslav 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 leaves	1
Number of pages bearing text	1
Fixation	Typescript, handwritten signature
Markings	Pen and pencil

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Digitisation

Quality of digitisation	Not professional colour
Digitized at	British Library
Date of digitisation	12/2019

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