Sept.13.58.

Dear Ernest:

I was looking here in Nice for the mastersheets of Locandiera but didn’t find them, so they must be with you. I have some more complaints. We went to Paris to hear my Fourth in Radio, but it was not performed, material not available. We went to Radio Nice where Toccata e du e canzoni were announced but not played, material not available. How is it possible? You can imagine how glad I was. Je tam neporadek v archive. I only hope that you got a nice and good vacations and that you are full of new forces, plnej sily, to accept and investigate my complaints. Of course I will not make enough money never to pay my debts, if this could continue.

Please, decide also the destiny of the Second and third Symphony. You promised me to take care of the Fantaisies in not so BIG edition.

Did you publish the vocal score of Gerschin Porgy and Bess? Could you lend me one copy I will return it in one month. Please let me know about the masters of Locandiera, I will need it. New York Office asked me to send the masters of Second and Third symph; to you, which I did, also the masters of materiel of Fourth. What I do not understand what all these mastershets were doing in New York, with all music uloženej ve sklepě? Mystery; mystery.

Apart cela mnoho pozdravu and hope to see you soon.

We are in Nice until December 1; Address is 17bis 01. Boul. Mont Bron Boron, Nice AM. France

Yours [psáno v.r.]

[Podpis v.r.:] B. Martinů