Sept 24.56.

Dear Ernest:

I am sorry to miss you all the vacation. I do not know what is going with Boosey & Hawkes, some people called me lately (H. Munch from Basel, P. Shermann form Toronto and others) where to get the score of Fantaisies, they received absolutely negative answer from B. &H.

So I do not undesterd any more. Our contract was signer in 1952 or 53, and I think it would be in interest of B. &H. To have this New-York price composition already longtime on the market. Charles Munch gave it now with Boston Symphony in Munich and Paris and several concert in States and there is still not the partition available could you explain me what is the matter? I do not stick usually to the contract, but this piece should have been already published and if B.&H. Is not interested I will take this work back. I am just amazed, they do not have so many compositions who were judged as the best of the year and I do not know what to answer to people who are interested. Please, let me know about it. We have to put an order in, there are other score who just stay in the drawer for B.&H.

I am leaving next week to Rome, my address est: 

American Academy.

5. Via Angelo Masina. Roma 28.

With my best regards

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B. Martinů