| Content | Bohuslav Martinů thanks Vladimír Vaněk for the ticket from Castiglione. Charlotte Martinů asks when VV gets to Rome if he would send her the Comp Acidal Pepsina. A doctor in Rome prescribed it for her, but they don't have it here. They will be in Nice from 1 April at the old address 17 bis Boulv. Mont Boron, again with a beautiful view of the sea and the smell of petrol from the motorway. BM has been working, has produced several minor opuses and is looking for a suitable subject for an opera, it should be a song, it would best express the current times. He has received a sad letter from Stockholm, poor [Jiri] Jakerle has taken it short, what will become of his mistress? BM had great success with PARABOLES in New York, his enemies say it is impressionistic, perhaps they are right. It was on the radio straight from Boston, but they had bad information, so they just got mad. [Charles] Munch will definitely play it in Paris. He scolded them in Brussels, and now they can tear themselves apart over the performance. BM remembers Rome, he read the life of Bizet, who was also in Rome. BM likes to reminisce about his wanderings, now he only walks in the woods with Charlie, he can't go uphill yet, so he doesn't go into town. BM says hello a lot and thinks that Mira [Vankova] will get married in Stockholm and that will be a glory! |