General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderZrzavý, Jan
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationOkrouhlice, Czech republic
Send date15.02.1968
RecipientZouhar, Zdeněk
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageCzech
AcquiredCopy from The Museum of Czech Literature
Owner of the sourcePamátník národního písemnictví
Call number at IBMZou 1968-02-15
Content and physical description
ContentJan Zrzavý tells what he remembers about his meetings with Bohuslav Martinů. They met in 1924 in Paris. They did talk about music with BM, but JZ is a layman. BM was studying folklore a lot at the time. JZ mentions a few songs they talked about. Once JZ asked Martin about the song Parlez-moi d'amour, Zrzavý liked it very much and BM said it was quite ordinary. But then he used it in the waltz in ŠPALÍČEK, which was confirmed by [Miloš] Šafránek. He and BM were at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées for Stravinsky's ballet The Wedding. BM was apparently going through a creative crisis at the time. JZ thinks that Jaromír Špaček, whose address he gives, and also Mr Lokaj, another Parisian friend of BM, could tell Zouhar more.
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text3
NoteCarbon copy
FixationTypescript
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atMuseum of Czech Literature

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Location as subject
Paris
Person as subject
Lokaj, ?
Martinů, Bohuslav
Martinů, Charlotte
Šafránek, Miloš
Špaček, Jaromír
Stravinskij, Igor
Composition as subject
The Chap-Book, 1st version, H 214 I
The Chap-Book, 2nd version, H 214 II
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