Nov.20.55.



Dear Ernest:



I gave up a hope to hear from you but am trying just the same to provok [provoke] you I dont know what happened. My address is Great Northern Hotel 118 West 57 st. until decembre [December] 15. After I have an apartement [apartment] 108 East 60, Street. But if you have written at my old one 24 West 58 I would have get it. I wonder what happened with so many things, for ex. Am waiting for the correction of Fantaisies Symph; for the news of Locandiera & Julietta, for your decision of my scores what you take and what not, about the contract for next years and about so many things which I am describing to you and to your office for four months. I don’t know what to make of it, the N.Y. office has no news for me too and so I feel completely forgotten composer and do not know what to think of it. I receive every other day letters from Praha about “Otvirani Studanek” and Petrklic, and from Sacher I received news that you do not take Gilgamesh and from Australy urgent letters about oboe concerto and so on. I saw the corrections from Boston for Fantaisies, they are correct except page 11. where everything is right and only flute has b naturel and not b flat. The tittle will be: Dedicated to Charles Munch for the 75 Anniversary of Boston Sympnony [Symphony] Orchestra. (Comisioned by Charles Munch) I hope the piano score of Locandiera id [is] finished. And I hope I shall have your news very soon about all these things. Still regrette [regret] I missed you in Europe. We will go there in May.



My best regards.

Sincerely yours

[Podpis v.r.:] B. Martinů