| Content | Bohuslav Martinů hopes to finally meet Ernest Roth while he will be in Europe now and will remain there for a year as he holds a job at the American Academy in Rome. Most likely they could meet in Paris, where BM will be in early May. BM is interested in how the communication with Erich Leinsdorf turned out about the possibility of performing LOCANDIERA. Given that EL is now the director of the City Center Theater in New York, this would not be a bad start for its launch. LOCANDIERA should last two hours with two breaks, which according to BM is the usual length of this musical form [BM responds to previous correspondence, where the ER talks about the problem of the length of the work: BH 1956-02-14]. BM suggests a possibility of playing one act from COMEDY ON THE BRIDGE as a introduction ("lever du rideau").
BM never got the vocal part back from B&H for the third act of LOCANDIERA, so he can't even send it back, as ER asked him in the previous correspondence [BH 1956-02-14]. However, BM would like to see the scores again. BM also did not receive any manuscripts, so he will contact David Adams [New York branch of B&H], who is in charge.
BM is sorry that his contract with B&H has expired, as he now has works that would certainly be successful. BM also recalls that last year he won the Music Critics Award for SYMPHONY No. 6. BM still doesn't know much about the contract with Artia, he just hopes that everything will go well. In Czech, BM adds that he "needs money".
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