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Type of the document	Letter, List of Works
Sender	Martinů, Bohuslav
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Sender‘s location	Paris
Send date	19.05.1939
Recipient	Jean-Aubry, Georges
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Recipient‘s location	Paris
Language	French
Acquired	Copy from Eric Van Lauwe
Owner of the source	- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Former call number at IBM	63/2
Call number at IBM	Jea 1939-05-19

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Content	Thanks for everything, he'd be happy if he could have B. Chester (for the publication of the Double Concerto); it would not make a good impression if the manuscript of the Double Concerto were sent direct from Boosey; he will arrange for the score to be delivered to Mr. Gibson through some intermediary; believes that the work could be a commercial success because it is a composition for strings; knows from UE that Bartók's work, which is also partly for double strings, was in great demand; sends a list of works but does not have sheet music for all of them and some works are in exclusive use as STRING TRIO NO. 2 - Trio Pasquier, STRING QUARTET No, 5 - Pro Arte, CONCERTANT DUO (Georges and Victor Desarzens); he would be particularly interested in the location of the THREE FRAGMENTS FROM THE OPERA JULIETTE or the short piece extracted from the opera [PLAYS OF MARY] - La legende et la Nativité; wants to compose a Suite of Czech Dances for orchestra in the style of Dvořák's Slavonic Dances, it could be an excellent item for an editor; asks for someone to give him English lessons; is Jean-Aubry going to write a review of TRE RICERCARI?; asks for it to be sent, as he would need it for Boosey to promote when the score comes out; has not yet found a single criticism of this concert in Paris, although there have been five performances.
Total number of leaves	1 + 1
Number of pages bearing text	2 + 2
Note	The envelope is attached to the letter; the sender's address (B. Martinu): 31 av du Parc Montsouris, Paris; the receiver's address: 11 bis rue Théodore de Banville, Paris 17e
Fixation	Handwriting
Attachments	List of works (LOW) by Martinů is attached to the letter.