General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderHeinsheimer, Hans
Sender (corporation)Boosey & Hawkes, New York
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Send date25.09.1945
RecipientŠafránek, Miloš
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationWestport, Connecticut
LanguageEnglish
AcquiredCopy from the Bohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička, the estate of Miloš Šafránek
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Call number at IBMBH 1945-09-25
Content and physical description
ContentHans Heinsheimer responds to MS's letter of 15 September 1945 regarding American performances of BM works, which he names with performers and conductors. He recorded the performance of SYMPHONY No. 2:
Pittsburgh with conductor Fritz Reiner,
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under Dimitrie Mitropoulos,
by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormand
at Sterling High School in Chicago under the direction of L. Blaha
MEMORIAL TO PEOPLE was performed at the Ravinia Festival under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf and by the St. Louis Philharmonic
TRE RICERCARE was performed by the Boston Chamber Orchestra with Bernard Zigher conducting.

For European performances of Martin's works, the MŠ refers to Erwin Stein of the London branch of the BH
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
NoteHeaded paper
FixationTypescript, handwritten signature
MarkingsConcept of letter to Erwin Stein was probably written by hand
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atCBM

Preview only available at the Institute.

Location as subject
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
London
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Westport, Connecticut
Person as subject
Blaha, Louis M.
Leinsdorf, Erich
Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ormandy, Eugene
Reiner, Frederick Martin
Stein, Erwin
Zighera, Bernard
Corporation as subject
Boosey & Hawkes, London
Chamber Orchestra of Boston
J. Sterling Morton High School and College
Minnesota Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra
Ravinia Festival
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Composition as subject
Memorial to Lidice [auth.], H 296
Symphony No. 2, H 295
Tre Ricercari, H 267
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