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Type of the document	Letter
Sender
Sender (corporation)	Universal Edition
Sender‘s location	Vienna
Send date	10.05.1950
Recipient	Dressel, Heinz
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s location	Münster
Language	German
Acquired	Transcription of part of a letter from the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna (Universal Edition depository), written by Karolína Böhmová, 12/2019
Owner of the source	Universal Edition
Call number at IBM	UE 1950-05-10

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Universal Edition responds to Dressel's request to send recent scores for review. First, UE he lists works that have had great recent success. According to Dressel's requests, only those works, are mentioned , which are both "musically valuable" and "modern in conception" and "suitable for success with the public." Work (?) by F.[rank] Martin is listed first and Martinů's CONCERTO GROSSO as "similarly successful". The scores are sent via Schott.

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Transcription of a part of the letter

Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.

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Martin, Frank

Martinů, Bohuslav

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Schott Music GmbH & Co.

Composition as subject

Concerto Grosso, H 263

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