General information
Type of the document Varia
SenderDaniel, Oliver
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Send date15.11.1977
RecipientFirkušný, Rudolf
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageEnglish
AcquiredCopy from University of Pennsylvania, call no. Ms. Coll. 382, arrived 2005
Owner of the sourceUniversity of Pennsylvania
Owner‘s call numberMs. Coll. 382
Call number at IBMFir 1977-11-15
Content and physical description
ContentTranscript of a telephone conversation between Oliver Daniel and Rudolf Firkušný, mainly about Leopold Stokowski. Bohuslav Martinů is mentioned by RF in several places:
- RF played with LS Martinů's CLASSICAL CONCERT No. 4. Unfortunately BM was not at the premiere, he must have been in Europe at the time. He hadn't heard the concerto but was sure it was a good performance.
- OD had heard the opera PLAYS OF MARY by Martinů in Prague.
- RF played Martinů's CONCERT No. 4 with Stokowski. He also played CONCERT No. 2 with [Bernard] Herrmann for CBS. RF premiered it in Prague in the 1930s, and then when BM was in New York he decided to change the orchestration a bit. This version is the definitive version and it was published and was first performed by Firkušny with Herrmann, and BM was present at the concert and was happy to hear the piece in this new version. BM took a lot of things out of the score, made it more clear and lighter. RF then played CONCERT No. 4 with Stokowski. This concerto was commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, and BM gave Firkušny exclusive performance rights for several years.
Total number of leaves7 + 2
Number of pages bearing text7 + 2
FixationTypescript + handwriting
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
Person as subject
Herrmann, Bernard
Stokowski, Leopold
Corporation as subject
Fromm Music Foundation
Composition as subject
The Plays of Mary, H 236
Incantation. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4, H 358
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), H 253
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, H 237
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