General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Note on Sender‘s location[New York, NY]
Send date11.09.1947
RecipientMartinů, Charlotte
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationVieux-Moulin
Note on Recipient‘s location[Vieux-Moulin]
LanguageFrench
Former call number at IBM45/105
Call number at IBMMarC 1947-09-11
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů writes to Charlotte Martinů that he has received her letter from Paris and regrets that she has seen so few people and that the journey was tiring. He advises her not to stress about things she needs to take care of, except for the CONCERT FOR CEMBALO, which BM desperately needs for publication and recording. They are expecting Rudolf [Firkušný] this week.
He complains of the unbearable heat and humidity in New York. Informs ChM that [Marie] Machacek is in better health, so they will leave [for Europe] on time. Asked [Alexander] Russell's family to write ChM directly for an address, but no one has responded.
BM has a new student from Brno [it is Jan Novak] who was at Tanglewood with [Aaron] Copland. BM has received music from Urbanek label in Prague and is addressing the shortcomings at Boosey & Hawkes, where [Hans] Heinsheimer was fired. Hopefully they will now work better with Melantrich.
Notifies ChM to tell Charles [Munch] that he has the score [SYMPHONY No. 3] and that the New York Philharmonic will pay for the rental of the orchestral material. [Ernest] Ansermet plays his SYMPHONY [No. 5]. He took care of the material himself, but in any case he also wrote BM to Karel [Novák].
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypewriting, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional

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Location as subject
Brno
New York, NY
Paris
Prague
Tanglewood, Massachusetts
Person as subject
?, Jana
Ansermet, Ernest
Copland, Aaron
Firkušný, Rudolf
Heinsheimer, Hans
Macháčková, Marie
Munch, Charles
Novák, Karel
Novák, Jan
Russell, Alexander
Corporation as subject
Boosey & Hawkes
Melantrich
Mojmír Urbánek
New York Philharmonic
Pražská konzervatoř
Tanglewood Music Center
Composition as subject
Concerto for Harpsichord and Small Orchestra, H 246
Symphony No. 3 [auth.], H 299
Symphony No. 5 [auth.], H 310
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