General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMuzika, František
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationPrague
Note on Sender‘s location[Prague]
Send date14.11.1934
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationParis
Note on Recipient‘s location[Paris]
LanguageCzech
Language 2French
AcquiredCopy from National Gallery Archives, personal collection of Fr. Muzika, inv. č. 268 (from G. Coufalová), 01/2026
Owner of the sourceArchiv Národní galerie
Owner‘s call numberArchiv NG-osobní fond Fr. Muziky, inv.č. 268
Call number at IBMMuz 1934-11-14
Content and physical description
ContentFrantišek Muzika writes to Bohuslav Martinů about the preparations for the performance of THE GAMES OF MARIA at the Brno theatre, where they have just begun to study the opera. FM met with [Antonín] Balatka. He was also supposed to meet the director [Branko] Gavell, but he left Brno. FM received the piano lifts of HER O MARIA from the National Theatre in Prague and learned that the opera would not be performed in Prague until the end of the season. FM liked the music of the opera very much. The affair with [Jindřich] Honzl is not lost yet [it is probably a matter of getting Honzl to direct the aforementioned production in Brno]. Time has been gained for negotiations, as the premiere is postponed from mid-December to January [the premiere took place on 23 February 1935]. BM is to arrange his stay in Czechoslovakia accordingly.
Scenically, PLAYS OF MARY will be very difficult, the most difficult FM has ever done. FM is troubled by the problem of stylistic unity of all the components, which are often very far apart. FM has given Balatka's address to BM, who will pass it on to [William] Ritter, who wants to send BM his libretto to set to music. FM sees little of Standa [Novak]. [Jiri] Herlod has died, this is the end of the Czech Quartet.
FM attributes greetings to Charlotte Martinů in French.
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text2
NoteCarbon copy of sent letter, no signature
FixationTypescript
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Date of digitisation2026

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Location as subject
Brno
Ljubljana
Person as subject
Balatka, Antonín
Gavella, Branko
Herold, Jiří (violista)
Honzl, Jindřich
Martinů, Charlotte
Novák, Stanislav
Pečírka, Jaromír
Pečírková, Anna
Ritter, William
Sachs, Milan
Corporation as subject
České kvarteto
Národní divadlo Brno
Národní divadlo v Praze
Composition as subject
The Plays of Mary, H 236
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