General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Send date31.10.1942
Send date noteMonth barely legible, "Nov" corrected to "Oct"; date of premiere of Symphony No. 1 Nov 13, 1942, confirms the letter was written before the date, i.e. in October
RecipientBurk, John N.
Recipient (corporation)Boston Symphony Orchestra
Recipient‘s locationBoston, Massachusetts
Note on Recipient‘s location[Boston]
LanguageEnglish
AcquiredCopy from Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives, 03/2026
Owner of the sourceBoston Symphony Orchestra
Call number at IBMBSO 1942-10-31a
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů sends John Burke his text on SYMPHONY [No. 1]. BM found it easier to write in French and therefore asks JB to translate the text. He looks forward to seeing him next week in Boston.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
FixationHandwriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atBSO
Date of digitisation2026

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Composition as subject
Symphony No. 1 [auth.], H 289
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