Milý Miloši: Dopisy Bohuslava Martinů Miloši Šafránkovi
Dear Miloš: Letters of Bohuslav Martinů to Miloš Šafránek

Author(s): Vít Zouhar, Gabriela Coufalová
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Music, Diplomatic history, Recent History (1900 till today), Philology, History of Art
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: composers; friends and associates; musical life
Summary/Abstract: A collection of correspondence with Miloš Šafránek, Czech diplomat, music publicist, promoter of the work and biographer of B. Martinů contains diplomatic transcriptions of one hundred and sixty-eight letters, six postcards, five correspondence notes, one telegram and one sticker from the period 1928-1959. The correspondence is mostly one-sided, addressed to M. Šafránek, with M. Šafránek being the sender of only two items. The authors of the edition respect the specifics of Martinů's linguistic expression, which is why they chose the method of diplomatic transcription of letters. The entire text is supplemented by extensive annotation, which not only illuminates the historical context and the political situation in the most turbulent years of the 20th century, but also comments on the genesis of the works, the circumstances of performing, recording and publishing Martinů's compositions.

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