Measuring Monarchy - Tim Hames
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Korespondence Bohuslava Martinů s nakladatelským pracovníkem Karlem Šebánkem (1903-1980) je dalším dílem kritické edice skladatelovy korespondence. Soubor dopisů, který vychází ve dvojjazyčném, česko-anglickém, vydání, pochází z let 1929 až 1949 a je cenným dokladem přátelství dvou mužů, jejichž osobní i pracovní životy ovlinily události 20. století. Z Francie odesílané dopisy z 30. let prezentují Martinů touhu získat dobré místo a vrátit se zpět do vlasti, stejně jako neutuchající snahu o zajištění provozování svých děl a jejich vydávání, v čemž je mu nápomocen Karel Šebánek. Korespondence ze 40. let 20. století dokládá nejprve komplikující se předválečnou situaci, složitý únik skladatele a jeho manželky do USA, poválečné dopisy doplňují mozaiku životních peripetií na pozadí zhoršující se politické situace v období nastupující studené války.
Bohuslav Martinů's correspondence with publishing worker Karel Šebánek (1903-1980) is another part of the critical edition of the composer's correspondence. The collection of letters, published in a bilingual Czech-English edition, dates from 1929 to 1949 and is valuable document of the friendship of two men whose personal and professional lives were influenced by the events of the 20th century. Letters sent from France from the 1930s present Martinů's desire to get a good position and return to his homeland, as well as his relentless effort to ensure the operation of his works and their publication, in which he is assisted by Karel Šebánek. Correspondence from the 1940s first documents the complicated pre-war situation, the complicated escape of the composer and his wife to the USA, the post-war letters complete the mosaic of life vicissitudes against the background of the worsening political situation during the coming Cold War.
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