Two Newly Obtained Letters by Bedřich Smetana
| Pages | 93-113 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/muscz.2019.003 |
| Keywords | Bedřich Smetana, Alexander Dreyschock, Bivoj Vocal Society in Budyně nad Ohří, Gothenburg, correspondence |
| Citation | MOJŽÍŠOVÁ, Olga . Two Newly Obtained Letters by Bedřich Smetana . Musicalia. Journal of the Czech Museum of Music / Časopis Českého muzea hudby . Prague: National Museum, 2019, 11(1-2), 93-113. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/muscz.2019.003. ISSN 1803-7828 (Print), 2533-5634 (Online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/mjotcmom/11-1-2/two-newly-obtained-letters-by-bedrich-smetana |
In 2017 and 2018, the Smetana Museum added two of Bedřich Smetana’s letters to its collections. The letter written on 18 April 1859 in Dresden, the day before the death of the composer’s first wife Kateřina, was addressed to the piano virtuoso Alexander Dreyschock, and it is a major addition to Smetana’s still rather sparse correspondence from the 1850s. The second letter, dated 9 January 1882, is an expression of thanks to the Bivoj Vocal Society in Budyně nad Ohří for the conferring of an honorary membership. The study presents an edition of the two letters including a description of the sources, places them in the context of Smetana’s correspondence, and characterises Smetana’s relationships with Dreyschock and Bivoj on the basis of the information contained in the letters and the few other sources.
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