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The 121 letters collected in this book document Martinu's life in his own words, beginning as a student in Prague and Paris, following his flight from Nazi-occupied France and charting his triumphs in American exile; the last letter is dated shortly before his death in 1959. They are addressed to his family and friends back home in the village of Policka, on the Czech-Moravian border. Kept at a distance by the Nazi occupation and then by Communism, Martinu was never to return there but, in a letter to the mayor, written as a gesture of solidarity after August 1938, he proudly described himself as a 'native son who is far from his home but who constantly returns - if only in his thoughts - with gladness - to that dear land - the most beautiful on earth.'
ISBN: 9780907689775
ISBN-10: 0907689779
Series: Musicians in Letters
Audience:
General
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 246
Published: 21st March 2013
Publisher: Toccata Press
Dimensions (cm): 24.0 x 16.5
x 2.9
Weight (kg): 0.696
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