"Umělec nesmí nikdy ztratit odvahu, ať se děje, co se děje" : Jan Novák a Bohuslav Martinů ve světle vzájemné korespondence (1947–1959)

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to inform the professional public about the project of processing mutual correspondence of Jan Novák and his teacher Bohuslav Martinů in the years 1947–1959. Sources for this work are part of the unprocessed estate of Jan Novák relatively recently deposited in the Czech Museum of Music in Prague. The primary research on the subject of the project will be realized by the joint musicological team for the first time. The key motivating factor of this project is the centenary of the birth of composer Jan Novák in 2021, to which the joint research team of the Institute of Musicology of the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University and the Bohuslav Martinů Department will direct the publication of a book publication. Since the personality of Jan Novák has so far lacked his own book monograph on life and work, as well as a catalogue of works, this publication should serve as the first representative professional entry into the issues of his musical thinking and complicated life path. At the same time, it should become a starting point for further biographical research, as Jan Novák's relationship with Bohuslav Martinů was crucial for his lifelong artistic orientation.

Keywords

• Jan Novák
• Bohuslav Martinů
• correspondence
• music
• biography