October 29, 2023

Dear Nathaniel,

Earlier this afternoon, before you sent me your Lobkowicz e-mails, Nikola 
Chubrich telephoned me, and I entertained him with an account of your
Kafkaeske encounter with Dr. Petr Slouka, Curator of the Lobkowicz Music 
Archive at Nelahozeves. Nikola, who told me that he had recently been 
depressed, mentioned that he had met a Lobkowicz descendant at Milton 
Academy and that he, Nikola, had many years ago visited a Lobkowicz castle 
in Chechia, I believe with his parents.

I find the articles about William Lobkowicz to which you sent me the URLs
very persuasive, and I conclude that capitalism, that money, is the key to
liberating the numerous musical manuscripts, including those of Carterielli 
held hostage at Nelahozeves. The threshold issue is whether you consider it
worth your while to involve yourself, perhaps even to spearhead an
enterprise - business or more likely non-profit - to arrange for the copying,
digitalizing printing and publishing all the musical manuscripts obtainable
from Nelahozeves. Probably seed money would have to be obtained from
private benefactors. Hypothetical benefits to you personally would be
a) that you would get the scores and the parts you want, b) that by
involving others, e.g. Kathryn Libin, Martin Pearlman, Petr Slouka,
the Dante Aleghieri Society, ... etc. your professional profile would
be raised, and c) you would be entitled to reasonable compensation for
your efforts. If you're interested, we should talk about it; if not,
I don't want to take your time with my ideas. 

Thank you for all the food.