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::::Yes, I'm pretty sure the Double Concerto is for two groups of strings: that's the "double" part of it. Ken Thompson's ''Dictionary of 20th Century Composers'' (which is really a catalogue of various composers' works) says it is "for two string orchestras, piano and timpani". On folk music and Debussy, Britannica Concise's article [http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article?eu=396744] says "His early pieces combined the influences of Czech folk music and French composer Claude Debussy's music". Judging from his catalogue, interest in folk music continued into later years: there's the ''Variations on a Slovak Folk Song'' (1959) for cello and piano, and the ''Three Czech Dances'' (1949) for two pianos, for example. (I couldn't find my recording of the second pf concerto, by the way) --[[User:Camembert|Camembert]]
[[User:Geffers|Geffers]]: Does anyone remember the details about the Ken Russell film about Martinu. I seem to recall a woman at a sewing machine, and a lighthouse.
== Martinu's Debussy and Czech folk influences ==
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