General information
Call number at the BM Institute175/A
Title of the composition Three Wishes or Inconstancy of the Life, H 175
Class of the sourceMusical source
Type of the sourceAutograph
Closer specification of the typeautograph score (French lyrics with Czech translation by Václav Renč)
Author Martinů, Bohuslav
Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges
Language 1French
Language 2Czech
Origin
Date of origin1929
Note on the date of origin1st movement: November 1928 - 1st June 1929; 2nd movement: finished on 8th April 1929; 3rd movement: finished on 28th May 1929
Place of originParis
Physical description
Diplomatic transcription of the title page[I. act:] [underlined:] B. Martinů. | [underlined:] „Les Trois Souhaits." | ou | [underlined:] „Les vicissitudes de la vie" | Opera-film en 3 actes de M. Ribemont Dessaignes. | [in lead pencil:] Prolog | [cross out:] Acte I | [in red pencil:] I. | Orchestre. | Grand orchestr avec | 1. 2. Saxophone, Jazz-flute, Flexaton, Banjo, Piano. [in lead pencil:] (Accordeon II acte) | [...?...] | [in lead pencil:] B. Martinů | [in lead pencil:] 11 bis rue Delambre Paris 14 (France)
[II. act:] [in red pencil:] II. | [underlined:] B. Martinů. | [underlined:] „Les Trois Souhaits." (Les vicissitudes de la vie.) | Opera-film. (Ribemont Dessaignes.) | [underlined:] Acte II. | [in lead pencil:] B. Martinů | [in lead pencil:] 11 bis rue Delambre Paris 14 (France)
[III. act:] [in red pencil:] III. | [underlined:] Acte III. | B. Martinů: | [underlined:] „Les Trois Souhaits." (Les vicissitudes de la vie.) | Opera-film. (Ribemont Dessaignes.) | [...?...]
Number of parts3
Number of pages bearing notationI.: 227p. + titulní strana/title page; II.: 215p. + titulní strana/title page; III.: 16p + titulní strana/title page; IV.: 44p. + titulní strana/title page; V.: 154p + 3 titulní strany/title pages
Total number of pages737 (I. - 232+8; II. - 221+8; III. - 16+6; IV. - 46+8; V. - 180+12
Original paginationI.: 1 – 227; II.: 1 – 220; III.: 1 - 235
Note on paginationI.: 1-227; II.: 1-220; III.:1-153; Le Départ: 61-153; Film: 154-235
Dimensions (width x height)290 x 402 mm
Bindingfirm binding
Paper characteristicsthick, creamy color
Number and arrangement of staves30; 28; 32
Distance between staff lines1 mm
Writing instrumentpen (black and blue ink), red and blue crayon, pencil
Diplomatic transcription of performing forces - 1st page of the scoreI. act
[1st page, underlined:] I. Choeur | (chanté) | Soprani: | Alti: | Tenori: | Bassi: | II. Choeur (parlé),
[2. strana:] Flauto picollo | Flauto I. | I. II. Oboe. | I./II. Clarinetti | B. |1. 2. Fagotti | 4 corni in F. | 3. Trompette C. | 1 2./3. Tromboni | et | Tuba. | Tympani | Tamburo pic. | Gr. Caisse | Piatti | Banjo. | Piano. | I. Choeur | II. Choeur (parlé) | I. | Violini II. | Alti[!] | V-celli | C. Bassi
II. act
Flaut. | Ob. | Clar. | |Fag. | 2 Corni | 1. 2. [...] | B. Trompette. | 3. | Trombone | et Tuba | Timpani | Gr, Caisse. | Piatti | Tambuto | pic. d nihil | Banjo | Piano. | I. | Viol. | II. | Alti [!] | V. celli | C. Bassi
III. act
Picollo | Flauto | Oboe. | Clar. | Fag. | Corni | Trp. | Trb. | Timp. | G. C. | Tamb. | Piano. | I. | II. | Violi | V. celli | C. B.
Content of particular pagesmarkings, translation from french to czech language
Markings by B. Martinůpencil, pen (black and blue ink), red and blue crayon: markings
Other markingspencil (by Václav Renč, May 1970): translation
CommentsPaper marks: T. Daguerre No. 1, Lard Esnault BFK Rives.
Few corrections scratched out, but no other significant corrections and no interpretation markings.
At the end of each act, Martinů's signature with the date of termination (Paris Janier 1929, Paris 8/4/1929, Paris 28. Mai 1929. B. Martinu).
Deposition
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
DepositionCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Call numberAc 117/1–5
Former ownerMartinů, Marie
Source

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Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Digitized atCBM
Date of digitisation2010
Note on digitisation13. fáze
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