| Diplomatic transcription of the title page | [original title page missing; new cover from BMC:] Bohuslav Martinů / IV. symčcový kvartet, / Paříž, duben-květen 1937 / Fotokopie partitury/(38 listů) / Dar n. p. Supraphon - předl 7. 5. 1976/Iša Popelka |
| Number of pages bearing notation | 38 |
| Total number of pages | 38 |
| Original pagination | 1-38 |
| Note on pagination | Pagination by an editor or a performer |
| Dimensions (width x height) | 280 x 293 mm |
| Binding | Loose leaves |
| Number and arrangement of staves | 24 |
| Distance between staff lines | 1 mm |
| Writing instrument | Original is written by pen (black ink) |
| Content of particular pages | Pencil, red pencil: editor's markings |
| Comments | The copy was used as an engraver’s copy for the first printed edition.
Many annotations by performers (dynamics, bowing marks), further markings are probably by an editor (writing out octava signs etc.).
At the end of the score, under Martinů’s dating and signature, there are three dates and places of 1960 performances noted down in blue ink (and in Czech). |