General information
Call number at the BM Institute200/A
Title of the composition Les Rondes, H 200
Class of the sourceMusical source
Type of the sourceAutograph score
Author Martinů, Bohuslav
Language 1French
Origin
Date of origin23.11.1930
Note on the date of originDate and place of origin at the end of the score
Place of originParis
Physical description
Diplomatic transcription of the title pagePartition d'orch. | À Monsieur | Jan Kunc. | B. Martinů. | Les Rondes. | Suite des danses | pour | Oboe, clarinet, basson, trompette, piano et I. II. violon. | N. 1.) Poco Allegro. | 2) Poco Andantino. | 3.) Allegro. | 4.) Tempo di Valse | 5) Andantino. | 6.) Allegro vivo. | Paris November 1930 | B. Martinů | 10. rue Mandar | Paris 2e
Number of leaves23
Number of pages bearing notation45
Total number of pages46
Original pagination1–45
Note on paginationBlack ink and pencil
Dimensions (width x height)obálka: 250 x 323 mm, titulní list: 271 x 346 mm, partitura: 271 x 350 mm
Bindingunbound
Arrangement of sections of pages3 foldings - 1. 6 folios, 2. 4 folios, 3. 2 folios, not taped together
Paper characteristicscream coloured, yellowed on the edges
Brand of paperLard Esnault supérieur Paris
WatermarkLard Esnault supérieur Paris
Number and arrangement of staves14 (title page), 20 (score)
Total span of staves301 mm
Distance between staff lines2,1 mm (title page), 1,9 mm (score)
Writing instrumentpen - black ink, pencil, blue and red crayon
Diplomatic transcription of performing forces - 1st page of the scoreOboe | [crossed out, illegible] | Clarinet [crossed out Clarinet C] | clt | Fagot. | Basson. | Trompette C | 1. | 2. Violon | [underlined] Piano
Content of particular pagespages [1-45] with content, pages [46-48] blank but paginated by the author, title page on separate sheet, smaller format, smooth handwriting, without significant alterations or corrections, scratched out notation (1st movement, bars 4, 13, 15, 16, 20, 27, 45, 46-47, 48, 58, 109; 2nd movement, bars 12, 48, 56; 3rd movement, bars 7, 18-21, 26, 32, 53, 63, 86, 87; 4th movement, bars 27, 42; 5th movement, bars 11, 32, 40, 56, 73, 75, 95; 6th movement, bars 1-20 - klavír, 37, 62, 67), crossed out notation (3th movement, bar 7 – a chord added under the staff, crossed out in pencil; 4th movement, bar 27 – corrections of slurs; 5th movement, bars 8-12 – notes identical to those in the bass clef penciled into the treble clef)
Other markingsprobably conductor's markings in red and blue pencil - bar numbers by tens, dynamics, cues, articulation, also engraver's markings in pencil
Commentsblue cover (front only) Partition d´orchestre. | B. Martinů | [address in an unknown hand:] rue Mandard 10 | [underlined] Les Rondes
Deposition
Owner of the sourceČeské muzeum hudby
DepositionČeské muzeum hudby
Call numberTr B 240
Acqusition number50/73
Note on the ownershipPurchase: Klenoty-Starožitnictví, Uhelný trh 6, Praha 1 / Antikvariát Praha
Source

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Date of digitisation2001
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