General information
Call number at the BM Institute341/A
Title of the composition The Marriage [auth.], H 341
Class of the sourceMusical source
Type of the sourceAutograph score
Author Martinů, Bohuslav
Language 1English
Origin
Physical description
Diplomatic transcription of the title page– 1. – | BOHUSLAV MARTINU. | The MARRIAGE. | Opera in 2 acts. | Based on a Comedy by Nicolai Gogol. | (Adaptation by B. MARTINU) | (English Translation by Alexander BAKSHY.) | CHARACTERS: | PODKOLYOSIN, bachelor. – baryton | STEPAN, his servant. – bas | KOCHKARYOV, his friend. Tenor | Fyokla, matchmaker Alt | Agafya TIKHONOVNA. Soprano | ARINA, her aunt. Alt. | DUNYASHKA – I a maid. — | IVAN Bas | ANUCHKIN suitors. Tenor | ZHEVAKIN Tenor. | (The action takes place in St. Petersburg in the early | part of the 19th century.) | Act I. Morning. Podkolyosin’s apartment, later in house of Agafya. | Act II. Late afternoon the same day. At Agafya house. and on the street. | (Later at Podkolyosin room.
Source deposition
Owner of the sourceNadace Bohuslava Martinů
DepositionCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Call numberD 4/96
Former ownerBoosey & Hawkes
Note on the acquisitionA black-and-white photocopy also located at the Bohuslav Martinů Centre (PBM FAa 55).
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
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