Diplomatic transcription of the title page | [stamp:] BÄRENREITER BIBLIOTHEK | Ms. Martinů | [publisher’s stamp] | Ms. M 1/2 | B. Martinu. | Variations | sur le Théme Slovaque | Pour Vcello et Piano. | B. Martinů | 1959. |
Number of leaves | 10 |
Number of pages bearing notation | 18 + titulní strana / title page |
Total number of pages | 20 |
Original pagination | 1–14; 11–13 |
Note on pagination | 1–10 paginated in pen, 11–14 in blue pencil, 11 in pen (crossed out in red pencil), one page without pagination, 12–13 in pen (crossed out in red pencil). |
Paper characteristics | Yellowed |
Brand of paper | Papier Carpentier No. 114, Système Siestrop, déposé |
Number and arrangement of staves | 12, 14, 16 |
Writing instrument | Pen (black ink), lead pencil, red and blue pencil |
Content of particular pages | Pages 11–13 paginated in pen: probably the original version; page without the pagination: unfinished. |
Markings by B. Martinů | Lead pencil, blue pencil, probably also red pencil. |
Other markings | Blue ballpoint pen ("Ms. Martinů" on the title page and "Ms. M 1/2" on the title page and on p. 1), editor’s markings in lead pencil. |
Comments | 3 types of paper: MM No. 4, 12 Staves (title page, original p. 12 a 13); Papier Carpentier No. 114, Systéme Siestrop déposé (p. 1–10, original p. 11 and the page without pagination); without the title, 16 Staves (p. 11–14). |