| Diplomatic transcription of the title page | Cover
[typewriter:] Bohuslav Martinů : | T ř i p ř á n í - Klavírní výtah | filmové opery | Autograf - I., II. a III. díl | Sešito
Title page I. act
[in lead pencil, foreign hand:] Klavírní výtah | [in lead pencil:] B. Martinů 172 rue de Vanves Paris 14 | [cross out, in lead pencil:] 10. Rue Mandar 14 T | [cross out, in lelad pencil:] Paris 12e. | [in lead pencil, underlined:] Tři přání. | [in green pencil:] Trojí přání | [in pen (black ink), underlined:] Les vicissitudes de la vie. | Opera-film en 3. act, [cross out:] prolog | (Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes.) | La partition pour piano. | B. Martinů. | [underlined:] Prologue et I. acte | [underlined:] Prologue. La scéne représente les coulisses d´un Studio | Á gauche, un bureau, avec table et telephone où se tient le Telephoniste: | [...?...]
Title page II. act
[in lead pencil:] B. Martinů | [in lead pencil, underlined:] Tři přání. | [in pen (black ink), underlined three times:] II. acte. | Partition pour piano. | [underlined:] B. Martinů. | Paris Avril 1929.
First title page III. act
[in lead pencil:] B. Martinů | Tři přání. | [in red pencil:] B. Martinů | [underlined:] Le Trois souhaits. | [underlined:] III Acte.
Second title page III. act
[in pen (black ink), underlined in red pencil:] B. Martinů- Les Trois souhaits. Opera-film. | [in pen (black ink), underlined:] Acte III. | [in red pencil, circled] Acte III | [in pen (black ink):] [...?...] | [in red pencil:] Partition pour Piano. |
| Number of pages bearing notation | 255 + 4 titulní strany / title pages |
| Total number of pages | 266 (2 desky/cover + 4 titulní strany/title page + 98+95+67) |
| Original pagination | I.: 1-98; II.: 1-92; III.: 1-61 |
| Note on pagination | All three acts in one fascicle, paginated separately. |
| Dimensions (width x height) | 271 x 352 mm |
| Binding | Unbound folders with different number of sheets inserted |
| Arrangement of sections of pages | Folders consisting of 2-8 sheets |
| Paper characteristics | Thick, mildly yellowed |
| Brand of paper | Lard Esnault BFK Rives |
| Number and arrangement of staves | 18 |
| Distance between staff lines | 1, 8 mm |
| Writing instrument | Pen (black and blue ink), pencil (lead, blue and green) |
| Diplomatic transcription of performing forces - 1st page of the score | [pen (black ink):] Derrière | la scène | I. Choeur | (chanté) | [pen (blue ink):] Sop./alti/Ten./Bassi | [pen (black ink)):] II. Choeur | (parlé) | Piano. |
| Markings by B. Martinů | I. act, at the end, in lead pencil: "Fine. | B. Martinů | Paris. | November 1928 - Janvier - 1929."
II. act, at the end, in pen (black ink): "Fine de II Acte. | B. Martinů"
III. act, at the end, in pen (black ink): "Fine. Paris 1. Juin 1929 | B. Martinů" |