| Diplomatic transcription of the title page | • [Cover: pencil:] Les nuits enchantèes. / [next by pen: Kouzelné noci. / The magic Nights. / Die geheimnisvolle Nächte./ Tři písně pro soprán s průvodem orchestru. / na čínské texty: dle „Čínské flétny“. H. Bethge. / B. Martinů. /
[next by pencil:] 11 bis rue Delambre / Paris 14
• [Inside title page:] A madame Theo Drill-Orridge. / Kouzelné noci. / Die geheimnische Nächte. / The magic Nights. / In der Fremde. / [by a stranger's hand in pencil:] V cizině. Přel. V. Kühner. / [further in drawing ink by Martinů's hand:] (Li-Tai-po.) / 3 flauti / 2 oboi / corno ingl. / Celeste / Arpe / Violino I. (8) / Viol. II. (8) / Viole (4) / V.celli (6) / C. bassi (4.) / B. Martinů / Polička, prosinec 1918. / [in the middle of the page on the right by Martinů's and in pencil:] První provedení 9 března 1924. Koncert Čer. kříže / Mme P. Osuská, / H. Catherine (Opera Comique Paris) / Č. Filharmonie |
| Number of leaves | 41 |
| Number of pages bearing notation | 78 |
| Total number of pages | 82 |
| Original pagination | 1-82 |
| Note on pagination | By pencil in top external corner |
| Dimensions (width x height) | Obálka: 260x325 mm, vnitřní strany: 257x323 mm |
| Binding | In soft board sewn double sheet, binding violated |
| Paper characteristics | Beige |
| Number and arrangement of staves | 22 |
| Writing instrument | Boards: pen (black ink), ink pencil, inside pages: pen (black ink), pencil, blue crayon |
| Diplomatic transcription of performing forces - 1st page of the score | 3 flauti / 2 hoboi / corno ingl. / 2 corni / Celeste / Arpe / Violino I. (8) / Viol. II (8) / Viole (4) / V celli (6) / K. bassi (4) |
| Markings by B. Martinů | • Page 64th by Martinů´s hand (pencil) in bottom note about pizzicato in strings
• Page 23rd by Martinů´s hand (pencil) corrected part of first violin, the same in page 34th
• Text incipit: "V cizině: Když vlasti vzdálen spal jsem."
"Tajemná flétna: V tu krásnou noc, když hladkou vůní se květy i lístky stromů chvěly"
• In last page by Martinů´s hand: "fine. / V Poličce / listopad 1918." |
| Other markings | • Note and crossing out by black and blue crayon of conductor
• German text is underleyed Czech translation by foreign hand (pencil)
• Page 39th inscribe part of soprano by pencil
• Title page (inner side) - foreign hand (pencil), in soprano part text of song in Czech
• Corrections: scratched out notes on pages: 7, 9, 23, 24, 29, 35, 36, 37, 58, 63, 67, 71, 72, 75 |
| Comments | • Outher bottom corner wear out
• Page numbering by pencil in top external corner
• In page 43rd starting part "Die geheimnischvolle Flöte"
• In page 22nd and 23rd spots in part of celesta
• Pages: 78th, 80th and 82th are missing in digitized score |