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. / cizí rukou tužkou napsáno: V cizině. Přel. V. Kühner. / dále tuží rukou Martinů: (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. / uprostřed strany vpravo tužkou rukou Martinů napsáno: 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 |