General information
Call number at the BM Institute150/A2
Title of the composition String Quartet No. 2, H 150
Class of the sourceMusical source
Type of the sourceAutograph score
Author Martinů, Bohuslav
Language 1German
Language 2French
Origin
Date of origin30.09.1925
Place of originPrague
Physical description
Diplomatic transcription of the title pageThree title pages with inscrioptions in foreign hands and stamps. In Martinů’s hand: 1) “Dem Quartett Novák – Frank | gewidmet. | Quartett Nr 2. | B. Martinů.”; 2) “Kvartett n. II. | [crossed out ‘pour’] | B. Martinů | Quatour pour les instrument à l'archet. | en 3 parties. | B. Martinů | 132 Polička”; 3) “Quatuor. B. Martinů. | Partition.”
Another title page between movements I and II: “Quatuor à cordes | B. Martinů | Paris Fevrier 1925. | B. Martinů | 11 bis rue Delambre. | Paris 14e”
Number of partsThree title pages; movement I (pp. 1–14); title page; crossed out fragment of the first version of movement I (pp. 1–4); movement II (pp. 13–18); movement III (pp. 1–15)
Number of pages bearing notation43 (39 + 4 titulní strany / 4 title pages)
Original pagination1–14; 1–4; 13–18; 1–15
Note on paginationSee above. First version of the first movement had 12 pages, therefore the second movement starts with page 13 (see 150/A1).
Source deposition
Owner of the sourceUniversal Edition
Note on the acquisitionOriginal is probably located in the archive of the UE Vienna. The copy at the Martinů Institute is a copy of A which is located at the Bohuslav Martinů Centre (PBM FAa 59, from Franz Geroldinger / UE).
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
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