General information
Call number at the BM Institute343/A
Title of the composition Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques), H 343
Class of the sourceMusical source
Type of the sourceAutograph score
Author Martinů, Bohuslav
Language 1English
Origin
Date of origin26.05.1953
Note on the date of originAt the end of the first movement: "New York April 21 – 1951. | Paris May 26. 1953."; at the end of the third movement: "New York – April 23 – 1953"
Place of originParis
Note on the place of originCompleted in April in New York, instrumentation of the first movement revised in May in Paris
Physical description
Diplomatic transcription of the title pageNo title page.
Number of leaves111
Number of pages bearing notation111
Total number of pages111
Original pagination1–31, 36–69, 72–111
Note on pagination32–35, 70–71: double pages.
Dimensions (width x height)Ca 279 x 397 mm
BindingLoose leaves
Paper characteristicsTranslucent
Brand of paperCircle Blue Print Co., Inc.
Number and arrangement of staves24
Distance between staff linesCa 1,6 mm (stave width – ca 6,5 mm)
Writing instrumentPen (black ink)
Diplomatic transcription of performing forces - 1st page of the scoreFl. 1. 2. 3. | Cl. 1. 2. 3. | Trt. 1. 2. 3. | Solo I. | Solo II. | Solo V. | VC. | CB ||
Fl. 1. 2. 3. | Cl. 1. 2. 3. | Bs. 1. 2. 3. | Trt. 1. 2. 3. | I. Solo | II. Solo | V. Solo | VC. | CB
CommentsEnvelope: "O/S MISC 37c (1) | Bohuslav Martinů Fantaisies Symphoniques".
Source deposition
Owner of the sourceBritish Library
Call numberO/S MISC 37c (1)
Former ownerBoosey & Hawkes, London
Note on the acquisitionBoosey & Hawkes call number, it may change after cataloguing at the British Library.
Source

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Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atBritish Library, London
Date of digitisation12/2019
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