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Title CZSmyčcový kvartet č. 5
Title ENString Quartet No. 5
Title DEStreichquartett Nr. 5
Title FRQuatuor à cordes n° 5
CategoryChamber Music
SubcategoryString Quartets
Halbreich number268
Parts of the composition (movements)1. Allegro ma non troppo; 2. Adagio; 3. Allegro vivo; 4. Lento - Allegro
Durata27' 30''
InstrumentsVl Vl Vla Vc
Dedicatee Kaprálová, Vítězslava
Diplomatic transcription of the dedicationVitulce Kaprálové
Note on the dedicationDedicated to Vítězslava Kaprálová; dedication inscribed in the draft (MZM Brno).
Origin
Place of compositionParis
Year of origin1938
Initiation of composition04/1938
Completion of composition05/1938
First performance
Location of the first performanceLos Angeles, USA
Ensemble Pro Arte Quartet
Autograph deposition
Owner of the sourceČeské muzeum hudby
Note on the autograph depostitionDraft located at the Moravian Museum in Brno.
Sketch (2 p.) is held by the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel.
Autograph deposition 2
Owner of the sourcePaul Sacher Stiftung
Note on the autograph depostitionAutograph page, rejected passage of the 4th movement
Copyright
Note on copyrightBärenreiter Praha
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First edition
Place of issuePraha
PublisherStátní hudební vydavatelství
Year of publication1959
Editions available at the BM Institute
Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, Prague, 1959
Call number at the BM Institute: 1255 kp
Specification of the edition: 1st edition - pocket score
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Supraphon, Prague, 1989
Call number at the BM Institute: 1255a
Specification of the edition: Reprint of the 1st edition - pocket score
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Editio Bärenreiter Praha, Prague, 2005
Call number at the BM Institute: 1255 rev. vyd., party
Specification of the edition: Revised edition - pocket score, parts
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Bärenreiter Praha, Prague, 2017
Call number at the BM Institute: SV MAR 5
Specification of the edition: Bohuslav Martinů Complete Edition
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Note Revised edition published by Editio Bärereiter, Prague 2005 (given durata: cca 20').
Title on the title page of the autograph score: "V. Quatuor" | à cordes."
Date of origin according to the Charlotte Martinů's diary: 1-14 May 1938.
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