General information
Title CZŽenitba
Subtitle CZkomická opera o dvou dějstvích
Title ENThe Marriage [auth.]
Subtitle ENcomic opera in two acts
Title DEDie Heirat
Subtitle DEkomische Oper in zwei Aufzügen
CategoryStage Works and Film Music
SubcategoryOperas
Halbreich number341
Durata61'
Instruments2222-2201-Timp-Batt-Pf-Archi
List of charactersPodkolyosin (Bar), Stepan (Sp), Fyokla Ivanovna (mS), Kochkaryov (T), Agafya (S), Arina (A), Dunyashka (Sp), Ivan (B), Anuchkin (T), Zhevakin (T)
Origin
Place of compositionNew York, NY
Year of origin1952
Initiation of composition05.10.1952
Completion of composition30.11.1952
First performance
Performer Adler, Peter Herman
Date of the first performance07.02.1953
Location of the first performanceNew York, USA (television)
Autograph deposition
InstitutionBohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička
DepositionPolička
OwnerNadace Bohuslava Martinů
Note on the autograph depostitionReproduction of the autograph score is held by the BM Centre in Polička. *** Facsimile of 2 pages of sketches is located at the Bohuslav Martinů Institute in Prague.
Copyright
CopyrightBoosey & Hawkes, London-New York
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Editions
Boosey & Hawkes
Call number at the BM Institute: 1188 arr
Specification of the edition: Arrangement for chambre orchestra - score
Details of this edition
Boosey & Hawkes, New York, NY, 1953
Call number at the BM Institute: 1188 PPR, 1188
Specification of the edition: 1st edition - vocal score
Details of this edition
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Note Libretto (English) by Bohuslav Martinů after Nikolai Gogol's play, or more precisly after Alexander Bakshy's English translation of it. *** German translation of the libretto by Ernst Roth, Czech translation by Eva Bezděková. *** Reduced orchestration: (Udo Zimmermann, Caspar René Hirschfeld): 2111-1110-Timp-Batt-Pf-Archi(11111). *** Title on the title page of the autograph score: "The MARRIAGE. | Opera in 2 acts."
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