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La bagarre = The tumulte : autograph manuscript, 1926 May.

Record ID
425467
Accession number
M3869.B144
Creator
Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959.
Biographical Data
Czechoslovakian composer.
Object title

La bagarre = The tumulte : autograph manuscript, 1926 May.

Uniform title
Bagarre
Date
1926 May.
Provenance
Alphonse Leduc.
Inscriptions/Markings
At top of title page and beneath caption: "En souvenir de l'atterrissage de Lindbergh au Bourget" (apparently added after Lindbergh's flight in 1927).
Notes
In blue ink with pencil markings, mostly in red and blue.
"La Bagarre (The Tumulte) pour grand orchestre. Paris mai 1926 B. Martinů 10. rue Mandar Paris 2e"--Title page.
"Exemplaire de location appartient à l'éditeur Alph. Leduc no. 2"--Stamp at bottom of title page.
Title page also includes list of premieres: Boston, New York, Providenza (conducted by Koussevitsky); Prague, Stockholm (conducted by Talich); Paris (conducted by Monteux).
Premiered 18 November 1927 in Boston, conducted by Koussevitsky.
At top of caption: "10.05 B. Martinů".