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

Record ID: 
425467
Accession number: 
M3869.B144
Creator: 
Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959.
Biographical Data: 
Czechoslovakian composer.
Title: 
La bagarre = The tumulte : autograph manuscript, 1926 May.
Uniform title: 
Bagarre
Date: 
1926 May.
Inscription/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".

Provenance: 

Alphonse Leduc.