A Concerto Twice Lost. The Autograph of Martinů's First Violin Concerto H 226 Rediscovered

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angličtina

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A Concerto Twice Lost. The Autograph of Martinů's First Violin Concerto H 226 Rediscovered

Original language description

The study deals with the complicated history of First Violin Concerto, H 226 by Bohuslav Martinů. The concerto was written in 1932 and 1933, and for many years after it was penned, its autograph was considered lost. The work was commissioned by the renowned violinist Samuel Dushkin, at whose suggestion Martinů made numerous revisions. Because the concerto was not premiered during Martinů’s lifetime and then was lost, the second violin concerto, dating from 1943, was long deemed to be the first – until 1961, when the archivist and musicologist Hans Moldenhauer obtained the autograph from a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The world premiere took place in October 1973 in Chicago, and very soon thereafter, the work was performed in Prague as well – in November 1973, by Josef Suk. According to the Halbreich catalogue, after Moldenhauer’s death the autograph was kept at the Hans Moldenhauer Archive at Spokane in the USA, and subsequently at the Library of Congress. But a part of the Hans Moldenhauer Archive was taken over by the Northwestern University Library. Despite many questions about the autograph and personal visits over the past 20 years to the Northwestern University Library, the whereabouts of the manscript could not be confirmed. It seemed that the concerto had been lost for the second time. That is until the autograph was finally discovered this February, in the General Collection of the library at Northwestern, rather than in the Moldenhauer Collection. And now a high-quality digitised version is available at the Bohuslav Martinů Institute Library. Alongside the autograph, the Northwestern University Library had maintained two pages of sketches, the solo part intended for the premiere, and the concerto’s alternative ending. These materials, combined with the parts from the premiere given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (procured earlier by Pavel Žůrek of the Bohuslav Martinů Institute), now mean that the available source materials are sufficient be able to include this noteworthy and wonderful concerto in the plan for the Bohuslav Martinů Complete Edition.

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60403 - Performing arts studies (Musicology, Theater science, Dramaturgy)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA13-19162S" target="_blank" >GA13-19162S: Bohuslava Martinů Complete Edition - 2nd Phase</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Hudební věda

ISSN

0018-7003

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Volume of the periodical

LIII

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2-3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

3

Pages from-to

307-309

UT code for WoS article

000392566000019

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