MARTINU Bohuslav (1890-1959). Lot n° 222

MUSICAL MANUSCRIT signed "B. Martinu", Études faciles pour deux violons (1930); 8 double sheets in-fol. (35 x 27.5 cm) in autograph folder. These nine Études faciles for two violins [H. 191] were written in Paris in 1930, and published in two booklets by Alphonse Leduc at the end of 1931. Leduc at the end of 1931. The manuscript is in black ink on 12-line paper, each etude (except the 3rd) being signed at the top. 1. Moderato (3 p.) ; 2. Andante (2 p.) ; 3. Moderato (2 p.) ; 4. Andante (4 p.); 5. Poco allegretto (4 p.) ; 6. Allegro moderato (4 p.) ; 7. Andante (4 p.) ; 8. Poco andante (4 p.) ; 9. Moderato (4 p.). Plus a double sheet of pencil sketches used as a folder.