Jean-Étienne MARIE (1917-1991). Autograph musical manuscript signed, Tlaloc; 42 sheets (in 2 pieces glued together) 67.5 x 27.5 cm. Orchestral score premiered in January 1980 as part of the "Perspectives du XXe siècle" by the Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France. The work, inspired by Tlaloc, the Aztec god of water, is, according to Jacques Lonchampt, a "musical representation of the discontinuous and punctual fact of rain. It has 164 bars. The orchestra includes 3 flutes, 2 oboes (and English horn), 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons (and contrabassoon), 3 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones, timpani, percussion, bells, celesta and glockenspiel, xylophone and vibraphone, piano, and strings. The manuscript is carefully written down in Indian ink on two sheets of tracing paper, which are joined together, for a total of 60 staves