TÔN-THÂT Tiêt (born 1933). Autograph musical manuscript, Le Chemin du Bouddha. II Cycle of Kapilavastou, [1993]; in parts (detail below). Second tableau of the ballet in 4 tableaux Le Chemin du Bouddha, for chorus and orchestra, premiered on February 20, 1993 by the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, conducted by Jacques Mercier, at the Maison de la Radio, during the Festival Présences. Autograph orchestral material carefully notated in India ink on tracing paper (without the choruses), 564 bars: Percussion I-II (20 ff); Percussion II-IV (17 ff); Synthesizer (10 ff); Horns 1-2 and 3-4 (7 and 7 ff); Trumpets 1-2 (5 ff) and 3rd (2 ff); Trombones1-2 (8 ff), 3rd (4 ff); Tuba (3 ff); Harp (15 ff); Flutes 1-2 (17 ff) and 3rd (and piccolo) (7 ff); Oboe 1-2 (11 ff); English horn (5 ff); Clarinets 1-2 (14 ff); Bass clarinet (4 ff); Bassoons 1-2 (8 ff); Contrabassoon (3 ff); Violins I (22 ff); Violins II (23 ff); Violas (21 ff); Celli (20 ff); Double bass (12 ff). B9