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února 1957: "Požádal jsem do Prahy, aby Vám poslali partituru pro sbor, kterou jsem napsal v Nice, premiéra byla v Poličce. Doufám, že jste ji dostali, je to velmi prostá věc. Udělali taky desky, které znějí podivuhodně dobře (z dopisu Sac 1957-02-17). Paul Sacher však noty z Prahy nedostal, na což skladatele upozornil ve svém dopise o necelé dva týdny později (z dopisu Sac 1957-02-26). Noty mu tedy zjevně poslal sám Martinů z Říma, protože obsahují jeho podpis a korektury. Sacher mu jejich přijetí potvrdil: "[...] dnes jsem obdržel partituru skladby Opening the Wells, za niž Ti děkuji.
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The corrections in PS1bA3 are also in pencil and the signature is in black ink. B. 48 in the viola is corrected in the same way as in PS1bA1. In bb. 243-9 Martinů uses a dash-dot line for the upper octave. The composer did not correct any other errors in this copy. On 17 February 1957 martinů wrote to Sacher: "I asked Prague to send you the score of the chorus I wrote in Nice, the premiere was in Polička. I hope you recieved it, it is a very simple piece. They also made the discs, which sound admirably good." (from letter Sac 1957-02-17). However, Paul Sacher did not recive the music from Prague, a fact he mentioned to the composer in a letter less than two weeks later (from letter Sac 1957-02-26). It is clear that Martinů then sent him the sheet music from Rome himself because the score contains his signature and corrections. Sacher confirmed the receipt: "[...] I received the score of "Opening the Wells' today, for which I thank you." (from letter Sac 1957-03-06). Until 2011 PS1bA3 was listed in the PSS library as just an ordinary printed score with the composer's signature. Based on a comparison with the other proofs PS1bA1 and PS1bA2, the editor was able to identify Martinů's handwriting in the corrections. The source does not contain any other corrections compared to PS1bA1 and PS1bA2.
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