Signed at upper right of f. 1r; dated Garmisch, 10 Jan. 1935 (f. 4v). In a passage heavily annotated in pencil on f. 3v the score system is extended for 2 bars to 6 staves.
Act II of Richard Strauss's opera in three acts 'Die schweigsame Frau'
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Opening tempo direction ‘Tempo di Minuetto’ (f. 1r). Signed at upper right of f. 1r; dated Garmisch 18 June 1933 at end (f. 42r). With a draft of the last scene of Act III (ff. 42v, 43r). As follows: ff. 1r-3r. [Scene I.]. ff. 3r-5r. [Scene II.]. ff. 5r-12r. [Scene III.]. ff. 12r-15v. [Scene IV....
Act I of Richard Strauss's opera in three acts 'Die schweigsame Frau'
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Opening tempo direction ‘Allegro’ (f. 1r). Signed at upper right of f. 1r, and with ‘begonnen 16. Februar 1933’ [added] at bottom left; dated Garmisch, 11 March 1933 at end (f. 40r). Timings are given in pencil on ff. 11v, 19v, 40r. As follows: ff. 1r-4v. Scene I. ff. 4v-11v. [Scene II.] The beg...
Act III of Richard Strauss's opera in three acts 'Die schweigsame Frau'
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Opening tempo direction ‘Allegro molto’ (f. 2r). Signed at upper right of f. 2r; dated Kissingen, 13 May 1934 (f. 33v). Additions in brown ink occupy two single inserted folios (ff. 1, 34) bound at the front and rear of the volume as well as part of the final page of the last gathering, as noted...
Richard Wagner: Entracte tragique in D (WWV 25, no. 1)
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Complete autograph draft in short score. Written in ink on systems of two staves; with a very few indications of orchestration. On a single leaf, headed ‘Entreacte tragique No: 1.’ (recto). Top left corner of the leaf torn away, removing tempo direction on the recto and affecting text on the ver...
Richard Wagner: Entracte tragique in D (WWV 25, no. 1)
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Fragmentary autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 11 staves. Incomplete, the first 52 bars only, occupying the whole of ff. 1-3r. Headed ‘No. 1’ and ‘Entreacte tragique No: 1.’ (f. 1r). Tempo direction ‘Allegro’ (f. 1r). Numbered 57-9 in ink over pencil (see description of Zweig MS ...
Autograph. ‘Lilienthal 136, Baden-Baden’ (f. 2r); n.d., but endorsed ‘No. 1092. Baden-Baden d. 2/10.65. Brahms’ in another hand (f. 2v). Pencil numbers ‘524/2’ and ‘914’, in sequence with those on Zweig 22, added at foot of f. 1r.
Letter from Ludwig van Beethoven to Dr. Johann Bihler
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[Baden, Summer, 1813]. Written in ink, addressed ‘Hr. von Bihler’ on the verso. An irregularly trimmed leaf, with bottom right hand corner, which presumably carried Beethoven’s signature, cut away.