Tyson MS 18 D

D. FRANZ SCHUBERT: ‘Schwanengesang’, D957; 1829. Title page only, reading ‘Franz Schubert’s Schawanen-Gesang mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. Letztes Werk. Eigenthum des Verlegers. Wien, bei Tobias Haslinger. Uiberreicht den 13. Jenner 1829’, and with the annotation ‘Excudatur Vom kk. C[ensur] B[ücher] R[evisions] Amte, Wien den 20 Jäner [1]829. Freyberger’. Written in ink on paper ruled with sixteen staves, in the hand of Tobias Haslinger, who published the work later in the year. It would appear that this title page belonged to a copy sent by Haslinger to the censor in Vienna for approval prior to publication. Haslinger had agreed on 17 December 1828 to publish the works left unpublished at Schubert’s death, and advertised the fact in the Wiener-Zeitung of 20 December. ‘Schwanengesang’ was first performed on 30 January 1829, and Haslinger issued a subscription invitation for the publication on 31 January. On the censor Johann Baptist Freyberger, see J. Marx, Die Österreichische Zensur im Vormärz (Vienna, 1959), p. 47 and W. Obermaier, ‘Schubert und die Zensur’, Schubert-Kongress Wien 1978, Bericht (Graz, 1979), pp. 117-25, esp. 122. This page was formerly in the collection of Louis Koch: see G. Kinsky, Manuskripte, Briefe, Dokumente von Scarlatti bis Stravinsky: Katalog der Musikautograph-Sammlung Louis Koch (Stuttgart, 1953), pp. 189-90 (no. 172).

f. 49. 240 x 295mm.