Strauss richard

1950 · 36153 — New York: n.p. 1950. Folio. Flexible dark brown boards with dark ivory tape to spine. 12-124 134-196 pp. <br /> <br /> Photographic copy of an unidentified printed piano-vocal score with printed manuscript text. . Text in English by H. Dietz and G. Kanin. <br /> <br /> Occasional corrections and annotations in red and lead pencil.<br /> <br /> A stage copy for the Metropolitan Opera revival of the work purportedly from the library of Maria Jeritza. <br /> <br /> Slightly worn and browned; some corners creased; occasional overpastes. "Over the next quarter of a century from 1885 a further 14 operettas and even a grand opera Ritter Pásmán 1892 cemented Strauss's position as the leading light in 'Silver Age' Viennese operetta though even in the composer's lifetime only three of these found international success: Die Fledermaus 1874 Eine Nacht in Venedig 1883 and Der Zigeunerbaron." Peter Kemp in Grove Music Online. n.p. unknown