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184541<p>Richard Wagner – Autograph draft of the overture to Tannhäuser<br /><br />2 folio pages in black ink on a single leaf. Recto: 29 lines; verso: 30 lines.<br /><br />These two pages constitute a draft of the overture to <em>Tannhäuser</em>. An inscription at the top reads "Ouverture" and "Andante maestuoso" the latter added later. The manuscript contains up to bar 166 an almost definitive version dating from 1845. The following 129 bars are crossed out in pencil and were not used in the final version.<br /><br />The beginning of Wolfram's section slightly modified has been removed "Dir hohe Liebe töne begeistert mein Gesang" up to "ewig strahlt dein Stern" from the singers' contest in Act II here in G major followed by a combination of its initial motif with Tannhäuser's hymn of praise.<br /><br />The complete overture comprises 442 bars in its final version.</p>
186983415Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber 1869. Fine. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber Leipzig 1869 14.50 x 23 cm relié Inscribed copy concealing the secret truth of Wagner's thwarted love story Second edition with parts previously unpublished with a new preface ""An Constantin Frantz"" dated April 28 1868 Tribschen bei Luzern. The first edition was published by the same publisher in 1852. Full burgundy morocco binding spine with five raised bands gilt date at foot marbled endpapers and pastedowns gilt turn-ins original first softcover preserved top edge gilt gilt leading edges. Some foxing more pronounced on some leaves a small restoration to the upper right-hand corner on pages IX-XIV not affecting the text pencil annotation on pages 116 and 139 skillful restorations to head and foot of the upper joint. Exceptionally and intimately signed and inscribed by Richard Wagner to a mysterious dedicatee:« Hierbei sollst du meiner gedenken denn alles habe ich ernstlich gemeint. R. W. » At this you shall remember me for I have meant everything seriously. This moving autograph confession with its highly personal tone written on the most important of his theoretical writings radically differs from the hasty ""Zur Erinnerung"" written by the composer on his opera scores or the little notes he used to hand out to patrons after concerts. We did not find any other inscribed copies of Oper und Drama' on the market or in public institutions. However the composer's autobiography and correspondence reveal the existence of two dedications on this major work. The first was addressed to Theodor Uhlig on the original manuscript with an autograph inscription inspired by Goethe. The second and only other inscription mentioned in a letter from Wagner is said to have been made for Malwida von Meysenbug on the same edition as our copy. Although it is not impossible this could be the very same inscription written on the ""book of all books on music"" according to Richard Strauss the style and content of the inscribed words allow for an even more prestigious attribution. A ""VERY SOLID"" MANIFESTO In February 1851 Wagner completed Oper und Drama. This ""very solid book"" - as described in a letter to Franz Liszt - sets out the revolutionary principles of Leitmotiv and Gesamtkunstwerk political and aesthetic utopia of a musical drama acting as a synthesis of the Arts. The text is part of his Zürcher Kunstschriften three seminal essays written during his Swiss exile along with Kunstwerk der Zukunft' and Die Kunst und die Revolution'. He outlines in his treatises the shape of his future scenic festival"" - the celebrated Ring and includes his reflections on the relationship between art and society as well as his theories on the future of opera. In 1868 he decided to complete the composition of this monumental tetralogy and simultaneously worked on the second edition of Oper und Drama' published at the end of 1868 - mistakenly stated on the cover as 1869. In the end it differed from the previous edition only in its new preface the very few changes proving once more the permanence of his musical and artistic vision almost twenty years after it was first written. Wagner will tirelessly defend and promote his ideas which found their ultimate achievement during the 1876 Bayreuth festival. This second corrected edition with a revised preface is an integral part of the artist's creative process giving his reflections the status of a political and musical manifesto as evidenced by the intimate and enigmatic dedication on our copy. The importance of this work in the eyes of the composer the absence of any explicit attribution to the inscription's recipient the use of the familiar form of address and the content of the message confirm the importance of the dedicatee and his place within the author's inner circle. Among the personalities around the master at the time of this inscription several may have inspired these words: FRIEDRICH Friedrich Nietzsch Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber paperback
188584667Paris: Imprimeries MorelletBoyer & Cie 1885. Fine. Wagner's influence on literary and artistic avant-garde Imprimeries Morellet Boyer & Cie Paris 1885-1888 16.80 x 24.60 cm 3 volumes reliés Complete collection in 36 issues including three double issues bound in three volumes - First year: 12 issues from 8 February 1885 to 6 January 1886 - Second year: 12 issues from 8 February 1886 to 15 January 1887 - Third year: 12 issues from February 1887 to January 1888. Illustrated with 4 full-page lithographs by Fantin-Latour: L'Évocation d'Erda - Odilon Redon : Brünnhilde - Jacques-Emile Blanche : Tristan et Isolde and Le pur-simple. Three quarter brown morocco binding smooth spine titled in gilt marbled paper boards marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns orignal wrappers preserved binding signed by Dupré. Numerous contributions from some of the most prominent writers critics poets and musicians of the late 19th-century including Wagner himself: Charles and Pierre Bonnier Jules de Brayer Alfred Ernst Joris-Karl Huysmans Fourcaud René Ghil Stuart Merrill Stéphane Mallarmé Catulle Mendès Éphraïm Mikhael Pierre Quillard Jean Richepin Émile Hennequin Charles Vignier Charles Morice Paul Verlaine Villiers de l'Ilse Adam Teodor de Wyzewa Stewart Chamberlain Gerard de Nerval Souvenirs sur Lohengrin Jean Ajalbert Gabriel Mourey Adolphe Jullien Tola Dorian Swinburne Evenepoel Franz Liszt. A very valuable complete collection of this avant-garde journal both literary and aimed at presenting Wagner's works through a new aesthetic. Imprimeries MorelletBoyer & Cie hardcover
1889272886Berlin: Berlin Kunstdruck - und Verlags-Anstalt 1889. First. unbound. near fine. Carl Emil Doepler. Group of 39 of 40 total large plates showing costume designs for all the characters in Wagner's Ring by Carl Emil Doepler. Beautifully printed chromolithograph plates with excellent details 13-1/2" x 18" loose as issued and protected in a new gray cloth portfolio box with red leather spine label and the original title text mounted on front. Berlin: Berlin Kunstdruck- und Verlags-Anstalt Vormals A. & C. Kaufmann 1889. First edition. The 10 text pages are quite tattered at edges but the plates printed on heavier stock are all in excellent clean condition with only very minor wear at marginal edges or corners of 4 plates. Lacking plate 26: "Wotan als Wanderer" but otherwise a near fine copy of this very scarce and beautifully produced work - OCLC lists only 1 copy in the Netherlands and there is only 1 auction sale record from 1993.<br/> <br/> Part I Das Rheingold: 1 Rheintochter. 2 Wotan. 3 Fricka und Freia. 4 Fasolt. 5 Fafner. 6 Donner. 7 Froh. 8 Loge. 9 Alberich. 10 & 11 Die Nibelungen. 12 Erda. Part II Die Walkure: 13 Siegmund. 14 Sieglinde. 15 Hunding. 16 Wotan. 17 Brunnhilde. 18 Waltraute. 19 Die Walkuren Grimgerde & Gerhilde & Siegrune. 20 Ortlinde. 21 Rossweisse. 22 Schwertleite. 23 Helmwige. Part III Siegfried: 24 Mime. 25 Siegfried. 26 Wotan LACKING. 27 Alberich. Part IV Gotterdammerung: 28 Die Nornen. 29 Brunhilde. 30 Siegfried. 31 Gunther. 32-35 Mannen Gunthers. 36 Barde und Kinder. 37 Knechte mit Jagdbeute. 38 Gutrune. 39 Frauen im Gefolge Gutrunes. 40 Hagen.<br/> <br/> Berlin Kunstdruck - und Verlags-Anstalt unknown
189949472Akron: The Warner Company 1899. 1899. MILITARY. First edition. Oblong folio 14" x 17" decorated cloth titles and color design on the front cover brown front and rear endpapers all edges gilt 241 pp. 43 folio sized color lithographs with accompanying text. Color plates depict the uniforms of officers and non-commissioned officers and the changes to the uniform through time for both Army and Navy 1776-1899. Appendices enumerating the principal ships of the United States Navy their batteries and armor and official reports of the Battle of Manila and the action off Santiago De Cuba. Much on the Indian Wars including four full-color lithographs depicting the U.S. Army either attacking or being attacked by Indians. One full color lithograph entitled "U.S. Army - Custer Massacre At Big Horn Montana - June 25 1876" was prepared especially for this publication and does not appear elsewhere. Also much on the Spanish-American War including full reports of activities. At the back is a complete list of ships of the U.S. Navy including specifications on batteries armor engines and date of launching. We do not feel that many copies of this book have survived intact over the years largely due to its size and the overwhelming temptation to break up the book to gain the colorful plates each image size measuring 9" x 13" which are suitable for framing. Expertly rebacked and some light cosmetic touch-up to the spine ends and corners else very good tight bright copy. housed in a cloth slipcase with leather labels on front cover and spine with titles stamped in gilt. An exceptional copy of a rare and informative book. The Warner Company, 1899. hardcover
1860384770Wein: Ant. Diabelli & Comp. 1860. Hardcover. Good. One bound volume containing 52 manuscript leaves of music on the versos and rectos of each sheet bound in at the front and 10 printed scores totaling 116 pages of music. Text in German. Oblong quarto. Measures 13.5" x 10.25". Contemporary half morocco and cloth boards with "Varieties-Piano" stamped in gilt on the spine. Scuffing at the joints and corners scattered foxing a few early wove-paper repairs about very good. A unique custom bound collection of popular waltzes and opera arrangements for piano most likely assembled by a Viennese-based musician in the 1850s. Only one of the manuscript arrangements is signed and dated: "Clementine Steiner … März 1853.†Most of the printed scores were published by the famous Viennese music publisher and composer Anton Diabelli in the Euterpe series from the 1840s and 1850s.<br /> <br /> The manuscript leaves consists of about 17 short pieces and 18 longer works most of which range from four to 10 pages each. Among the scores in manuscript are piano arrangements from Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer Rienzi Lohengrin and Tannhäuser. Also included are arrangements from operas by Verdi Donizetti Meyerbeer and Gounod. The music is neatly written in ink with one short section in pencil most likely in two different hands with the titles tempos and lyrics in German. Bound-in after the manuscript scores are 10 printed scores ranging from three to 13 pages each. These include waltzes by Josef Strauss H.C. Lumbye Joseph Lanner and others; and various extracts from operas by Bellini arranged for piano by Anton Diabelli. A unique and pleasing collection of waltzes and operatic melodies from Vienna’s golden age. A detailed list of the individual arrangements and printed scores is available upon request. Ant. Diabelli & Comp.) hardcover
187035131870. Framed`. Broken in the middle a little worn but in acceptable condition. Framed`. 10 x 6 cm. Inscribed to Horace de Callias . Horace de Callias a painter he was a student of Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His work consisted of Parisian genre scenes portraits and mythological scenes. He exhibited at the Salon from 1870 until 1891. unknown
186684081Munich: Friedrich Bruckmann 1866. Fine. Friedrich Bruckmann Munich 1866 10.70 x 17.10 cm une feuille Original cabinet card format photograph. Gelatin silver bromide print retouched with pen. Photograph mounted on rigid card. Bruckmannn's portrait collection Nr. 180. Friedrich Bruckmann in Munchen. Trace of a fold at the upper right corner in the margin. Silver points around the portrait which indicate an early printing and not a later reprint as in later printings this photograph was retouched to erase the grain. Friedrich Bruckmann 1814-1898 was a German publisher and photographer who specialized in artist photography and had an extensive catalogue. Fine print skillfully retouched with pen. Friedrich Bruckmann unknown
187784653London: Elliott & Fry 1877. Fine. Elliott & Fry London 1877 10.50 x 16.60 cm une feuille Original cabinet card format photograph. Silver gelatin bromide print. Photograph mounted on rigid cardboard. Photographer's advertisement on verso and lower margin. Medium photographic portrait of composer Richard Wagner who made a third journey to London in 1877 to conduct several concerts intended to fill the financial chasm of Bayreuth; he was on this occasion presented to Queen Victoria. It was during this trip that he had himself photographed at Elliott & Fry who had an address on Baker Street. He undoubtedly used this print for his promotion. Elliott & Fry unknown
186918200Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber 1869. Cloth. Very Good. Following the 1850 original printing of Wagner's virulent attack on the influence of Judaism in music this is the 1869 correct 2nd edition published out of Leipzig and for the first time using Wagner's own name as author. Rebound in the mid-20th century in a light-blue cloth with dark leather title label at the spine. New front and rear endsheets as well. Happily though the complete book is bound-in including the original light-green wrappers which show minor soiling and creasing along the edges. The original text has held us very nicely as well; bright clean and eminently readable. Octavo 57 pgs. plus publisher's ad at the rear. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J..J. Weber unknown
188116649Karlsruhe: J. Veith 1881. Hardcover. vg. Rare copy: OCLC only has one listing. Folio 15" x 11". Portfolio. Paste-on labels over paper covered cloth with string ties. 24 chromolithographic plates. Very attractive suite of plates showing ornaments for book covers lamp bases cigarette plates "Zigarettenteller" frames boxes and other smaller household articles. In German. Some occasional slight handling marks else fine. J. Veith hardcover
1899208238Akron: Werner Company 1899. First. hardcover. very good-. Handsomely illustrated with 44 full-page color lithographs. 241pp. Oblong folio pictorial cloth; some areas of edges lightly worn back cover and first few page margins lightly soiled last two blank pages lightly dampstained rebacked in modern brown cloth front flyleaf lacking bottom right corner inner hinges strengthened. Akron: Werner Company 1899. First Edition.<br/> <br/> Internally the plates and text are bright. Plates depict soldiers on horseback and on foot mostly in battle scenes.<br/> <br/> Werner Company unknown
18863040Paris: Jules Rouam 1886. First edition. First edition. Thick folio. The Deluxe Copy. Three-quarter light brown morocco five raised bands marbled boards gilt spine. Celebrated treatise on Wagner with superb gravure illustrations by Fantin-Latour 120 including a double suite of lithographs printed on both Japan Vellum as well as China Paper. Scenes from operas much more all tissue-guarded. Some light rubbing to corners and spine very good copy. Jules Rouam unknown
184036469Bern ca.1840. Teilw. Stockfl. Lithographische Anstalt 4°. o. Ebd. Helvetica unknown
186071165Wien Vienna: Fritz Luckhardt 1860. Fine. Fritz Luckhardt Wien Vienna s. d. circa 1860 6.40 x 10.50 cm une photographie Cabinet card portrait of Richard Wagner Original cabinet card photograph of Richard Wagner on albumen paper mount with the stamp of the Fritz Luckhardt studio in Vienna. Annotations on the back including ""Collection Romi"". French journalist and ""historian of the unusual"" Robert Miquel ran a store in Paris at 15 rue de Seine captured by Robert Doisneau in his photograph series entitled ""La Vitrine de Romi"". No other examples of this photograph found in public collections. Fritz Luckhardt unknown
186075145Bruxelles Brussels: Ghemar Frères 1860. Fine. Ghemar Frères Bruxelles Brussels s. d. circa 1860 6 x 9.30 cm une photographie Original albumen print in carte de visite format mounted on a card from the Ghemar Brothers' studio in Brussels depicting Richard Wagner in profile. Handwritten annotations on the verso. Richard Wagner made only one visit to Belgium to conduct two concerts in the capital on 25 and 28 March 1860. It was most likely on this occasion that he posed before the Ghemar Brothers' camera. We have not located any other copy of this photograph in international public collections. Ghemar Frères unknown
1881541266Dresden 1881. Fine. Holograph Letter. In German. Octavo. 4pp. together with the holograph mailing envelope by Cosima postmarked Dresden 13 September 1881. In fine condition. From Cosima Wagner the daughter of Franz Liszt who later became the second wife of Richard Wagner and after his death the director of the Bayreuth Festival for 31 years. Written to her daughter Daniela von Bülow discussing Wagner and music performances she attended:<br /> <br /> “…Hopefully Darling by the time these lines will reach you we will be with you within a few hours; but I can only say hopefully as Dr. J today discovered 2 beginning abscesses on Papa which he wants to lance … Today I went to the porcelain collection an hour which I limited to China . Then we met as planned with Papa at the Sixtina … we came to Canaletto which Papa also liked a lot. Then we went to Dr. J … .†She also discusses performances of Weber Beethoven and Mozart: “This evening the Msinger Meistersinger is not taking place but instead Freischeutz. The music for Preciosa made a most lovely impression on me. Fioi was in the catholic church today and listened to a mass by Beeth. Beethoven and the Ave Verum of Mozart; because of Figaro I was tired of old-fashioned music for a while! Oh the endings! My ear is almost as sore as my mouth. Also . I found it quite annoying that the count who is mean and is being made fun of sings a pompous and serious aria. And yet the work also contains the most beautiful and eternal characteristics of Mozart’s genius! In the Preciosa I heard only Bernag’s declamation … Jews everywhere! And it seems to me that the piece is lovable and could be played well . â€<br /> <br /> A scarce surviving letter historically important and rich in content. unknown
1860L973Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel 1860. 1st Vocal edition . Hardback. Vg. Folio. ND 1860. 250pp. 34x28 cms. Lithographed throughout No dedication page or cast list. Piano and Vocal Score. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards. Plates no 9942. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS <br/> <br/> Breitkopf & Härtel hardcover
1868L977Mainz: B. Scott's Sohne 1868. 1st Vocal edition . Hardback. Vg. Folio. ND 1867.i4 570pp. Lithographed throughout Cast and dedication page to King Ludwig II both present. FULL ORCHESTRAL SCORE. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards. Corners bumped and lacks one calf corner. Fore-edge light stain not affecting margins of text. Plate no 18469.Scribners New York Cat 112 Item 179 issued 1937. The Orchestral score despite having an earlier plate number 18469 was published in 1868 a year after the vocal score. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS <br/> <br/> B. Scott's Sohne hardcover
1867L972Mainz: B. Scott's Sohne 1867. 1st Vocal edition . Hardback. Vg. Folio. ND 1867. 402pp. Lithographed throughout No dedication page. Piano and Vocal Score. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards. Corners bumped. Plate no 18975. Ex-libris stamp of the reknowned nineteenth century pianist Benno Schoenberger 1863-1930 an Austrian who studied under Liszt. 'Liszt thought highly of Schonberger's playing particularly the beauty and elegance of his touch. The artistic sensitivity of his playing was cultivated by the Master over many years study at Leipzig'.Scribners New York Cat 112 Item 178 issued 1937. The Orchestral score despite having an earlier plate number 18469 was published in 1868 a year after this vocal score. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS <br/> <br/> B. Scott's Sohne hardcover
18884956CB1888. Mannheim K. Ferd. Heckel 1888. 4°. 2 359 S. Etwas späterer Halbleinenband mit verg. Rückentitel ohne Orig.-Umschlag. Klein S. 6f. - MGG dtv XIV 106. - Pl.-Nr. 2216. - Erste Ausgabe des Klavierauszuges Flachdruck dieses frühen Bühnenwerkes von Richard Wagner komponiert 1833/34. 1835 dirigierte Wagner die Ouverture. Die ganze Oper wurde nicht mehr zu Lebzeiten Wagners aufgeführt. Uraufführung war 1888 in München am Hof- und Nationaltheater unter der Leitung von Hermann Levi der den Klavierauszug als Weihnachstgabe für "Wahnfried" erstellte. Die Ouvertüre ist für Klavier zu vier Händen gesetzt. unknown
18761160Bayreuth: C. Geissel’s Officin 1876. First edition. Unbound as published. Folded once. Somewhat dusted. A small tear at folding with no effect on legibility. A trace of old restoration at the inner joint. Overall in very good condition. First edition. Unbound as published. 4 p. <p><br /> Extremely scarce report of the Board of the “Richard Wagner-Theaters†Bayreuth Festspielhaus with Wagner’s invitation to the upcoming rehearsals.<br /> <p><p><br /> In this brochure the Board announces the dates of the three weeks of the four-evening rehearsals of Wagner’s “The Ring of the Nibelung†which could be attended only by the patrons; shows a sample of the Patron-card; quotes Wagner’s invitation for the rehearsals; and announces the budget statement of the year of 1875.<br /> <p><p><br /> The Richard Wagner-Theater or the Bayreuth Festspielhaus Wagner’s opera house’s was built between 1872 and 1876. The funding of the construction was difficult thus Wagner gave concerts sold shares and set up Wagner Societies all over the world to promote his music and ideas and the Verwaltungs-Rathes des Richard Wagner-Theaters was in charge to manage all these actions. The open rehearsals announced in this Report were also part of the effort to finalize the building and fund its later operation. The Festspielhaus eventually opened in the summer of 1876 with the public premier of the four-opera cycle the Ring.<br /> <p><p><br /> Extremely scarce document. We could trace only one copy in institutional holding at the Friedrich Nietzsche Collection of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar Germany GSA 71/3781. <br /> <p>. C. Geissel’s Officin unknown
1888L971Mannheim: K. Ferd. Heckel 1888. 1st Vocal edition . Hardback. Vg. 4to. 359pp. Lithographed throughout. Fine contemporary half-calf green binding with marbled boards and end-papers. Wear to corners and marbled papers boards. First published edition of the Vocal and Piano score 1888. Plate number 2216 Lithographed by C.G. Roder Leipzig. Attractive title-page. Publishers stamp Scott & Co 159 Regent Street London W. to foot of tile-page below text. Singers list to p1. Fine contemporary half-calf green binding with marbled boards and end-papers. Wear to corners and marbled papers boards. Raised band gilt. Internally fine with no marks or wear. Die Feen was composed in 1833 orig. manuscripts sold at Christies 27th October 1978 and the overture was performed for the first time in 1835 conducted by the composer. The opera was never performed in Wagner's lifetime with the first performance in 1888. The full score was printed in 1872. This vocal score has been ascribed to 1888 the year of the first performance. Scribners New York Cat 112 Item 187 issued 1937. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS <br/> <br/> K. Ferd. Heckel hardcover
1875L981Mainz: B. Scott's Sohne 1875. 1st Vocal edition . Hardback. Vg. Folio. ND 1875. pp. vi 357pp. 34x27 cms. Preliminary lithographed title 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' with dedication to Ludwig II. Plate no. 21500 .Lithographed throughout. Piano and Vocal Score. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards. Corners bumped and boards worn. Ex-libris stamp of the reknowned nineteenth century pianist Benno Schoenberger 1863-1930 an Austrian who studied under Liszt. 'Liszt thought highly of Schonberger's playing particularly the beauty and elegance of his touch. The artistic sensitivity of his playing was cultivated by the Master over many years study at Leipzig'. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS <br/> <br/> B. Scott's Sohne hardcover
1871L983Mainz: B. Scott's Sohne 1871. 1st Vocal edition . Hardback. Vg. Folio. ND 1875.1 299pp. 34x27 cms. Plate no. 20326. Lithographed throughout. Piano and Vocal Score. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards. Corners bumped and boards worn. Ex-libris stamp of the reknowned nineteenth century pianist Benno Schoenberger 1863-1930 an Austrian who studied under Liszt. 'Liszt thought highly of Schonberger's playing particularly the beauty and elegance of his touch. The artistic sensitivity of his playing was cultivated by the Master over many years study at Leipzig'. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS Scribners New York Cat 112 Item 180 issued 1937. <br/> <br/> B. Scott's Sohne hardcover
