Palmgren, Selim

1) Masked Ball for Two Pianos Op. 36, THE STICHVORLAGE, each of the four movements signed ("Selim Palmgren"; "S. Palmgren"), written in black ink on up to three 4-stave systems per page, autograph general title-page and individual title-page for the first three numbers, the original series apparently consisting of three movements ("Der Improvisator", "Die Tänzerin" and "Humoristisches Gefolge"), some corrections to the final movement written on strips of manuscript paper and affixed to the score, marked up by and for the printer in pencil and in blue crayon, 6, 9, 6, 13 pages, folio, no place or date [c.1913?], some browning and dust-staining 

2) Finnish Lyrics: 12 Pieces for Piano Op. 22, THE STICHVORLAGE, written in black ink on up to five two-stave systems per page, with autograph movement titles and general title-page ("Finnische Lyrik [corrected from "Poesien aus Finnland"] 12 Klavierstücke von Selim Palmgren op. 22..."), each movement signed ("Selim Palmgren") and beginning on a new gathering, a revision to no. 1 written on a strip of manuscript paper and affixed to the score with translucent adhesive tape, marked up by and for the printer in pencil, a number of autograph deletions and revisions, over 30 pages, plus blanks, folio, no place or date [1901-1904?], without no. 3, some browning, staining and creasing



together with scribal arrangements for single piano of Masked Ball for Two Pianos, Op. 36, and Aus Finnland: 4 Symphonic Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 24, these arrangements forming the Stichvorlage of the Finnische Kabinettstücke (7 Piano Pieces), without opus number, 10 pages, folio, no place or date [by 1923], folded twice

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Selim Palmgren (1878-1951) was an important Finnish composer of the generation after Sibelius.