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Strauss, Richard
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- Strauss, Richard
- Autograph manuscript of the song "Im Spätboot", Op.56 no.3, signed ("Richard Strauss") AND INSCRIBED TO STRAUSS'S MOTHER ("Meiner lieben Mutter gewidmet")
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a fair-copy autograph, a setting of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer's poem beginning "Aus der Schiffsbank mach' ich meinen Pfühl", scored for bass voice and piano, notated in black ink on up to three three-stave systems per page, with autograph title-inscription "Im Spätboot (C. Ferd. Meyer)", with some erasures and autograph corrections
3 pages and 1 blank, oblong 4to (27.1 x 36cm), 9-stave paper ("B & H. Nr 9. C."), modern blue half morocco, dated at the end by Strauss Berlin, 18 January 1906, outer and upper edge of first leaf, and hinge, strengthened, three vertical folds, light dust-staining to outer sides, a few tiny marks
3 pages and 1 blank, oblong 4to (27.1 x 36cm), 9-stave paper ("B & H. Nr 9. C."), modern blue half morocco, dated at the end by Strauss Berlin, 18 January 1906, outer and upper edge of first leaf, and hinge, strengthened, three vertical folds, light dust-staining to outer sides, a few tiny marks
Literature
RSQV q00537; TrV 220/3; Susan Youens, '"Actually, I like my songs best": Strauss's lieder', The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss, ed. Charles Youmans (Cambridge, 2010), pp.165ff.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF A COMPLETE SONG BY STRAUSS. Strauss's setting of the "Das Spätboot" (On the Late Ferry) by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825-1898), a writer celebrated for his novellas and ballads, is one of Strauss's most superb lieder. Rendering in music Meyer's ecstatic description of the individual's 'voyage into death from the moment he lays his head down for the last time until his final transmutation' (Susan Youens), the song is one of Strauss's most atmospheric, the voice floating serenely above arpeggiated chords until the final, unforgettable descent to a low (tonic) D flat.
Strauss's song was composed between 1903 and 1906, i.e. around the time of Salome (completed in 1905), and published in the year of its completion by Bote and Bock as the third of the Sechs Lieder Op.56. It was also the first of the set to be performed, by the bass Paul Knüpfer and Strauss himself, at a concert in Leipzig on 3 March 1906. Later orchestral versions of nos. 5 and 6 of the set were made by Strauss in 1933 and 1906, respectively.
Strauss's song was composed between 1903 and 1906, i.e. around the time of Salome (completed in 1905), and published in the year of its completion by Bote and Bock as the third of the Sechs Lieder Op.56. It was also the first of the set to be performed, by the bass Paul Knüpfer and Strauss himself, at a concert in Leipzig on 3 March 1906. Later orchestral versions of nos. 5 and 6 of the set were made by Strauss in 1933 and 1906, respectively.