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Schreker, Franz
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Schreker, Franz
- Der Ferne Klang, Oper in 3 Aufzügen...Partitur [score], Vienna & Leipzig: Universal-Edition, [1912], the composer's own marked-up score
- paper and ink
3 volumes in one, 122, 200 & 145 pages, large folio (c.41.5 x 29.5cm), 3 title-pages, music lithographed from a manuscript, plate number U.E.3097 (I-III), composer's ownership stamp to first title, marked-up throughout by the composer in blue crayon, occasionally also in orange crayon and pencil, contemporary cloth-backed boards
Literature
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ii (1992), 158
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"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."
"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
Rare. This annotated score and the following two lots represent the most important Schreker-related material to appear at auction in recent times.
More successful during his lifetime than the other Viennese composers - Schoenberg, Mahler and Zemlinsky - with whom he is often linked, Schreker first achieved widespread fame with his three-act opera Der ferne Klang ('The Distant Sound'), written between c.1903 and 1910, and based on his own libretto. This work, which marked Schreker out as a leading opera composer of the modern central European school, was given its first performance in Frankfurt on 18 August 1912, with Ludwig Rottenberg conducting.