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BRAHMS, Johannes, 1833-1897
Feldeinsamkeit, Opus 86, Nr. 2: “Ich
ruhe still im hohen grünen
Gras”. Faksimile nach dem in
Privatbesitz befindlichen Autograph.
 opening page
[Henle Music Facsimiles, 8]. Munich, 1983.
Oblong, 30 x 23 cm, 4 facs., iii pp. Beautiful
3-color collotype of the presentation autograph fair copy. Composed
sometime between 1879
and 1881, this is one of Brahms’ most popular songs, performed on
numerous concert programs
and published by Simrock both as a part of six songs (“Sechs Lieder”,
op.86) and as a single
issue. The manuscript reproduced here, written on paper with elaborate
marginal decorations
in blue ink and with the melody scored in the bass clef, was dedicated
to the banker Wilhelm
Lindeck of Mannheim who managed an account for the composer. Issued on
the occasion of the
150th year of the composer’s birth. Afterword in Ger-Eng by Ernst
Herttrich. Wrappers. $65
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