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MOZART, Wolfgang
Amadeus, 1756-1791
Der
Schauspieldirektor. The Impresario. A Comedy
with Music in One Act,
K.486. Facsimile of
the Autograph Manuscript in the Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection, The
Pierpont Morgan
Library.
[Impresario,
K.486]
first
page
New York, 1976. Oblong, 35 x 26 cm, xi, 89 pp.
2-color halftone of the autograph score
composed between Jan. 18 and Feb. 3, 1786. A “Singspiel”, with libretto
by Gottlieb
Stephanie, and consisting of an “Ouverture, 2 Arien, ein Terzett und
Vaudeville”, the work
was commissioned by Emperor Joseph II and first presented (along with
an opera by Salieri) at
Schönbrunn, the emperor’s summer residence near Vienna.. Includes
draft for the aria “Da
schlägt die Abschiedsstunde”, in the possession of the New York
Public Library. Preface by
Charles Ryskamp; introduction by Rigbie Turner. Beta-radiographs of 4
watermarks. Wrappers,
in heavy textured blue paper with beautifully printed title block. $75
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