München, ein Gelegenheitswalzer, AV or Op 125, TrV. 274. - Important Presentation Copy

[1937]. 20pp, a facsimile photostat of the original unpublished score made for a Nazi propaganda film about Munich, which was, ironically, suppressed by the Nazis (and only available in this form). One of ten copies that Strauss had made, this one was given to Willi Schuh (1900 - 1986), his biographer. In ink, Strauss has written "Facsimile" on the bottom left of the first page and signed it "All Rechte vorbehalten, Richard Strauss." [All rights reserved, Richard Strauss.] In very fine condition.


In 1938 Strauss was asked to compose music for a documentary film on Munich, and though both music and film were completed the following year, the Nazi regime forbade the film´s release. The musical material for the film score had been drawn from "Feuersnot", a fitting idea since that opera had been set in Munich of old. Despite the ban, Strauss went ahead and self-published the music under the title "München: ein Gelegenheitswalzer "(1939) in a set of 10 manuscript facsimile copies, given to close friends. After his home city of Munich was bombed by the Allies in the war, the work was expanded with a new subtitle, "ein Gedächtniswalzer "["Memorial Waltz"] (1945). (7370)

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