{"product_id":"21586-wagner-richard-autograph-title-page-for-part-of-gotterdammerung","title":"Wagner, Richard. (1813–1883) Autograph title-page for part of Götterdämmerung","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAutograph title-page for part of Götterdämmerung, entirely in the hand of the composer and signed: \"Fortsetzung des Klavierauszuges der 'Götterdämmerung' Zur Fortsetzung des Stiches eingesandt von Richard Wagner Bayreuth 14 Febr. 1874\", being for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKarl Klindworth's piano score of \"Götterdämmerung\", sent to the publishers Schott for the continuation of work on the engraving of that score. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e page, cut down from a larger leaf of music manuscript paper, 23.8 x 18.8cm, laid down on card, together with an autograph letter by Carl \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\"\u003eArmbruster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to the organist John Lott, dated 31 May, 1900, elucidating Wagner's autograph, laid down on the verso of the card. \u003c\/span\u003eBayreuth, 14 February 1874, light browning, else fine. \u003cspan\u003e Contained in a deluxe custom red morocco folder, lined with satin and silk (edges rubbed, one panel of the satin cracked, container else fine). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA letter by Carl \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\"\u003eArmbruster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to the Lichfield Cathedral organist John Lott, laid down on the verso of the card bearing Wagner's autograph, elucidates the composer's note thus: \"It is an autograph of Wagner's and was by him placed round a packet of music written by C. Klindworth, who arranged the piano score from the full score of the \"Ring\". - The words, translated, are these: Continuation of the Pianoforte score of the \"Dusk of the Gods\" sent in for the continuation of the work of engraving...\". \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan title=\"German-language text\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-style: italic;\" lang=\"de\"\u003eGötterdämmerung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de\"\u003e or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, WWV 86D, is the last in Richard Wagner's cycle of four music dramas \u003cspan title=\"German-language text\"\u003e\u003ci lang=\"de\"\u003eDer Ring des Nibelungen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Ring of the Nibelung\u003c\/i\u003e). It received its premiere at the \u003cspan title=\"German-language text\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de\"\u003eBayreuth Festspielhaus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e. The first edition of the vocal score of Götterdämmerung, prepared by the German pianist and teacher Karl Klindworth (1830-1916), was sent to the printer in batches and was published by B. Schott's Söhne in April 1875. At this time, Cosima Wagner wrote in her diary: \"part of the piano arrangement of Götterdämmerung arrives and is unplayable and ununderstandable, the middle voices too prominent, so that the main theme is obscured\" (i.732).\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093786775711,"sku":"21586","price":12000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Wagner_Richard_Autograph_title-page_for_part_of_Gotterdammerung_21586b.jpg?v=1722190351","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/21586-wagner-richard-autograph-title-page-for-part-of-gotterdammerung","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}