ID 1349652
Lot 52 | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
Autograph manuscript of the song 'O Jugend, o schöne Rosenzeit', op.57 no.4, [Leipzig, 1843]
For voice and piano, on five systems of three staves, two pages, 295 x 225mm, bifolium, a few emendations, inscribed by Mendelssohn at upper right, 'H.D.m.', autograph attribution of the text to 'von Zuccalmaglio' at the conclusion. Blue cloth portfolio. Provenance: Sotheby's, 9 December 1999, lot 175.
'Oh youth, oh fair time of roses': a setting of a Rhenish folksong. In spite of its calligraphic appearance, the superscription 'H[ilf] D[u] m[ir]' (help me, God) indicates that this is the original draft, something which is confirmed by the presence of a few discreet emendations throughout, most notable at the key-change in the last stanza. The text is from a collection of folk songs gathered by Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio (1803-1869), mostly from his home region of the Bergisches Land in the Rhineland.
[Sold with:] a printed edition of the Sechs Lieder, op.57 (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.).
| Artist: | Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Artist: | Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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