Symphony, no. 1, D major. Title inside front cover, followed by the titles of the movements, the whole of which has been crossed out, apparently by the composer, who discarded the "program" of the Symphony when it was published in 1899. Full score of the symphony, containing the "Blumine" movement, dropped after the Symphony's premiere in 1889 and not discovered again until this MS came to light. It preceeds the published version, and there are differences in orchestration between the two.
Description:
Some blank pages throughout.
Subject (Name):
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Blumine and Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Symphonies, no. 1, D major
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 Weber, J. J., fl. 1862-1871
Published / Created:
1862 December 1
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 244
Collection Title:
Documents relating to Richard Wagner
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Bound volume containing the original contract between Wagner and J. J. Weber for the publication of Der Ring des Nibelungen, signed by both parties, 1862 Dec 1, Leipzig and Dresden.
Inserted folding leaf : ""Effigies tabvlae smaragdinae."" : 2 representations of the emerald tablet of Hermes. In Hebrew on the left and an exotic tongue (representing Chaldean?) on the right.
Description:
Engraved plate, 185 x 235 mm., tipped in inside front cover., MS consists of 3 loose quires in cover., On paper., and Single columns 175 x 120 mm. bordered in pencil, without ruling.
Subject (Name):
Hermes, Trismegistus. Tabula smaragdina
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy and Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
f. 45v, 46r : Geometric symbols containing luna crests., f. 50r : ""Philosophisch balneum,"" distillation apparatus and furnace., f. 50v : ""Der Faule Heintze,"" a multilevel furnace, and f. 51r : ""Der Philosophische Offen,"" a cylindrical furnace, with chimney.
Description:
3 oversize folding pages with drawings and diagrams inserted after f. 227., On paper, Twelve illustrations., and Written by a single scribe in gothic, Fraktur and roman scripts.
Manuscript on paper of an untitled Kunstbuechlein containing hundreds of recipes for a variety of alchemical processes, chiefly metallurgical.
Description:
Foliation in first section almost entirely illegible, Foliation of volume is difficult due to both mutilated and missing leaves., On first flyleaf recto: an elaborate pen-drawing of a double coat of arms, probably of a husband and wife of minor German noble families, which may be seen in the photographic reproduction. Above the left coat are the letters ""I.W.G.W."" and above the right, ""I.W.D.G.,"" while the date ""1.5.6.2."" is written below and between the letters., On the first end flyleaf recto (numbered f. 155) is a table of alchemical symbols possibly by the original copyist., Paper codex., and Standing in a slight landscape with ruined buildings below and between the two coats of arms is a female figure seen in left profile wearing a long dress; in her lowered right hand she holds a banner which bears an inscription: ""Mich beisst der Floch"" [sic], apparently for ""Floh"", i.e., ""The flea bites me""; her left hand has raised the skirt of her dress and is concealed beneath it.