Record ID:
115171
Creator:
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.
Biographical Data:
Hungarian composer, pianist, and teacher.
Title:
Mephisto waltz no. 1 for piano : autograph manuscript, 1859 Sept. 1.
Uniform title:
Episoden aus Lenau's Faust. Tanz in der Dorfschenke; arr.
Date:
1859 Sept. 1.
Credit Line:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, with the special assistance of Mrs. W. Rodman Fay.
Inscription/Markings:
"Mephisto Walzer--(nach einer Episode aus Lenau's Faust--'Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke')"; on p. 25: "Titel /Mephisto's Walzer / nach einer Episode in Lenau's 'Faust'--der Tanz in der Dorfschenke," [which Liszt has changed to read:] "Titel Mephisto's Walzer nach einer Episode 'der Tanz in der Dorfschenke' in Lenau's 'Faust' "; on p. 24: "1 Sept. [18]59."
Notes:
For piano; originally for orchestra.
Provenance:
Robert Pflughaupt; Alfred Cortot; Robert Owen Lehman.
Associated names:
Lenau, Nicolaus, 1802-1850.
Pflughaupt, Robert, former owner.
Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, former owner.
Lehman, Robin, former owner.
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