Record ID:
351196
Accession number:
Cary 710
Creator:
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957.
Biographical Data:
Austrian composer.
Title:
Working manuscript of part of the incidental music to Much ado about nothing, op. 11: autograph manuscript, 1918.
Uniform title:
Musik zu Shakespeare's Viel Lärmen um nichts. Mummenschanz
Date:
1918.
Credit Line:
Purchased on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund, 2013.
Inscription/Markings:
"Vorspiel II. Akt"; "Rudi Duschnitz zur Erinnerung an die Enquartierung Sommer 1918, herzlichst u. freundschaftlichst: Erich Wolfgang Korngold."
Notes:
Music that eventually became the Hornpipe of the incidental music to Shakespeare's play.
Provenance:
Rudi Duschnitz; Sotheby's London, June 6, 2013, lot 420.
Associated names:
Duschnitz, Rudi, former owner.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Much ado about nothing.
Department:
Music Collection: