Second rhapsody for violin and piano, BB 96a : autograph manuscript, 1928-1929.

Record ID: 
415839
Accession number: 
B292.R468
Creator: 
Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.
Biographical Data: 
Hungarian composer.
Title: 
Second rhapsody for violin and piano, BB 96a : autograph manuscript, 1928-1929.
Uniform title: 
Rhapsodies, violin, piano, no. 2
Date: 
1928-1929.
Inscription/Markings: 

Wrapper title page: "Rhapsodie II Bartók original manuscript Bartok Rhapsodie II."

Notes: 

The autograph complete score of the original version, sent to the violinist Zoltán Székely in 1928, with a revised ending added on a separate leaf (34.1 x 26) in 1929.
First performance: Amsterdam, 19 November 1928 by Székely with Gé́za Frid, piano.
Includes wrapper with title inscribed by Székely and inserted bifolio with his draft of the violin passage at rehearsal figure 31 (35 x 27.2 cm)
Includes loose single stave of music in red and black ink.
Score is marked by Székely in pencil.
Score on 18-stave paper ("J.E. & Co. No. 5 18-linig"); additional manuscript stave added by composer at the foot of each page.
Revised ending on an unpaginated page of16-stave paper; wrapper on 10-stave Dutch paper ("J.H.H. Siestrop, Den Haag").

Provenance: 

Zoltán Székely.

Associated names: 

Székely, Zoltán, 1903-2001, former owner.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Robert Owen Lehman Collection, on Deposit