Record ID:
70328
Accession number:
PMC 93
Creator:
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
Title:
Elias : ein Oratorium : Op. 70 / nach Worten des alten Testaments componirt von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
Uniform title:
Elias. Vocal score. English
Published:
[London : Ewer, 1847?]
Notes:
Caption title, in composer's hand.
A proof copy of the first English edition of the vocal score, lacking all preliminary matter, with some annotations in Mendelssohn's hand; the English text is printed, the German added by hand in red ink above or below it, and the music adjusted to accomodate the German words.
Blank pages between p. 73-74, 99 and 99 (repeated), 143-144 (two blank pages), 190-191, 205-206; numerous examples of double pagination, large/small number sizes, typographic inversion.
A proof copy of Hoboken-Sammlung no. 253.
Associated names:
Cary, Mary Flagler, former owner.
Department:
Music Collection: