Romances for women's voices : autograph manuscript, 1849 Mar.?

Record ID: 
115693
Accession number: 
Cary 514
Creator: 
Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856.
Biographical Data: 
German composer.
Title: 
Romances for women's voices : autograph manuscript, 1849 Mar.?
Uniform title: 
Romances, women's voices, op. 69
Date: 
1849 Mar.?
Inscription/Markings: 

"12. Romanzen für Frauenchor."

Contents: 

Tamburinschlägerin (op. 69/1) -- Waldmädchen (op. 69/2) -- Die Capelle (op. 69/6) -- Klosterfräulein (op. 69/3) Soldatenbraut (op. 69/4) -- Meerfeÿ (op. 69/5) -- In Meeres Mitten (op. 91/12) -- Der Wassermann (op. 91/9) -- Piano accompaniments: Klosterfräulein (op. 69/3) ; Rosmarien (op. 91/7) ; Jäger Wohlgemuth (op. 91/8) ; Der Wassermann (op. 91/9) ; Die Bleicherin (op.91/11) ; Mägdlein am Heerd (op. 91/10).

Notes: 

Contains op. 69, nos. 1-6; op. 91, nos. 9 and 12; and the optional piano accompaniments for op. 69, no. 3, and op. 91, nos. 7-11.
The original number of songs (9) on the t.p. is erased and replaced by 12. List of songs on t.p.: 1) Tamburinschlägerin. (v. Eichendorf) -- 2) Waldmädchen. (v. Eichendorf) -- 3) Klosterfräulein (Just. Kerner) -- 4) Meerfeÿ (v. Eichendorf) -- 5) Soldatenbraut. (E. Möricke) -- 6) Die Capelle. (L. Uhland) -- 7) In Meeres Mitten (F. Rückert) -- 8) Mägdlein am Heerd [sic]. (E. Möricke) -- 9) Die Bleicherin. (R. Reinick) -- 10) Rosmarien (altdeutsch) -- 11) Jäger Wohlgemuth (altdeutsch) -- 12) Der Wassermann (Just. Kerner).
Six of the choruses are dated at the end: Tamburinschlägerin, Waldmädchen, and Soldatenbraut (17 March 1849); Meerfeÿ (19 March 1849); In Meeres Mitten (21 March 1849); and Der Wassermann (23 March 1849).

Provenance: 

Paul Gottschalk; Alfred Cortot; Robert Owen Lehman.

Associated names: 

Eichendorff, Joseph, Freiherr von, 1788-1857.
Kerner, Justinus Andreas Christian, 1786-1862.
Mörike, Eduard Friedrich, 1804-1875.
Uhland, Ludwig, 1787-1862.
Rückert, Friedrich, 1788-1866.
Gottschalk, Paul, 1880-1970, former owner.
Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, former owner.
Lehman, Robin, former owner.
Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Romances, women's voices, op. 91.