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BARTÓK,
Béla, 1881-1945
Musik
für
Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug und Celesta. Faksimile des
Partiturautographs und der
Skizzen. Herausgegeben von Felix Meyer.
[Music
for
Strings, Percussion & Celeste]
 detail of the
first page
Eine
Publikation der Paul Sacher Stiftung.
Basel, 2000. 30 x 40 cm, 176 pp (103 facs).
Beautiful color halftone of the autograph score of one of the towering
masterpieces of 20th-century music. Originally commissioned by Paul
Sacher in 1936 for the tenth-anniversary of the Basel Chamber
Orchestra, the work was supposed to be "for strings alone" and "not too
difficult technically". Bartók, vacationing at the time in
Braunwald, Switzerland eagerly accepted the task. The manuscript is an
unusual draft and
faircopy in a single
document. This stunning bibliophile edition consists of an introduction
by Felix Meyer accompanied by numerous reproductions of period
documents and photographs, and a full facsimile of the
score—including 31 "discarded" pages provided as a
supplement. It was published as a tribute to the memory of Paul Sacher
and a celebration of sorts for the transfer (on loan) of the original
manuscript from Peter Bartók to the Sacher Foundation Library.
Introduction in Ger-Eng. Handsome binding in red linen, with matching
slipcase. $254
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