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ELGAR, Edward, 1857-1934
Concerto
for Violoncello and Orchestra in E
Minor, Op. 85
Royal College of Music London MS
402. Facsimile
Introduction by Jonathan
Del Mar; Foreword by Steven
Isserlis
Documenta Musicologica, II/36.
Kassel, 2007. 25 x 34 cm, xix, 134 pp.
Facsimile of the autograph score
issued on the 150th anniversary of the
composer’s birth. Reproduces Elgar’s
elegant manuscript, a highly marked up
faircopy containing numerous colored
corrections and additions as well as
preparations for the printed score and
last minute changes. One of the
cornerstones of the cello repertoire,
the work, composed shortly before the
death of the composer’s wife in 1920
and in the aftermath of a ghastly war,
is considered by many as his last
masterpiece. The premiere of the
concerto was given by Felix Salmond on
October 27, 1919 with the London
Symphony Orchestra in Queen's Hall in
London, under the baton of the
composer. Introduction in Eng-Ger.
Handsome binding with torquise paper
boards with reproduction of Cuno
Amiet’s “The Cellist”. $174
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