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- Creator
- Herwegh, Georg, 1817-1875
- Call number
- JOB 91-42
- Physical description
- 1 item
- Language
- In German
- Preferred Citation
- Poem concerning Richard Wagner, Music Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Music Division
- Access to materials
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Georg Herwegh, a German poet, was a friend of composer Richard Wagner. Clipping of a poem which deals humorously with Wagner's Munich experiences. The former owner Mrs. Burrell dates it as of 1865. The article, in an unidentified publication, states that the poem is quoted from the Vienna National-Zeitung.
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Custodial history
Formerly owned by Mary Banks Burrell. Cf. Catalogue of the Burrell collection of Wagner documents, letters, and other biographical material. London : Nonpareil Press, 1929. Item 448.
Source of acquisition
Purchase, Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc, 1978Key terms
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Music DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor