Papers relating to a manuscript copy of Richard Wagner's Entwurf zur Organisation eines deutschen Nationaltheaters für das Königreich Sachsen

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{"value"=>"Papers relating to a manuscript copy of Richard Wagner's Entwurf zur Organisation eines deutschen Nationaltheaters für das Königreich Sachsen"}

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{"value"=>"1895?", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"questionable", "normal"=>"1895"}

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1895

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1895

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{"value"=>"<p>In 1848-1849, German composer Richard Wagner outlined a plan for the organization of a German national theater for the Kingdom of Saxony. A manuscript copy of his plan was read and considered, penciled remarks were added, and a penciled retort to these remarks added by Wagner himself. The manuscript was published in the Gesammelte Schriften in 1871, but without these remarks and with other omissions.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>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 169.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>In an ALS, 1895 Feb. 28, from Otto Richter, Dresden, to Mary Banks Burrell, London, Dr. Richter copies Wagner's retort from the manuscript. Richter encloses a copy he has made of a letter from Wagner to theater authorities answering criticism of his scheme. 2 documents in the hand of Mrs. Burrell include portions of the manuscript which were omitted from the publication and a penciled notation at the end of the manuscript written by Kammermusicus Julius Rühlmann. The manuscript itself is not included in this collection.</p>"}

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{"accession_number"=>"MUS"}

{"date"=>"1978", "source"=>"Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc", "address"=>"502 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc, 1978"}

bibliography

{"value"=>"<p>Rühlmann's notation is published in: Richard Wagner Briefe : die Sammlung Burrell / hrsg. von John N. Burk. [Frankfurt am Main] : S. Fischer, 1953, [c1950]</p>"}

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{"value"=>"In an ALS, 1895 Feb. 28, from Otto Richter, Dresden, to Mary Banks Burrell, London, Dr. Richter copies Wagner's retort from the manuscript. Richter encloses a copy he has made of a letter from Wagner to theater authorities answering criticism of his scheme. 2 documents in the hand of Mrs. Burrell include portions of the manuscript which were omitted from the publication and a penciled notation at the end of the manuscript written by Kammermusicus Julius Rühlmann. The manuscript itself is not included in this collection."}

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1895

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{"value"=>"In German"}

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{"value"=>"Papers relating to a manuscript copy of Richard Wagner's Entwurf zur Organisation eines deutschen Nationaltheaters für das Königreich Sachsen, Music Division, The New York Public Library"}

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4 items

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1895

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1895

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{"type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator", "value"=>"Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883."}

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