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Notated Music Sehr Langsam, misterioso

About this Item

Title

  • Sehr Langsam, misterioso

Names

  • Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900

Created / Published

  • 1896.

Headings

  • -  Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm,--1844-1900--Musical settings
  • -  Symphonies--Excerpts--Vocal scores with piano
  • -  Songs (Low voice) with orchestra--Vocal scores with piano

Genre

  • Excerpts

Notes

  • -  Holograph, in ink, with emendations and corrections in pencil.
  • -  The 4th movement of Symphony no. 3; for contralto solo with piano reduction; includes indications for orchestration.
  • -  Words from Also sprach Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche.
  • -  Duration: 11 min., 30 sec.
  • -  At end: Gustav Mahler, Steinbach, Sommer 96.
  • -  Gift; Gisella Selden-Goth; 1965 Dec. 30.
  • -  Previously owned by Natalie Bauer-Lechner.
  • -  Conserved; 002417.15 1976 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda

Medium

  • 1 ms. vocal score ([4] p.) ; 35 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML31 .S4a No. 12
  • ML31 .S4e No. 12 Photocopy

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016560852

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Mahler, Gustav, and Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. Sehr Langsam, misterioso. 1896. Notated Music. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016560852/.

APA citation style:

Mahler, G. & Nietzsche, F. W. (1896) Sehr Langsam, misterioso. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016560852/.

MLA citation style:

Mahler, Gustav, and Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. Sehr Langsam, misterioso. 1896. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016560852/>.