SCHOENBERG, Arnold 1874-1951

[Op. 2, no. 4]. Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier... Op. 2 [No. 4: Waldsonne] Gedichte von Richard Dehmel und Johannes Schlaf... Meinem Lehrer und Freunde Alexander von Zemlinsky

Berlin: Verlag Dreililien [PN 240], [after 1907].

Folio. Original publisher's wrappers printed in red and black. 1f. (title printed in red and black), 3-5, [i] (publisher's catalogue: "Werke von Arnold Schönberg" listing Schoenber's opp. 1-4 and 6-7) pp. Photographic print from engraved plates. Price printed to lower right corner: no. 1 "Mk. 1.20 no.," no. 2 "Mk. 1.20 no.," no. 3 "Mk. –.90 no.," no. 4 "Mk. 1.20 no." Watermark "CGR X64X."

Handstamp below price to upper wrapper: "Aufgedr[uckte] Preise ungültig. Richard Birnbach, Berlin;" "3655" in pencil to foot; "4. Waldsonne" underlined in blue ink; "Op. 2" underlined in blue pencil.

First Edition, later issue. Rufer (Engl.) p. 23. Ringer p. 310. Tetsuo Satoh pp. 1-2.

"The later issues of Dreililien Verlag differ from the first issue in that the title words are all printed in black and that a publisher's catalogue appears on the final page." Website of the Arnold Schónberg Center, Vienna. The presence of op. 7 (first published in 1907) in the publisher's catalogue allows for dating the present copy to after that year.

The pencilled number "3655" corresponds to the number assigned to the edition by Universal; Dreililien was purchased by Birnbach in 1934.

The text of the song, "Waldsonne," is by Johannes Schlaf.

Item #24177

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