SCHUMANN, Robert 1810-1856

[Op. 50]. Das Paradies und die Peri. Dichtung aus Lalla Rookh von Th. Moore für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester ... Klavierauszug. Op. 50 ... Pr. 5 Thlr. [Piano-vocal score]

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 7069], [1844].

Folio. Contemporary green half leather with matching green textured cloth boards with titling and date "11 July 1849" within gilt rules to upper. 1f. (title), [1]-4 (text), 3-133, [i] (blank) pp. Title lithographed, text typeset, music engraved. Publisher's handstamp to foot of title.

Binding slightly worn, rubbed and bumped. Some minor foxing and soiling; very light dampstaining to upper edges throughout.

First Edition, first issue. Hofmann p. 115. McCorkle pp. 223-24. Hoboken 15, 93 (with original wrappers). With text translated from the English original by Emil Flechsig (1808-1878).

Das Paradies und die Peri premiered in Leipzig on 4 December 1843.

"Performed in centres as remote from his native Saxony as Riga and New York, Das Paradies und die Peri established his reputation as a composer of international stature." John Daverio and Eric Sams in Grove Music Online.

Item #24800

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