BERG, Alban 1885-1935

Lulu [Piano-vocal score]

Oper nach den Tragödien Erdgeist und Buchse der Pandora von Frank Wedekind. Klavierauszug mit Gesang von Erwin Stein

Wien: Universal-Edition [PN U.E. 10745], ©1936.

Folio. Full green cloth, titling gilt to spine. 317 pp.

Binding somewhat rubbed and bumped; small stain to lower. Light dampstaining to upper right corner throughout; upper hinge split.

First Edition, [?]later issue. Redlich XIX.

A full score was not published until 1964.

An unfinished opera (2 acts of 3) to a libretto by Berg after Wedekind's Erdgeist (1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (1904). The incomplete version premiered in Zürich on 2 June 1937. The final act was completed and orchestrated by Friedrich Cerha and premiered in Paris on 24 February 1979.

Item #33369

Price: $225.00  other currencies