BARTÓK, Béla 1881-1945

[BB 74]. Der holzgeschnitzte Prinz [Solo piano]

Tanzspiel in einem Akt von Béla Balázs – A fából faragott királyfi Táncjáték egy felvonásban. Szövegét irta Balázs Béla – The Wooden Prince. A dancing-play in one act by Béla Balázs. Op. 13

Wien–Leipzig: Universal Edition A.G. [PN U.E. 6635], ©1921.

Quarto. Original publisher's dark ivory wrappers printed in dark green. 1f. (title), 70 pp. Parallel texts in German, Hungarian, and English. Verso of lower wrapper dated VII [July] 1921.

Signature of the Jewish music critic and conductor Arthur Holde (1885-19621) in ink to upper wrapper.

Wrappers browned, brittle, and chipped; lower detached. Minor internal browning, heavier to title and final leaf.

First Edition of this arrangement, likely first issue. Somfai BB 74, p. 308. Szabolcsi Sz 60, pp. 344-5.

A fából faragott királyfi (The Wooden Price), a ballet in one act to a libretto by Béla Balázs, premiered in Budapest at the National Opera on 12 May 1917.

Item #33882

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