STRAUSS, Johann, Jr. 1825-1899

Waldmeister [Piano-vocal score]

Operette in drei Akten nach Gustav Davis von Ralph Benatzky Musik von Johann Strauss and Ralph Benatzky

Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock, ©1951.

Folio. Dark pink wrappers with rectangular itle label to upper with "Leihmaterial" (rental score) to upper margin. 1f. (recto title, verso copyright), 1f. (recto cast list, verso contents), 5-197, [i] (blank) pp.

Slightly worn and browned.

Waldmeister was first performed at the Theater an der Wien on 4 Dec 1895.

" ... Brahms, who was by no means always an uncritical admirer of his friend, remarked to Hanslick at the première of the operetta Waldmeister (1895) that Strauss’s ‘splendid’ orchestration reminded him of Mozart." Peter Kemp in Grove Music Online.

Item #36154

Price: $65.00  other currencies