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Alban Berg, FINE LARGE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT QUOTATION FROM "LULU", 1935

Sold for £12,500 at Sotheby's on Dec 7, 2015.

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Lot description

"Dυr Alfred Kalmus, 'dem lieben Menschen', mit einer (unverbindlichen) Beteuerung an den Verleger...'Ich bin jung! Ich will Dir treu sein mein Leben lang! Ich will nur Dir allein gehören!', Februar 1935 AlbanBerg" comprising nine bars from Lulu's dramatic appeal in Act 2 scene 1, "Ich bin jung!...", to Alwa, after accidently shooting his father Dr Schön, the short score elegantly notated in black ink on two systems of four staves each, replete with phrasing and expression marks; Lulu's part contains the top notes C sharp and C, which are printed an octave lower in the published score, and other minor differences in the accompaniment 1 page, folio (c.28.5 x 20cm), loosely held in a card mount, [Vienna, February 1935], small tear repaired to top edge, some foxing and staining to margins

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