Rapsodie (sur un thème de Paganini) : op. 43 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Genre:Scores

Physical Description:1 score (176 pages), bound ; 34 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:713024006

Notes:

For piano and orchestra

Original title: Rapsodie (en forme de variations) (sur un thème de Paganini); phrase crossed out

Based on melody from Paganini's Caprice no. 24 for solo violin

Date of composition 1934. Cf. Threlfall and Norris

Used as conductor's score in rehearsals and performances under Leopold Stokowski and Bruno Walter

Copyists' ms. in black ink probably by two scribes, signed by composer on t.p. and caption

Contains autograph revisions in black ink, with markings in pencil added by conductor Leopold Stokowski, and markings in blue and orange crayon added by conductor Bruno Walter

Dedication in Russian inscribed by composer in black ink on t.p., offering present score as musical accompaniment for choreographer Michel Fokine's ballet Paganini, signed and dated 23 November 1940

Bound in black cloth board binder with composer's initials S.R. embossed in gold lettering on bottom right corner of front cover

Minimal staining, with binder stitching slightly worn