Record ID
115740
Creator
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
Biographical Data
German composer and conductor.
Object title
Sketches for Act 2 of Rosenkavalier : autograph manuscript, 1909?
Uniform title
Rosenkavalier (Opera). 2. Aufzug (Sketches)
Date
1909?
Inscriptions/Markings
"II. Akt Reinschrift." On a back endpaper Strauss has written the text from "Sophie: Um keinen Preis geh ich an seiner Hand hinein!" to B[aron Ochs] "(mit Grandezza): ... dass ich mit Ihm nicht übereinander käm" (libretto, p. 81-83).
Notes
Sketches for three sections of Act II: the beginning of the act to the start of the duet for Sophie and Oktavian (Presentation of the Rose), 7 measures after rehearsal number 38; the entrance of Annina and Valzacchi to Baron Ochs's "Is gut, is gut," rehearsal number 129 to 4 measures after rehearsal number 216; and the conclusion of the act from Ochs's "Herr Medicus, verfüg er sich voraus" (rehearsal number 234) to the end. There are also several isolated sketches.
Associated names
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929, librettist.
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