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Working manuscript of part of the incidental music to Much ado about nothing, op. 11: autograph manuscript, 1918.

Record ID
351196
Accession number
Cary 710
Creator
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957.
Biographical Data
Austrian composer.
Object title

Working manuscript of part of the incidental music to Much ado about nothing, op. 11: autograph manuscript, 1918.

Uniform title
Musik zu Shakespeare's Viel Lärmen um nichts. Mummenschanz
Date
1918.
Credit line
Purchased on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund, 2013.
Provenance
Rudi Duschnitz; Sotheby's London, June 6, 2013, lot 420.
Inscriptions/Markings
"Vorspiel II. Akt"; "Rudi Duschnitz zur Erinnerung an die Enquartierung Sommer 1918, herzlichst u. freundschaftlichst: Erich Wolfgang Korngold."
Notes
Music that eventually became the Hornpipe of the incidental music to Shakespeare's play.
Associated names
Duschnitz, Rudi, former owner.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Much ado about nothing.