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Cantata, for soprano, tenor, female chorus, and a small instrumental ensemble : anonymous, 15th/16th century lyrics / Igor Stravinsky.

Record ID
75769
Accession number
PMM 176
Creator
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Object title

Cantata, for soprano, tenor, female chorus, and a small instrumental ensemble : anonymous, 15th/16th century lyrics / Igor Stravinsky.

Uniform title
Cantata. Vocal score
Published
London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, c1952.
Credit line
Bequest; Alice Tully; 1995.
Notes
Acc. originally for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, and violoncello.
First edition.
Proof copy, with 10 original ink and watercolor illustrations by Theodore Stravinsky on the front and back endpapers; tipped in is a photograph of the composer, inscribed "Cher Cuenod (Hugues), comment nous remercions pour cette bouteille pleine de force authentique d'artichaut! Quand vous reentendrai-je? Mille meilleurs souvenirs, IStravinsky, Geneve Oct. 51".
Tipped in is a photograph of the composer, inscribed "Cher Cuenod (Hugues), comment nous remercions pour cette bouteille pleine de force authentique d'artichaut! Quand vous reentendrai-je? Mille meilleurs souvenirs, IStravinsky, Geneve Oct. 51".
Inscription: A mon cher Hugues Cuenod, en souvenir de sa si brillante participation dans cette Cantate à Los Angeles et a New York (1952), Stravinsky, NY Merry Christmas 1952--p. [1].
Bound in is a handwritten list of some early performances, with the signatures of some of the singers and conductors; Jenny Tourel, Bernd Zimmermann, Arda Mandikian, Ernst Bour, Sylvia Gähwiller, Flore Wend, Victor Desarzens, and Paul Sacher.
Duration: ca. 30:00.
Associated names
Cuénod, Hugues, former owner.
Tully, Alice, 1902-1993, donor.
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, inscriber.
Stravinsky, Theodore.