Wrapper title page: "Rhapsodie II Bartók original manuscript Bartok Rhapsodie II."
The autograph complete score of the original version, sent to the violinist Zoltán Székely in 1928, with a revised ending added on a separate leaf (34.1 x 26) in 1929.
First performance: Amsterdam, 19 November 1928 by Székely with Gé́za Frid, piano.
Includes wrapper with title inscribed by Székely and inserted bifolio with his draft of the violin passage at rehearsal figure 31 (35 x 27.2 cm)
Includes loose single stave of music in red and black ink.
Score is marked by Székely in pencil.
Score on 18-stave paper ("J.E. & Co. No. 5 18-linig"); additional manuscript stave added by composer at the foot of each page.
Revised ending on an unpaginated page of16-stave paper; wrapper on 10-stave Dutch paper ("J.H.H. Siestrop, Den Haag").
Zoltán Székely.
Székely, Zoltán, 1903-2001, former owner.