Record ID:
345075
Accession number:
Cary 708
Creator:
Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847.
Biographical Data:
German composer.
Title:
Selmar und Selma : autograph manuscript, 1830s-1840s.
Date:
1830s-1840s.
Credit Line:
Purchased on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund, 2012.
Notes:
For voice and piano.
Copy in Fanny Hensel's hand.
On green paper with title banner, tempo, and Klopstock's name in gold ink.
Includes head-piece vignette and sketch at the bottom center of p. 1 in pencil and wash by Fanny's husband, Wilhelm Hensel (1794-1861).
Bifolio (4 p.) with music on p. 1-2.
Provenance:
Sotheby's London, Nov. 28, 2012, lot 222.
Associated names:
Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb, 1724-1803. Selmar und Selma.
Hensel, Wilhelm, 1794-1861.
Department:
Music Collection: