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Additional authors

1. Burrell, Mary Banks, -1898

Description

1. 14 items.

Summary

1. 5 exercise books and 6 ALS from Marie Schmole, Dresden, to Mary Burrell, London, giving reminiscences of Richard Wagner from 1842 to 1849, at the request of Mrs. Burrell. The exercise books include: Richard Wagner in Dresden ; Von Rienzi zum Fliegenden Holländer ; Wagner als königl. Kapelmeister ; Wagner's Wirksamkeit als Kapelmeister ; Wagner als Politiker (Revolutionär). The 1st is labeled (in another hand): Aufzeichnungen. Accompanied by portraits of Ferdinand Heine and Marie Schole, and Frau Schmole's calling card.

Alternative title

1. Aufzeichnungen.

Subject

1. Letters
2. Notebooks
3. Schmole, Marie > Portraits
4. Portraits
5. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
6. Heine, Ferdinand > Portraits
7. Composers > Germany

Genre/Form

1. Notebooks.
2. Letters.
3. Portraits.

Call number

1. JOB 91-35

Source (note)

1. Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.

Biography (note)

1. Marie Schmole was the daughter of Ferdinand Heine who was a friend of Richard Wagner and designer of sets and costumes at the Hoftheater in Dresden. Frau Schmole remembered the first productions of Rienzi and Tannhäuser.

Language (note)

1. In German.

Provenance (note)

1. Formerly owned by Mary Banks Burrell. Cf. Catalogue of the Burrell collection of Wagner documents, letters, and other biographical material. London : Nonpareil Press, 1929. Items 126, 141, 163, and 188.

Publications (note)

1. The 1st 4 exercise books and the portraits were published in: Richard Wagner Briefe : die Sammlung Burrell / herausgegeben und kommentiert von John N. Burk. [Frankfurt am Main] : S. Fischer, 1953, [c1950].

Processing action (note)

1. Described

Author

1. Schmole, Marie.

Title

1. Marie Schmole papers relating to Richard Wagner, 1895-1896.

Biography

1. Marie Schmole was the daughter of Ferdinand Heine who was a friend of Richard Wagner and designer of sets and costumes at the Hoftheater in Dresden. Frau Schmole remembered the first productions of Rienzi and Tannhäuser.

Language

1. In German.

Provenance

1. Formerly owned by Mary Banks Burrell. Cf. Catalogue of the Burrell collection of Wagner documents, letters, and other biographical material. London : Nonpareil Press, 1929. Items 126, 141, 163, and 188.

Publications

1. The 1st 4 exercise books and the portraits were published in: Richard Wagner Briefe : die Sammlung Burrell / herausgegeben und kommentiert von John N. Burk. [Frankfurt am Main] : S. Fischer, 1953, [c1950].

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material

Added author

1. Burrell, Mary Banks, -1898.

Added title

1. Aufzeichnungen.

Research call number

1. JOB 91-35