a working draft of two passages in the second scene: i) for Danae (soprano) and the Four Kings and ii), on the second page, for Xanthe (soprano), the short score notated in pencil on five systems per page, the characters named as Dan[ae], Gl[äubige]r, 4 Könige, 4 Königinnen, X[anthe] and Chor, comprising

1) Danae's solo "Rufst du mich, Gold?", an early draft in G-flat major, and with other differences from the final version, without a part for Pollux, including the section in 5/4 for the four kings and four queens and the entry of the Gläubiger [Figures 64 to four bars after 67], marked by Strauss in four sections (I-IV), the first page-and-a-half of the manuscript, comprising 42 bars in short score



2) Xanthe's solo "Du böses Kind, kein Freiser", in G-flat major, part of her duet with Danae, comprising 17 bars in short score, notated on two systems on the second page, [Figure 47 to four bars after Figure 48], with a 11-bar sketch of the violin parts at Figure 49-50, inserted on a single stave between the two systems,



2 pages, large folio (c.34.8 c 27cm), 20-stave paper, no place or date [Baden (near Zurich) 1939], browning to margins, some splitting and creasing along central fold

Trenner no.278 (op.83), pp.320-322; not in the RSQV.

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This sketch-leaf for Die Liebe der Danae is apparently unrecorded.

Richard Strauss's penultimate opera is a mythological comedy ("heitere Mythologie") treating the tale of Jupiter, Danae and the shower of gold, and giving full rein to Strauss's luxuriant orchestration and vocal writing.  The key of G-flat major is that of the "Golden Rain", in which guise Jupiter has been secretly descending upon Danae. This is depicted in the shimmering๊ orchestral introduction to this scene.  Her father Pollux seeks to give her away to one of the four kings, but Danae is only interested in a man who can bring her the joy of gold.  Although Danae's solos in the present manuscript are notated in G-flat, they were later printed in F-sharp major. 

Strauss composed the opera in 1939, completing Act 1 on 7 September, but it was not immediately performed.  The planned pr🉐oduction at Sal🅷zburg in 1944 was cancelled on Goebbels's orders after the dress rehearsal, the only occasion on which Strauss saw the opera staged, and the first performance did not take place until 1952. 

For further autograph music manuscripts by Richard Strauss, including Aus Italien, please see lots 34-37 in the sale of Fine Autograph Music: the Property of Helmut Nanz and family.