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拍品 119
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R. WAGNER, AUTOGRAPH TRANSCRIPT OF TWO LINES FROM THE LIBRETTO OF "DIE MEISTERSINGER", SIGNED, 1870

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描述

  • Wagner, Richard
  • Autograph transcript of two lines from the libretto of "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" ("The Mastersingers"), Act 1, scene 3, signed ("Richard Wagner")
  • paper
"Dass Volk und Kunst gleich blüht und wachs',
Bestellt ihr so, mein' ich, Hans Sachs!"
["So both people and Art may bloom and thrive,
Let's do it this way, say I, Hans Sachs!"]

1 page, oblong 8vo (c.11.5 x 17cm), framed and glazed with a printed portrait of the composer (overall size: (c.42.5 x 28.5cm), Lucerne [Tribschen], 12 December 1870, some browning, including from the frame

Condition

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