Lot 392: BERG, ALBAN

AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT RECORDING PERFORMANCES OF HIS WORKS IN JANUARY TO MARCH 1931 written in pencil, in four columns headed, respectively, "Datum / 1931", "Werk", "Ausführer[?]" and "Wo", providing details of ten concerts between 11 January and 20 March 1931, the details of another concert cancelled, the works performed including Drei Brüchstücke aus 'Wozzeck', Lyrische Suite, Sieben frühe Lieder, Wozzeck (Act II), and the performers including the Kolisch Quartet, Stokowski and the Philadelphia [Grand] Opera [Company], a few pencil annotations in another hand, the dates deleted in red crayon (by Berg?), and a few annotations possibly in another hand in a different red crayon 1 page, oblong 4to (22.3 x 28.3cm), no place, [1931] splitting along vertical and horizontal folds, a few tiny stains

A remarkable document recording a number of notable Berg concerts, including the American premiere of Wozzeck, which was given by the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company on 19 March 1931 at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, under Stokowski's baton.