Lot 145: SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD.

TWO SETS OF PROOFS CORRECTED BY SCHOENBERG OF THE "FANTASY" FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO OP.47, SIGNED ("ASCH")

comprising two copies of the score and separate violin part ("1st Proof" and "extra 1st Proof"), corrected by the composer in orange crayon, including rests and deletions, and annotated in black ink, signed and inscribed ("omit the metronom ASch" and "omit this ASch"), including the composer's revised wording for the title

"My title is: Fantasy for Violin with [deleted: "the"] accompaniment of the piano opus 47...I choose this title so it should not be understood as a duel !!"

36 leaves in all, the score 13 pages and the separate violin part 5 pages (2 copies of each), printed and written on one side only, stamped "1st Proof" on every page, with many further editorial corrections in red and grey pencil and annotations in ink, including by Walter Hinrichsen [1951], minor tears and creases to margins, a few stains

NOTE

uncommon. This lot contains two successive stages in the final corrections for the Fantasy Op.47, one of Schoenberg's last major works.