WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786-1826). AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of part of the libretto of Euryanthe, 17 lines, black ink, 120 x 168mm., and an AUTOGRAPH ADDRESS LEAF inscribed to Caroline von Weber, black ink, 145 x 210mm., both mounted on a sheet of printed staves with elaborate borders, the verso of the former partially obscured by its mounting (some fraying to the edges, some foxing and staining on the address leaf, the seal broken) (2)

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WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786-1826). AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of part of the libretto of Euryanthe, 17 lines, black ink, 120 x 168mm., and an AUTOGRAPH ADDRESS LEAF inscribed to Caroline von Weber, black ink, 145 x 210mm., both mounted on a sheet of printed staves with elaborate borders, the verso of the former partially obscured by its mounting (some fraying to the edges, some foxing and staining on the address leaf, the seal broken) (2)

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Jenny Lind
Otto Goldschmidt

Lot Essay

Euryanthe was composed in 1822-3 to a libretto by Helmina von Chezy and received its first performance at Kärtnertor in Vienna on 25 October 1823.

Caroline Brandt married Weber on 4 November 1817 in Prague. They had first met when Caroline came to sing at the Opera, also in Prague, in December 1813. It took Weber several years to overcome her reluctance and accept his proposal.

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