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MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847). AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED AND DEDICATED of Venetianisches Gondellied, op.62, no.5, (Heft V, no.5), dedicated to Mary Campbell and dated Leipzig, 24 Jan. 1841, 1 page, 31 bars, black ink on a plain sheet with handdrawn staves, oblong octavo, 125 x 220mm.. (mounted on card within a card frame).
This manuscript differs from the published version of this Lied ohne Worte in that the characteristic repeated fortissimo falling fifths are omitted. The present form of the piece appears to predate the final version which can be dated to June 1842.
We have been unable to identify Mary Campbell.
This manuscript differs from the published version of this Lied ohne Worte in that the characteristic repeated fortissimo falling fifths are omitted. The present form of the piece appears to predate the final version which can be dated to June 1842.
We have been unable to identify Mary Campbell.