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Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Eight First-Edition Librettos: Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Josephs Legende, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Intermezzo, and Die Ägyptische Helena.
Adolph Fürstner: Berlin, 1905-1928. first editions. All small octavo. All with paper wraps (except Intermezzo, with paper boards). In very good condition. Wrappers and spines with the occasional minor chip or crease. All internally clean.A set of eight first-edition librettos for all of the German composer's most celebrated operas (and one ballet), including:
BKS-16289$475Salome. 1905. 47 pp. Frontispiece photograph portrait of Oscar Wilde trimmed and detached, but present.
Elektra. 1908. 74 pp.
Der Rosenkavalier. 1911. 150 pp.
Josephs Legende. 1914. A ballet. 67 pp. With frontispiece of set design.
Ariadne auf Naxos, second version. 1916. 81 pp.
Die Frau ohne Schatten. 1919. 96 pp.
Intermezzo. 1924. 99 pp.
Die Ägyptische Helena. 1928. 95 pp. With penciled notes on inside back cover.
Sold together with: Capriccio. London: Boosey and Hawkes, 1942. 67 pp. English-language libretto (published in the same year of the opera's premiere).
