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Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Symphony No. 1, Op. 38. [Manuscript facsimile].
Robert Owen Lehman Foundation: New York, 1967. Quarto. xxvi pp. [sketches] + 196 pp. [symphony, inc. 6 pp. corrections/revisions at end]. Beige buckram boards with gold-stamped Schumann signature at front. Internally excellent. Small water stain on front cover; top of spine lightly bumped.A handsome presentation of the facsimile manuscript of Schumann's First Symphony.
FAC-10747$375Schumann undertook the composition of this work at the encouragement of his wife, Clara, after having failed for years to premiere and publish a symphony. He wrote an entire draft in the course of four days in January 1839 and finished the orchestration the following month. The premiere that March was such a success that Schumann would consider the evening among the most important of his career.
