Beschreibung:

Liszt, Franz. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF THE RÉMINISCENCES DE LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, FOR PIANO SOLO, BEING AN ALTERNATIVE (OSSIA) PASSAGE FOR THE END OF THE SEXTET, EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED BY THE COMPOSER FOR THE PUBLISHER the music notated, initially only for the right hand, subsequently for both hands on up to two three-stave systems per page, diverging somewhat from the published edition, with Liszt's extensive instructions to the engraver, including fingerings and expression marks ("armonioso sempre legato"), the bars numbered, inscribed by Liszt above the music: "Ossia piu facile (mano destra) NB il faut graver tout ce passage en petites notes sur une petite ligne au dessus de la main droite==Les numeros correspondent aux Numeros indiques", and the title written by him near the top cut margin (slightly trimmed), comprising fourteen bars in all 2 pages, oblong folio (13 x 37.8cms), 10-stave paper cut from a larger leaf, [1840], some browning and a few tears, split along central fold repaired,