Autograph musical manuscript fragment from Humperdinck's children's opera Hänsel und Gretel. Unsigned and undated but ca. 1893-94

by Engelbert Humperdinck

$650 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

9 measures of a melodic line notated in black ink in piano score on 2 systems of rastrum-ruled staves in purple ink. 55 x 155 mm. With two lines of text commencing Sich Hänsel, liebes Hänslein, so lass mich bei dir sein, ... Nun schürz dich Gretlein ... with the composer adding Bearbeitet von Eccard at the conclusion. Neither the present text nor the music appear in the published score and were thus evidently discarded by the composer.Verso with

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