A Cartoon of Mahler

 

  Sieben Lieder, No. 5

„Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen‟ – S5h

 

US-NYpm Cary 51

 

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1

Here, as elsewhere in such descriptions, small numerals are used to identify the staves used; additionally, alphabetical suffixes are used to indicate bars not used in the final version (e.g. b. 27a)

 

 

2

During the vacation they had briefly resumed their physical relationship (GKIB, 22).

 

 

3

The other 1901 song sketches included in the inventories were:

Ich armer Tambourg'sell. Sieben Lieder S2

Ich atmet' einen linden Duft. Sieben Lieder S4

• 'Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder'. Sieben Lieder  SS3m

• 'Wenn dein Mütterlein'. Kindertotenlieder [S1]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title

  None
Date
  [6 June–15 August 1901]

Calligraphy

  Ink; non-autograph pencil annotation on 1r: A

Paper

 

20 staves, J.E. & C  / No. 12ª / 20 linig., oblong format, watermark:  j.e. & co. / wien, 264 x 344 (r=223½)

Manuscript structure and collation

  1 fol.:¹
   
 

1r1–3

bb. 24–7; 27a; 28–32

 

1r5–8

bb. 1–10; 10a-e

 

1r10–15

bb. 32a; 32–38;38a–b; 38–39

 

1r16–18

bb. 40a-b; 40–44

 

1r19–20

sketches related to b. 28 and bb. 10c–d

 

1v

blank

Provenance

 

This sketch may have been one of those mentioned by Bauer-Lechner (NBL2, 195):

Als Zeichen unseren besten Übereinstimmung in dieser Ferien schenkte er mir die Skizzen aller seiner heurigem Lieder.

As a token of our best rapport during this holiday he gave me the sketches of all his recent songs.²

However, neither it nor a more extended sketch (SS51) were listed  either of the two inventories of her collection of Mahler manuscripts prepared after her death in 1921.³

The manuscript was purchased in c. 1947–9 from International Autographs (New York) by Mary Flagler Cary (1901–1967) and was donated in 1968 to the Morgan Library and Museum by the trustees of the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust.

Facsimiles

  Online colour facsimile; GMIBW, 78–9

Select Bibliography

  MFCMC, p. 32; SHCoI; SHGoI; SWXIII/4, Sk (erste Skizze), xv; SWXIV/4, Sk (erste Skizze), xv

Notes

 

The dating offered here is framed by Mahler's arrival in Maiernigg (5 June) and the autograph date (16 August 1901) at the end of SS5h2.

The rhythmic notation is frequently in note-values double those of the final version. The annotator erroneously believed that this sketch was continued on SS5h1, fol. 2v. The dating offered here is framed by Mahler's arrival in Maiernigg (5 June) and the autograph date (16 August 1901) at the end of SS5h2.

   
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