3333: 1 vol. Wagner Richard. Tannhauser und Start Price USD 6,000.00 Current Price USD 12,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 11 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 End Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 Location Philadelphia, PA See more about '3333: 1 vol. Wagner Richard. Tannhauser und' Description Current Lot 1 vol. Wagner, Richard. Tannhauser und Sangerkrieg auf Wartburg...Vollstrandige Partitur. Dresden: C.F. Meser (Hermann Muller), no date [1859 or 1860]. First edition, stage 2, full score. Plate no. M. 670. Folio, orig. printed grey wrappers; some edge wear & creasing, scattered light foxing. First gathering sprung, a few other leaves loose. Complete, engraved, untrimmed. In custom 1/2 maroon morocco & cloth clamshell box. Presentation copy, inscribed, dated, "Paris, 18 March, 1861," & initialed by Richard Wagner, to the composer Charles Gounod at head of title page. [Translated from the French]: "To my friend Charles Gounod from The Author, R.W.". The full score of stage 1 was published in Dresden in 1845; the full score of stage 2 with the revisions realized up to 1859 above; the vocal score for stage 3 (1859-61 changes) was published in Paris in 1861; the full score of stage 4 (1861-1875 changes) was published posthumously in Berlin c. 1888. In September 1859, Wagner moved from Lucerne to Paris for preparation of a Tannhauser production. After three very successful concerts (including parts of Tristan), Emperor Napoleon III ordered Tannhauser to be produced at the Paris Opera. After a long period of libretto translation, compositional adaptation and rehearsals, there were three thrilling performances on March 13, 18, and 24, 1861. The manager had requested a ballet for Act 2 in order to fulfill the expectations of members of the influential Jockey Club. These club members, representing the elite of French aristocracy, were accustomed to dine leisurely and arrive at the Opera in time for Act 2, confident of enjoying the all-important ballet - and the popular danseuses - traditionally never programmed before the second act. Wagner's refusal to follow tradition in this regard was taken as an impertinent and unforgivable affront by the Jockey Club, whose members proceeded to disrupt all remaining Tannhauser performances. After the third evening, Wagner withdrew the work entirely, and the resultant scandal created and enormous sensation. In his autobiography, Wagner related the experience in detail, including the frequent and friendly meetings with Charles Gounod. Gounod is said to have exclaimed after attending the second performance of Tannhauser, "Que Dieu me donne une pareille chute! (If God would grant me such a failure!)" This inscribed copy documents the composer's memorable friendship. Grove Opera, 4: 1066; WWV 70; Hopkinson, Cecil, Tannhauser, An Examination of 36 Editions 3a, 1st ed. of 3rd version. Place a Bid!