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Liszt, Franz. SCRIBAL MANUSCRIPT OF JOHANNA VON ARC VOR DEM SCHEITERHAUFEN, FOR MEZZO SOPRANO AND ORCHESTRA, CORRECTED AND ANNOTATED BY LISZT THROUGHOUT, INCLUDING AN AUTOGRAPH TITLE PAGE, TOGETHER WITH A SCRIBAL MANUSCRIPT CORRECTED BY LISZT the autograph title page "Deutscher Titel: Johanna von Arc vor dem Scheiterhaufen: dramatische Scene, gedichtet von Alex: Dumas, componirt, für eine Singstimme (Mezzo Soprano) und Orchester oder Clavier Begleitung von F. Liszt...in 2 Ausgaben: 1. Partitur 2. Clavier Begleitung; bei C.A. Kahnt, Leipzig...Französischer Titel. Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher..."; 1) the full score for voice and instruments notated in brown ink on up to twenty staves per page, containing parallel versions of the vocal part with French words and German words (the German version written in red ink), with many autograph additions and annotations by liszt including the title above the music ("Jeanne d'Arc"), corrections to the French text, tempo, expression and instrumental markings, the Stichvorlage, and with markings by and for the printer in pencil (including by Liszt), 22 pages; 2) the two instrumental parts for trumpet and timpani, notated by another scribe, with additional phrasing and dynamic markings by Liszt, with a brief pencil sketch for the trumpet fanfare (marked by the scribe "Harpa"), 24 pages in all, including autograph title, folio (36 x 27cms.), 20-stave paper, contemporary marbled wrappers c.1874-1876, staining and inky fingerprints from use by the printer, some browning