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Schumann, Robert. AUTOGRAPH LEAF CONTAINING A COMPLETE DRAFT OF "DES ABENDS" ["EVENING"] FROM THE FANTASIESTÜCKE FOR PIANO, OP.12, AND "LIED OHNE ENDE" FROM ALBUMBLÄTTER FOR PIANO, OP.124 1) "Des Abends": the earliest manuscript of the complete piece, dated twice and signed and inscribed ("Am 4ten Juli 37 Abends...Herrn Streben [a pseudonym for Ernst Sperling] aus Stralsund zu freundlichem Andenken an Robert Schumann L[ei]pz[ig]. 29 Juli 1837"), written on the recto and continuing on the last system of the verso, with autograph title and numbering ("1. Des Abends") at the head of the work, a composing manuscript, notated in dark brown ink on up to five two-stave systems per page, with autograph tempo marking ("Recht innig zu spielen") replacing original deleted marking, some autograph pedal markings and autograph instructions concerning the reading of the score ("...dann Schluss...siehe hüben Vom Zeichen ohne Wiederholung und dann Schluss. (s. andere Seite.[)]"), as well as a number of other minor cancellations, additions, revisions and corrections, a number of (autograph?) entries in red crayon, consisting of 52 bars (without repeats or deletions) in all 2) "Lied ohne Ende": a working manuscript notated in dark brown ink on three two-stave systems, with autograph title ("Altes Lied"), containing some deletions, including to the original tempo marking ("Adagio quasi"), some autograph instructions for the realization of a repeated passage ("hier kommt a - b und dann...), the whole draft deleted, and 'VI' inserted before the title, in red crayon, consisting of 14 bars in all 2 pages, oblong 4to, (25.6 x 32.7cm), 10-stave paper, Leipzig, July 1837, browning, horizontal and vertical folds; with a 2-page letter by the founder of the Robert-Schumann-Museum in Zwickau, Martin Kreisig, concerning "Des Abends", Zwickau, 7 July 1924