Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Individual Songs

Title Page: [type A; brown on cream paper, within rectangular border:] Des / Knaben Wunderhorn. / Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung / von / GUSTAV MAHLER  / [left: decorative image; centre: listing of individual songs and prices of the orchestral scores] / rule / [Listing, with prices of the complete single-volume issue, and the 3 volume issue of the piano and voice versions] / Aufführungsrecht vorbehalten. / Eigenthum des Verlegers für alle Länder. / Eingetragen in das Vereinsarchiv. Mit vorbehalt aller Arrangements  / · JOSEF WEINBERGER · / [centre:] WIEN / Kohlmarkt 8 / [rule] // [left:] Leipzig / Querstrasse Nọ  13 / [right:] Paris / 78 Rue d'Anjou. / [below border:] Musikaliendruckerei v. Jos. Eberle & Cọ  Wien VII. / 4425/99.

Wrapper: [front wrapper, type A; back wrapper, blank]

Analysis: [1]= tp; 2–17=music; [18]=blank

Dimensions: 331 x 254 (r=252)

Printer: Musikaliendruckerei v. Jos. Eberle & Cọ Wien VII.; [tp]; Stich der Musikaliendruckerei v. Jos. Eberle & Cọ  Wien, VII. [p. 2]

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Hofmeister: not listed    Price: Mk 2.00

Edition number: none    Plate number: 17

Copies: A-Wn MS4436-4°/1.2 (Pflichtexemplar [82/1901]; bound copy, lacks wrapper); GB-Lpc 2-9200150 (bound copy, lacks wrappers); NL-DHnmi Mengelberg 424.

No direct evidence for the size of the initial print-run has been traced, but it was perhaps about 200 copies (see the notes to PF51ah.). The score and the parts, PO51h have the printed metronome mark: = 104. No scores used by Mahler have been located.

Copies: NL-DHgm Mengelberg Stichting

In 1910 Universal-Edition acquired the publication rights for all the works previously owned by the Erste Wiener Zeitungsgesellschaft and issued by Weinberger or Doblinger. This transaction was recorded in the UE Verlagsbuch on 17 November with an entry of  presumably the number of remaining copies of the full score in stock, of 176. It is unlikely that more than one impression had been printed, so the original EWZG/Weinberger print rum was probably 200 copies.

Initially Universal-Edition withdrew the scores from sale, so they, like the parts, were only available on hire (see the note on the publication history); in addition edition numbers were assigned to scores and the original imprint on the title page was pasted over with a Universal-Edition label.

Title Page: [type Aa: brown on cream paper] Des / Knaben Wunderhorn. / Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung / von / GUSTAV MAHLER  / [left: decorative image; centre: listing of individual songs and prices of the orchestral scores] / rule / [Listing, with prices of the complete single-volume issue, and the 3 volume issue of the piano and voice versions] / Aufführungsrecht vorbehalten. / Eigenthum des Verlegers für alle Länder. / Eingetragen in das Vereinsarchiv. Mit vorbehalt aller Arrangements / [label pasted over the original publisher's imprint, gold on black:] UNIVERSAL-EDITION / [below border:] Musikaliendruckerei v. Jos. Eberle & Cọ Wien VII. / 4425/99.

Wrapper: front wrapper, type B; back wrapper, type Aa (dated Y IV.1912)

Analysis: [1]= tp; [2]=blank; 3–17=music; [18]=blank

Dimensions: 346 x 264 (r=267)

Printer: Musikaliendruckerei v. Jos. Eberle & Cọ Wien VII. / 4425/99. [tp]; Stich der Musikaliendruckerei v. Jos. Eberle & Cọ Wien, VII. [p. 3]

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Hofmeister: not listed    Price: Mk 4.00

Copies: D-B Mus. Km 34/2; GB-Lam 152306 (ex coll. Sir Henry Wood, with his markings); GB-Lbl H.2665.(1.) (bound copy, trimmed, lacks back wrapper); GB-Lbl W86-1977 (bound copy, trimmed; with front and back wrappers)

Early in 1912 the original wrappers were replaced with a newly-printed Universal-Edition version and the advert on the back wrapper, dated IV. 1912, indicates that the full scores were again on sale (at higher prices). Despite this, the UE Verlagsbuch records no printings of the full score although it continued to be listed for sale in UE catalogues until the late 1930s.

Title Page: [none; heading on all part, p.1:] Das irdische Leben.

Wrapper: [front wrapper, recto: type C, dark brown on medium brown; verso: blank; back wrapper, recto and verso: blank]

Make-up of set: 24 parts:  fl 1–2; ob 1–2, ca;  cl 1–2 in B; bsn 1–2;  hn 1–3 in F, tp in F, cym, vn 1.1,¹ vn 1.2; vn 2.1, vn 2.2;  vla 1, vla 2; vlc 1, vcl 2; db 1, db 2;

Dimensions: strings, fl 1, fl 2: 344 x 263 (r=221 (vn 1.1)); ob 1/2, cl 1/2, bsn 1/2 and the two db parts are printed on the same side of single sheets to be cut in half; the hn 1/hn 2/hn 3 parts and the ca/tpt/cym parts are printed on the same side of single sheets to be divided into three.

Printer: Musikaliendruckerei v. Jos. Eberle & Cọ Wien VII. / 4425/99 [front wrapper]

Printing method: printed from engraved plates by lithographic transfer

Hofmeister: not listed    Price: Mk 3.00

Edition number: none  Plate number: 17ª·

The A-Wn copy bears a handwritten note 82/1901 which probably refers to the year of deposit. As the front wrapper reveals, the orchestral parts were originally offered for sale. Although the individual parts indicate that the performance rights are reserved (Auffürungsrecht vorbehalten), they give no information about the publisher or rights holder: this information appears only on the front wrapper.

In 1910 Universal-Edition formally acquired the publication rights for all the works previously owned by the Erste Wiener Zeitungsgesellschaft and issued by Weinberger or Doblinger. This transaction was recorded in the UE Verlagsbuch for this song on 17 November, with an entry – presumably the number of remaining copies of the parts in stock – of 183. However, it is unclear what was counted: parts sets, or individual parts.

The make-up of the set is unusual: all the string parts are divisi throughout, and two different printed parts (1te Hälfte (1.1) and 2te Hälfte (1.2) etc.) provided for each. There are a large number of string parts in the GB-Lpc set: 7, 7; 6, 6; 5, 5; 4, 4; 4, 4, which suggests they may may include parts from more than one set. Some are marked in ballpoint, but others are annotated in pencil and one of the these, a double bass part, is dated 10./XII. 1907., the date of a performance under Bruno Walter in Vienna, the last during Mahler's lifetime.

Print ordered: 01.i.1912    Copies received: 23.i.1912   Print run: vn I, II: 200; vla, vcl, db: 100

Edition number: 2956   Plate number: U.E. 2956a-e

Copies: none located

Up the the end of the 1930s Universal-Edition only made orchestral parts available on hire or by agreement (some singers clearly owned their own sets). This printing, of string parts only, is the only one listed in the UE Verlagsbuch, and probably reflects a demand for replacement or additional parts. It is nonetheless notable that no other printings are listed.

Title Page: [type B; orange decorative design, text in black; in main shield:] 12 / GESÄNGE / AUS / „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN‟ / FÜR / EINE SINGSTIMME MIT ORCHESTERBEGLEITUNG / VON / GUSTAV MAHLER / [in lower shield:] AUFFÜHRUNGSRECHT VORBEHALTEN / DROITS D'EXECUTION RÉSERVÉS / „UNIVERSAL-EDITION‟ / AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT / WIEN — LEIPZIG

Wrapper: [front wrapper, type D; mauve decorative design, text in black, on green-blue card; upper shield:] · UNIVERSAL-EDITION · / [second shield:] № 3643 / [main shield:] GUSTAV MAHLER / 12 GESÄNGE / AUS / „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN‟ / № 5. DAS IRDISCHE LEBEN / GESANG UND KLAVIER / [bottom shield: blank];  [rear wrapper, type B; advertisement for the works by Mahler published by Universal-Edition (dated: Y IV.1912)

Analysis: [1]= tp; [2]=blank; 3–7=music; [8]=blank

Dimensions: 315 x 237 (r=195)

Printer: Druckerei- und Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft vorm. R.v. Waldheim - Jos. Eberle & Co. [p. 9]

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Copies: A-Wst Mc-23939 (Nachlass Edgar Callé)

Individual songs had not been issued in this format by EWZG/Weinberger.

Title Page: [type B; orange decorative design, text in black; in main shield:] 12 / GESÄNGE / AUS / „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN‟ / FÜR / EINE SINGSTIMME MIT ORCHESTERBEGLEITUNG / VON / GUSTAV MAHLER / [complete listing of the titles in two columns] / HOCH  TIEF / GESANGE UND KLAVIER / [in lower shield:] AUFFÜHRUNGSRECHT VORBEHALTEN / DROITS D'EXÉCUTION RÉSERVÉS / „UNIVERSAL-EDITION‟ / AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT / WIEN. — LEIPZIG.

Wrapper: [front wrapper, type D; mauve decorative design, text in black, on blue card; upper shield:] · UNIVERSAL-EDITION · / [second shield:] № 3643a / [main shield:] GUSTAV MAHLER / 12 GESÄNGE / AUS / „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN‟ / № 5. DAS IRDISCHE LEBEN / GESANG UND KLAVIER / [bottom shield:] HOCH / [rear wrapper, type Aa; advertisement for the works by Mahler published by Universal-Edition (dated: Y. III.1914)

Analysis: [1]= tp, [2]=blank; 3–9=music, [10]=blank

Dimensions: 310 x 238 (r=195)

Printer: Druckerei- und Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft vorm. R.V. Waldheim-Jos. Eberle & Co. [p. 9]

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Copies: GB-Lpc (3 copies)

In 1914 most of the voice and piano scores of the songs were republished by Universal-Edition: the musical text were revised to bring it more in line with that of the orchestral versions: this involved not only changes to and additions of various performance markings but also the standardisation of the vocal line and the verbal text.

As the double plate number implies, the original plates engraved by EWZG, revised and re-used by UE for its two-volume publications of the collection (see PVc2), were again used for this separate publication. The new edition was published in high- and low-voice versions, hence the introduction of the suffixes a and b to the edition and plate numbers.  The title page reflects the difficulty of accommodating the letter press text of the title page inside the decorative border.

Title Page: type D; black on cream/brown paper: a passe-partout title page for all of the songs by Mahler available through Universal-Edition

Wrapper: [front wrapper, type E;  dark green within dark green rectangular border, on light green card:] GUSTAV MAHLER / DAS IRDISCHE LEBEN / EARTHLY LIFE /[l.h.:] HOCH [r.h.:] HIGH / [rectangular lyre logo] / UNIVERSAL-EDITION / Nr. 3643a [rear wrapper, type B; advertisement for the works by Mahler published by Universal-Edition, dark green design and text on light green card (dated: No. 12  IX.1920)]

Analysis: [1]= tp, [2]=blank; 3–9=music, [10]=blank

Dimensions: 305 x 233 (r=197)

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Edition number: 3643a    Plate number: U.E. 1691ª· 3643ª·

Copies: D-B 244 828; GB-Lpc 2-9200701

This was the first and only pre WWII edition to include Annie Funk's English version; the paper quality is poor compared with that of the pre-WWI copies. The UE Verlagsbuch records no further printings before 1963.

Copies: none located

The UE Verlagsbuch records no printings of the full score for the low voice version: these scores were presumably only available on hire. They continued to be listed in the UE catalogues up to the late 1930s.

Copies: none located

The UE Verlagsbuch records no printings of orchestral parts for the low voice version: these parts were presumably only available on hire. They continued to be listed in the UE catalogues up to the late 1930s.

Analysis: [1]= tp, [2]=blank; 3–9=music, [10]=blank

Edition number: 3643b    Plate number: U.E.1691b.3643b

Copies: D-B 244 829 (not examined); US-Wc M1614.M212 BB (date stamped 6.vii.1914)

The UE Verlagsbuch notes 'Copyright 4./VI 14' for this low voice transposition; the Library of Congress records give 2.v.1914 as the date of publication, and 6.vii. 1914 as the date date of receipt, so an advance copy must have been supplied. The transposition appears to be based on the second edition of the high-voice, piano-vocal score: as the double plate number implies, the original plates engraved by EWZG, revised and re-used by UE for its two-volume publications of the collection (see PV52h), were again used for this separate publication. The suffix b to the edition and plate numbers identifies the low-voice transposition.

Copies: none located

This was the first and only pre WWII edition to include Annie Funk's English version. The UE Verlagsbuch records no further printings before 1963.