Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Printed Collections

Collective Volumes

The voice and piano versions were initially issued only in the original keys, compiled into collective publications: either a single volume or in a set of three volumes. When the copyright was acquired by Universal-Edition in 1910 these original versions were reissued in a pair of volumes.

In 1914 the songs were republished by Universal-Edition: the musical text of the voice and piano scores was 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. The revised versions were now issued in two volumes for either high or low voice: for the former nos 1, 6 and 12 were transposed up a tone, for the latter nos 2–5,  7–11 were transposed down a tone. In these parallel editions and all subsequent printings of both high and low voice piano scores of no. 11, „Es sungen drei Engel einen süssen Gesang”, Mahler’s voice and piano version – which had been printed in the earlier compilation volumes – was replaced by a revised arrangement by J. V. von Wöss. From 1920 English versions of the texts, by Annie Funk, were included in the piano-vocal scores.

The full scores of the voice and orchestra versions were never issued in a collective volume, only separately, in the original keys, although transposed versions (high- and low-voice, including parts) were available for hire from Universal-Edition. The necessary transpositions were presumably prepared after 1914, and were advertised in UE catalogues until the late 1930s.

A two-volume miniature score compilation of nos. 1–10 in the original keys, was issued in parallel editions by Universal-Edition and Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag in 1924.

Title Page: [type A, 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  / · JOSEF WEINBERGER · / [centre:] WIEN / Kohlmarkt 8 / [rule] // [left:] Leipzig / Querstrasse N°· 13 / [right:] Paris / 78 Rue d'Anjou. / [below border:] Musikaliendruckerei v. Jos. Eberle & Co. Wien VII. / 4425/99.

Wrapper: [front wrapper: type A (brown on mottled green); back wrapper: blank]

Analysis: [1]= tp; [2]=blank; 3–75=music; [76]=blank

N.B. the page numbers are always placed in the top outer edge margin of the page.

Dimensions: 335 x 260 (r =  229)

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

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Hofmeister: iii.1900    Price: Mk 6 n.

Edition number: none    Plate number: 1–73=12; 74–75=4  12 [See the commentary below for an explanation of this anomaly.]

Contents:

Copies: A-Wst AC13630512 (not examined); A-Wn Mus MS2956-4° (Pflichtexemplar: recorded as Mus 186/1899 17. X. 99; bound copy); Mus MS67492-4º (ex coll. Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, bequest 1951); GB-Lpc (with autograph inscription); D-B Mus. Km 35

There is no evidence for the size of the original print run: rather unusually the UE Verlagsbuch does not record the transfer of unsold copies of the Eberle/Weinberger edition in November 1910, probably because UE was not going to offer a single-volume edition, and (perhaps) had already printed stock of its own two-volume edition (see PVc2 below).

The collection was originally issued in two formats: as a single collective volume, with continuous pagination at the top outer margins; and in three volumes, each separately paginated (in volumes II and III, at the bottom outer margin) and on slightly larger paper. The plates for No. 12, Urlicht (pp. 72–5) were not prepared by Eberle, but were engraved by C.G. Röder for the publication of the vocal score of the symphonic movement by Hofmeister in 1895: Hofmeister had assigned the song the plate number 4, but on pp. 74–75 this was not removed when the new EWZG number was added for its inclusion in the Wunderhorn volumes. The differences in the design of the punches (e.g. for the letterpress, the crotchet rest and the clefs) used by the two firms is clearly visible:

Fig. 1

Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Vienna: EWZG/Weinberger, 1899), Urlicht, bb. 1–4

(engraved by Röder)

Fig. 2

Des Knaben Wunderhorn, „Es sungen drei Engel‟, (Vienna: EWZG/Weinberger, 1899), bb. 1–4

(engraved by Jos. Eberle & Co. (EWZG))

The note on the catalogue record for the Pflichtexemplar (see above) indicates mid-October 1899 as the terminus ante quem for the first print run.

The inscription on the GB-Lpc copy is:

Fig.3

Dedication copy: title page (detail)

The identity of the recipient is by no means certain, but a strong candidate  is the soprano Selma Kurz (1874–1933). She had been singing at the  Frankfurt Opera House for a couple of years when she made a highly successful guest appearance at the Vienna Court Opera, and Mahler offered her a contract to commence in the 1899–1900 season. She replaced the indisposed Rita Michalek as the soloist in the first Viennese performances of three of his Wunderhorn songs at a Philharmonic Concert on 14 January 1900, and by March of that year they were beginning a short-lived affair. Their age difference would provide an additional context for Mahler's playfully casting of himself in the role of 'Knabe'.

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 (vol. I: brown on mottled grey; vol. II: brown on yellow; vol. III: brown on mottled green); back wrapper: blank]

Analysis: vol. I: [1]= tp; [2]=blank; 3–24=music; [25–6]=blank; vol. II: [1]=tp; 2–31=music; [32]=blank; vol. III: [1]= tp; [2]=blank; 3–23=music; [24]=blank

Dimensions: 345 x 265 (r = 229)

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

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Hofmeister: iii.1900    Prices: vol. I: Mk 2 n., vol. II: Mk 3 n., vol. III: Mk 2 n.

Edition number: none    Plate number: vol. I: 12a^., vol. II: 12b., vol. III: 12c.

Contents:

Copies: Try A-Wn F117.Riehl.1239 (ex. coll. Isolde Riehl (1901–1992), with annotations (not yet examined)); GB-Lpc; US-Wc M1614 M212

Select bibliography: SWXIII/2b, xvii-xviii; NKGXIII/2b, xvii-xviii

There is no evidence for the size of the original print run: rather unusually the UE Verlagsbuch does not record the transfer of unsold copies of the Eberle/Weinberger edition in November 1910, probably because UE was not going to offer a three-volume edition, and had already printed stock of its own two-volume edition (see PVc2 below). Further research into the colour of the original wrappers (not normally preserved in library copies) may be fruitful.

Hofmeister: no entry

Edition number: [vol I: 1691; vol II: 1692]   Plate number: vol. I: [UE 1691], vol. II: [1692]

Copies: none located

The UE Verlagsbuch reveals that in 1908 two edition numbers were assigned to the voice and piano versions of Mahler's Wunderhornlieder but that at the time no copies were ordered. It seems likely that the plan was to issue these volumes 'In die Universal-Edition aufgenommen', but split between two, not three volumes, and that the delay in the placing of an order may have been connected with management changes at EWZG following Josef Stritzko's dismissal as Director in 1908.

As early as 1909 the new head of UE, Emil Hertzka, was considering the acquisition the publishing rights in the music of Bruckner and Mahler owned by EWZG, but the letter of agreement is dated 21 June 1910 so this small batch of copies recorded in the Verlagsbuch may well have been issued under the Weinberger imprint as originally planned in 1908; an alternative explanation might be that these were 'advance' copies printed in anticipation of the acquisition of the rights by UE. Unfortunately no copies have been located that can be identified as exemplars of this issue.

Hofmeister: no entry

Edition number: [vol I: 1691; vol II: 1692]   Plate number: vol. I: [UE 1691], vol. II: [1692]

Copies: none located

Select bibliography: SWXIII/2b, xvii-xviii; NKGXIII/2b, xvii-xviii

Unfortunately no copies have been located that can be identified as exemplars of this issue.

SECOND EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, SECOND IMPRESSION, in two volumes – Vienna: Universal-Edition, 1911

Title Page: [type Ab: dark brown on cream paper. A revised version of the original title page: the original imprint has been replaced with that of Universal-Edition and all prices have been omitted.]

Wrapper: [front wrapper: type D; lilac decorative border on light blue, text in black] [In top shield:] ·UNIVERSAL–EDITION· / [in next shield:] № 1691 [№ 1692] / [in main shield:] GUSTAV MAHLER / 12 GESÄNGE / AUS / „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN” / FÜR EINE SINGSTIMME MIT KLAVIERBEGLEITUNG / HEFT I [II] / No. 1—6 [7—12]; [back wrapper: type A, adverts for the music of Mahler published by UE, dated Y IV.1911]

Analysis: vol. I: [1]= tp; [2]=blank; 3–40=music; vol. II: [1]= tp; [2]=blank; 3–37=music; [38]=blank

Dimensions: 315 x 235 (r = 231)

Printer: Druckerei- und Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft vorm R. v. WALDHEIM, JOS. EBERLE & Co. WIEN [tp]; Druckerei- und Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft vorm R. v. Waldheim- Jos. Eberle & Co. [p. 3 in vol. I only]

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Hofmeister: no entry

Edition number: vol I: 1691; vol II: 1692    Plate number: vol. I: U.E. 1691, vol. II: U.E. 1692^.

Contents: [as in PVc2]

Copies: GB-Lpc

Select bibliography: SWXIII/2b, xvii-xviii; NKGXIII/2b, xvii-xviii

Thanks to the dated adverts on the back wrapper, the copy described can be firmly associated with the 1911 printing recorded in the UE Verlagsbuch.

SECOND EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, THIRD IMPRESSION, in two volumes – Vienna: Universal-Edition, 1912

Title Page: [type Ab: dark brown on cream paper. A revised version of the original title page: the original imprint has been replaced with that of Universal-Edition and all prices have been omitted.]

Wrapper: [front wrapper: type D; lilac decorative border on light blue, text in black] [In top shield:] ·UNIVERSAL–EDITION· / [in next shield:] № 1691 [№ 1692] / [in main shield:] GUSTAV MAHLER / 12 GESÄNGE / AUS / „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN” /  FÜR EINE SINGSTIMME MIT KLAVIERBEGLEITUNG / HEFT I [II] / No. 1—6 [7—12]; [rear wrappers not present in the copy described]

Analysis: vol. I: [1]= tp; [2]=blank; 3–40=music; vol. II: [1]= tp; [2]=blank; 3–37=music; [38]=blank

Dimensions: 307 x 232 (r = 230 [vol. 1/1]) (bound copy)

Printer: Druckerei- und Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft vorm R. v. WALDHEIM, JOS. EBERLE & Co. WIEN [tp]; Druckerei- und Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft vorm R. v. Waldheim - Jos. Eberle & Co. [vol I, p. 40;  vol. II, p. 37]

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Hofmeister: no entry

Edition number: vol I: 1691; vol II: 1692    Plate number: vol. I: U.E. 1691., vol. II, p. 3–33: U.E. 1692.; p. 34–37: U.E. 1692.2938.

Contents: as in PVC2

Copies: A-Wn MS 4091-4°

Page 34 - the first page of 'Urlicht' - states Copyright 1911 by Universal-Edition, and also bears a double plate number, U.E. 1692.2938. relating to the vocal score of 'Urlicht' first issued separately by UE in May 1911. This suggests that the copy described must be of the 1912 issue of the Wunderhorn volumes.

PRINTED VOCAL SCORES - for high voice

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

Wrapper: [front wrapper: type D; lilac decorative border on light green, text in black] [In top shield:] ·UNIVERSAL–EDITION· / [in next shield:] № 1691a [№ 1692a] / [in main shield:] GUSTAV MAHLER / 12 GESÄNGE / AUS / „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN” / FÜR EINE SINGSTIMME MIT KLAVIERBEGLEITUNG / HEFT I [II] / No. 1—6 [7—12]; [back wrapper: type Aa;  adverts for the music of Mahler published by UE, dated Y IV.1914, text in black on green card.]

Analysis: vol. I: [1]= tp; [2]=Inhalt; 3-40=music; vol. II: [1]= tp; [2]=Inhalt; 3-37=music; [38]=blank

Dimensions: 308 x 235 (r = 227)

Printer: Druckerei- und Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft vorm. R. v. Waldheim - Jos. Eberle & Co. [vol. I: p. 40]

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Print ordered: 01.iv.1914 (vol. I), 03.iv.1914 (vol. II)   Copies received: 26.xi.1914   Print run: 496 (vol. I); 502 (vol. II)

Hofmeister: no entry

Edition number: vol I: 1691a; vol II: 1692a   Plate number: vol. I: U.E. 1691a + the plate numbers for individual songs (3639a–3644a), vol. II: U.E. 1692a + the plate numbers for individual songs (3645a–3649a, 2938a)

Contents:

Copies: Try A-Wn MS55096-4°; GB-Lpc (vol. I only); A-Wst Mc-23938 (vol. II only; not examined)

The collection was reissued in high- and low-voice versions, with the contents listed on p. 2 of all four volumes; the paper size is very slightly smaller, and the addition of the suffixes a and b to the edition and plate numbers differentiates between the two vocal ranges. For the high-voice volumes nos 1, 6 and 12 have been transposed up a tone. At the same time the musical text of all the songs has been corrected, and revised to bring it more in line with that of the orchestral versions: this involves not only changes to and additions of various performance markings but also the standardisation of the vocal line.

In this edition and all subsequent printings of both high and low voice and piano scores of no. 11, „Es sungen drei Engel einen süssen Gesang”, Mahler’s voice and piano version - that had been printed in the earlier compilation volumes - is replaced by a revised arrangement by J. V. von von Wöss.

The UE Verlagsbuch records that there were two further issues, in 1916 (500 copies) and 1920 (vol I: 490 copies; vol. II: 498 copies): see below.

THIRD EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, in two volumes, for high voice – Vienna: Universal-Edition, 1916

Title Page: [type Bb, orange decorative design, text in black; in main shield:] 12 / GESÄNGE / AUS / „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN‟ / FÜR / EINE SINGSTIMME MIT ORCHESTERBEGLEITUNG / VON / GUSTAV MAHLER / [listing of all twelve songs in two columns] / HOCH TIEF / GESANG UND KLAVIER / [in lower shield:] AUFFÜHRUNGSRECHT VORBEHALTEN / DROITS D'EXECUTION RÉSERVÉS / „UNIVERSAL-EDITION‟ / AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT / WIEN. — LEIPZIG. / COPYRIGHT 1914 BY UNIVERSAL-EDITION.

Wrapper: [front wrapper: type D; lilac decorative border on light green, text in black] [In top shield:] ·UNIVERSAL–EDITION· / [in next shield:] № 1691a [№ 1692a] / [in main shield:] GUSTAV MAHLER / 12 GESÄNGE / AUS / „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN” / FÜR EINE SINGSTIMME MIT KLAVIERBEGLEITUNG / HEFT I [II] / No. 1—6 [7—12]; [rear wrappers: type B; adverts for the music of Mahler published by UE, dated V.1916.]

Analysis: vol. I: [1]=tp; [2]=Inhalt; 3-40=music; vol. II: [1]=tp; [2]=Inhalt; 3–37=music; [38]=blank

Dimensions: vol. II: 310 x 237 (r = 197)

Printer: Druckerei- und Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft vorm R. v. Waldheim - Jos. Eberle & Co. [vol. I: p. 40]; no such statement in vol. II.

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Hofmeister: no entry

Edition number: vol I: 1691a; vol II: 1692a   Plate number: vol. I: [no copies located, but c.f. vol. II details], vol. II: p. 2: U.E. 1691 a/b. 1692 a/b.; [first page of each song (pp. 3, 8, 17, 23, 28, 34):] Universal-Edition Nr. 1692ª· + the plate numbers for individual songs (3645ª·–3649ª·, 2938ª·); [later pages of each song:] U.E. 1692ª· + the plate numbers for individual song (3645ª·–3649ª·, 2938ª·).

Copies: GB-Lpc (vol. II only);  NL-DHgm 54 B 193 (vol. II only)

Although this issue is substantially the same as PVC3h, there are some differences: the registration of the black ink text on the title page has been improved; the front wrapper as been reset and the adverts on the rear wrapper revised. But most significantly each song is now provided with an indication as to whether it is of high or low tessitura (hoch, tief) and whether it is at original pitch (Original-Ausgabe) or transposed (Transponierte Ausgabe):

This is the only post-1914 high-voice collective issue so far located to provide this information (the 1914 low-voice edition (PVC3t), however, did also adopt this format), although at least one individual song (Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen, PV9h2a) was issued from this state of the original plates.

According to the UE Verlagsbuch there was no corresponding issue of the low voice volumes in 1916.

Print ordered: 14.xi.1919    Copies received: 25.v.1920 (vol. I); 28.iv.1920 (vol. II)   Print run: 490 (vol. I); 496 (vol. II)

Hofmeister: no entry

Copies: none located

The early date of the print order suggests that this particular publication was not the first to include the English version by Annie Funk.

Title Page: [Type Da: a passe-partout title page that includes all of Mahler's songs that were available from Universal-Edition]

Wrapper: [Front wrapper: type E, dark green on green paper, within rectangular lozenge border:] GUSTAV MAHLER / 12 GESÄNGE AUS „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN” / 12 SONGS FROM „THE YOUTH'S MAGIC HORN” / [lh:] HOCH [rh:] HIGH / I [II] / No. 1–6 [7–12] / [rectangular lyre design] / UNIVERSAL-EDITION / Nr. 1691a [1692a]; [rear wrapper, vol I: type Ba; advert for the music of Mahler published by UE, dated:] XI.1920; [Rear wrapper lacking in the GB-Lbl copy of vol. II.]

Analysis: vol. I: [1]= tp; [2]=Inhalt / Contents; 3–40=music; vol. II: [1]= tp; [2]=Inhalt; 3–37=music; [38]=blank

Dimensions: 305 x 233 (r = 229 (vol. I))

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Hofmeister: no entry

Edition number: vol I: 1691a; vol II: 1692a   Plate number: vol. I: U.E. 1691a + the plate numbers for individual songs (3639a–3644a); vol. II: U.E. 1692a + the plate numbers for individual songs (3645a–3649a, 2938a)

Contents:

Copies: GB-Lpc (vol. I only: ex coll. Adelio G. Viani, signed and dated 25.06.1921¹); GB-Lbl G.1033 (2.) (bound copy, front wrappers only; red date stamp, vol. I, p. 40; vol. II, p. 37: 23 MR 1923)

The text of this edition is that of the third, with the addition of English translations of the sung text (by Addie Funk) and most of the German performance instructions, that have simply been inserted into the original engraving: the result of this and the previous layer of additions is a cluttered graphical image, far removed from the relative elegance of the original engraving. The paper is acid and of inferior quality. Mahler’s voice and piano version of no. 11, „Es sungen drei Engel einen süssen Gesang”, has been replaced by a revised arrangement by J. V. von von Wöss. The UE Verlagsbuch records that there were further issues, in 1922, 1928 and 1932 (vol. I) and  1923, 1929 and 1936 (vol. II) (all listed below),  a total of 1800 and 1786 further copies respectively.  

FOURTH EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, volume I only, for high voice, Ger/Eng – Vienna: Universal-Edition, 1922

Copies: none located

FOURTH EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION, volume II only, for high voice, Ger/Eng – Vienna: Universal-Edition, 1923

Copies: none located

FOURTH EDITION, FOURTH IMPRESSION, volume I only, for high voice, Ger/Eng – Vienna: Universal-Edition, 1928

Copies: none located

FOURTH EDITION, FIFTH IMPRESSION, volume II only, for high voice, Ger/Eng – Vienna: Universal-Edition, 1929

Copies: none located

FOURTH EDITION, SIXTH IMPRESSION, volume I only, for high voice, Ger/Eng – Vienna: Universal-Edition, 1932

Copies: none located

FOURTH EDITION, SEVENTH IMPRESSION, volume II only, for high voice, Ger/Eng – Vienna: Universal-Edition, 1932

Copies: none located

PRINTED VOCAL SCORES - for low voice

Title Page: [type Bb; orange decorative design, text in black; in main shield:] 12 / GESÄNGE / AUS / „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN‟ / FÜR / EINE SINGSTIMME MIT ORCHESTERBEGLEITUNG / VON / GUSTAV MAHLER / [listing of all twelve songs in two columns] / HOCH TIEF / GESANG UND KLAVIER / [in lower shield:] AUFFÜHRUNGSRECHT VORBEHALTEN / DROITS D'EXECUTION RÉSERVÉS / „UNIVERSAL-EDITION‟ / AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT / WIEN. — LEIPZIG. / COPYRIGHT 1914 BY UNIVERSAL-EDITION

Wrapper: [front wrapper, type D; lilac decorative border on light green, text in black] [In top shield:] ·UNIVERSAL–EDITION· / [in next shield:] № 1691b [1692b] / [in main shield:] GUSTAV MAHLER / 12 GESÄNGE / AUS / „DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN” / FÜR EINE SINGSTIMME MIT KLAVIERBEGLEITUNG / HEFT I [II] / No. 1—6 [7—12] / [lowest shield:] TIEF; [back wrapper, type B; adverts for the music of Mahler published by UE, dated Nr. 12. III.1914]

Analysis: vol. I: [1]= tp; [2]=Inhalt; 3–40=music; vol. II: [1]= tp; [2]=Inhalt; 3–37=music; [38]=blank

Dimensions: [vol. 1:] 308 x 237 (r = 230)

Printing method: lithographic transfer from engraved plates

Hofmeister: no entry

Edition number: vol I: 1691b; vol II: 1692b   Plate number: vol. I: p. 2: U.E. 1691 a/b. 1692 a/b.; p. 3–40 [first page of each song (pp. 3, 10, 14, 20, 25, 32):] Universal-Edition Nr. 1692b. + the plate numbers for individual song (3639b.–3644b.); [later pages of each song:] U.E. 1692b. + the plate numbers for the individual song (3639b.–3644b.).

Contents:

Copies: GB-Lpc 2-180614 (vol. I only); GB-Su MS22, xx M 302.M2 (ex coll. Anna Mahler; not yet examined)

The Collection is now issued in high and low voice versions, with the contents listed on p. 2 of all four volumes; the paper size is very slightly smaller. For the low voice volumes nos 2–5,  7–11 have been transposed down a tone. At the same time the musical text of all the songs has been revised to bring it more in line with that of the orchestral versions: this involves not only changes to and additions of various performance markings but also the standardisation of the vocal line. In the case of the low-voice volumes there is a further innovation (not adopted in the parallel high-voice version): each song is now provided with an indication as to whether it is of high or low tessitura (Hoch, Tief) and whether it is at original pitch (Original-Ausgabe) or transposed (Transponierte Ausgabe):

In this edition and all subsequent printings of both high and low voice and piano scores of no. 11, „Es sungen drei Engel einen süssen Gesang”, Mahler’s voice and piano version - which had been printed in the earlier compilation volumes - is replaced by a revised arrangement by J. V. von von Wöss.

Copies: none located

This impression may have incorporated some of the features of the third edition, second impression of the high-voice version (PVc3ah), the most significant of which was that each song was provided at the start with an indication as to whether it is of high or low tessitura (Hoch, Tief) and whether it was at original pitch (Original-Ausgabe) or transposed (Transponierte Ausgabe). The UE Verlagsbuch records no parallel impression of the first volume.

Copies: none located