Die Fledermaus (The Bat) English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin. [Piano-vocal score]
- New York: G. Schirmer [PN 42069], 1951
New York: G. Schirmer [PN 42069], 1951. Large octavo. Original publisher's dark red wrappers with titling in ivory and black. 1f. (recto title, verso copyright), 1f. (recto publisher's note, verso cast list), [1] (contents), 2-168 pp.
Occasional performance markings in red and lead pencil.
Wrappers quite worn; spine reinforced with red tape; small musicseller's label to upper. Some wear; light uniform browning; former owner's name to upper margin of title. "Over the next quarter of a century [from 1885] a further 14 operettas and even a grand opera (Ritter Pásmán, 1892) cemented Strauss’s position as the leading light in ‘Silver Age’ Viennese operetta, though even in the composer’s lifetime only three of these found international success: Die Fledermaus (1874), Eine Nacht in Venedig (1883) and Der Zigeunerbaron." Peter Kemp in Grove Music Online.
Occasional performance markings in red and lead pencil.
Wrappers quite worn; spine reinforced with red tape; small musicseller's label to upper. Some wear; light uniform browning; former owner's name to upper margin of title. "Over the next quarter of a century [from 1885] a further 14 operettas and even a grand opera (Ritter Pásmán, 1892) cemented Strauss’s position as the leading light in ‘Silver Age’ Viennese operetta, though even in the composer’s lifetime only three of these found international success: Die Fledermaus (1874), Eine Nacht in Venedig (1883) and Der Zigeunerbaron." Peter Kemp in Grove Music Online.