Oberammergau
by [ Wall, Bernhardt ]. Speyer, Leonora
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
[New Preston:] 1922 Author's edition. First printing, limited to fifty copies, signed by both Speyer and Wal. Quarter cloth over decorative boards, printed paper label on front cover. . Octavo. With seventeen etchings, most including text and image, printed on rectos. Boards partially faded, a little very light foxing. A very good, clean copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author: "To John L. Huber from his friends Leonora Speyer. Edgar Speyer. 1924. Leonora Speyer (1872-1956) was an American poet and violinist. She was the daughter of Count Ferdinand von Stosch of Mantze in Silesia, who fought for the Union army, and Julia Schayer, a short story writer. She studied music in Brussels, Paris, and Leipzig. She married the banker Edgar Speyer, and lived with him in London until 1915, and then in New York, where she began writing poetry. She won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her book of poetry "Fiddler's Farewell." The subject of the present book is the Oberammergau Passion Play, which has been performed in Bavaria since 1634. It was written by Othmar Weis, J A Daisenberger, Otto Huber, Christian Stuckl, Rochus Dedler, Eugen Papst, Marcus Zwink, Ingrid H Shafer, and the inhabitants of Oberammergau, with music by Dedler. Since its first production it has been performed on open-air stages in the village. The text of the play is a composite of four distinct manuscripts dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. The play consists of scenes from the Old Testament which prefigure events in the New Testament, with musical and choral accompaniment.
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16062
- Title
- Oberammergau
- Author
- [ Wall, Bernhardt ]. Speyer, Leonora
- Format/Binding
- Quarter cloth over decorative boards, printed paper label on front cover.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Author's edition. First printing, limited to fifty copies, signe
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- [New Preston:]
- Date Published
- 1922
- Pages
- Unpaginated
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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