Der Schauspieldirektor / The Impresario: A Comedy with Music in One Act, K.486. A Facsimile of the Autograph Manuscript
New York / Oxford: The Pierpont Morgan Library / Oxford University Press, [1976]. Oblong folio (13 7/8 × 10 1/4 inches). 85 pp. Facsimile reproduction of Mozart's autograph manuscript in the Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection, The Pierpont Morgan Library. Terra-cotta red cloth boards; facsimile of Mozart's signature gilt-stamped to upper cover; title lettered to spine. In publisher's matching decorated slipcase. Book near fine; slipcase with light scuffing and toning to exterior.
Der Schauspieldirektor was composed in 1786 on commission from Emperor Joseph II for a court entertainment at Schönbrunn Palace. The autograph manuscript, held in the Morgan Library's Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection, is among the most complete surviving Mozart autographs in American hands.
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