Hélène Swarth - Gedichten, getoonzet door George Muller [7 works in: Convolute with 29 titles]

Hélène Swarth - Gedichten, getoonzet door George Muller [7 works in: Convoluut with 29 titles] - Amsterdam - "De Algemeene Muziekhandel" v/h Stumpff & Koning - [c. 1900] - 1st edition - [42; 122] pp. - Half cloth binding - 28 x 34 cm.

Condition: Good.

Antiquarian sheet music with notation for piano by Hélène Swarth (1859-1941); the 'Singing Heart' of the 'Tachtigers'. Supposedly COMPLETE CYCLE: 1. Lang geleden; 2. In October; 3. Weet je nog wel; 4. In 't donker; 5. In sneeuw en mist; 6. Vergeven; 7. Laatste wandeling. NCC: Except for one poem not present in the public collections.

¶ The collection also contains 22 other pieces of music by the (forgotten) composer George Muller, each with a lithographed ART NOUVEAU / JUGENDSTIL title page. Ten 'Gedichte' by Marie Madelaine (complete); three pieces by W. von Goethe ('Der Fischer' with erotic depiction of Mermaid, 'Jägers Abendlied' and 'Schäfers Klagelied'); two by Heinrich Heine ('Wasserfahrt' and 'Es fallt ein Stern herunter'); and six others.