Early d'Albert Piano Concerto in A found

[Ilja]

The G major was apparently written by him at age 10. It's not listed as lost, so the fact that everyone ignored it may say something about its quality?

[FBerwald]

The G major exists in complete manuscript as far as I can deduct from the articles on the net. The fact that something is ignored for so long doesn't always translate into its quality. 

[giles.enders]

In 2012 I met with a descendant of Eugene d'Albert. It was they who told me about the early concerto in G major which is in Dresden. In their opinion it was of curiosity value only. For completists it might be worth recording but otherwise is best left to scholars.

[semloh]

Despite numerous requests for its return he has held on to it.

Trying to be positive, could that signal an intention to work on it?

[tuatara442442]

Now if it is possible to get a photocopy from Library of Congress, this work could be realized digitally......

[promusician]

Now if it is possible to get a photocopy from Library of Congress, this work could be realized digitally......

At least, I am actually requesting for it a month ago. So maybe I or Darrel will start a fundraising to accumulate the costs for acquisition of the score, estimated at about $1.5 * 400 = 600, plus $60 research cost, totaling at $660. If anyone interested...

[Darrel Hoffman]

Do we know anyone here in or near Berlin?  (Or was it Dresden?  Wherever this library is.)  It might be a lot cheaper to have someone visit the library in person and take a bunch of scans with a phone camera.  I don't need it to be pristine ultra-high res archival quality as long as it's generally readable.

[promusician]

Do we know anyone here in or near Berlin?  (Or was it Dresden?  Wherever this library is.)  It might be a lot cheaper to have someone visit the library in person and take a bunch of scans with a phone camera.  I don't need it to be pristine ultra-high res archival quality as long as it's generally readable.

This is in Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

[Darrel Hoffman]

Oh, I must be thinking of something else we were looking for that was in Germany somewhere.  Well is there anyone near D.C. then?  Because $660 is kind of a tall order for 1 manuscript especially when we don't even know if it's any good, I feel like there must be a way to bring that down a bit.  I think a round trip ticket from where I am (Florida) plus a night in a hotel would actually cost less (not that I'm volunteering for that).  I'm just hoping there might be someone closer who might be willing to do us a favor.

[eschiss1]

No. I'm occasionally near NYC and more often near Cornell U Library, though my scanning ability is nominal.

[Gareth Vaughan]

The early G major concerto is in Dresden (according to Giles); the A major concerto is in L.ofC.

[Ilja]

Can you tell me where in Dresden? It's not in the Deutsche Komponistenarchiv.

[eschiss1]

When I hear Dresden in this connection, my own first thought is @ SLUB Dresden, which is a huge library (which fortunately was apparently not badly damaged in the Allied bombing- there are works there, including contemporary copies of Bach and Vivaldi works, that do not, I think, exist in other copies or in originals, and in general SLUB is a trove. With huge footprint of digitized works.)

[eschiss1]

Concertos, fragments, Op.9, G minor. (1874) - there: yes, it's at SLUB. (Not G major!) Note the downloadable link on the right. If that's not what was looked for, will try again.

Also Fragments, Op.104, F major this too.

[Darrel Hoffman]

Hmm, the word "fragments" has me concerned a bit.  I took a look, and it's 1.) Just the piano part, no orchestra, and 2.) the middle movement is clearly unfinished, just a few bars at the beginning and end, nothing in between.  I don't know if this piece was ever completed, but there's not really enough there for me to use.