3318: 1 vol. Strauss Richard. Salome. Musik-Drama in Start Price USD 1,875.00 Current Price USD 2,300.00 Time Left - Bid Count 16 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 End Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 Location Philadelphia, PA See more about '3318: 1 vol. Strauss Richard. Salome. Musik-Drama in' Description Current Lot 1 vol. Strauss Richard. Salome. Musik-Drama in 1 vol. Strauss, Richard. Salome. Musik-Drama in einem Aufzuge... Op. 54. Klavier-Auszug. Berlin: Adolf Furstner, 1910. Piano-vocal score. Folio, modern gray cloth & red bds., orig. front wrapper mounted to front cover. Internally lightly to moderately toned. Presentation copy, inscribed to the soprano Maria Jeritza & signed by Strauss: [Translated from the German]: "To my beloved alas too seldom in Strauss roles to admire, Marie Jeritza / in friendship / Richard Strauss / Vienna 20. 1. 21." Jeritza, Maria (1887-1982). Czech soprano. "The golden girl of opera's Golden Age. She created the title role in Ariande auf Nazos and was acclaimed as the great Salome of her time. She shocked Puccini by singing his dying arias lying flat on the stage. This earned her the nickname 'La Diva Prostrata' (The horizontal Prima Donna), although some thought there might be other reasons for the sobriquet" (see Sex Lives of the Great Composers). "What makes the opera work,..., is its supurbly achieved musico-dramatic form" (Grove Opera, 4: 569). Place a Bid!