Liszt manuscripts restituted
The Klassik Stiftung Weimar has concluded another case of cultural property seized as a result of Nazi persecution. Two music manuscripts by Franz Liszt have been restituted to the rightful heirs.
Until 1937, the manuscripts belonged to Emma Frankenbacher, a citizen of Jewish origin, whose legal successor the Foundation was able to locate in Argentina. She had been forced to sell the manuscripts in 1937 and died in Theresienstadt after being deported in 1942. After restitution, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar acquired the two manuscripts with the support of the Thuringian State Chancellery and the Society of Friends of the Goethe and Schiller Archive. The manuscripts are now legally part of the Liszt collection of the Goethe and Schiller Archive.
The music manuscripts include a copy of the score of his 1st Piano Concerto in E flat major, extensively revised by Liszt. It is regarded as the final version of the composition and served as the engraver's model for the first edition (Vienna, Haslinger 1857). The second manuscript - a copy of the "Festlied zu Schillers Jubelfeier" - contains a dedication in Liszt's own hand.
More info:
https://blog.klassik-stiftung.de/nur-drei-wochen-ueberlebte-sie-ihre-verschleppung/
