Gästebuch des Musik-Verlegers Otto Fürstner (1886-1958).
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Furstner has gathered about 60 entries including AMQSs, poems, and signatures. Among the musicians found inside are: Richard Strauss, with a fine large autograph musical quotation (four bars of music) signed and inscribed “D Richard Strauss […] Helena II. Akt, Berlin, 17. Oktober 1926,” predating the premiere and including the motif of Helena’s “supreme beauty”; Hans Pfitzner, one-bar AMQS dated November 12, 1925; George Szell, combining themes from ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ and ‘Palestrina,’ dated November 12, 1925; Mark Lothar, four-bar AMQS with a notation reading, “Einer, der sehr beschämt in dieser Reihe steht,” and dated July 19, 1930 and December 27, 1930; Mitja Nikisch, eight-bar AMQS with an inscription which reads, “Dem lieben verehrten Herrn Fürstner zu Erinnerung an den 8. Januar 1935”; Erich Wolfgang Korngold with an empty hand-drawn stave and a notation which reads, “Siehe Seite vorher!,” and inscribed, “Herrn Otto Fürstner in freundschaftlicher Verehrung”; and Max Butting, single-bar AMQS inscribed “Gemeinsame 5. Häuser bedingen das gerechtes System,” along with a signature of his wife. Other signatures include Max v. Schillings, Barbara Kemp, Luzi Korngold, William Boosey (adding a poem), Leonie Furstner, Wolfgang Furstner, Friedrich Lachmann, Hans Voss, Tina Debuser, Hans Pfitzner, Agnes Rosen, Leonie Furstner, Johannes Oertel, Mark Lothar (adding a poem), Corry Nera (adding an eight-line poem), Hans Mahner-Mons (adding a small sketch), Franz Strauss, Alice Strauss, Richard Strauss, Barbara Din, Hans Detlef Winterfeldt and Tanja Winterfeldt. Binding has become detached from spine, and covers are lightly worn, otherwise fine condition.