Funeral March Performed at the Funeral of Abraham Lincoln.
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co, [1865].
Price: $1,250.00
About the item
First edition, front wrapper without portrait of Lincoln appearing in later issues. Engraved title and piano score; 5 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Loose, as issued; split along spine with some chipping to extremities. see Barret Sale, Lot 693; Stern Collection of Lincolniana.
Item #235590
Donizetti died 17 years before Lincoln, having gone mad from syphilis. His Funeral March gained a measure of recognition in America after it was performed during Lincoln's funeral ceremonies. It is a heavy, solemn piece in a minor, with droning octaves in the bass, a haunting chromatic figure in the middle register, and a lyrical upper voice.
