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⁴ Hensel, Fanny, Tagebücher, ed. Klein, Hans-Günter and Elvers, Rudolf (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 2002): 41.Google Scholar The entry does mention Die erste Walpurgisnacht, but the details of when it was performed are unclear, perhaps because the entry was not written until May 1833. Cooper also refers to a ‘November 1832’ private performance in Berlin on pp. xxvii and 322 (note to bar 183), which in the context of the discussion seems to refer to the same performance identified as ‘11 October 1832’, further complicating the matter.

⁵ Bartholdy, Felix Mendelssohn, Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Ballade von Goethe für Chor und Orchester, op. 60. A Full-Color Facsimile of the Autograph Piano-Vocal Score Held in the Museum of Educational Heritage at Tamagawa University, ed. and comm. Hoshino, Hiromi (Tokyo: Yushodo Press Co., 2005).Google Scholar