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Double Bass Toscanini's Bass part for the Verdi String Quartet.

Toscanini created a bass part for the Verdi String Quartet. I found the original manuscript sold for ~ $1600, and I found an image of the first of six pages. Does anyone here know whether it was published, who the publisher might be, or just maybe know where an image of this might be. It isn't in Prof Grodner's book of all the chamber music that uses the double bass, and Google Search doesn't find anything useful.
Help?
 
Toscanini created a bass part for the Verdi String Quartet. I found the original manuscript sold for ~ $1600, and I found an image of the first of six pages. Does anyone here know whether it was published, who the publisher might be, or just maybe know where an image of this might be. It isn't in Prof Grodner's book of all the chamber music that uses the double bass, and Google Search doesn't find anything useful.
Help?
Thought I might find a part in the NY Philharmonic archive.
Found this program from '65 and I assumed the arrangement is Toscanini's since he used to be the music director.

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But sadly, no bass part is listed in the archive. The closest I could find was this "Cello 2" part. (BTW, there's no indication that this is a part from Toscanini's arrangement..it may just be the original cello part as written by Verdi. I don't know)

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Found a 2000 recording of the Previn conducting Toscanini's arrangement here:

http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Ver...ywords=André+Previn+and+Wiener+Philharmoniker

Only thing found on YouTube was Pappano conducting the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia...but, it's Carl Hermann's arrangement.

 
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