Autograph working manuscript of part of the full score of Opferlied, op. 121b, containing substnatial differences from the final published version. Notated in black ink on two systems per page of up to 11 staves, containing bars 32-63 of the song (beginning “lass des Jünglings Opfer wohl gefallen”), with revisions, deletions and alterations by the composer, particularly to the solo soprano and the violoncello obbligato, which diverge markedly from the final version, many revisions in pencil (including to the soprano solo), and with fainter sketches and alternative passages noted in pencil on the lower free staves and margins, the cello obbligato part written above the soprano parts, comprising some 33 bars (of 74). 4 p., folio (c. 356.5 x 31.5 cm), 23-stave paper, watermark: FS crowned, presentation inscription at the foot of the first page by August Artaria to John Ella.