MENDELSSOHN, Felix 1809-1847Biblio.com
Drei Concert-Ouverturen No. 1. Der Sommernachtstraum Op. 21. No. 2. Die Fingals-Höhle Op. 26. No. 3. Meeersstille und glückliche Fahrt Op. 27 componirt und Seiner Königlichen Hoheit dem Kronprinzen von Preussen ehrfurchtsvoll zugeeignet . Preis: No. 1. 2 Rthlr._ No. 2. 1 Rhtlr. 10 Ngr. No. 3. 1 Rhtlr. 20 Ngr. Opp. 21 26 27 32 95. Full scores
184136202Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PNs 5542 5543 5544 1841. 1f. recto lithographic title verso blank 78; 1f. recto lithographic title verso blank 52 pp.; 1f. recto lithographic title verso blank 66 pp. Music engraved throughout. <br /> <br /> First Editions later issues of all three works. MWV P3 op. 21; MWV P7 op. 26; MWV P5 op. 27. Krause 135 143 146. Hoboken first issues only. <br /> <br /> Bound with: <br /> Op. 32. Ouverture zum Märchen von der schönen Melusine . Partitur . Pr. 1 Rthlr. 20 Ngr. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 5688 ca. 1857. 1f. recto title verso blank 72 pp. Engraved. First Edition later issue. Hoboken 10 181. Krause 149. <br /> <br /> Bound with:<br /> Op. 95. Ouverture zu Ruy Blas für grosses Orchester . Op. 95. Pr. 2 Thlr. Partitur No. 24 der nachgelassen Werke. Leipzig: Fr. Kistner PN 1837 1851-52. 1f. recto title verso blank 64 pp. Engraved. First Edition. Hoboken 10 290. Krause 153. <br /> <br /> 19th century mid-tan morocco-backed dark brown textured paper boards raised bands on spine with titling gilt marbled edges light blue endpapers narrow blue silk ribbon marker. <br /> <br /> Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Minor internal wear. An attractive copy of all five of Mendelssohn's concert overtures. <br /> <br /> "One of the most gifted and versatile prodigies Mendelssohn stood at the forefront of German music during the 1830s and 40s as conductor pianist organist and above all composer. His musical style fully developed before he was 20 drew upon a variety of influences including the complex chromatic counterpoint of Bach the formal clarity and gracefulness of Mozart and the dramatic power of Beethoven and Weber.<br /> <br /> Mendelssohn's emergence into the first rank of 19th-century German composers coincided with efforts by music historiographers to develop the concept of a Classic-Romantic dialectic in 18th and 19th-century music. To a large degree his music reflects a fundamental tension between Classicism and Romanticism in the generation of German composers after Beethoven." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online. Breitkopf & Härtel [PNs 5542, 5543, 5544] unknown
