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185136208Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 7899 1851. RIETZ Julius 1812-1877 arr. Folio. Original publisher's brown wrappers with titling within decorative border. 1f. recto title verso blank 3-93 i blank pp. Engraved. Text in German and French.<br/><br/>Scharfenberg & Luis New York handstamp to blank lower margin of upper wrapper and again to lower margin of title along with publisher's stamp.<br/><br/>Wrappers quite worn and chipped; spine reinforced with tape. Slightly browned; edges of some leaves chipped. First Edition later issue. Wehner MWV M 16 p. 213. Krause 8. Ward Jones III 316. Not in Hoboken.<br/><br/>Mendelssohn composed his incidental music for a production of Jean Racine's Athalie 1691 commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia. It was staged for the court at the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin on 1 December 1845. <br/><br/>"Though little-known today the music for Athalie merits performance. Especially striking are Mendelssohn's paraphrases of chorales including Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh' darein and in a scene in which the high priest Joad describes a vision of the New Jerusalem Vom Himmel hoch.<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 [PN 7899] unknown books
185135153Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 7899 1851. RIETZ Julius 1812-1877 arr. Folio. Modern half brown morocco with marbled boards decorative cut paper label to upper with manuscript titling in dark red ink. 1f. recto title verso blank 3-93 i blank pp. Engraved. Text in German and French.<br/><br/>Small publisher's handstamp to blank lower margin of title.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn and rubbed; hinges reinforced with narrow strip of black tape. Slightly browned; edges of title reinforced with archival tape. First Edition. Wehner MWV M 16 p. 213. Krause 8. Ward Jones III 316. Not in Hoboken.<br/><br/>Mendelssohn composed his incidental music for a production of Jean Racine's Athalie 1691 commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia. It was staged for the court at the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin on 1 December 1845. <br/><br/>"Though little-known today the music for Athalie merits performance. Especially striking are Mendelssohn's paraphrases of chorales including Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh' darein and in a scene in which the high priest Joad describes a vision of the New Jerusalem Vom Himmel hoch.<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 [PN 7899] unknown books
185235154Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 7884 1852. Folio. Original publisher's light blue wrappers. 1f. recto title verso blank 3-51 i blank pp. Engraved. Vocal incipits in German and French. Overture with plate number 7899 from the piano-vocal score. With publisher's catalog "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's grössere Gesang-Werke" to verso of lower wrapper.<br /> <br /> Wrappers somewhat worn soiled and split. Slightly worn and browned; occasional foxing. First Edition later issue of this arrangement. MWV M16 p. 213.<br /> <br /> Mendelssohn composed his incidental music for a production of Jean Racine's Athalie 1691 commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia. It was staged for the court at the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin on 1 December 1845. <br /> <br /> "Though little-known today the music for Athalie merits performance. Especially striking are Mendelssohn's paraphrases of chorales including Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh' darein and in a scene in which the high priest Joad describes a vision of the New Jerusalem Vom Himmel hoch.<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 [PN 7884] unknown
188035203Berlin: N. Simrock PN 4648 1880. Folio. Full black cloth with original publisher's light green printed wrapper with titling within decorative border laid down to upper board. 1f. recto title verso blank 3-207 i blank pp. Text in German.<br/><br/>Small circular handstamp of the Musik-schulen Kaiser Wien to wrapper title and several pages throughout.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; wrapper slightly trimmed and lightly foxed with several minor chips and abrasions to margins. Impression to title slightly light; title and final leaf reinforced with paper tape to gutter and outer edge. Light scattered foxing throughout. First German Edition later issue. Wehner MWV A 25 p. 35. Not in Krause. Ward Jones III 361 earlier issue. Hoboken 10 251 first issue.<br/><br/>Elias an oratorio to a libretto by Julius Schubring after Kings was first performed in Birmingham on 26 August 1846. Mendelssohn made major revisions to the work following this performance introducing the new and final version in London on 16 April 1847.<br/><br/>Mendelssohn distinguished himself in many fields and his contributions to sacred choral music are no exception. He was the most prominent advocate for the music of J.S. Bach reviving the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 and helped to reestablish the oratorio by providing two superb examples: St. Paul 1836 and Elijah 1846.<br/><br/>"Based largely on the account in 1 Kings Elijah relates the chief events in the prophet's life: the curse of the Lord and the seven-year drought Elijah's miraculous revival of the widow's son his confrontation with the Baal worshippers and the lifting of the drought his confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel his flight to the wilderness and encounter with the Lord and his journey to Mt Horeb and ascension to heaven in a flaming chariot. As in St Paul Mendelssohn employed chorales and relied heavily upon choral numbers; noteworthy is the sheer diversity of choruses . In contrast to St Paul Mendelssohn dispensed with the narrator allowing the characters themselves to deliver the dramatic action. Elijah diverges from St Paul too in its broadly conceived musical cohesiveness; in no other work did Mendelssohn concern himself with musical structure on such a large scale." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online. N. Simrock [PN 4648] unknown books
188035282Berlin: N. Simrock PN 4717 1880. EBERWEIN M.C. 1814-1875 arr. Folio. 35 pp. score 18 parts with imprint Bonn: N. Simrock PN 4710 8 Frs. 2 Thlr 4 Sgr. Engraved. Text in German.<br/><br/>From the library of composer E.J. Biedermann 1849-1933 with his signature in pencil to head of violin I part; small oval handstamp of G. Schirmer to all parts.<br/><br/>With performance letters in blue pencil to parts.<br/><br/>Score slightly worn; Violin I part quite worn; split and frayed at spine; other parts slightly worn. First Edition of this arrangement. Score is a re-issue following Simrock's move to Berlin; parts are an earlier issue. Wehner MWV D 6 p. 80. <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<br/><br/>Maximilian Carl Eberwein son of composer Franz Carl Eberwein was a noted pianist and pedagogue. His arrangement of the present work for full orchestra was first published in 1848. N. Simrock [PN 4717] unknown books
185136203London: Messrs. Robert Cocks. & Co . PNs 9621-9626 1851. Oblong folio. Full 19th century teal blue cloth with publisher's yellow printed rectangular title label to upper. 1f. recto title verso blank 88 pp. Engraved with "Engraved by W. Davidson" printed to foot of final page.<br/><br/>Binding quite worn rubbed bumped and shaken; spine frayed; bookplate removed from front pastedown. Slightly worn browned and soiled; small hole to blank upper margin of title with manuscript date of 1937 and flourish beneath. Re-issue of the first edition published by Coventry & Hollier in 1845. MWV SD31 W56 57 58 59 60 61. Not in Mendelssohn Papers Vol. III. Wehner W56-61. OCLC one copy only in the U.S. at the Eastman School of Music and 3 copies in the U.K. <br/><br/>"Mendelssohn was one of the finest organists of his day . The Six Organ Sonatas op.65 1845 teeming with artful fugues and chorales summarize and epitomize Mendelssohn's rediscovery of Bach and may have inspired Schumann's six fugues on B-A-C-H op.60.<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. Messrs. Robert Cocks. & Co ... [PNs 9621-9626] unknown books
184418508Bonn: N. Simrock PN 4343 1844. Folio. Disbound. 19 pp. Engraved. <br/>Lithographic title with decorative blue background and border. <br/><br/>Moderate foxing and browning. First Edition later issue. Fuld p. 525. Krause 231. Hoboken 10 237. Mendelssohn Papers III 444. <br/><br/>This volume of the Songs Without Words contains Mendelssohn's "Spring Song. N. Simrock [PN 4343] unknown books
184429801London: J.J. Ewer & Co 1844. Folio. Quarter dark blue leather with marbled boards paper label with titling in manuscript to upper. 1f. recto title verso blank 1 blank 2-88 pp. Engraved. With additional pagination to numbers 4/5 7 and 9. Text in English.<br/><br/>Binding quite worn; spine lacking; upper detached. Uniformly browned; title soiled torn and repaired. First Edition of this arrangement the overture is not included. Wehner M13 p. 210. Ward Jones: Catalogue of the Mendelssohn Papers in the Bodleian Library Oxford Vol. III 668. Not in Krause. J.J. Ewer & Co unknown books
184336196Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 6929 1843. Oblong folio. Disbound. 1 lithographic title within decorative floral border 2 blank 3-17 pp. Engraved. <br/><br/>Small oval publisher's stamp to lower margin of title; early signature in pencil to lower outer corner.<br/><br/>Slightly worn and soiled; trimmed; spine and inner margins of outer leaves reinforced with paper tape; publisher's stamp incomplete. First Edition. Published in the same year as editions in France and England with precedence unestablished. MWV SD26 K104 103 93 106 114 and 108. Hoboken 10 228 title illustrated on p. 117. Krause 122. <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 [PN 6929] unknown books
184336196Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 6929 1843. Oblong folio. Disbound. 1 lithographic title within decorative floral border 2 blank 3-17 pp. Engraved. <br /> <br /> Small oval publisher's stamp to lower margin of title; early signature in pencil to lower outer corner.<br /> <br /> Slightly worn and soiled; trimmed; spine and inner margins of outer leaves reinforced with paper tape; publisher's stamp incomplete. First Edition. Published in the same year as editions in France and England with precedence unestablished. MWV SD26 K104 103 93 106 114 and 108. Hoboken 10 228 title illustrated on p. 117. Krause 122. <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 [PN 6929] unknown
187635158Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN M.B.114 Kl.A 1876. RIETZ Julius 1812-1877 ed. Folio. Modern mid-blue cloth-backed marbled boards with original publisher's light blue printed upper wrapper with titling within decorative border laid down to upper board titling to spine in black. 1f. title 62 pp. Engraved. Text in German.<br/><br/>In the series "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Werke. Kritisch durchgesehene Ausgabe von Julius Reitz. Mit Genehmigung der Originalverleger Serie 15. Grössere weltiche Gesangwerke. Klavier-Auszug." From the Breitkopf edition of Mendelssohn's Complete Works No. 114.<br/><br/>With small oval handstamp of Viennese musicseller Ludwig Doblinger and very small publisher's handstamp to foot of title.<br/><br/>Binding very slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Occasional light wear and foxing; gutter of title reinforced with narrow strip of paper tape. Wehner MWV M 12 p. 207.<br/><br/>Antigone was staged for the court at Potsdam in Berlin on 28 October 1841.<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 [PN M.B.114 Kl.A] unknown books
186635286Vienne: C.A. Spina PN P.M. No. 3604 1866. Small folio. 1f. recto title verso blank 3-15 i blank pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>Small oval handstamp of Beer & Schirmer New York to blank foot of title; small circular embossed stamp of Essex Institute to upper outer corner of first several leaves.<br/><br/>Disbound. Somewhat worn browned and foxed; plates quite worn resulting in poor impression; upper inner corners dampstained; first leaf detached; tears to title repaired with old tape. Spina re-issue from first edition plates. MWV U 156 p. 343. Krause 230. Not in Ward Jones. Hoboken 10 223 first edition.<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. C.A. Spina [PN P.M. No. 3604] unknown books
183918717Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel PNs 6022 6023 6024 1839. Folio. Unbound as issued. Engraved.<br/>I: 13 11 11 9 pp.<br/>II: 13 11 11 11 pp. <br/>III: 15 13 13 13 pp. <br/><br/>With fine decorative titles printed in sepia to each quartet. <br/><br/>Staining mostly marginal to first few leaves of first quartet including title and outer edges of third quartet otherwise very good copies. First Editions. Very scarce. Not in Krause. Müller-Reuter I pp. 131-133. Hoboken 10: 201 202 203. <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/>"The three quartets op.44 written during the idyllic period of Mendelssohn's honeymoon and first year of marriage show signs of a Classical tendency." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online. Breitkopf & Härtel [PNs 6022, 6023, 6024] unknown books
184936217London: J. Alfred Novello . 69 Dean Strt. Soho & 24 Poultry PN 550 1849. Folio. Unbound. 1f. recto title verso blank 41 i publisher's catalogue pp. Engraved throughout. With "Novello's Edition of the Works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Op. 42" printed to head of title.<br/><br/>Publisher's blindstamp to title dated "20 9 49" 20 September 1849.<br/><br/>Slightly worn; small edge tears; minor soiling to outer leaves; abrasion to final leaf with small hole; significant tear to pp. 5/6 with no loss. Scarce early edition. MWV A15.<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. J. Alfred Novello ... 69, Dean Strt. Soho, & 24, Poultry [PN 550] unknown books
183835281Bonn: N. Simrock PN 3441 1838. Folio. 21 pp. 4 parts of 4 pp. each title and price to Soprano I part. Engraved. Text in Latin and German. <br/><br/>SSAA with organ.<br/><br/>From the library of composer E.J. Biedermann 1849-1933 with his signature in pencil to head of score and each part; small oval handstamp of G. Schirmer to foot of title and each part.<br/><br/>Split at spine; minor creasing; edges slightly worn and cockled. First Edition later issue. Wehner MWV B 23 p. 51. Not in Krause. Ward Jones III 488 490. Hoboken 10 193.<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. N. Simrock [PN 3441] unknown books
184433410Roma: Litografia Martelli 1844. CAPRANICA Domenico 1792-1870 translator. Folio. Original publisher's boards with title within decorative border. 1f. title within decorative border 1 blank 2-116 96 pp. Text in Italian. Lithographed.<br/><br/>With price printed to upper board "Prezzo Sc. 6 50." and with "A. Gualtieri inc." and "so trovano presso A. Tosi al Corso 139 e 140" to foot of title.<br/><br/>Binding worn and soiled with significant defects to upper; endpapers somewhat soiled and foxed. Interior clean and crisp with only minor soiling to some edges and blank margins. Printed on quality paper resulting in a strong and clear impression. First Italian edition. MWV A14. Ward Jones III 149. Gaspari III p. 14. Rare 1 copy located outside of Italy at Oxford. <br/><br/>Paulus an oratorio to a libretto by Julius Schubring after Acts was premiered as part of the Niederrheinische Musikfest in Düsseldorf 22 May 1836.<br/><br/>Mendelssohn distinguished himself in many fields and his contributions to sacred choral music are no exception. He was the most prominent advocate for the music of J.S. Bach reviving the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 and helped to reestablish the oratorio by providing two superb examples: St. Paul 1836 and Elijah 1846.<br/><br/>"From Bach's Passions and Handel's oratorios Mendelssohn borrowed the use of the traditional narrator to relate in recitatives the dramatic action of the work. Conspicuously Bachian are the chorales interspersed throughout the oratorio to demarcate the principal structural divisions diffusing according to Carl Klingemann 'a calmness through the whole'. On the other hand a debt to Handel is revealed in the rich variety of the choruses which include several that directly engage in the dramatic action and several cast in a variety of fugal styles. Prefacing the oratorio is an overture that evokes Paul's struggle for spiritual awakening by means of the chorale Wachet auf and a dissonant fugue with its subject derived from the first strain of the chorale." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>An interesting example of Italian music lithography of the time. Litografia Martelli unknown books
187835280Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN M.B. 85 1878. RIETZ Julius 1812-1877 ed. Folio. Original publisher's gray wrappers with titling within decorative border. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. contents 328 pp. Engraved. Text in German.<br/><br/>In the series: "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Werke. Kritisch durchgesehene Ausgabe von Julius Reitz. Mit Genehmigung der Originalverleger. Serie 13. Oratorien. Partitur." From the Breitkopf edition of Mendelssohn's Complete Works No. 85. <br/><br/>From the library of composer Horace Middleton 1879-1961 with his small handstamp to upper wrapper and title. Small oval handstamp of Novello to upper wrapper and blank foot of title.<br/><br/>Wrappers rather worn; corner of upper lacking; lower detached. Occasional light foxing heavier to some leaves; edges somewhat soiled; some signatures split. Wehner MWV A 14 p. 19. <br/><br/>Paulus an oratorio to a libretto by Julius Schubring after Acts was first performed as part of the Niederrheinische Musikfest in Düsseldorf on 22 May 1836. Simrock printed the first edition of the piano-vocal score in December 1836 and the full score the following spring. <br/><br/>Mendelssohn distinguished himself in many fields and his contributions to sacred choral music are no exception. He was the most prominent advocate for the music of J.S. Bach reviving the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 and helped to reestablish the oratorio by providing two superb examples: St. Paul 1836 and Elijah 1846.<br/><br/>"From Bach's Passions and Handel's oratorios Mendelssohn borrowed the use of the traditional narrator to relate in recitatives the dramatic action of the work. Conspicuously Bachian are the chorales interspersed throughout the oratorio to demarcate the principal structural divisions diffusing according to Carl Klingemann 'a calmness through the whole'. On the other hand a debt to Handel is revealed in the rich variety of the choruses which include several that directly engage in the dramatic action and several cast in a variety of fugal styles. Prefacing the oratorio is an overture that evokes Paul's struggle for spiritual awakening by means of the chorale Wachet auf and a dissonant fugue with its subject derived from the first strain of the chorale." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>Horace Middleton was a British-born musician who served on the faculty of Bennett College from 1919 to the mid-1930s. He was best known for the music he composed for the Greek plays performed at the college. See obituary Millbrook Round Table November 23 1961. Breitkopf & Härtel [PN M.B. 85] unknown books
185536211Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PNs 5668 5668a 1855. Folio. 1 title 2-31 i publisher's catalogue pp. Music engraved. <br/><br/>Disbound. Slightly worn soiled creased and stained; outer leaves detached. MWV SD11.<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 5668, 5668a] unknown books
185536211Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PNs 5668 5668a 1855. Folio. 1 title 2-31 i publisher's catalogue pp. Music engraved. <br /> <br /> Disbound. Slightly worn soiled creased and stained; outer leaves detached. MWV SD11.<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 5668, 5668a] unknown
185035152Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 5543 1850. Octavo. Dark ivory cloth-backed marbled boards with titling gilt to spine. 1f. recto title verso blank 52 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>With small publisher's and Theune Amsterdam to foot of title. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn. Minor internal wear browning soiling and foxing; contemporary signature illegible to blank upper margin of title. First Edition later issue. Wehner MWV P 7 p. 244; SD 10 pp. 472-3. Krause 141. Ward Jones III 401. Hoboken 10 167 first issue. <br/><br/>Mendelssohn began work on the Hebrides overture in August 1829 while on the west coast of Scotland. There he visited the famous Fingal's Cave in the Inner Hebrides named after the mythological Gaelic hero Fingal largely a creation of Scottish poet James Macpherson. Mendelssohn revised portions of the overture numerous times including the title. It was first performed as The Isles of Fingal by the Philharmonic Society in London 14 May 1832. Although Mendelssohn finally settled on Die Hebriden as the title the first editions were published as Fingals-Höhle.<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 [PN 5543] unknown books
183326802Bonn: N. Simrock PN 3041 1833. Folio. Disbound. 1 title 2-17 i blank pp. Engraved. <br/><br/>With overpaste of Magazyn van Muziek en Instrumenten von L. Plattner Rotterdam.<br/><br/>Signature "B. P. Manus" to upper right corner of title. Occasional fingering in pencil.<br/><br/>Slightly soiled and browned; minimally foxed; spine frayed; small stains to title; stain to lower margin of final blank page; signature very slightly trimmed. First German edition first issue. Rare. Wehner Sammeldruck 5 individual pieces listed as U86 U80 U89 U73 U90 U78. Not in the Catalogue of the Mendelssohn Papers in the Bodleian Library Vol. III. The first edition was published by Novello in London in 1832.<br/><br/>Two collections of works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy were published with this opus number by different publishers: the present Lieder ohne Worte and six songs published in Leipzig by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1833. Beginning with the complete edition by Rietz 1874-1877 scholarship has assigned "op. 19a" to the songs and "op. 19b" to the Lieder ohne Worte contradicting chronology. N. Simrock [PN 3041] unknown books
183329636Bonn: N. Simrock PN 3045 1833. Folio. Unbound. <br/><br/>Violino 1mo: 1 title 2-13 i blank<br/>Violino 2do: 11 i blank<br/>Viola 1ma: 11 i blank<br/>Viola 2da: 11 i blank<br/>Violoncello: 11 i blank pp. <br/><br/>Engraved throughout. <br/><br/>Slightly worn and browned; binder's hole to upper inner margin; early manuscript initial "A" and the number "5" to first page of music of each part. First Edition. Scarce. Wehner p. 275. Catalogue of the Mendelssohn papers III 634. Hoboken 10 144. <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/>"Of the two string quintets the first op. 18 in A begins with a graceful Mozartian theme somewhat reminiscent of the Clarinet Quintet K581. The use of fugal writing and in the original minuet intricate double canons imbued the first version of this work with a severely academic quality; in 1832 Mendelssohn replaced the minuet with the emotionally charged Intermezzo in memory of Eduard Ritez." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online. N. Simrock [PN 3045] unknown books
184035290Vienne: Pietro Mechetti qm Carlo PN P.M. No. 2133 1840. Small folio. Disbound. 1f. recto title verso blank 3-11 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>Disbound. Slightly worn and soiled; browning to edges; light scattered foxing. Second German edition. MWV U 67 p. 312. Published before the "Neue rechtmässige Original-Ausgabe" published in 1854 Krause 212. Ward Jones III 381. <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. Pietro Mechetti qm Carlo [PN P.M. No. 2133] unknown books
186036191Copenhague: Horneman & Erslev 1860. Folio. Disbound. 1 collective title listing within decorative lithographic border by Ch. M. Tegners 2-9 pp. Engraved. <br/><br/>Collective title lists 19 numbers by various composers.<br/><br/>Slightly browned and soiled. MWV U67.<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. Horneman & Erslev unknown books
185036199Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 4980 1850. Folio. Unbound as issued. 1 title 2 blank 3-13 i publisher's catalogue; 9 i blank; 10; 8 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>The first page of the first violin part page 3 contains the song "Ist es Wahr" for voice and piano; the violin part begins on page 4.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn. Minor stain to title. Re-issue of the first edition of 1830. MWV R22. Wehner p. 276. Not in Hoboken. Krause 177.<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/>. Between 1827 and 1847 he composed six string quartets and had begun work on a seventh at the end of his life. The first two op. 13 in A minor 1827 and op. 12 in Eb 1829 show a rapprochement with the late quartets of Beethoven. To the Swedish musician Adolf Lindblad Mendelssohn explained his concern for the organic relationship of the various movements to the whole . In op. 13 the quintessential thematic material is drawn from the lied Frage op. 9 no. 1 with explicit quotations from the song in the outer and more hidden references in the inner movements of the quartet." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online. Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 4980] unknown books
