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185025488Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 7707 1850. Folio. Original publisher's yellow printed wrappers. 1-2 title 99 i blank pp. Engraved. Text incipits in German as captions. Small publisher's handstamp to foot of title. Publisher's catalogue to verso of lower wrapper: "Chopin's Henselt's und Thalberg's Pianoforte-Werke" listing works up to Chopin's op. 65 1848 Henselt's op. 16 1846 and Thalberg's op. 66 1850.<br/><br/>Handstamp of "C. Breusing New York 701 Broadway" to foot of upper wrapper and title and that of "Horace Middleton South Millbrook N.Y." to upper right corner of upper wrapper. <br/><br/>Upper wrapper detached and somewhat soiled and chipped at outer edge. Outer lower corners dampstained; title partially detached. A later issue of the arrangement first published in ca. 1848. Rare. Not in Hoboken Haydn catalogue or RISM. WorldCat two copies only at the Amsterdam University library and at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich.<br/><br/>The company of Charles Breusing New York was active from 1854 to 1861.<br/><br/>Horace Middleton 1879-1961 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 7707] unknown books
19467046New York & London: Whittlesey House; McGraw - Hill Book Company Inc 1946. Octavo 21 x 15 cm. ix 3 311 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. FIRST EDITION. "500 old-time recipes from country kitchens." Rust red cloth fine in dust jacket. Whittlesey House; McGraw - Hill Book Company, Inc hardcover books
187340354Boston: Handel and Haydn Society 1873. 8vo 20.5 cm 8". 2 ff. <br><br>The Handel and Haydn Society is an American chorus and period instrument orchestra based in Boston. It was founded in 1815 and is the third oldest musical organization in the U.S. Until 1873 the chorus did not admit women but did invite small numbers of them to sing for specific performances.<br>Â Â Â Â This is the explanation of the 1875 rule change and the pertinent extract from the by-laws that was given to women who were admitted to the chorus. => Accompanied by the membership card of Miss Jennie Cassidy an alto who was admitted for the 187677 season. At some time in the past folded in thirds; very good. Membership card age-toned and bent across one corner. Handel and Haydn Society unknown books
17952392London: Napier 1795. First edition. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Vol. II of 3 only. Folio contemp. tree sheep repaired & rebacked. Lacking frontis & subscriber's list. 100 songs numbered 2-101. Engraved music & lyrics facing full type-set songs. Internally generally clean & crisp. Scattered light foxing lacking frontis & subscriber's list. <br><br /><br><br />Includes the first appearance of Barbara Allen. Hoboken XXXI vol. 2 p. 460 Napier unknown books
181865256Boston: Printed by Thomas Badger Jr. 1818. First American edition. Title verso blank Advertisement from American publishers with subscriber's list on verso pp. 7-169 2 blank 1 Index pp. 4to. Old half sheep over marbled boards with the 1827 signature of Emma L. name illegible on upper cover and title written in ink very rubbed free endpaper removed signatures of Charles Spencer and William Deming and William Deming Jr of Litchfield Ct on title and endpapers some pencilled notations in margins offsetting some leaves torn in gutter generally affecting margins only. A very good copy in open-faced brown cloth case. First American edition. Title verso blank Advertisement from American publishers with subscriber's list on verso pp. 7-169 2 blank 1 Index pp. 4to. Printed by Thomas Badger Jr. unknown books
186625527Berlin u. Breslau: Ed. Bote & G. Bock PNs 181-192 1866. 12 volumes. Octavo. Uniformly bound in brown cloth-backed textured dark brown paper boards with initials "E.M." to lower right corner of upper gilt titling and ornaments to spines. Engraved.<br/><br/>No. 1 H. I:104: 118 pp. - No. 2 H. I:102: 106 pp. - No. 3 H. I:94: 108 pp. - No. 4 H. I:103: 116 pp. - No. 5 H. I:100: 122 pp. - No. 6 H. I:101: 132 pp. - No. 7 H. I:88: 94 pp. - No. 8 H. I:95: 91 pp. - No. 9 H. I:99: 126 pp. - No. 10 H. I:96: 106 pp. - No. 11 H. I:85: 102 pp. - No. 12 H. I:86: 127 pp.<br/><br/>Incipits of all 12 symphonies to title pages of vols. 2-3 5 and 8-12 with subscription prices in Reichsthaler. On title pages of vols. 1 4 6 and 7 incipit staves from no. 8 left blank; filled staves and prices next to them are the same as in vols. 2-3 5 and 8-12. Title pages are otherwise identical. Publisher's blindstamp to title of vols. 1 3 4 6-8 and 10. <br/><br/>Caption title "Symphonie" without number through vol. 7; no. 8 with arabic numeral; nos. 9-12 with roman numerals. Caption credits to "J. Haydn" to nos. 8 and 10-12. Publisher's note "Ed. Bote & G. Bock Berlin" printed at lower right corner of first page of music from vol. 9 on. Notational correction in pencil to p. 108 of no. 6. Bindings slightly worn rubbed and bumped; spines of vols. 1 3 and 12 lacking; small stains to vol. 6.<br/><br/>A complete set including first editions in full score of Hoboken I: 88 96 and 100 various issues. Hoboken Haydn catalogue III pp. 17-18 "Coll. Sy. 5" with title conforming to the latest of the three given by Hoboken; the imprint allows for dating between 1847 opening of the Breslau office and 1866 liquidation of Scharfenberg & Luis. Hoboken collection catalogue 6: 175 vol. 11 with mispagination dated "um 1853" 234 vol. 8 misdated "um 1839" 238 vol. 10 mislabeled "Erstdruck" and misdated "1839" 279 vol. 2 earlier issue with incipits for nos. 1-7 only misdated "1839" 294 vol. 1 later issue with incipits for all 12 numbers.<br/><br/>The first issues were announced in 1839 and the plate numbers reserved at the same time. Publication however seems to have stretched over many years: the first six volumes are listed in Hofmeister 1852 vol. 7 in Hofmeister 1860 and the final five in Hofmeister 1868. <br/><br/>The differences in printing quality suggests that vols. 7-12 are first or early issues and vols. 1-6 later issues; in vols. 2 3 and 5 the later issue is confirmed by the presence of all twelve incipits on the title page.<br/><br/>The monogram "E.M." cannot be identified but it is possible that it stands for Eusebius Mandyczewski 1857-1929 the initiator of the first complete edition of Haydn's works.<br/><br/>A well-preserved set.<br/><br/>Together with: <br/>Hoboken I:97. Symphonien von Joseph Haydn. Partitur. No. 7 C dur. Pr. 1 Thlr. 10 Ngr. Full score. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 9055 ca. 1855. Octavo. Black cloth-backed gray boards with blank label to spine and upper. 1f. title 59 i blank pp. Engraved. Handstamp of "Karl Schwager Musikalienhandlung u. Antiquariat Wien" to title. Binding quite worn rubbed and bumped with portions of cloth spine lacking; front endpaper detached. Somewhat browned; minor blue and graphite pencil markings to title; some pages guarded; pp. 5-16 lacking. <br/><br/>First Edition most probably first issue. Hoboken Haydn catalogue I p. 196 and III p. 19 Coll.Sy.7b; there date is given as "1855/58". Hoboken collection catalogue 6 243. Not in Hirsch or RISM.<br/><br/>The list of symphonies on the title page includes nine numbers. The first six scores Hoboken I: 93 94 99 101 203 104 were published in Haydn's lifetime and reissued in 1854. The present number was the first of another six symphonies Hoboken I: 86 95 98 100 and 102 completed by 1858. The fact that the list on the title ends with "no. 9" and not with "no. 12" allows the dating of the present copy to the short time before the new set was complete. Ed. Bote & G. Bock [PNs 181-192] unknown books
178930384Vienne: Hoffmeister PN 173 1789. Folio. Unbound. <br/><br/>Violin: 1 title 12-2 pp. <br/>Viola: 1 title 2-7 i blank pp. <br/>Cello: 1 title 2-7 i blank pp. <br/><br/>Manuscript price added to title of violin part. <br/><br/>Somewhat worn and soiled especially at edges; foxed primarily to margins; spine of violin part reinforced with paper tape. First Edition of the arrangement of the piano sonatas Hoboken XVI:40-42 first published in 1784. RISM H4184 no copies in the U.S. Hoffmeister [PN 173] unknown books
180129107Paris: Pleyel PN 359 1801. Folio. Contemporary vellum-backed speckled paper boards paper label to upper with titling in manuscript. 1f. title 311 i blank pp. Engraved. Text in French and Italian. Outer and lower edges uncut.<br/><br/>With publisher's facsimile signature handstamp to title. <br/><br/>Boards somewhat worn and rubbed; label partially lacking at edges. Minor creasing staining and wear; tear to lower margin of pp. 139/140 slightly affecting printed area; small stab holes to pp. 290-311; small binder's hole to upper inner margins throughout. Lower outer corners of first several leaves lacking and filled in with laid paper slightly affecting notation in several instances. Published just a short time after the first French edition by Erard. Hoboken XXI:2 p. 37. Hoboken 9 1395 later issue with price of 48 francs instead of 36. RISM H2525 no copies recorded in the U.S. Pleyel [PN 359] unknown books
180131424Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel 1801. Folio. Half dark green morocco with matching textured paper boards raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt titling gilt marbled endpapers original publisher's wrappers bound in. 1f. decorative title with engraved vignette 1f. Haydn's preface dated Vienna March 1801 68 pp. Text in German and Italian. Typeset.<br/><br/>Ex libris the noted English writer on music and collector Julian Marshall 1836-1903 with his decorative bookplate to front pastedown.<br/><br/>Binding lightly worn rubbed and bumped; small loss to tail of spine. Light uniform browning; some minor soiling to corners. A very attractive copy overall. First Edition of the piano-vocal score. Very scarce. Hoboken 9 1377.<br/><br/>Haydn's Seven Last Words was conceived as a purely instrumental work in 1787 and is regarded as one of his finest compositions. Upon hearing an arrangement with vocal lines added by Joseph Friebert 1724-1799 Haydn was inspired to write his own version as an oratorio. This would be his first collaboration with Baron von Swieten who would later pen the librettos for The Creation and The Seasons. The oratorio version premiered on March 26 1796 at the Schwarzenberg Palace in Vienna.<br/><br/>"The Seven Last Words a success during Haydn's lifetime and beyond is less popular today in part because it is not a full-length work in part owing to the succession of eight consecutive adagios which paradoxically seem more monotonous than in the orchestral version. Its most striking movement is the bleak newly composed introduction to the second part scored for wind alone and set in A minor a key Haydn hardly ever used." James Webster in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>Julian Marshall was one of the principal contributors to the first edition of Grove. His extensive collection of manuscripts is now held in the British Museum. Breitkopf & Härtel unknown books
1790302878Vienna: Artaria et Comp 1790. Engraved music plate number 77 in 4 parts engraved title on front wrapper. Folio. Uncut and loose as issued. Front wrapper detached and worn lacking back wrapper stain to first and second violin parts foxing to final leaf of cello part. Engraved music plate number 77 in 4 parts engraved title on front wrapper. Folio. Franz Joseph Haydn 1732-1809 was born in Austria. Known as the 'father of the symphony' adnd 'father of the quartet' his work was eclipsed by that of Beethoven until the late twentieth century when much of his music finally became available in modern editions. <br/><br/>It has been argued that while he did not 'invent' the quartet he was "certainly the first composer to appreciate their potential . and Haydn projected an unequalled mastery of the language of music." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<br/><br/>These string quartets in A major F minor and B-flat major are written for two violins viola and cello and were written in 1788 for Haydn's violinist friend Johann Tost. Hoboken III:60-62 Artaria et Comp unknown books
18354044Turin 1835. <p>Manuscript on paper. 4to binding size 264 x 197 mm. 26 pp. Contents: Fol. 1r title verso blank f. 2r-5v text La Creazione incipit: "Raffaele / Creò dapprima Iddio il ciel la terra; / Ma giaceva la terra informe e vuota" f. 6r half-title for Le quattro Stagioni 6v-13v text Le quattro Stagioni incipit: "Coro di Contadini e Contadine. / Vieni deh Flora vieni / Prezioso don del Ciel." Written in brown ink in an elegant Italian cursive on fine wove paper no visible watermarks. Three blank leaves at front and back the outermost being a wrapper of thicker paper second flyleaf at back adhered to the third the text block stitched into a Piedmontese case binding of gold-embroidered ivory silk over thin pasteboards both covers with outer border of a leafy scrolling vine with floral sprigs composed of gilt or silver-gilt appliqués of leaves blossoms and roundels on stems of couched silver-gilt thread a larger flowering branch at each corner at center of upper cover a large gilt monogram CF within a cartouche of repeated leaf appliqués with at top a closed crown at center of lower cover a large flowering plant of gilt appliqués couched thread sequins etc. turn-ins of upper cover unsewn dampstain within upper left quadrant of upper cover. <br /><br />A manuscript of excerpts from the librettos for Haydn's late oratorios the Creation Die Schöpfung first performed 1798 and the Seasons Die Jahreszeiten 1801 translated into Italian from the German of his librettist and patron Gottfried van Swieten 1733-1803. Bound in brightly gilt embroidered silk binding the manuscript was probably produced for a court or private musical event.<br /><br />Both librettos had an English origin. The Creation text based on Genesis and Milton's Paradise Lost was taken from a manuscript libretto by an unknown author originally intended for Handel given to Haydn by the English impresario Johann Peter Salomon and brought back by him from England in 1795. The Seasons was loosely based on extracts from James Thomson's poem of the same title 1730 but van Swieten had greater leeway in rearranging the text.<br /><br />It was still considered a given in the early nineteenth century that vocal compositions in languages other than Latin and Italian would be translated into the language of the audience. The Creation was first performed in Italian in Milan in 1810 using Giuseppe Carpani's verse translation of van Swieten's libretto first published in Vienna in 1801. The manuscript contains an abridged version of Carpani's text with some variants. The Quattro stagione is also abridged and seems to be based on portions of an anonymous translation first published in Dresden in 1802 and used for the oratorio's first performances in Italian in 1811 in Milan and Bologna cf. editions of Milan: Mussi 1811 and Bologna: Ramponi 1811.<br /><br />The manuscript was exhibited in Turin in 1998: cf. Francesco Malaguzzi Legature romantiche piemontese: legature del periodo romantico in raccolte private no. 67 and p. 30. Malaguzzi stated that the manuscript contains "watermarks of the Biella papermakers the brothers Avondo datable to the third decade of the 19th century" but this cataloguer failed to see any watermarks.</p> unknown books
180895829London: Lavenu Cianchettini & Sperati 1808-1810. First editions of the first printings of the full orchestral scores of the complete symphonies of Beethoven Mozart and Hadyn. Quarto two volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards wit gilt titles and tooling to the spine including A Complete Collection of Haydn Mozart and Beethoven's Symphonies Cianchettini and Sperati and A Complete Collection of <span class="match">Mozart</span> and Beethoven's <span class="match">Symphonies. </span>A Compleat Collection of Haydn Mozart and Beethoven's Symphonies contains the first appearance of the full scores of <span class="match">Mozart</span>'s Overture to the Marriage of Figaro <span class="match">Mozart</span>'s Symphony no. 40 and no. 41. Fuld The Book of World-Famous Music 564-567. A Complete Collection of <span class="match">Mozart</span> and Beethoven's <span class="match">Symphonies Lavenu contains the first appearance of the </span>full scores of <span class="match">Mozart</span>'s Symphony no. 39 no 13 and no. 38. In very good condition with light toning to the text. An exceptional collection of the utmost rarity. 1786 saw the successful premiere of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in Vienna. Its reception in Prague later in the year was even warmer and this led to a second collaboration with Da Ponte: the opera Don Giovanni which premiered in October 1787 to acclaim in Prague but less success in Vienna in 1788. The two are among Mozart's most important works and are mainstays of the operatic repertoire today. In 1787 the young Ludwig van Beethoven spent several weeks in Vienna hoping to study with Mozart. No reliable records survive to indicate whether the two composers ever met. Beethoven would go on to become a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in classical music he remains one of the most recognized and influential of all composers with his best-known compositions including 9 symphonies; 5 piano concertos; 1 violin concerto; 32 piano sonatas; 16 string quartets; a mass the Missa solemnis; and an opera Fidelio. Lavenu, Cianchettini & Sperati hardcover books
