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181074637198 pages Printed by Clementi, Banger, Hyde , Collard and Davis hardcover
1804693532 brochures grand in-8, Chez Jean George Naigueli [Hans Georg Nägeli ], Zuric, Chez Louis, Md de Musique, rue du Roule, à la Croix d'Or, n° 6 et 290 [Sur papillon contrecollé postérieur ], s.d. [ circa 1803-1805], 21 et 21 pp.
182740402London: Printed & Sold by Rt. Birchall140 New Bond Street 1827. Folio. Disbound.<br /> <br /> Violino primo: 1f. recto title verso blank 7 pp.<br /> Violino secondo: 6 pp.<br /> Viola: 4 pp.<br /> Violoncello é basso: 4 pp. 2 copies<br /> Flauto: 4 pp.<br /> Oboe primo: 4 pp. <br /> Fagotti: 3 pp.<br /> Timpani in B. F. 1 p. <br /> <br /> Purple ink handstamp of "Stanley Hoyle Pianist" and "John Curtie" to each part.<br /> <br /> Quite worn; large tear to title some fraying tears and soiling. Lacking parts for Oboe secondo Horns and Trumpets. HWV Vol. I p. 199 Coll.Sy.3a. Printed & Sold by Rt. Birchall,140 New Bond Street unknown
182040449Offenbach a/m: Johann André PN 1640 1820. Andre Johann Anton 1775-1842. Oblong folio. 19th century light purple cloth with titling gilt to upper within gilt-ruled borders with decorative cornerpieces gilt decorative blindstamping to lower. 1f. recto title incorporating a horticultural vignette; verso "Personen" 3-166 pp. Lithographed.<br /> <br /> Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; slightly shaken; upper hinge slightly split. Occasional browning. HWV II p. 59.<br /> <br /> One of Haydn's two masterful oratorios this secular work was written shortly after The Creation 1798 to a libretto by Baron Gottfried von Swieten 1733-1803 after the eponymous poem by James Thomson 1700-1748 published in 1730. The work was first performed on 24 April 1801 in a private première at the Schwarzenberg Palace in Vienna; the first public production took place on 29 May 1801. <br /> <br /> "Although the initial reception of The Seasons was favourable - Haydn wrote to Clementi that it had enjoyed 'unanimous approval' and that 'many prefer it to The Creation because of its greater variety' - critical opinion soon became mixed owing in part to its perceived 'lower' subject in part to a growing aesthetic resistance to its many pictorialisms. Haydn himself contributed to both strands of criticism: he supposedly said to Francis II 'In The Creation angels speak and tell of God but in The Seasons only Simon speaks' Dies; and he indiscreetly criticized Swieten's croaking frogs 'Frenchified trash' and the absurdity of a choral hymn to toil Fleiss. Nonetheless he maintained that it would join The Creation in assuring his lasting fame. For the publication he took the path of lesser resistance selling the rights to Breitkopf & Härtel. . <br /> <br /> Notwithstanding its less exalted subject The Seasons is compositionally more virtuoso than The Creation and offers greater variety of tone: Haydn's pastoral is one of the final glories of a tradition that is more than 'high' enough." Georg Feder and James Webster in Grove Music Online <br /> <br /> The music is "of wonderful freshness and unfailing originality." TNG Vol. 8 p. 347. Johann André [PN 1640] unknown
1808249281808 Paris: IMBAULT (vers [1808-1809]- A PARIS chez Imbault M.d de Musique de leurs Majestes JJ. et RR. et Musicien de leur Chapelle, Rue S.t Honore N.o 125. pres celle des Poulies. Et Peristyle du Theatre de l'Opera Comique Imperial, Rue Favart N.o 461.- Folio.reliure demi basane,dos lisse orne de filets dores, titre rouge 205 p.gravées Half , , with boards -Van Hoboken III, 19-24, 37-42 ?
1854YMX-1921Michel lévy Frères,libraires-éditeurs 1854,1ère édition in 12,truffée de gravures de paysages,de musiciens,peintres et sculpteurs.Relié en 1/2 maroquin marron à coins par Nardy-Mennig (chAl)
185440462Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PNs 8871-76 9055 9149-50 9506-08 11060 11063 1854. 3 volumes. Large octavo. Uniformly bound in quarter light brown calf with marbled boards raised bands on spine in compartments with decorative blindstamped elements dark red leather labels gilt.<br /> <br /> Contains 14 symphonies in total.<br /> <br /> Vol. I: 1f. recto title verso blank 57 i blank; 1f. recto title verso blank 55 i blank; 1f. recto title verso blank 53 i blank; 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto publisher's note verso blank 69 i blank; 1f. recto title verso blank 49 i blank pp. <br /> <br /> Vol. II: 1f. recto title verso blank 52; 1f. recto title verso blank 59 i blank pp.; 1f. recto title verso blank 65 i blank; 1f. recto title verso blank 47 i blank; 1f. recto title verso blank 59 i blank pp.<br /> <br /> Vol. III: 1f. recto title verso blank 99 i blank; 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto publisher's note verso blank 60; 1f. recto title verso blank 48; 1f. recto title verso blank 48 pp. <br /> <br /> Engraved throughout except for numbers 1 Symphony 103 and 7 Symphony 97.<br /> <br /> With decorative bookplate of New York collector Dr. Andrew J. Werner to front pastedowns and "Tobin" in ink to fore-edges.<br /> <br /> Bindings slightly worn. Publisher's small circular handstamp to titles. Occasional wear and foxing. Very good overall. Coll.Sy.7abc. Breitkopf & Härtel [PNs 8871-76, 9055, 9149-50, 9506-08, 11060, 11063] unknown
182440450Offenbach: J. André PN 4768 1824. Oblong folio. Maroon leather-backed cloth boards with decorative cut paper label titled in manuscript in German to upper. <br /> <br /> 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. "Notice for the Singers" verso blank 3-115 i blank pp. Text in English and German. Lithographed. <br /> <br /> Slightly browned and foxed slightly heavier to first and last leaves; title and final leaf reinforced at inner margin with archival tape final leaf with additional tape to upper margin of recto and outer margin of verso. Constapel p. 270. Not in Hoboken Collection. RISM H4645.<br /> <br /> "There is hardly any doubt in the mind of the average music-lover that Haydn's oratorio The Creation is tutto sommato Haydn's greatest single accomplishment and certainly ranks as one of the greatest products of any eighteenth-century mind. It occupies a central position in choral literature and its composition and first performances were the dominant features of Haydn's life in the late 1790s." Robbins Landon: Haydn Chronicle and Works Vol. IV: Haydn: The Years of 'The Creation' 1796-1800 p. 12. J. André [PN 4768] unknown
1815C219367London/ Paris: Chappell/ Carli 1815. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. 170pp. Bound in contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Some rubbing to covers mainly to corners light age toning to contents otherwise very good. Bookplate to pastedown and owner details to endpaper. A collection of engraved sheet music c.1815-1825 for the violoncello. Chappell/ Carli, hardcover
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
1818376587Boston: 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
180441316London: Rt. Birchall at his Musical Circulating Library No. 133 New Bond Street 1804. Folio. half dark red calf with marbled boards dark red decorative ownership label of the Countess of Gosfoed gilt to upper titling and rules gilt to spine. <br /> <br /> 1f. recto title verso blank i blank 2-18; 1f. recto title verso blank i blank 2-13; 1f. recto title verso blank 16; i title 2-18; 1f. recto title verso blank i blank 2-13; i title 2-15; 1f. recto title verso blank 21; i title 22-41; 1f. recto title verso blank 41-58; 1f. recto title verso blank 59-75; i 76-97; i 98-115 pp. Engraved.<br /> <br /> Binding worn rubbed bumped and scuffed. Minor to moderate foxing and browning. Ex-library with bookplate of the Morrill Memorial Library in Norwood Massachusetts to front pastedown with name of donor crossed out call number in white ink to spine and small embossed stamp to upper margin of title. Lacking ad libitum violin and violoncello parts.<br /> <br /> In very good condition overall. <br /> <br /> Provenance<br /> Possibly from the collection of Millicent Acheson the Countess of Gosford ca. 1750-1825 friend of Lady Byron. A later edition. RISM H4523 complete series of the 12 London symphonies with copies at the Naples Conservatory Italy and at the Library of Congress nos. 1-6 only. WorldCat copies of the complete series at Boston University and the University of Oxford and copies of nos. 1-6 at the Eastman School of Music and at Cornell University. See Hoboken Coll. Sy. 15b. for details regarding the first edition. <br /> <br /> The arrangement is by Johann Peter Salomon 1745-1815. Rt. Birchall at his Musical Circulating Library No. 133 New Bond Street unknown
180740146Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 390 1807. Folio. Sewn. Plain dark ivory contemporary wrappers with titling in contemporary manuscript to upper. i title with two-bar incipit 21 i blank pp. <br /> <br /> Occasional annotations in faint pink pencil including dynamics.<br /> <br /> Handstamp "J Hill No. 7 Grove Place Brompton" and with "Frank E. Bastick from F. J. Salwey 5/1/16" in contemporary manuscript to head of upper wrapper.<br /> <br /> Wrappers quite worn soiled and with edge tears and chips; detached. Some internal wear browning soiling and small stains. Second edition. Coll.Sy.7a. Hoboken Collection Vol. 6 342. RISM H3265 and HH3265 no copies in the U.S. Robbins Landon: The Symphonies of Joseph Haydn p. 776 13. OCLC 17713865 2 copies both at Yale. <br /> <br /> The last of Haydn's "London" symphonies. <br /> <br /> "Haydn's London symphonies nos. 93-104 crown his career as a symphonic composer. Not only do they outdo the Paris symphonies stylistically but he produced them in person for rapturous audiences; this interaction stimulated him to ever bolder and more original conceptions. . No. 104 begins with a massive dotted motif on the 5th D-A which some commentators describe as dominating the entire symphony; the first movement is one of Haydn's freest and the finale has greater relative weight than that in any other of the London symphonies." James Webster in Grove Music Online. Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 390] unknown
180540142London: Printed & Sold by T. Preston 97 Strand. Sold also by G. Thomson the Editor & Proprietor Edinburgh 1805. Large folio. Sewn. 1f. recto portrait of Burns verso blank i title with engraved vignette 98 pp. numbered 151-200 with each page number duplicated and music and poetry alternating on engraved and typeset pages respectively i blank. <br /> <br /> Oval stipple engraved portrait of Robert Burns by Paton Thomson after Nasmyth and engraved vignette to title by Thomson after Stothard depicting an urn with Burns's portrait in relief floral motifs and a kneeling maiden in Classical garb with verse "Now see where Caledonias Genius mourns / And plants the holly round the tomb of Burns."<br /> <br /> Manuscript inscription to upper margin of title "To Ms. Richardson from the Editor" and signature of the editor "G Thomson" to right of imprint.<br /> <br /> Some wear browning foxing and soiling; portrait of Burns detached soiled and torn at edges with paper loss; losses and tears to margins. Lacking 2-page index and 5-page glossary. First Edition. Hopkinson & Oldman p. 19. RISM H2737.<br /> <br /> Hoboken XXX1a: 226 4bis 227 228 8bis 61bis 229 122bis 230. 231 149bis 232 233 89bis 234 221bis 235 236 76bis 237 238 60bis 239 240 241 81bis 242 145bis 243 244 245 148bis 246 24bis 247 115bis 20bis 22bis 248 249 46bis 52bis 250 69bis 70bis 31bis 251 252 253A 253B 254. RISM 2737. Printed & Sold by T. Preston, 97, Strand. Sold also by G. Thomson the Editor & Proprietor Edinburgh unknown
180241312London: Printed & Sold by Preston No. 97 Strand. Sold also by the Proprietor G. Thomson York Place Edinburgh 1802. 3 volumes. Folio. Contemporary plain mid-purple wrappers. Sewn.<br /> Vol. 2: 1f. recto title verso blank 17-32 pp. Watermark dated 1803<br /> Vol. 3: 1f. recto title verso blank 33-48 pp. Watermark dated 1802<br /> Vol. 4: 1f. recto title verso blank 49-64 pp. Watermark dated 1802<br /> <br /> Price given as "3 Shs." With "Neele sculp. Strand" to foot of titles. Title to vol. 2 signed "Go. Thomson" vols. 3 and 4 signed with his initials.<br /> <br /> First Edition. Rare. Hopkinson and Oldman p. 23.<br /> <br /> Together with:<br /> Violoncello Accompaniment To the Selected Collection of Original Scotish Airs for the Voice . In three Volumes !4. London . Edinburgh: Preston . G. Thomson Vols. 3 and 4. 2 volumes. Folio. Contemporary plain mid-purple wrappers. Sewn. Vol. 3: 1f. recto title verso blank 21-30 pp. Watermark dated 1802. Vol. 4: 1f. recto title verso blank 31-40 pp. Watermark dated 1802. Price given as "3 Shs." "Neele sc. Strand" to foot of titles. Titles to each volume initialed by Thomson. First Edition. Rare. Hopkinson and Oldman p. 23.<br /> <br /> Together with:<br /> Violin Accompaniment by Pleyel To the first Set of Scotish! Songs. Folio. Contemporary plain mid-purple wrappers. Sewn. 8 pp. No title page present possibly not issued with such. Hoboken XXXIa. RISM H2735-37<br /> <br /> A fifth volume of songs in the series with music by Beethoven was issued in 1818. The accompanying instrumental parts to the Scottish Songs are very rare. "It is . impossible to speak with assurance in treating of these part books. They are exceedingly rare and we have not found any that can be associated with any volume or edition later than 1818." Hopkinson and Oldman; Thomson's Collections of National Song with special reference to the contributions of Haydn and Beethoven p. 11. Printed & Sold by Preston, No. 97 Strand. Sold also by the Proprietor G. Thomson, York Place, Edinburgh unknown
1847STLD0178Wien, Peter Rohrmann 1847. Gr.-8°, 4 Bll., 118 S., 1 Bl., roter Lederbd. d. Zt. mit Gold- u. Schwarzpräg. auf vier Bünden, Vollgoldschnitt, Steh- u. Innenkantenvergoldung, innen stellenw. stockig, Einband nur minimal berieben, auf hint. Innendeckel kl. alte Buchbindermarke, sehr dekorativ. ÖML IV, 2095 - F. A. Schmid (1787-1857), war Musiksammler, Musikforscher u. Musiker. Er arbeitete als Kustos der k.k. Hofbibliothek, wo er u. a. die Musiksammlung einrichtete. Schmid zählt mit Sonnleitner, Mosel, Kiesewetter u. Sandler zu den Pionieren der österreichischen Musikgeschichtsschreibung.
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
180240453Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel 1802. Oblong quarto. Half green cloth with modern marbled boards decorative cut paper label with manuscript titling to upper. 174 pp. Typeset. Text in German and French. With first part of publisher's catalogue to foot of final page of music. <br /> <br /> With "Haydn's J.Z." printed to lower margin of some pages. <br /> <br /> Light uniform browning heavier to some leaves; some minor foxing and staining; very slightly trimmed at upper and lower margins not affecting text or notation but very occasionally just touching or cropping pagination. Somewhat tightly bound occasionally just slightly affecting ease of legibility at extreme inner margins. Lacking title leaf and one leaf containing continuation of publisher's catalogue at conclusion. HWV II p. 59. Hoboken Collection 9 1419. RISM H4691. <br /> <br /> One of Haydn's two masterful oratorios this secular work was written shortly after The Creation 1798 to a libretto by Baron Gottfried von Swieten 1733-1803 after the eponymous poem by James Thomson 1700-1748 published in 1730. The work was first performed on 24 April 1801 in a private première at the Schwarzenberg Palace in Vienna; the first public production took place on 29 May 1801. <br /> <br /> "Although the initial reception of The Seasons was favourable - Haydn wrote to Clementi that it had enjoyed 'unanimous approval' and that 'many prefer it to The Creation because of its greater variety' - critical opinion soon became mixed owing in part to its perceived 'lower' subject in part to a growing aesthetic resistance to its many pictorialisms. Haydn himself contributed to both strands of criticism: he supposedly said to Francis II 'In The Creation angels speak and tell of God but in The Seasons only Simon speaks' Dies; and he indiscreetly criticized Swieten's croaking frogs 'Frenchified trash' and the absurdity of a choral hymn to toil Fleiss. Nonetheless he maintained that it would join The Creation in assuring his lasting fame. For the publication he took the path of lesser resistance selling the rights to Breitkopf & Härtel. . <br /> <br /> Notwithstanding its less exalted subject The Seasons is compositionally more virtuoso than The Creation and offers greater variety of tone: Haydn's pastoral is one of the final glories of a tradition that is more than 'high' enough." Georg Feder and James Webster in Grove Music Online The music is "of wonderful freshness and unfailing originality." TNG Vol. 8 p. 347. [Breitkopf & Härtel] unknown
180240133Leipzig: Breitkopf & Haertel 1802. Folio. Contemporary full dark brown suede with tooling in black to outer edges of boards. <br /> <br /> 1f. recto title with elaborate vignette engraved by W. Böhm after G.V. Kiminger incorporating allegories of the seasons floating on a bed of clouds with lyre and six-pointed stars verso blank 1f. recto secondary title "Erste Abtheilung" verso "Personen" 251 i blank. Typeset throughout.<br /> <br /> With occasional indications of instrumentation in pencil.<br /> <br /> R. Cocks & Co. handstamp to foot of secondary title. <br /> <br /> Binding worn rubbed and bumped with minor loss to lower outer corner of upper board and spine; upper partially detached. Some wear soiling staining foxing and browning; occasional minor loss to blank lower margins; worming to blank inner margin of first five leaves. First Edition issue with parallel text in German and English. Hoboken Katalog Vol. 9 1411. Hirsch IV 796. RISM H2542.<br /> <br /> One of Haydn's two masterful oratorios this secular work was written shortly after The Creation 1798 to a libretto by Baron Gottfried von Swieten 1733-1803 after the eponymous poem by James Thomson 1700-1748 published in 1730. The work was first performed on 24 April 1801 in a private première at the Schwarzenberg Palace in Vienna; the first public production took place on 29 May 1801. <br /> <br /> "Although the initial reception of The Seasons was favourable - Haydn wrote to Clementi that it had enjoyed 'unanimous approval' and that 'many prefer it to The Creation because of its greater variety' - critical opinion soon became mixed owing in part to its perceived 'lower' subject in part to a growing aesthetic resistance to its many pictorialisms. Haydn himself contributed to both strands of criticism: he supposedly said to Francis II 'In The Creation angels speak and tell of God but in The Seasons only Simon speaks' Dies; and he indiscreetly criticized Swieten's croaking frogs 'Frenchified trash' and the absurdity of a choral hymn to toil Fleiss. Nonetheless he maintained that it would join The Creation in assuring his lasting fame. For the publication he took the path of lesser resistance selling the rights to Breitkopf & Härtel. . <br /> <br /> Notwithstanding its less exalted subject The Seasons is compositionally more virtuoso than The Creation and offers greater variety of tone: Haydn's pastoral is one of the final glories of a tradition that is more than 'high' enough." Georg Feder and James Webster in Grove Music Online <br /> <br /> The music is "of wonderful freshness and unfailing originality." TNG Vol. 8 p. 347. Breitkopf & Haertel unknown
180940096London: Cianchettini & Sperati 1809. 4 volumes. Large octavo. Disbound. Engraved throughout. <br /> <br /> Contains 8 works each with identical title excepting work number.<br /> <br /> 1 Symphony in E-flat major. 1f. recto title No. I verso blank 42 pp. Hob. I:91. Robbins Landon p. 744.<br /> <br /> 2 Symphony in C major "Laudon." 1f. recto title No. II." verso blank 39 i blank pp. Hob. I:69. Robbins Landon p. 717.<br /> <br /> 3 Symphony in G minor "La Poule." 1f. recto title No. IV verso blank 36 pp. Hob. I:83. Robbins Landon p. 734.<br /> <br /> 4 Symphony in C major No. 41. 1f. recto title No. V verso blank 23 i blank pp. Hob. I:41. Robbins Landon p. 678.<br /> <br /> 5 Symphony in B-flat major "La Reine. 1f. recto title No. VI verso blank 37 i blank pp. Hob. I:85. Robbins Landon p. 736.<br /> <br /> 6 Symphony in D major "L'Impériale." 1f. recto title No. XXI verso blank 40 pp. First Edition. Hob. I:53. Robbins Landon p. 696.<br /> <br /> 7 Symphony in B-flat major. 1f. recto title No. XXIII verso blank 33 i blank pp. Hob. I:71. Robbins Landon p. 719<br /> <br /> 8 Symphony in D major. 1f. recto title No. XXIV verso blank 27 i blank pp. First Edition. Hob. I:75. Robbins Landon p. 724<br /> <br /> Foxing staining soiling and browning to numerous leaves; some small tears and losses to edges; several leaves detached including titles. "Although Haydn's sobriquet 'father of the symphony' is not literally true in a deeper sense it is apt: there is no other genre in Western music for which the output of a single composer is at once so vast in extent 107 works: hI:1-104 107-8 and one recently identified work K 18 not listed in Hoboken so historically important and of such high artistic quality." James Webster in Grove Music Online. Cianchettini & Sperati unknown
18021148München: Gedruckt bey Franz Seraph Hübschmann 1802. Bond together by a blue paper band as published. Wormhole to the first leaves at the inner margin with no effect on the text. Foxing that effects the first and the last leaves more intensely. Very slightly chipped. Overall in fine condition. Bond together by a blue paper band as published. 31 1 p. <p><br /> A very early edition of the libretto of Haydn’s oratorio Die Jahreszeiten The Seasons which was premiered in Vienna in 1801.<br /> <p><p><br /> The libretto was prepared by Baron Gottfried van Swieten who was also responsible for the text of The Creation and it is based on passages taken from the long English poem under the same title by James Thomson. <br /> The composition had a dual premier both held in Vienna first in April 1801 exclusively for the aristocracy whose members had financed the work and in about a month for the broader public.<br /> <p><p><br /> The libretto was published with no credit for the translator first in Vienna in 1801 while the music score in Leipzig by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1802. This Munich edition of the libretto possibly accompanied the oratorio’s premiere in the city.<br /> <p><p><br /> Scarce we could trace only one copy of this edition in institutional holdings in Austria.<br /> <p>. Gedruckt bey Franz Seraph Hübschmann unknown
184414501Paris, Comptoir des Imprimeurs Unis, 1844 ; in-8 ; plein maroquin bleu-marine, dos à nerfs, titre doré, double filet doré sur les coupes, dentelle intérieure, toutes tranches dorées sur marbrure (Andrieux) ; (8), 526 pp.
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
1845LTH27-F-6London: Edward Moxon 1845. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5". None. An extensive history of many items peoples and countries of the world by Joseph Haydn. Third edition to which is added a copius index of leading names. In a lovely leather binding. Haydn's reputation rests on the Dictionary of Dates. Posterity has upheld his own assessment of it as far more accurate informative and well-organised than any of its rivals. It remains a important resource and is still consulted by historians. ODNB In a diced calf binding. Externally sound though with some rubbing. Internally firmly bound. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Pages are bright and quite clean though with the occasional patch of spotting. Very Good Edward Moxon hardcover
181239523Milano: Candido Buccinelli . contrada di s. Margherita num. 1118 1812. Octavo. Dark blue calf-backed marbled boards spine in decorative compartments gilt titling gilt marbled endpapers. 1f. recto title verso publisher's note v-viii 298 i errata ii "Contorni delle Medaglie" i blank pp. <br /> <br /> First Edition of one of the first biographical accounts of Haydn preceded only by the far less important biographical pieces by Framery and Le Breton. Wolffheim II 523. The present work was translated into English in 1839 as The Life of Haydn in Letters. <br /> <br /> Carpani was an Italian librettist critic and poet. "Among various writings two books are particularly important: Le Haydine . and Le Rossininane ossia lettere musico-teatrali. . The former was plagiarized by Stendhal and this created a lively controversy. These books show that Carpani was very knowledgeable about all contemporary music and an astute judge of the renewal movement in the early 19th century. He was in touch with all the major composers of his period and accompanied Rossini on his celebrated visit to Beethoven in 1822." TNG Vol. 3 p. 818.<br /> <br /> Bound with:<br /> Majer Andrea 1765-1837. Discorse sulla Origine Progressi e Stato Attuale della Musica Italiana. Padova: Minerva 1821. 1f. recto title verso quotation from Quintil 3-173 i "Avvertimento" 1f. recto "Indice" verso colophon "Della Nuova Società Tipografica in Ditta N.Z. Bettoni e Compagni 1821". First Edition. OCLC copies in France and Italy only. With the fine engraved half-length frontispiece portrait of Haydn by J. Neidl after Zitterer often lacking.<br /> <br /> Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Some minor wear and foxing but in very good condition overall. Candido Buccinelli ... contrada di s. Margherita num. 1118 unknown