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39430Large oblong quarto 241 x 309 mm. Notated in dark brown ink on the verso of the second leaf of a bifolium i.e. page 4 on 10-stave rastrum-ruled paper of British manufacture. Watermark dated 1794.<br /> <br /> Late spring or early summer 1795 see H.C. Robbins Landon: Haydn Chronicle and Works Volume III p. 495.<br /> <br /> With pencilled note in another hand to first page: "Haydn autograph notes of the 12 English Symphonies. Haydn misquotes the 2nd." <br /> <br /> Very slightly worn browned and soiled; minor foxing and very short splits to central fold; vertical crease to center of bifolium; lower edge with several miniscule tears.<br /> <br /> In addition to noting the musical incipits which comprise 25 measures spread out over 4 staves Haydn identifies the key time signature and year in which each symphony was first performed in noting the performance date of Symphony 97 however Haydn makes an error and cites 1791 instead of 1792. <br /> <br /> The sketch for the piano trio Hob. XV:25 is notated 5 staves below the symphonic incipits and consists of 9 measures of melodic material for the famous third movement. <br /> <br /> Provenance<br /> Leo Liepmannssohn auction catalogue Berlin 1907 lot 91. The Westley Manning Collection Sotheby's London 12 October 1954 lot 207. The London Symphonies were commissioned by the London impresario and violinist Johann Peter Salomon 1745-1815 and composed over the period 1791-95. Salomon was responsible for bringing Haydn to London where he became immensely popular largely through performances of his music at Salomon's concerts.<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. . The last six London symphonies are even more brilliant than the first six. . Haydn's determination to conquer new territory with each work is palpable." James Webster in Grove Music Online<br /> <br /> "The finale of Hob. XV:25 is the famous rondo "in the Gypsies Style." It seems that a composer's most popular works if not spurious are at least unusual manifestations of his style and this rondo fits this characterization. . Even though this finale was best known during the eighteenth century as a separate piece in many different settings its impact is best appreciated within the context of this keyboard trio cycle for the Andante and Poco Adagio the first and second movements hardly prepare one for its burst of energy." A. Peter Brown: Joseph Haydn's Keyboard Music Sources and Styles p. 377.<br /> <br /> ". the G major Trio 39 turned out to be Haydn's most popular piano piece because of the 'Gypsy Rondo' Finale. . It became an enormous favourite first in England and immediately afterwards on the Continent." Robbins Landon III pp. 431-432. <br /> <br /> A unique and interesting manuscript being a virtual catalogue of all the London Symphonies and including music from the famous Gypsy Rondo some of Haydn's best music from his important London period. unknown
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 Mozart and Beethoven's Symphonies. A Compleat Collection of Haydn Mozart and Beethoven's Symphonies contains the first appearance of the full scores of Mozart's Overture to the Marriage of Figaro Mozart's Symphony no. 40 and no. 41. Fuld The Book of World-Famous Music 564-567. A Complete Collection of Mozart and Beethoven's Symphonies Lavenu contains the first appearance of the full scores of Mozart'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
180040127Vienna: The Composer 1800. Folio. Contemporary quarter dark tan mottled calf with ivory vellum-edged marbled boards titling gilt to spine. 1f. recto title verso blank 4ff. subscribers list 303 i blank pp. Text in German and English. Title and music engraved list of subscribers typeset.<br /> <br /> With Haydn's small circular monogrammatic handstamp "JH" to foot of title. <br /> <br /> Binding worn rubbed and bumped; minor loss to head and tail of spine. Occasional small stains and moderate browning; some signatures partially split at lower portion. In very good internal condition overall. First Edition. HWV Vol. II p. 36. Hirsch IV 799. Leipzig catalogue p. 19. Vecsey 303. Eitner V p. 66. BUC p. 456. RISM H2521. <br /> <br /> The Creation to a libretto by Gottfried von Swieten was first performed at the Palais Schwarzenberg in Vienna on 29 and 30 April 1798; its first public performance took place on 19 March of the following year at the Burghteater in Vienna. <br /> <br /> "There is hardly any doubt in the mind of the average music-lover that Haydn's Oratorio The Creation is tutto sommato his 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.<br /> <br /> Copies of the first edition of this monumental work containing the subscribers list are very scarce to the market. [The Composer] unknown
181478167Paris: De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné 1814. Fine. De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné Paris 1814 12.50 x 20.50 cm relié De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'Aîné Paris 1814 125 x 205 cm bound in calf First edition of Stendhal's very first book published under the pseudonym of Louis-Alexandre-César Bombet. Contemporary binding in half brown calf spine decorated with gilt fillets and tooling as well as a red morocco title piece. Very rare according to Clouzot De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné unknown
178740066Vienne: Artaria PN 109 1787. Folio. Sewn. <br /> <br /> Violino primo: 1f. recto title with elaborate engraved border incorporating coat of arms crowned eagles crown and floral and architectural motifs verso blank i blank 2-25 pp. <br /> Violino secondo: 1f. recto title verso blank i blank 2-21 i blank pp. <br /> Viola: 1f. recto title verso blank i blank 2-21 i blank pp. <br /> Violoncello: 1f. recto title verso blank i blank 2-21 i blank pp. <br /> Engraved throughout.<br /> <br /> Occasional fingerings in contemporary ink to first violin part.<br /> <br /> 19th century annotation: "Tenor - Fundament" and "Anton Kulhanek" to head of blank page preceding music to second violin part with hand-drawn stave and scale with note names and on the same page a small chart with note or string names and transpositions and the name "Franz Rücker." Some dynamics modified in ink in viola part transforming "f" to "sf." <br /> <br /> Somewhat worn foxed soiled and stained; spines reinforced with early dark blue paper tape; edge tears with minor loss to blank margins of first violin part; outer and lower margin of final leaf reinforced just touching staff lines. First Edition of the Prussian Quartets. Hob. III:44-49. Hoboken Catalogue Vol. 7 574. BUC p. 465. RISM H3494 two copies only in North America one in Britain and none in France or Italy. <br /> <br /> The fourth quartet in this group in F sharp minor is regarded as one of Haydn's finest. "It shows for the first time in the quartets Haydn's definite renunciation of tragic ends to sonata movements and his now typical association of the minor mode with a passionate somewhat blustering temper ending with a recapitulation in these circumstances regular in the tonic major so that everything turns out well. . In striking contrast to the happy end of the first movement the final fugue quietest and deepest of all the . instrumental fugues since Bach strikes a note so tragic that Beethoven's C sharp minor quartet is the first thing that one can connect with it." Tovey in Landon: Haydn Chronicle and Works II p. 627. Artaria [PN 109] unknown
a015.016GB: R T Birchall - Preston 326 x 255 mm. Old half dark green leather and marbled boards. Spines heavily decorated in gold and all lettered "HAYDN - BOOK C". Leather title labels on front covers. All with the large armorial bookplate of Frederick A Heygate Lambert with small Garratts Hall Library case label. PAGINATION ERRATIC THROUGHOUT but appear to be complete as issued. Salomon is in 7 sets of 16 pages whilst Hague is about 48 pages. All fairly clean tight and sound BUT some offsetting throughout and some occasional damp and other marks. A good working set but perhaps not for the collector. Hardback. Good. R T Birchall - Preston Hardcover
179140111Paris: Sr. Sieber Musicien rue St honoré entre celles des Vielles Etuve et celle D'orleans chez l'Apothiciare No. 92 PN 1171 1791. Folio. Ivory vellum-backed marbled boards dark red leather label to spine with titling gilt. 1f. recto title verso blank 254 pp. with "Personnages" to lower portion of p. 12 following overture. Engraved throughout.<br /> <br /> Overture and arias with spoken dialogue provided as text; "Laurette" was performed without recitatives. <br /> <br /> Handstamp of "Cercle des amateurs de musique Strasbourg" incorporating lyre and floral motif to upper outer corner of title and first page of music.<br /> <br /> Binding worn rubbed and bumped. Light uniform browning; occasional small stains and foxing; abrasion to p. 101 affecting several bars of music; price erased from title. First Edition. Hoboken Collection Vol. 9 1615. Lesure p. 299. RISM H2563<br /> <br /> Laurette to a libretto by Francesco Puttini was first performed on 25 April 1779. <br /> <br /> "Contrary to claims made by Haydn's early biographers insufficent evidence supports the hypothesis that Haydn wrote this opera to fulfill an imperial commission for Vienna. The libretto represents a considerably shortened version of Puttini's text for Anfossi 1776 Rome already somewhat condensed especially in Act 3 for performances later that year in Venice as La pescatrice fedele and in Vienna 1777. Andrea Totti who sang Count Errico in Venice also performed in Haydn's opera at Eszterháza. . The opera was subsequently performed as Der flatterhafte Liebhaber oder Der Sieg der or Die wahre Beständigkeit in Pressburg Bratislava 1786-7 Budapest 1789 Vienna 1790 and Brno 1792 and with numerous changes as Laurette in Paris 1791." Caryl Clark in Grove Music Online<br /> <br /> "La vera costanza 1778-9 is the subject of implausible and conflicting anecdotes in Griesinger and Dies according to which it was originally commissioned for the Burgtheater in Vienna but scuttled by intrigue neither Joseph II nor his musicians were well-disposed towards Haydn; in fact it had its première at Eszterháza on April 25 1779. It was lost in the fire that largely destroyed the Eszterháza opera theatre on November 18 1779; the surviving version represents Haydn's reconstruction of the work from 1785." Georg Feder and James Webster in Grove Music Online. Sr. Sieber, Musicien, rue St honoré entre celles des Vielles Etuve et celle D'orleans chez l'Apothiciare, No. 92 [PN 1171] unknown
180040068Vienne: Artaria et Comp. PN 837 1800. Folio. Preserved in a custom-made full dark brown linen clamshell box with black leather label with titling gilt to spine. <br /> <br /> Violino primo: 1f. recto title verso blank 19 i blank pp. Title within elaborate border engraved by J. E. Mansfeld incorporating a portrait of Haydn at head a muse holding a flute and trumpet and an angel playing a lyre. <br /> Violino 2o.: 17 i blank pp. <br /> Viola: 17 i blank pp.<br /> Violoncello: 17 i blank pp.<br /> Engraved throughout.<br /> <br /> Slightly worn; occasional soiling and small stains primarily to blank margins; small tear to blank inner margin of title to first violin part extending slightly into border. First Edition with the famous title page incorporating a portrait of the composer. Hob. III:78-80. Hoboken Collection Vol. 7 647. BUC p. 466. RISM H3574. <br /> <br /> "The last of Haydn's six great E-flat quartets 1797 is perhaps - dare one compare on this level - the greatest of them all; in any case it is among the greatest of the his great quartets as well as being the very greatest of the 'celebrated' which status it no doubt again owes to its symmetrical themes - the only aspect of the work one is tempted to suggest which is not drastically innovatory. On hardly knows where to start when listing its lasting innovations . but inasmuch as they affect one's performance of the work one can concentrate on them with a quiet conscience." Keller: The Great Haydn Quartets p. 228. Artaria et Comp. [PN 837] unknown
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
180040445Vienne: Artaria et Comp. PN 837 1800. Folio. First violin part in early marbled wrappers with decorative cut-paper title label in manuscript to upper; other parts with thin strips of marbled paper reinforcing spines.<br /> <br /> Violino primo: 1f. recto title verso blank 19 i blank pp. Title within elaborate border engraved by J. E. Mansfeld incorporating a portrait of Haydn at head a muse holding a flute and trumpet and an angel playing a lyre. <br /> Violino 2o.: 17 i blank pp. <br /> Viola: 17 i blank pp.<br /> Violoncello: 17 i blank pp.<br /> Engraved throughout.<br /> <br /> Wrappers quite worn and torn at spine. Slightly worn foxed soiled and stained; old paper repair to inner margins of title and final leaf; margins of two leaves of first violin part trimmed with partial loss of plate number. First Edition with the noted title page incorporating a portrait of the composer. Hoboken 7 647. Hoboken Collection Vol. 7 647. BUC p. 466. RISM H3574. <br /> <br /> "The last of Haydn's six great E-flat quartets 1797 is perhaps - dare one compare on this level - the greatest of them all; in any case it is amongst the greatest of the his great quartets as well as being the very greatest of the 'celebrated' which status it no doubt again owes to its symmetrical themes - the only aspect of the work one is tempted to suggest which is not drastically innovatory. One hardly knows where to start when listing its lasting innovations . but inasmuch as they affect one's performance of the work one can concentrate on them with a quiet conscience." Keller: The Great Haydn Quartets p. 228. Artaria et Comp. [PN 837] unknown
178740113Venezia: Antonio Zatta e Figli 1787. Oblong folio. Sewn. Three parts each with identical title excepting instrument names. Engraved throughout. <br /> <br /> Violino: i title incorporating decorative engraved border with floral motifs and musical instruments including lute recorder trumpet and violin 15 pp. <br /> Viola: i title 14 i blank pp. <br /> Violoncello: i title 12 i blank pp. <br /> <br /> With "Proprietà di Bianconi de Valleta" in contemporary ink to lower outer corner of title to viola part: "Per uso di cancelled" and in another hand to lower outer corner of each title.<br /> <br /> Violin: Title detached soiled foxed and stained with some marginal dampstaining losses to edges and small holes; light dampstaining mainly to upper outer quadrant of first and final leaves; occasional small stains. <br /> Viola: Staining and soiling to title; stain to blank outer upper corner of all leaves; occasional stains and soiling.<br /> Violoncello: Some foxing and small stains mainly to blank margins; final blank leaf stained and soiled. First Edition. Rare. Hoboken 7 966. RISM H3816.<br /> <br /> Originally composed for baryton trio in 1768 during Haydn's period of service to Nikolaus I Prince Esterházy 1714-1790 here cast in a version for violin viola and cello. <br /> <br /> Antonio Zatta fl. late 18th century was an Italian printer and publisher. "He was in business with his sons under the name 'Antonio Zatta e figli Librai e Stampatori veneti' with premises in Venice 'al traghetto di S Barnaba'; theirs was the largest engraving works in the city their activity dating back to about 1750. . From 1786 the firm began printing on its own press from engraved plates a weekly piece of instrumental music for sale by subscription; in the following years this initiative expanded to include trios duos quartets symphonies or sonatas for various instruments and even vocal pieces issued on a monthly basis. In the letters circulated to 'professori e dilettanti di musica' inviting them to become subscribers the firm explained the preponderance of instrumental music by the fact that Italy 'abounds without doubt more in professional and amateur players than in singers.' Instrumental works by Corelli Bertoni Boccherini Capuzzi Andreozzi Cirri Cambini Pichl Fodor Stabinger Grazioli Haydn Mozart and Salieri and vocal pieces arias by Cimarosa Guglielmi Paisiello Anfossi Naumann Gazzaniga Borghi Traetta and Piccinni were printed and published. Many of Zatta's editions were reprints from German or Viennese publications especially of Hoffmeister's a publisher with whom Zatta had connections. Zatta also published didactic methods Pfeiffer La bambina al cembalo and music theory. After 1788 all editorial activity ceased but Zatta continued to trade in music publications. One of Antonio's daughters Marina married the publisher Sebastiano Valle who continued the work of the Zatta family until about 1806." Mariangela Donà in Grove Music Online. Antonio Zatta e Figli unknown
198265688Schloss Esterhazy. As New. 1982. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in German. 674 pp. With 86 ills. 30 col. . 24 x 21 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Schloss Esterhazy paperback
2009835101Collections. New. 2009. Hardcover. 187478017X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- INCLUDES CD-ROM. 452 pages; 690 illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . Collections hardcover
88358Offenbach I. André c. 1786. Folio. Engr. title 2-29 engr. pp.; engr. title 2-9 engr. pp.; engr. title blank 3-7 engr. pp. PN 121. The titles with engr. frames and vignettes. The clavicin part with paper repair on the title and with spotting on p. 3 slight spotting also to title to violoncell part. Sewn in somewhat later marbled paperboards with handwritten label the accompanying parts with contemporary marbled spine paper. Three volumes. RISM H3637 2 copies of which one is incomplete. Hoboken XV:3-5 I p. 683. Not in Sammlung Hoboken. First edition. hardcover
117604Berlin chez J. J. Hummel/ Amsterdam au Grand Magazin de Musique 1779. Folio. Engr. titlepage 2-22 engr. pp.; engr. titlepage blank 3-19 engr. pp.; engr. titlepage blank 3-19 engr. pp.; engr. titlepage 2-19 engr. pp. Platenumber 401. Sewn in very nice contemporary blue marbled stiff paper wrappers with handwritten titles in nicely cut paper labels. Four volumes. Owners signature â€Holterman†on all four title pages. Hoboken Sammlung 553 Hob III:31-36. RISM A/I H3471. Fine copy of the important Hummel edition of the so called â€Sonnenquartette†or â€Sun Quartets†opus 20!. The popular name come from the sun at the top of the engraved title pages to this edition. The quartets were composed between 1770 and 1772 and are considered a milestone in the history of composition. They were first printed by Chévardiere in 1774 without illustrated title pages.This set with its very fine marbled boards are probably from the library of Niclas Holterman 1758-1824 a merchant and amateur musician in Gothenburg in the late 18th century. hardcover
179940334Offenbach s/m: J. André PN 1369 1799. Folio. Unbound.<br /> <br /> Violino primo: 1 title 2-7 pp.<br /> Violino secondo: 1 blank 2-6 pp.<br /> Due viole: 4 pp.<br /> Basso e violoncello: 4 pp.<br /> Flauti: 4 pp.<br /> Oboe primo: 3 pp.<br /> Oboe secondo: 2 pp.<br /> Clarinetto primo: 2 pp.<br /> Clarinetto secondo: 2 pp.<br /> Fagotti: 3 pp.<br /> Clarino primo in D: 2 pp.<br /> Clarino secondo in D: 2 pp.<br /> Corno primo in D: 2 pp.<br /> Corno secondo in D: 2 pp.<br /> Timpani in D: 2 pp.<br /> Engraved throughout.<br /> <br /> Small binder's hole to upper inner margin; early manuscript note regarding instrumentation to upper margin of title with "Comptoir Général de Musique" stamps to lower margin; "Salomon's Concert" printed to foot of first page of music of each part. Early edition of Haydn's "Clock" symphony. Robbins Landon p. 772 10 giving precedence to the Artaria edition of Autumn 1799 as the first "authentic" edition and suggesting that the present edition was most probably derived from the first edition published by Gombart in 1798 or 1799. Hoboken Catalogue 6 266. RISM H3199 and HH 3199 no copies in the U.S. J. André [PN 1369] unknown
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181041428Dublin Ireland: Hime at his Musical Circulating Library No. 34 College Green No 40 College Green 1810. Folio. ff. 25. Sheets: 12 3/4 x 9 inches. Plates: 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. 25 copper-plated engraved pieces of sheet music printed in black. Most sheets hand-foliated in ink. With the ownership signature in ink on the back of songs 9 and 10 written "Susan Buchanan's." 9 of the pieces of sheet music are loose 16 are loosely bound together.<br/> <br/> Provenance: Family of Founding Father Francis Hopkinson<br/> <br/> 25 pieces of sheet music printed in Ireland by Hime at the end of the 18th century from the family collection of Francis Hopkinson America's first composer.<br/> <br/> "American society from about 1805 on was especially enamored of Irish and Scotch tunes particularly the Irish Melodies of Thomas Moore and other national music." - Richard J. Wolfe Early American Music Engraving and Printing Founding Father Francis Hopkinson 1737-1791 was a signatory for New Jersey to the Declaration of Independence and the first American to compose a song which he attested to himself: "I cannot I believe be refused the Credit of being the first Native of the United States who has produced a Musical Composition." Hopkinson published three of the earliest American song collections: Collection of Plain Tunes with a Few from Anthems and Hymns printed by Carr in 1763; America Independent or Temple of Minerva the first American opera printed by Carr in 1781; and Seven Songs for the Harpsichord or Forte Piano printed by T. Dobson in 1788. All sheets were printed by Hime. Hime was an English and Irish music publishing firm run by two brothers Humphrey and Morris. Hime began in Liverpool but moved to Dublin in 1790. The firm continued printing until the 1870s as Hime & Son. The Himes did the largest provincial trade in Britain at the end of the 18th century because English copyright law did not apply to Irish publishers so Hime could flood the English market with bootleg copies of popular songs. The song titles are: 1. "TEARS THAT EXHALE: An admired SONG in the PRISONER Composed by Mr. Attwood." 2. "I'D THINK on THEE MY LOVE. A Favorite NEW SEA SONG Composed by Mr. HOOK." 3. "HENRY's COTTAGEMAID." 4. "AS WRAPT IN SLEEP I LAY: A favorite Song sung by Mrs CROUCH in the Opera of The PIRATES Composed by STEPN STORACE." 5. "WINDS SOFTLY TELL MY LOVE: As Sung by Mrs MOUNTAIN in the Opera of the FARMER with uncommon Applause." 6. "THE MANSION OF PEACE: A Much Admired SONG Composed by Mr. WEBBE." 7. "THE NEW MANSION OF PEACE: A Favorite NEW SONG Composed by Mr. MOULDS." 8. "DEAR MARY TO THEE: A much Admired NEW Song Composed by Mr. HOOK." 9. "DEAR IMAGE OF THE MAID I LOVE: Composed by SIGr. GIORDANI." 10. "WHILST WITH VILLAGE MAIDS: A favorite Song in the Opera of ROSINA Sung by Mrs BILLINGTON." 11. "COME BLUSHING ROSE: Composed by Pleyel." 12. "EVENING: A Favorite BALLAD Composed by HAYDN: The WORDS by DOCr. JOHNSON." 13. "EDWIN AND ELLA: Composed by MR. HOOK." 14. "GO HAPPYGALES: A favorite SONNETT translated from PETRACH by Mr HOOK." 15. "ENCOMPASSED IN AN ANGELS FRAME: A much Admired Song." 16. "THE SHIPWRECK'D BOY. A Favorite NEW Song Written by Geo. Saville Carey." 17. "THERE THE SILVER'D WATERS ROAM: An admired Song in the PIRATES. Sung by Mr Sedgwick. composed by Sigr. STORACE." 18. "Charming Delia: A Favorite BALLAD Composed by Mr. PLEYEL." 19. "DIRE IS HIS GRIEF: An Admired Song in the new Historical Romance of the CRUSADE sung by Mr Incldeon." 20. "NOW THE WOODLAND CHORISTS SING: A Favorite PASTORAL BALLAD composed by J PLEYEL." 21. "O!EVER IN MY BOSOM LIVE: A favorite Duett in OSCAR and MALVINA sung by Mrs Mountain and Miss Keys." 22. "DEAR IS MY LITTLE NATIVE VALE: A favorite NEW Ballad." 23. "YOUNG JOCKEY TRIPT IT O'ER THE MEAD: An Admired BALLAD Composed by SIGr PLEYEL." 24. "BLOW HIGH BLOW LOW: A favorite SONG." 25. "WHEN FAIR SUSAN I LEFT: A much Admired SEA SONG." These scores were part of a Sammelband acquired at the Francis Hopkinson Family Americana Collection sale in June 2020.<br/> <br/> Wolfe Early American Music Engraving and Printing 1980. Hime at his Musical Circulating Library No. 34 College Green, No 40 College Green unknown
16-3934Paris: Chez Naderman circa 1820. 13 pages. 35.5 x 27 cm. Printed on laid rag paper Stained througout. Facsimile of letter from Haydn to Louise-Alexandrine-Eugénie Moreau the French-Creole wife of the famous general Jean Victor Moreau dated 1803.Dernière sonate pour le piano forte avec accompaniment de violonÀ Paris : publiée par Naderman circa 1820Expertise by Thierry BODIN - 01 45 48 25 31Syndicat Français des experts Professionnels en Oeuvre d'ArtStanford University Libraries Memorial Library of Music MLM 498:In advance of a visit to Paris in 1803 Prince Esterházy asked Haydn to compose a new piano sonata as a gift for Louise-Alexandrine-Eugénie Moreau the French-Creole wife of the famous general Jean Victor Moreau and hostess of an influential Paris salon. Haydn pleading illness sent instead a copy of the sonata for piano with violin and 'cello accompaniment HXV:31 minus the somewhat superfluous ‘cello part. In an accompanying letter to Madame Moreau Haydn apologizes for not composing something new due to his failing health and promises to fulfill his duties once he regains his strength.This two-movement work in the unusual key of E flat minor was originally composed for piano violin and ‘cello. Haydn wrote it soon after his return to Vienna from London in 1795 and in 1805 it was published for three instruments by several publishing houses. The autograph manuscript is in the Zweig Collection at the British Library. Dated 1795 Haydn wrote at the top of the second movement: “Jacobs Dream by Dr. Haydn 794†which indicates that the second movement was likely composed first.The piano part contains a good amount of virtuosic writing and like other keyboard works of the time seeks to exploit the expressive possibilities inherent in the new English grand pianos of which Haydn was enamored. The violin part also presents technical challenges. “Jacob’s Dream†alludes to the bible story in which Jacob dreams of a stairway to heaven effortlessly trafficked by angels. The work was apparently so named to tease a certain violinist intending to perform the piece whose technique often failed him but whose hubris did not when attempting to play in the upper registers. Haydn always the joker!The work was published postumously as a piano sonata with violin accompaniment by Nadermann in Paris 1820 and in partnership with Clementi in London 1821. The title page of the London edition which is in the Memorial Library of Music features a neoclassical lithograph of the muse Erato with her lyre accompanied by a swan placing a myrtle wreath on Haydn’s grave marker. Aslo included is Haydn's letter to Madame Moreau reproduced in facsimile. Paris: Chez Naderman, circa 1820 unknown
114439Leipzig Breitkopf und Härtel 1801. Oblong folio. Lith. title blank 176 pp with printed music pp. 174-176 with Verlagsverzeichniss. Stain on title and first 40 pages foxing. Contemporary somewhat worn half calf spine with raised bands marbled but faded board papers the front with handwritten label stain on front board. Hoboken 1417 XXI:3. The first printed edition of Die Jahreszeiten Les Saisons The Seasons published the same year as the first performance and shortly before it was published in Mus. Magazin Hoboken. This edition is for piano and vocals with the text in German and English. The first partitur and a similar piano score as this with the text in German and French were published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1802. The title vignette is signed by Schubert del. and F. W. Nettling sc. The last 3 pages contain a list of published works from Breitkopf und Härtel.The Seasons and The Creation were the two great oratoriums of Haydn’s later years. They both have their texts from English poets. The Seasons is by James Thompson and The Creation is based on Milton’s Paradise Lost. Haydn’s friend Baron Gottfried van Swieten translated both poems for the German librettos. hardcover
180940074London: Cianchettini & Sperati 1809. 11 works bound in 2 volumes. Large octavo. 19th century half dark tan calf with marbled boards spines in decorative compartments gilt with titling gilt. Engraved throughout. <br /> <br /> Contains: <br /> <br /> 1 Symphony in E-flat major. 1f. recto title No. I verso blank 41 i blank pp. Hob. I:91. Robbins Landon p. 744.<br /> <br /> 2 Symphony in C major "London." 1f. recto title No. II verso blank 39 i blank pp. Hob. I:69. Robbins Landon p. 717.<br /> <br /> 3 Symphony in G major "Oxford." 1f. recto title No. III verso blank 48 pp. Hob. I:92. Robbins Landon p. 745.<br /> <br /> 4 Symphony in G minor "La Poule." 1f. recto title No. IV verso blank 36 pp. Hob. I:83. Robbins Landon p. 734.<br /> <br /> 5 Symphony in C major. 1f. recto title No. V verso blank 23 i blank pp. Hob. I:41. Robbins Landon p. 678.<br /> <br /> 6 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 /> 7 Symphony in D major. 1f. recto title No. VII verso blank 28 pp. Hob. I:70. Robbins Landon p. 718.<br /> <br /> 8 Symphony in F-sharp minor "Farewell." 1f. recto title . No. VIII verso blank 33 i blank pp. With note to head of first page of music: "NB: This is the Fantastical Symphony in which the Performers retire one after the other." Hob. I:45. Robbins Landon p. 686.<br /> <br /> 9 Symphony in B-flat major. 1f. recto title . No. IX verso blank 38 pp. Hob. I:66. Robbins Landon p. 714<br /> <br /> 10 Symphony in E minor "Trauer-Symphonie." 1f. recto title . No. X verso blank 33 i blank pp. Hob. I:44. Robbins Landon p. 683<br /> <br /> 11 Symphony in D major. 1f. recto title . No. XI verso blank 33 i blank pp. Hob. I:57. Robbins Landon p. 702.<br /> <br /> With early manuscript inscription "Eugene Spinney from Mrs. Huxtable Sutton Waldron Dorset June 1862" in ink to free front endpapers of both volumes.<br /> <br /> Bindings worn rubbed and bumped. Light marginal foxing. In very condition overall. "From about 1775 in some respects 1773 to 1781 Haydn again changed his orientation. Symphonies nos. 53 61-3 66-71 and 73-5 are primarily in a light even popular style only no.70 is an exception perhaps reflecting his resumption of operatic composition in 1773; indeed nos. 53 62 63 and 73 include adaptations of stage-music ." Georg Feder and James Webster in Grove Music Online<br /> <br /> The Symphony in G major Hob I:92 was performed by Haydn in 1791 at Oxford University on the occasion of his receiving an honorary doctorate. <br /> <br /> "No. 45 the Farewell Symphony . had a purpose which explains its extraordinary form. Briefly the story as found the in the authentic biographies is this: the Prince so attracted by Esterháza that splendid palace erected on a wild and remote Hungarian marsh tarried there longer and longer each year. The musicians not being allowed - with the exception of Haydn - to have their families with them were restless after a long season and naturally wished to rejoin their wives and children. Towards the end of the season in 1772 the musicians became desperate and went to their beloved Capellmeister for help. The result was the Farewell symphony in which the regular Presto finale was broken off and a long Adagio began. During the course of this movement one player after another blew out his candle and departed leaving at the end two violins presumably Tomassini and Haydn himself. As these were about to leave the Prince having grasped the idea is supposed to have said 'Well if they all leave we might as well leave too.' And the whole court departed the next day." Robbins Landon: The Symphonies of Joseph Haydn p. 338. Cianchettini & Sperati unknown
180240095Leipsic: Breitkopf et Härtel 1802. Oblong folio. Nineteenth-century marbled boards rebacked and recornered in dark olive half calf spine in gilt-ruled compartments with dark red title label gilt. i title 2-114 pp. Typeset throughout. <br /> <br /> Dark red leather title label to front pastedown removed but with lettering "W. Russell 1806" visible in impression to free front endpaper.<br /> <br /> "Charles Beevor 41 Upper Harley St." in nineteenth century black into to upper outer corner of free front endpaper; additional bibliographical notes in blue ink. <br /> <br /> Binding worn and rubbed. Intermittent moderate foxing and browning. First Edition of the "Missa in tempore belli" one of six masses written by order of Prince Esterházy between 1796 and 1802. Hoboken Collection Vol. 9 1433. RISM H2498. <br /> <br /> "Vocal music constitutes fully half of Haydn's output. Both his first and last completed compositions were mass settings and he cultivated sacred vocal music extensively throughout his career except during the later 1780s when elaborate church music was inhibited by the Josephinian reforms and the first half of the 1790s in London ." <br /> <br /> "Notwithstanding their semi-private function for the Esterházy court Haydn's six late masses are consummate masterworks that exhibit no trace of provinciality or the 'occasional'. He exploits the complementary functions of soloists and chorus with inexhaustible freedom and telling effect; owing to his London experience the orchestra plays a newly prominent role. Four are in B perhaps because Bb was Haydn's usual highest pitch for choral sopranos he employed the same key for the final choruses of Parts 2-3 of The Creation and Part 1 of The Seasons. The other two are the only ones for which he provided descriptive titles: the Missa in tempore belli 'Mass in Time of War' 1796 in C features the bright trumpet-dominated sound typical of masses in this key; the Missa in angustiis 'Mass in times of Distress' later nicknamed 'Nelson Mass' 1798 in D minor and major is scored for a dark orchestra comprising only trumpets and timpani strings and organ. Both invoke the travails of the Napoleonic wars. The Agnus Dei of the former includes threatening timpani motifs and harsh trumpet fanfares while the Benedictus of the latter culminates in another harsh fanfare passage 'out of context'; both influenced the Agnus Dei in Beethoven's Missa solemnis. On the other hand except for the sombre Kyrie and Benedictus of the 'Nelson Mass' both are otherwise firmly optimistic; the ending of the latter is downright jaunty." James Webster in Grove Music Online. Breitkopf et Härtel unknown
180140448Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel 1801. Oblong folio. Orange paper boards with original publisher's printed wrappers with title within decorative borders laid down small early vellum label with "118" to spine. 1f. recto title with engraved vignette by F.W. Nettling after Schubert depicting an allegory of the seasons verso blank 176 pp. with publisher's catalogue to lower portion of p. 174 and pp. 175-176. Text in German and French. Typeset throughout.<br /> <br /> Numbering and occasional markings in pencil.<br /> <br /> Wrappers worn and abraded part of lower lacking; small early manuscript annotations to lower outer corner of upper with portion cancelled. Minor to moderate foxing; minor staining. First Edition. HWV II p. 59. Hoboken Catalogue Vol. 9 1419. RISM H4690.<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 & Hartel unknown
