HUMMEL, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837): A Grand

OTTO HAAS
April, 2011
LA DOUBLE FÊTE
1) ARNE, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778): The Hymn of Eve, Sung by Mrs. Cooke, with
distinguished Approbation, Composed by DR. Arne. London, Dublin: Printed by
Goulding & Co., [ca. 1810]. Score: 3 pp., folio, engraved, drop title. Disbound, sewn,
very worn with all edges reinforced with paper tape. With early ornamentation including
four different variants for one of the pauses.
£65
Not in RISM. From Arne‟s Abel.
2) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Grand Quintetto pour le Forte-Piano
avec Oboe, Clarinette, Cor et Basson, composé par Louis van Beethoven, Oeuvre 16. a
Bonn: Chez N. Simrock, [1802]. Piano part: 21 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate number
161. Disbound, sewn. Seller‟s label of Hoffmeister & Kühnel pasted over the imprint.
£725
Kinsky-Halm p. 37. “Nachdruck”. British Library copy lacking pp. 5-18. Not in San
José‟s Ira F. Brilliant collection.
3) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Grand Trio pour Violon, Alto &
Violoncelle, composé par L. van Beethoven, arrange pour le Piano Forte à quatre mains
par C.D. Steegmann, Op. 3. Bonn et Cologne: chez N. Simrock, [1823]. Score: 31 pp.,
oblong folio, engraved, plate number 2155. Sewn as issued.
£175
Kinsky-Halm p. 11.
4) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Beethoven‟s Works, Edited by J.
Moscheles. Complete Edition. No. [7] of Trios, for the Piano Forte, Violin &
Violoncello, by Louis van Beethoven. No. [2 of] Op. [70]. London: Published by
Cramer, Beale & Co., [ca. 1845]. Parts: 1 f. (title), 33, 8, 6 pp., folio, engraved, plate
number 2785. Sewn, the piano part in publisher‟s wrappers.
£65
Reprint of the edition of 1841 by Cramer, Addison & Beale.
5) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Beethoven‟s Works, Edited by J.
Moscheles. Complete Edition. No. [3, Grand Concertos, for the Piano Forte, With
Accompaniments (ad lib.) Composed by Louis van Beethoven. Op. [37]]. London:
Published by Cramer, Addison & Beale, [1837]. Piano part: 45 pp., folio, engraved, plate
number 1956. Separate sheets, inner margin of title reinforced.
£75
6) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Beethoven‟s Works, Edited by J.
Moscheles. Complete Edition. No. 36, Variations and Finale alla Fuga, for the Piano
Forte, Composed & Dedicated to Monsieur le Comte Maurice Lichnowsky by Louis van
Beethoven. [Op. 35]. London: Published by Cramer, Beale & Co., [ca. 1850]. Score: 23
pp., folio, engraved, plate number 2649. Sewn in publisher‟s wrappers.
£45
Reprint of the edition of 1838/9 by Cramer, Addison & Beale. With publisher‟s selling
blind-stamp date of 12th May 1857. The pianoforte arrangement of the last movement of
the “Eroica” symphony.
7) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Beethoven‟s Works, Edited by J.
Moscheles. Complete Edition. No. 35, Andante, for the Piano Forte, Composed by Louis
van Beethoven. Op. 35. London: Published by Cramer, Beale & Co., [ca. 1860]. Score:
1 f. (title), 9 pp., folio, lithographed, plate number 2648. Folded as issued. £10
Reprint of the edition of 1838/9 by Cramer, Addison & Beale.
8) [BEETHOVEN] BULOW, Hans von (1830-1894): Cadenzen zum vierten
Clavierconcert (G dur) von Ludwig van Beethoven componirt von Hans von Bulow. Dem
Königl. Musikdirector Herrn Adolph Hesse hochachtungsvoll zugeeignet. Leipzig:
F.E.C. Leuckart, [ca. 1880]. Score: 13 pp., folio, lithographed, plate number
F.E.C.L.1284. Folded as issued.
£75
9) BRAHAM, John (1774-1856): The Death of Weber. The Words by J.R. Planché
Esqr. The Music composed & selected from the Favorite Airs in the opera Der
Freischutz by John Braham [„Weep, for the word‟]. London: Published by J. Willis &
Co., [1826]. Score: 1 f. (title), 9 pp., folio, engraved, plate number 287, verso of final
page with publisher‟s catalogue. Disbound, sewn, title sunned. With title-page vignette
portrait of Weber.
£200
10) CASSON, John: The Cottage Maid, a favorite Air of Pleyels, with Variations,
Compos‟d by MR. Casson, Organist of St. Georges, Liverpool. London: Printed by
Cahusca & Son‟s, [1791]. Score: 8 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound, sewn, corners a little
worn. Manuscript addition of “Enter‟d at Stationers Hall”. Bound with some other slight
works.
£75
Sole edition. RISM C 1446 – citing just 2 copies. Kassler, Music Entries at Stationers
Hall, p. 162.
11) CRAMER, Johann Baptist (1771-1858): Divertimento, Nello stile Antico, for the
Piano Forte, in which is introduced favorite subjects by Martini & Avison, Composed &
Dedicated to Miss Gibbs, by J.B. Cramer [Milligan 7.09]. London: Printed & Sold by Rt.
Birchall, [1808]. Score: 1 f. (title), 11 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound, sewn.
£75
First edition, earliest issue – a few copies were printed before the addition of “Fifth” to
the start of the title. Milligan pp. 108-109.
12) CRAMER, Johann Baptist (1771-1858): Mozart‟s Favorite Air, Fin ch‟han dal
vino, with an Introduction & Variations for the Piano Forte, Composed & Dedicated to
Miss Liebenrood, by J.B. Cramer [Milligan 6.12]. London: Printed & Sold by Chappell
& Co., [1817]. Score: 1 f. (title), 13 pp., folio, engraved, plate number 489, watermark
date of 1814. Disbound, sewn.
£75
First edition. Milligan p. 98. From Mozart‟s Don Giovanni.
13) CRAMER, Johann Baptist (1771-1858): Mozart‟s Favorite Air Ah! Perdona, with
an Introduction & Variations for the Piano Forte, Composed & Dedicated to Miss Bonne
d‟Alpy by J.B. Cramer [Milligan 6.16]. London: Printed (for the Author) by the Regent‟s
Harmonic Institution, [1819]. Score: 1 f. (title), 15 pp., folio, engraved, plate number
274. Stitched as issued. Title signed by the composer.
£175
First edition. Milligan p. 100. From Mozart‟s La Clemenza di Tito.
14) CRAMER, Johann Baptist (1771-1858): A Rondo for the Piano Forte, Composed
and Dedicated to Miss Grant of Dalvey by I.B. Cramer [Milligan 9.06]. London: Printed
for the Author, [1805]. Score: 1 f. (title), 7 pp., oblong folio, engraved. Disbound, sewn.
First edition. Milligan p. 141.
Bound with: A Pastoral Rondo for the Piano Forte, Composed & Dedicated to The
Honble. Miss C. Onslow, by J.B. Cramer [Milligan 9.07]. London: Printed for the Author,
[1805]. Score: 9 pp.
£150
First edition. Milligan p. 142.
15) CRAMER, Wilhelm (1746-1799): A Favorite Concerto Composed and Performed
with the greatest Applause by MR. WM. Cramer, Adapted for the Harpsichord or Piano
Forte. [London]: Printed by S. Babb, [ca. 1780]. Score: 12 pp., folio, engraved.
Disbound.
£150
RISM C 4372 and BUC p. 237 citing the same two copies only.
16) CRESCENTINI, Girolamo (1762-1846): Raccolta di Esercizi per il Canto all‟ uso
del Vocalizzo Con discorso preliminare Del Signor Giarolamo Crescentini, membro
Onorario del Conservatorio imperiale di musica di Parigi, e Academico Filarmonico di
Bologna. Recueil d‟Exercices Pour la Vocalisation musicale avec un discours
préliminaire par J. Crescentini. A St Petersbourg: Chez Dalmas, [1812?]. Score: 49 pp.,
folio, engraved, plate number 542. Half leather with marbled boards, boards a little
scuffed, morocco label to front cover. Some light browning. First published in Paris in
1811. Not in OCLC.
£350
Bound with: ROSSINI, Gioacchino (1792-1868): Soirée Musicale ossia Raccolta di otto
Ariette e Quattro Duetti espressamente ora composti da Rossini per lo Studio del Canto
Italiano, umilmente dedicate A Sua Altezza Principessa Reale di Savoja, Carignano, &..
Milano: presso Gio. Ricordi, [1840]. Score: 1 f. (title), 66 pp., engraved, plate numbers
8536-8538. Italian and French text. Hirsch III.1052.
17) DAVY, John (1763-1824): The favorite Overture to Harlequin Quicksilver, As
performing with great applause At the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, Composed by John
Davy. London: Printed for Joseph Dale & Son, [1805?]. Piano score: 6 pp., folio,
engraved, drop title. Disbound, sewn, inner corners water-stained. £35
Not in RISM.
18) [ELGAR, Edward (1857-1934)]: A Book entitled „Scenes from the Sagas of King
Olaf‟, written by Canon Gorton; with the words for the heroic cantata composed by Sir
Edward Elgar. Specially planned and printed for the occasion by the Workers of the
beaver Press, at Laleham, near Staines, England: in the bonnie month of May, MCMV.
[London]: designed and printed by the Beaver Press, [1905]. 1 f. (title), 32 pp., octavo.
Sewn as issued with decorative coloured wrappers, on hand-made paper.
£90
Not in BLIC.
19) FONTANA, Jules (1810-1869): II, Marche Funébre l‟inquiétude, Op. 2, composées
pour le Piano par Jules Fontana. Berlin: chez Ad. Mt. Schlesinger, [1843]. Score: 11
pp., folio, engraved, plate number S.2956.(2). Disbound. Some light browning.
£45
Not in BLIC.
20) HAGUE, Charles (1769-1821): Cambridge Commencement: Grand Musical
Festival, 1809. [Ticket]. Cambridge: 1809. 218 x 294 mm. Line engraving by Joseph
Collyer (1748-1827) after a design by Thomas Stothard (1755-1834): St Cecilia plays the
organ with two cherubs to her left singing from a score, whilst a Apollo (?a Cambridge
professor) plays the lyre and conducts, various musical instruments at their feet and
King‟s College in the distance.
£225
21) HARRIS, Joseph (1743-1814): Eight Songs, Set to Music by Joseph Harris,
Organist of Ludlow [Op. 1]. London: Printed for the Author, sold by J. Longman and
Co., [1767]. Full score: 3 ff. (title, dedication to the Countess of Powys, list of
subscribers including Herschel, Kirkman and Snetzler), 19 pp., folio, engraved. Half calf
with marbled boards, hinges weak. RISM H 2114 citing 4 copies only (all in GB). BUC
p. 450. Bound with:
HAYES, William (1708-1777): Six Cantatas, Set to Musick by William Hayes, organist
of Magd. Coll. And Musick Professor in the University of Oxford. London: Engrav‟d
Printed and sold for the Author by J. Simpson, [1743]. Short score: 3 ff. (title, 4 pp. list
of subscribers including Boyce, Chilcot, Charles Jennens, Kelway, Kent, Lampe, Stanley
and Walond), 54 pp., engraved. List of subscribers also with manuscript additions.
RISM H 4898. BUC p. 474.
£650
22) HAWES, William: “Sleep baby mine”, or “The Lament”, A Song, the poetry,
written by (the late) Henry Kirke White, the music, composed by W. Hawes. London:
Printed for the Author, by the Royal Harmonic Institution, [1820]. Score: 1 f. (title), 5
pp., folio, engraved, plate number 586, verso of final page with publisher‟s catalogue.
With composer‟s name-stamp at foot of title with manuscript addition of “134” denoting
the composer‟s control numbering. Disbound, sewn.
£20
23) HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809):
Sinfonie de Joseph Haydn. Partition
No. 3, Oeuv. 91 [Hob. I/99]. à
Leipsic: Chez Breitkopf & Härtel,
[1808]. Full score: 25 pp., folio,
engraved, plate number 457.
Contemporary wrappers with
decoratively cut paper label, backstrip
a little worn. Small water-stain at
foot of title-page.
£250
First edition of the score. RISM H
3266. Hirsch IV.1620. Hoboken vol.
I, p. 203.
24) HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809): A Sonata for the Piano Forte with an
Accompaniment for the Violin, Composed by DR. Haydn [Hob. XV/32 arr.]. London:
Engraved, Printed, & Published by E. Riley, [wm 1802]. Piano part: 12 pp., folio,
engraved. Disbound, sewn. Foxed and browned. Decorative title-page with altar,
drapery, instruments and plants.
£150
RISM H 3784 – citing just one copy. This imprint not listed in Hoboken.
25) HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809): The favorite Overture in all the Parts As Performed
with universal Applause at Messrs . Bach and Abel‟s Concerts, Composed by Giuseppe
Haydn of Vienna. [Hob. I/53]. London: Printed and Sold by J. Preston, [1782]. Parts: 1
f. (title), 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound.
£350
First edition, later issue. RISM H 3078. BUC p. 460. Hoboken vol. I, p. 68.
26) HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809): J. Haydn‟s Simphonieen für‟s Pianoforte, bearbeitet
von C.D. Stegmann. No. [21] [Hob. I/97]. Bonn: bei N. Simrock, [1814?]. Score: 18
pp. (lacking 19), oblong folio, engraved, plate number 1021. Disbound, sewn.
£15
Hoboken vol. I, p. 197.
27) HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809): Grande Sonate à 4 Mains arrangée par C.F. Ebers
[Carl Friedrich Ebers (1770-1836)], d‟une Symphonie de l‟Oeuvre 98, composée par J.
Haydn, Nro. II [Hob. I/102]. A Bonn: chez N. Simrock, [1809?]. Score: 25 pp., oblong
folio, engraved, plate number 640. Disbound, sewn, inner margin of title and final leaves
worn and reinforced. Publisher‟s catalogue of piano duets on the verso of the final page.
£120
RISM H 4439 citing just three copies. Not in BLIC. Not listed in Hoboken vol. I.
28) HUMMEL, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837): A Grand Sonata for the Piano Forte &
Violoncello, Composed and Dedicated to Her Imperial Highness Maria Paulawna,
Grand Duchess of Russia and Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, by J.N.
Hummel, Op. 104. London: T. Boosey & Co., [1827?]. Piano part: 1 f. (title), 21 pp.,
folio, engraved. Disbound, sewn. With a watermark date of 1825 and ownership
signature of Miss Cornewall.
£45
First English edition. Not listed in Zimmerschied.
29) HUMMEL, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837): Grande Sonate Pour le Piano avec
Accompagnement de Violon ou Flûte obligé, Composée par J.N. Hummel, Oeuv. 64. à
Paris: chez S. Richault, [ca. 1840]. Parts: 1 f. (title), pp. 94-109, 300-33, folio, engraved,
plate number 557R. Folded as issued, light foxing.
£45
Not listed in Zimmerschied.
30) JONES, Edward (1752-1824): Minstrel Serenades; Composed for the harp, or
Piano Forte: and Respectfully inscribed to his Scholar, Miss Willan, by Edward Jones;
Bard to his Royal Highness the prince of Wales. London: Printed for the Author … And
sold by Messrs. Birchall, etc., [1809?]. Score: 2 ff. (frontispiece designed by Cipriani,
title), 31 pp., folio, engraved. Sewn, although mainly broken, original makeshift front
wrapper.
£250
Not in RISM. Watermark date of 1808. Includes, amongst many others, “Military
Serenade”, “Bridal Serenade”, “The Waits”, “Lover‟s Serenade”, “The Hunters Call”,
“The Hunters Recheate” and “Silvia‟s Serenade”.
31) KENT, James (1700-1776): O Lord our Governor, A Favorite Anthem, Never
before Published, Composed by the late MR. James Kent, Organist of the Cathedral &
College at Winchester. London: Printed & sold at A. Bland & Weller‟s, [ca. 1800].
Score: 1 f. (title), 8 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound, sewn.
£35
RISM K 434 citing just the one copy (BL). Not in BUC.
32) KENT, James (1700-1776): Hear hear my Prayer, A Favorite Anthem for Two
Voices, Composed by the late MR. James Kent, Organist of the Cathedral & College at
Winchester. London: Printed & sold by Preston & Son, [ca. 1800]. Score: pp. 8-12,
folio, engraved. Disbound, sewn.
£25
RISM K 419 citing three copies. Not in BLIC. No. 2 of Kent‟s 12 Anthems.
33) LINLEY, Thomas (1733-1795): [The Duenna … for the German Flute]. [London:
C. & S. Thompson, 1776]. Score: 1 f. (contents), 29 pp., oblong octavo, engraved. Sewn
as issued. Lacking title-leaf and edges curled and worn.
£80
RISM L 2468. BUC p. 294. Pasticcio, including items by Linley (7), Thomas Linley
junior (6) and ten items by other composers. The libretto was by Linley the elder‟s sonin-law, Sheridan. The opera had, according to Grove “The then unparalleled run of
seventy-five nights in its first season”.
34) MACKENZIE, Alexander Campbell (1847-1935): Burns. Second Scotch
Rhapsody composed by A.C. Mackenzie, Op. 24. Dedicated to Madame J. Hillebrand in
Florence. As Pianoforte Solo. London: Neumeyer & Co., [1880]. Piano solo part: 21
pp., folio, lithographed by C.G. Röder. Folded as issued, yellow printed wrappers
detached and worn with an inscription dated 14th December 1880, coloured title-page,
edges chipped.
£45
35) MARTINI, Johann Paul Aegidius (1741-1816): L‟Amoureux de Quinze Ans ou La
Double Fête. Comedie En trios Actes et en Prose mêlée d‟Ariettes, Representée pour la
première fois par les Comediens ordinaries du Roy, Sur le Theatre Italien le 18 Avril
1771. Dédiée A Son Altesse Sérénissime Madame La Duchesse de Bourbon Par MR.
Martini, Officier à la Suite du Régiment de Chamborant Hussards, Oeuvre VIIe. A Paris:
Au Bureau d‟Abonnement Musical, [1771]. Full score: 145 pp., folio, engraved.
Polished quarter calf, a little rubbed, with marbled boards. Some occasional spots. £350
RISM M 1017/1022. BUC p. 657. Sonneck p. 102. Hirsch II.871.
36) MAY, Oliver: Overture “Don Sebastian”, Dedicated to his brother Edward Collett
May, by Oliver May, Op. I. [For piano, 4-hands arranged by the Author]. London:
Wessel & Co., [ca. 1842]. Score: 1 f. (title), 21 pp., folio, engraved, plate number
W&CoNo4752. Folded as issued, outer fold separating, dusty. No. 26 of the “Echo of
the Opera, Wessel & Co‟s Series of Modern Overtures, Performed at the Philharmonic,
and other Concerts, arranged by Czerny, Diabelli, Mockwitz, &c., for Two Performers on
One Piano Forte.
£45
Not in BLIC.
37) MAZZINGHI, Joseph (1765-1844): Air Grotesque, for the Piano Forte, Composed
by J. Mazzinghi. London: Printed by Goulding, Phipps, D‟Almaine & Co., [1807 or
1808]. Score: 3 pp., folio, engraved, drop title. Disbound, sewn. Initialled in ink by the
composer, watermark dated of 1807.
£25
38) MAZZINGHI, Joseph (1765-1844): A Second Air Grotesque, for the Piano Forte,
Composed by J. Mazzinghi. London: Printed by Goulding, Phipps, D‟Almaine & Co.,
[inter 1806-1808]. Score: 3 pp., folio, engraved, drop title. Disbound, sewn. Initialled in
ink by the composer, watermark dated of 1806.
£25
39) MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847): Quartetten für 2 Violinen,
Bratsche und Bass von Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. In Partitur. No. III [Op. 44/1].
Leipzig: bei Breitkopf & Härtel, [1840]. Score: 1 f. (title), 44 pp., octavo, engraved, plate
number 6371. Publisher‟s printed wrappers with cloth tape backstrip, upper outer corners
a little creased. Ownership signature of John Ella (1802-1888).
£90
First edition. Catalogue of the Mendelssohn Papers in the Bodleian Library, Oxford,
vol.III no. 613.
40) MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847): Autograph letter, signed,
to Friedrich Wieck. [S.l.]: Saturday [1835]. 2 ff., octavo. Autograph letter signed
written in brown ink, on one page, with integral address panel, upper outer corner of
second folio torn away but affixed at the lower outer corner when original wax seal
broken in order to open the letter. “Gerke, the conductor from Paderborn, who is passing
through here, was at my house yesterday and asked me if I could make it possible to hear
your daughter play during his short stay, which he very much wishes to do. As he is such
an excellent player on the violin (one of Spohr‟s oldest pupils) I thought it might interest
you too to make his acquaintance, and I would therefore like to ask you whether I might
drive to you between 2 and 3 in the afternoon and whether your daughter would be his
guest (and mine too) to play to him. You know what a pleasure that will be and in the
hope that it may happen I remain, yours sincerely, Felix Mendelssohn”. With an
additional letter from Leo Liepmanssohn, dated 20th April 1879, to a “Miss Constance”
making a present of Mendelssohn‟s letter which he had dated to 1835.
£2,200
41) MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Trois Duos pour Violon et Alto,
Composé par W. Amédée Mozart [KV 423, 424]. à Paris: chez Chabal, [1842]. Parts: 13
pp., 1 f. (title), 9 pp., folio, engraved, plate number 165. Stitched as issued, edges of title
dusty. With Alfred Cortot‟s name-stamp and pencil markings.
£75
Not in BnF. KV 424 has been transposed up and also divided into two works (hence
“Trois Duos”).
42) MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Sonata for the Piano Forte, with an
Accompaniment for a Violin. Composed by W.A. Mozart (New & corrected Edition), 1st
from Op. 2 [KV 376]. London: Printed by Goulding, D‟Almaine, Potter & Co., [wm
1815]. Piano part: 15 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound, sewn, light water-stain at lower
outer edges.
£75
Not in BLIC.
43) MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Away with Melancholy. A Favorite
Air or Duet, Composed by M. Mozart [KV 620/8]. [London]: Printed & sold by Thos.
Preston, [wm 1797]. Vocal score: 3 pp., folio, engraved, drop title. Disbound. £60
This imprint not in RISM or BUC. “Das klinget so herrlich” from Mozart‟s Die
Zauberflöte.
44) MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): The Manly Heart, A favorite Duet,
with an accompaniment for the Piano Forte, Composed by M. Mozart [KV 620].
[London]: Printed & sold at Thompson‟s, [ca. 1795]. Vocal score: 4 pp., folio, engraved,
drop title. Disbound.
£60
This imprint not in RISM, BUC or BLIC. “Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen” from
Mozart‟s Die Zauberflöte.
45) MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Forget me not. A Favorite Song,
Composed by Mozart [KV Anh. 246]. London: Printed by Broderip & Wilkinson, [inter
1798-1808]. Vocal score: 4 pp., folio, engraved, drop title. Disbound.
£45
This imprint not in BUC. “Vergiss mein nicht” (text by Lorenz Schmeider) of doubtful
authenticity.
46) MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Grand Trio per Violino, Viola, e
Basso, Composto dal Sigr. Mozart, Op. 19 [KV 563]. London: Printed by Broderip &
Wilkinson, [1799]. Parts: 1 f. (title), 13 pp., 1 f. (title), 13 pp., 1 f. (title), 10 pp., folio,
engraved. Sewn individually in plain brown makeshift wrappers, detached from violin
part and outer edges of pp. 5-8 a little chipped. Violin part a little foxed otherwise a very
good set.
£650
RISM M 6260 – citing just two copies. BUC p. 709. Hirsch IV.151.
47) PAER, Ferdinando (1771-1839): Ouverture della Camilla o sia il soterraneo,
Musique del Signor Ferdinando Për. Paris: chez Ollivier et H.J. Godefroy, [1804]. Parts
for piano, violin and cello: 8, [3], [3] pp., folio, typeset. Folded as issued. No. 16 of the
series “Collection de Morceaux de Chant, Airs, Duo, Trio, Romances, Ouvertures, potsPourris, etc. … Le tout arrange pour Piano ou Harpe, et quelquefois pour Piano et autres
instrumens”.
£150
48) PLEYEL, Ignaz (1757-1831): Two Sonatas for the Piano Forte with
Accompaniment for Flute or Violin & Bass, Composed by Ignace Pleyel, Opera XXX
[Benton 529, 531]. London & Edinburgh: Printed for Corri, Dussek & Co., [1796].
Piano part: 1 f. (title), 23 pp, folio, engraved, plate number 551. Disbound. Decorative
title-page of instruments on an altar.
£75
Benton no. 5295. RISM P 3976. BUC p. 798.
49) PLEYEL, Ignaz (1757-1831): Pleyel‟s celebrated Concertante as performed with
the greatest applause at the Pantheon and Hanover Square Concerts, adapted for the
Harpsichord or Piano-Forte, with an Accompaniment for a Violin [Benton 111].
London: Printed & sold by J. Dale, [ca. 1795]. Piano part: 1 f. (title), 9 pp, folio,
engraved. Disbound. With publisher‟s catalogue on p. 1.
£90
Benton no. 1237. RISM P 4495. BUC p. 792.
50) ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques
(1712-1778): Le Devin du Village.
Intermède, réprésenté a Fontainebleau
Devant leurs Majestés les 18. Et 24.
Octobre 1752 et a Paris par
l‟Académie Royale de Musique le Ier.
Mars 1753, par J.J. Rousseau. A
Paris: Chez M. le Duc, [inter 17831786]. Full score: 1 f. (title), 95 pp.,
folio, engraved, plate number 4.
Contemporary marbled wrappers, back
one detached and backstrip worn
away, internally fine, paper label to
front. Verso of title with publisher‟s
catalogue no. II.
£350
RISM R 2903. Not in BUC.
Johansson no. 67.
51) SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828): Erlkönig. Ballade von Goethe. In Musik gesetzt
für eine Singstimme mit Piano-Forte-Begleitung und Sr Excellenz dem hochgebornen
Herrn Herrn Grafen Moriz von Dietrichstein … von Franz Schubert, 1tes. Werk [D 328].
Wien: bei Ant. Diabelli und Comp., [1826]. Score: 11 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate
number D.et C.No.766. As issued with title vignette. Backstrip reinforced with old tape,
generally used and creased.
£125
Hirsch IV.473.
52) SMITH, Theodore (ca. 1740-ca. 1810): Six Sonatinas for the Harpsichord or Piano
Forte by Theodore Smith. London: Printed for S.A. & P. Thompson, [inter 1782-1789].
Score: 1 f. (title), 13 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound, sewn, final leaf a little worn at outer
edge. With seller‟s label of Henry Holland.
£90
RISM S 3795 citing 3 copies. BUC p. 960.
53) STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949): Drei Gesänge älterer deutscher Dichter für eine
Singstimme und Clavier, componirt von Richard Strauss, Op. 43. Frau Schumann-Heink
verehrungsvoll gewidmet. No. 3, Die Ulme zu Hirsau [f. tiefere Stimme]. Berlin: C.A.
Challier & Co., 1899. Score: 14 pp., folio, plate number C.&Co.3690. Folded as issued,
title torn across and reinforced with brown paper tape.
£30
54) TOMASEK, Václav Jan Krtitel [TOMASCHEK, Wenzel Johann] (1774-1850):
Sechs Gesaenge aus C.E. Eberts böhmisch-nationalem Epos Wlasta, mit Begleitung des
Piano-Forte von Wenzel Johann Tomaschek, Tonsetzer be idem Herrn Georg Grafen von
Buquoy. Das 74te Werk. [S.l.: ca. 1820]. Score: 1 f. (title), 41 pp., oblong quarto,
engraved, first page with printed dedication to Amalie Christine Caroline zu Fürstenberg.
Contemporary fine-grain plum-coloured morocco, upper and lower covers with large gilt
central roundel enclosed by elaborate borders tooled in gilt and blind, the outer gilt
border and blind-tooled cornerpieces with palmette and other tools, flat backstrip divided
into panels, each with small tools and pointillé, inner gilt dentelles, pale green endpapers. Small ink-stamp of the Fürstenberg library at Donaueschingen to verso of title
and final leaf. A superb copy, in a handsome contemporary binding, possibly the
dedicatee‟s copy considering the gorgeousness and the Donaueschingen provenance.
£2,200
First edition of Tomaschek‟s set of Bohemian songs for one to three voices. Tomaschek
was a central figure in the musical life of Prague, though travelled widely though Europe.
55) WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): The Overture & Airs of Weber‟s
Celebrated Opera Oberon, Arranged for Two Performers on One Piano Forte, By
Thomas Attwood. No. I. London: Published at the Royal Harmonic Institution by Welsh
& Hawes, [1826]. Score: 1 f. (title), 17 pp., folio, engraved, plate number 3229. Sewn,
with silk reinforcement.
£30
56) WHITAKER, John (1776-1847): Oh! Say not woman‟s heart is bought, A Favorite
ballad, Sung with the most rapturous applause by miss Stephens, at the theatre Royal
Covent Garden, In the Operatick Piece entitled the Heir of Veroni, Written by Isaac
Pocock Esqr, Composed & Arranged for the Piano Forte, With Accompaniments for an
Orchestra, by John Whitaker. Fourth Edition. London: Printed by Whitaker & Co., [wm
1821]. Full score: 5 pp., folio, engraved, drop title. Disbound, sewn.
£45
List compiled by Colin Coleman