tempest in teacups
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tempest in teacups
OTTO HAAS April, 2013 TEMPEST IN TEACUPS 1) BANTI, Brigida Giorgi (ca. 1756-1806): For the Benefit of Made. Banti. [London: ca. 1802]. 144 x 174 mm. Printed ticket comprising a stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) after a drawing by Edward Burney (1760-1848) depicting a female figure with laurel wreath tiara and a lyre, holding a cherub in her right arm with another cherub to her left, each holding a mask (one of tragedy and one of comedy), atop clouds. Possibly dating to 1802 when a benefit was held for Banti, during which she sang the role of Polifonte in Nasolini's Merope - her chief rival, Mrs Billington, joined her to sing the part of the heroine. £220 2) BARNETT, John Francis (1837-1916): The Building of the Ship. Cantata [Op. 35]. Orchestral Score. [London: ca. 1880]. Full score: 190 pp., copyist’s manuscript, in ink, on 24-stave paper. Publisher’s half leather, label; backstrip mostly worn away. From the archive of the music publisher Joseph Williams, presumably a copy made for hire, with pencil and crayon performance annotations. £350 Barnett’s cantata was composed to text by Longfellow for the Leeds Music Festival of 1880. The work is unpublished in full score. 3) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Partition No. [1] Quintette par L. van Beethoven [Op. 4]. [S.l.: ca. 1830]. Score: 38 ff., oblong folio. Stitched, title dust-stained otherwise a good manuscript copy with (optional) bass part added to the instrumentation. £1,250 Manuscript in the hand of Charles Louis Joseph Hanssens (1777-1852) in brown ink on 16stave paper, with original corrected pastedowns, watermark of CDT & Cie. 4) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Die Sehnsucht von Goethe mit vier Melodien nebst Clavierbegleitung von L. van Beethoven, No. 38 [WoO 134]. Bonn: beÿ N. Simrock, [1810?]. 1 f. (title), 5 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate number 694. Disbound, sewn. £200 Kinsky-Halm p. 599. 5) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Adelaide de Matthisson. Cantate à une voix seule, avec accompagnement de Clavecin, Mise en Musique, et dédieé à l’auteur par L. van Beethoven [Op. 46]. À Bonn: chez N. Simrock, [1803?]. 11 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate number 373. Disbound, sewn, last leaf detached. £250 Kinsky-Halm p. 109. Text in German, French and Italian. 6) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Sechs Lieder von Gellert am Klavier zu singen dem Herren Grafen Browne, zugeeignet von Ludwig van Beethoven [Op. 48]. Im Bonn: bey N. Simrock, [1803?]. 16 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate number 368. Disbound, sewn. £280 Kinsky-Halm p. 115. Not in BL. 7) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Wellingtons-Sieg oder: Die Schlacht bey Vittoria, In Musik gesetzt von Ludwig van Beethoven, 91tes Werk, Für das Piano-Forte, Violin und Violonzello [sic]. Wien: im Verlag bey S.A. Steiner und Comp., [1816]. Parts: 21, 7, 7 pp., oblong folio / folio, engraved, plate number C.D.S.2365. Folded as issued, outer fold worn and reinforced with old paper tape and title and little faded, otherwise a super unused copy. £600 First edition of this arrangement. Kinsky-Halm p. 254. 8) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Rondeau (En Si b) pour le Pianoforte à 4 mains, composé par L. van Beethoven, Oeuvre posthume [WoO 6]. Vienne: chez Ant. Diabelli et Comp., [1829]. 23 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate number D.etC.No.3253. Sewn, green tape backstrip. £320 Kinsky-Halm p. 436. 9) BERG, Alban (1885-1935): Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit dreizehn Bläsern. Partitur (Reproduktion nach der Handschrift des Komponisten). Wien: Universal-Edition, 1925. Full score: 190 pp., folio, plate number U.E.8393. Publisher’s printed wrappers, backstrip worn, foxed. £350 First edition. 10) BOSSWARD, Edward James: Edward J. Bossward, Organ Builder & Tuner, 229, Lady Wood Road, Birmingham. Birmingham: [ca. 1860]. 60 x 91 mm. Business card, printed on card, highly decorative calligraphic style, with a picture of an organ with five towers in the lower corner. £145 11) CHABRIER, Emmanuel (1841-1894): Ouverture de Gwendoline. [Paris]: Enoch Frères & Costallat, [1890?]. Full score: 71 pp., folio, plate number E.F.et C.1694. Half cloth with marbled boards, front hinge a little weak, original publisher’s wrappers bound in. £120 12) [CHURCH], KADE, Otto: Die Ältere Passionskomposition bis zum Jahre 1631 von Professor Dr. Otto Kade, Musikdirector in Schwerin i. M. Gütersloh: C. Bertelsmann, 1893. iv, 346 pp., octavo. Quarter cloth with marbled boards. Discussing the Latin and German Passions of Obrecht, Galliculus, Rore, Ruffus, Gallus, Regnart, Lassus, Vittoria, Guerrero, Byrd, Johann Walther and Schütz, amongst others. Music examples throughout. £60 13) [CHURCH], AUBRY, Pierre: Les Idées de S.S. Pie X sur le Chant de l’Église. Extrait du Correspondant. Paris: L. de Soye et Fils, 1904. 28 pp., large octavo. Wrappers, faded, unopened and uncut. £50 14) LOOTENS, L.: La Théorie Musicale de Chant Grégorien par Mgr. L. Lootens, Évêque de Castabala. Paris: Thorin et Fils, 1895. xxiv, 432 pp., octavo. Publisher’s printed wrappers, back one missing, edges a little chipped, backstrip more worn. £60 15) DELIUS, Frederick (1862-1934): Eine Messe des Lebens für Soli, Chor und grosses Orchester nach Nietzsches “Zarathustra” zusammengestellt von Fritz Cassirer. Musik von Frederick Delius. Klavierauszug mit Text von Otto Singer [Threlfall II/4]. Wien: UniversalEdition, [ca. 1921. Vocal score: 210 pp., quarto, plate number U.E.3908. Full morocco, all edges gilt, one or two slight fore-edge bumps to the leather, bound by The Collector’s Book Club of London. Few pencil markings. German and English text. £150 16) [FRANCE], BARBIER, Pierre and VERNILLAT, France: Histoire de France par les Chansons. I, Le Moyen-Age et les Chansons de Croisades, La Guerre de Cent Ans, Du Royaume de François Ier à François II, Les Guerres de Religion, Louis XIII et Richelieu. 2e edition. [Paris]: Gallimard, [1956]. 167 pp., octavo. Publisher’s printed paperback, edges and head of backstrip worn or creased. £25 17) [HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759)] RING, John (1752-1821): The Commemoration of Handel. A Poem. London: Printed by H. Goldney and sold by T. Cadell, J. Walter and T. Booker, 1786. 1 f. (title), 41 pp., octavo. Plain boards. Bound with the programme for the third performance in the Handel Commemoration concert of the 1787 festival, 37 [i.e. 33] pp. £1,350 Bookplate of Geoffrey Gollin. The Handel Commemoration Festivals, devised in 1784 on the supposed centenary of the composer’s birth, were held in Westminster Abbey and attracted large audiences to both the concerts and the rehearsals. The festivals were held in aid of raising funds to benefit the support of the Society of Musicians, and were enthusiastically supported by King George III. The programme includes a lengthy listing of the performers in the festival along with a list of Subscribers to the Society of Musicians, as well as the programme and the texts to the vocal works. On p. 34 is a pastedown at the head over the printed text indicating that the performers for the Duet (‘The Lord is a man of war’ from Israel in Egypt) was changed to Mr Parry and Signor Morrelli. 18) HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759): Concertante In nine parts For two Violins and a Violoncello Obligati, Composed in the Year 1738 By G.F. Handel [HWV 318]. [London: printed for the Editor by Longman & Broderip, 1791]. Score: 45 pp., folio, engraved. The Works of Handel, in score, correct, uniform and complete ... under the immediate direction and inspection of Dr Arnold, nos 98-99. Disbound. £100 Smith no. 4 (p. 241). RISM H1538. BUC p. 419. 19) HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759): Twelve Sonatas or Solo’s for the German Flute, Hautboy and Violin. Published about the Year 1724, Composed by G.F. Handel [Op. 1]. [London: printed for the Editor by Longman & Broderip, 1794]. Score: 44 pp., folio, engraved. The Works of Handel, in score, correct, uniform and complete ... under the immediate direction and inspection of Dr Arnold, nos 139-140. Disbound, final leaf detached, title leaf a little browned. £100 Smith no. 4 (p. 243). RISM H1552. BUC p. 419. 20) KAMMEL, Antonín (1730-by 1787): Six Sonatas for the Piano Forte, Harpsichord or Harp with Accompaniments for a Violin and Violoncello, Composed & humbly Dedicated to Miss Ottley by Antonio Kammell, Opera IX. London: Printed and Sold by Welcker, [ca. 1776]. Parts: 1 f. (title), 34 pp., 1 f. (title), 7 pp., 1 f. (title), 6 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound. £250 RISM K127. BUC p. 564. Only two copies listed in the UK (both in The British Library). 21) KAMMEL, Antonín (1730-by 1787): Six Notturnos, for two Violons & a Violoncello, Humbly Dedicated to Lady Young of Delaford By Antonio Kammell, Op. 6. London: Printed & sold by Preston, [wm 1806]. Parts: each 1 f. (title), 13 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound. £160 RISM K111 citing just two copies and both comprising only the primo violin part. Not in BL. 22) KREUTZER, Rodolphe (1766-1831): Trois Trios Brillans Pour deux Violons et Basse, Dédiés à son Ami Garnier De Lyon, Par R. Kreutzer. Lettre [A]. A Paris: Au Magasin de Musique, [1803]. Parts: 1 f. (title), 22, 13, 13 pp., engraved, plate number 179. Disbound. Few lower corners creased and a few contemporary performance markings. £220 RISM K 2285. 23) L’ETENDART, A.: Sonate Composée pour le Forte-Piano avec Accompagnement de Violon oblige et de Basse ad-libitum; dédiée à Madame Delphine Le Roux par A. l’Etendart., Oeuvre 3. A Paris: Chez l’Auteur Et chez Mme. Duhan, [inter 1806-1821]. Score: 1 f. (title), 21 pp., folio, engraved. Red morocco, gilt, with the dedicatee’s name, her copy, some occasional light spotting. £1,200 RISM L2161 citing just two copies (Parma, Italy, and Library of Congress, USA). Consulate-era artefact, in its striking red binding, bearing the ticket of the papetier Susse, whose shop was in the newly-opened Passage des Panoramas in the Grands Boulevards of Paris. 24) MASSENET, Jules (1842-1912): Marie-Magdeleine. Drama [sic] sacre en 3 Actes et 4 Tableaux. Poëme de Louis Gallet. Musique de J. Massenet. [London: ca. 1880]. Full score: 315 pp., copyist’s manuscript, in ink, on 25-stave paper. Publisher’s quarter cloth with plain orange boards, label (inter 1894-7); edges bumped and worn. From the archive of the music publisher Joseph Williams, presumably a copy made for hire. £2,800 First performed in this first version at the Odeon in Paris on 11th April 1873. The work was produced in a second version as a “Drame lyrique” at the Paris Opéra on 12th April 1906 and published in full and vocal score, however, the earlier version “Drame sacré” was only ever published in vocal score (by Hartmann in 1873 and then Williams ca. 1885). 25) PITT, Percy (1869-1932): 3 Romantic Pieces for Violoncello with Pianoforte accompaniment by Percy Pitt, Op. 18. London: Augener & Co., 1896. Score: 1 f. (title), 22 pp., folio, plate number 10924, edition no. 7725. Disbound, sewing broken, some browning. Inscribed and signed by the composer to “Giorgio Franchetti, zur freundl. Erinnerung an Percy Pitt, Januar [18]97”. £48 Sole edition. Dedicated to Agustin Rubio. 26) RANDEL, Don Michael: An Index to the Chant of the Mozarabic Rite by Don Michael Randel. Princeton: Princeton University Press, [1973]. ISBN 069109117x. xxii, 668 pp., oblong octavo. Publisher’s green cloth. £120 27) SCHOENBERG, Arnold Franz Walter (1874-1951): Entrückung (Stefan George). IV. Satz aus dem II. Streichquartett, Op. 10, von Arnold Schönberg, für eine Sopranstimme und Klavier. Klavierauszug von Alban Berg. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1921. Vocal score: 14 pp., folio, plate number U.E.6863. Publisher’s printed wrappers, edges faded, backstrip ever so slightly separating. £100 First edition. 28) SCHOENBERG, Arnold Franz Walter (1874-1951): Die Glückliche Hand. Drama mit Musik von Arnold Schönberg, Op. 18. Auszug mit Text für zwei Klaviere zu vier Händen von Eduard Steuermann. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1923. Score: 40 pp., large folio, plate number U.E.5669. Publisher’s printed wrappers, edges a little crumpled and faded, backstrip ever so slightly worn. £300 First edition. 29) SCHOENBERG, Arnold Franz Walter (1874-1951): Gurre-Lieder von Jens Peter Jacobsen (Deutsch von Robert Franz Arnold), für Soli, Chor und Orchester von Arnold Schönberg. Partitur. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1912. Full score: 1 f. (title), 179 pp., large folio, plate number U.E.3697. Publisher’s printed wrappers, front dust-stained, corners and edges creased, backstrip worn. With ownership signature, in pencil, of Percy Alfred Scholes (1877-1958) and with his annotations to the title-page including orchestration and a note of “48 staves to the page!”. Facsimile reproduction of the composer’s manuscript. £1,200 30) SCHOENBERG, Arnold Franz Walter (18741951): Sechs Orchester-Lieder von Arnold Schönberg, Op. 8. Klavierauszug von Anton v. Webern. No. 2, Das Wappenschild. Wien: Universal-Edition, [©1911, printed 1913]. Vocal score: 11 pp., folio, plate number U.E.3042. Publisher’s printed wrappers, some slight vertical creasing. £80 First edition plates, later issue. 31) SCHOENBERG, Arnold Franz Walter (1874-1951): Sechs kleine Klavierstücke von Arnold Schönberg, Op. 19. Wien: Universal-Edition, [©1913, printed 1921]. Score: 8 pp., folio, plate number U.E.5069. Publisher’s printed wrappers. With ownership stamp of Percy Alfred Scholes (1877-1958) and with his pencilled annotations. £125 First edition plates, later issue. 32) SCHROETER, Johann Samuel (ca. 1752-1788): Six Sonatas for the Piano Forte or Harpsichord, with Accompanyments for a Violin and Bass, Composed by J.S. Schroeter, Opera II. London: Printed for Wm. Napier, [1771]. Score and parts: 1 f. (title), 27 pp., 1 f. (title), 13 pp., 1 f. (title), 6 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound. £240 RISM S2163. BUC p. 933. According to RISM the publication has the plate number 6 not present in this copy. 33) SCHROETER, Johann Samuel (ca. 1752-1788): Six Concertos for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, With an Accompanyment for Two Violins, and a Bass, Composed and dedicated to Her Grace the Dutchess of Ancaster by J.S. Schroeter, Opera III. London: Printed for and sold by J. Dale, [ca. 1785]. Keyboard part: 1 f. (title), 50 pp., folio, engraved, plate number 31. Disbound, in two pieces. £140 RISM S2173. BUC p. 932. 34) SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828): Die zürnende Diana und Nachtstück, gedichtet von Joh. Mayerhofer; in Musik gesetzt für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte und der Frau Katharina von Lacsay gebornen Buchwieser gewidmet von Franz Schubert, 36s. Werk [D 707, D 672]. Wien: bey Joseph Czerny, [ca. 1825]. Score: 19 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate number C.u.C.60. Folded as issued, some general light foxing. £175 Second impression, from the plates of the original edition. Deutsch pp. 416 and 391. 35) SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828): An die untergehende Sonne. Gedicht von Kosegarten. In Musik gesetzt für eine Singstimme mit Begl. des Pianoforte von Franz Schubert, 44tes. Werk [D 457]. Wien: bei Ant. Diabelli & Comp., [1827]. Score: 7 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate number D.et C.No.2252. Folded as issued. £200 First edition. Deutsch p. 271. Hirsch IV.522. 36) SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828): Alinde. An die Laute. Zur guten Nacht. Gedichte von Fried. Rochlitz. In Musik gesetzt für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte von Franz Schubert, 81tes. Werk [D 904, D 905, D 903]. Wien: bei Tobias Haslinger, [1827]. Score: 2 ff. (title, dedication), 11 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate number T.H.5029. Folded as issued, outer folios separated, some general light browning. £325 First edition. Deutsch pp. 569-570. Hirsch IV.559. 37) SMITH, R.A.: Sixth Edition. The Scotish Minstrel, A Selection from the Vocal Melodies of Scotland, Ancient and Modern, Arranged for the Voice and Piano Forte by R.A. Smith, Vol. III [and IV]. Glasgow: Morison Kyle / Edinburgh: J. Purdie, [ca. 1840]. 1 f. (title), 4, 108 pp.; 1 f. (title), 4, 104 pp., octavo. Quarter calf with red cloth, head and foot of backstrip a little worn, edges faded, all edges gilt. Title-page vignettes. Alfred Moffat’s copy with his ownership signature. £75 38) TESSARINI, Carlo (ca. 16901766): Concerti a Cinque Con 3 Violini, Violetta, Violoncello ò Basso Continuo Da Carlo Tessarini di Rimini, Virtuoso di Violino, Presentamente in Venetia, Opera Prima. London: Printed for and sold by I. Walsh, [1733]. Parts (lacking violino terzo but with two copies of the organo e violoncello): each with a 1 f. (title); 27, 27, 20, 23, 23 pp., folio, engraved, plate number 441. Disbound. £800 RISM T581. BUC p. 1001. Smith & Humphries no. 1438. 39) TESSARINI, Carlo (ca. 1690-1766): Concerti a Cinque Con 3 Violini, Violetta, Violoncello ò Basso Continuo Da Carlo Tessarini di Rimini, Virtuoso di Violino, Presentamente in Venetia, Opera Prima. London: Printed for and sold by I. Walsh, [1727]. Organo/violoncello part only: 1 f. (title); 23 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound. £200 First edition. RISM T581. BUC p. 1001. Hirsch III.540. Smith & Humphries no. 1437. 40) VIARDOT, Pauline (1821-1910): Pauline ViardotGarcia. [Wien: ca. 1850]. 253 x 179 mm. Lithograph portrait of the singer, half-length, in profile facing to her right with head turned slightly back towards the viewer, wearing a dress, with straight-combed-back hair, tied with a floral decoration. £90 41) [WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883)] NOHL, Ludwig: Gluck und Wagner. Ueber die Entwicklung des Musikdramas, von Ludwig Nohl. München: Louis Finsterlin, 1870. vii, 368 pp., octavo. Quarter cloth with boards, original publisher’s printed front wrapper bound in. Inscribed and signed by the author. £120 42) [WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883)]: Bayreuther Blätter. Monatschrift des Bayreuther Patronatvereines. Unter Mitwirkung Richard Wagner’s redigirt von Hans von Wolzogen. Erster Jahrgang 1878 [-Sechzehnter Jahrgang, 1893]. Bayreuth: 1878-1893. Sixteen volumes: each ca. 400 pp., octavo. Cloth, one or two volumes a little stained externally otherwise good. £1,800 Vols 1-4 including articles by Wagner. A monthly newsletter, founded in 1878 by the editor Hans von Wolzogen (1848-1938) with the encouragement of Wagner, for visitors to the Bayreuth Festival; it continued until the year of Wolzogen's death in 1938. The newsletter carried frequent articles by Wagner, some of which were substantial; for example, Wagner's essays Religion and Art (October, 1880) and Heroism and Christianity (September, 1881). From 1880 to 1896 the journal carried extracts from the detailed recollections by Heinrich Porges (1837-1900) of Wagner's rehearsal and staging technique. The Bayreuther Blätter remains an important source of information about the Bayreuth Festival in Wagner's last years and about the opinions of his devoted followers. 43) LANG, Julius: Ueber die erste Aufführung von Richard Wagner’s “Meistersinger von Nürnberg” (in München). Mittheilungen von Dr. Julius Lang. [Berlin: Buchdruckerei der Staatsbürger, 1868]. 16 pp., octavo. Marbled boards, backstrip rubbed. £60 Hirsch 4914.(13.). 44) WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883): Oeuvres en prose de Richard Wagner. Traduites en Français par J.-G. Prod’homme. Tome premier des Gesammelte Schriften … (1841-1842). Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, [1907]. 358 pp., octavo. Lacking wrappers/covers, sewn but broken, volume in three pieces. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title. £45 45) WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883): Art et Politique par Richard Wagner (Ire partie). Bruxelles: J. Sannes, 1868. 73 pp., octavo. Quarter morocco, scratched, with marbled boards. Bound with Ernest Closson’s La Musique et les Arts Plastiques, Bruxelles, Schott Frères, 1896, 56 pp., and with Eugene de Bricqueville’s L’Opéra de l’avenir dans le passé, Paris, Henri Heugel, 1884, 85 pp. Some light browning. £150 First French edition. 46) WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883): Carnevals-Lied aus der Oper Das Liebesverbot oder di Novize von Palermo von Richard Wagner [‘Ihr junges Volk’. WWV 38]. [Stuttgart & Leipzig: Scheible, 1837]. Europa (1837), Band II. Vocal score: [4] pp., folio, lithographed. Disbound, inner edges expertly infilled. £400 First edition. Wagner Werk-Verzeichnis p. 139. 47) WEBERN, Anton (1883-1945): Sechs Stücke für grosses Orchester von Anton von Webern, Op. 4. [Wien]: Im Selbstverlag des Komponisten, [1909]. Score: 1 f. (title), 24 pp., folio. Publisher’s printed wrappers, some foxing, front hinge weak, with Universal-Edition label over the imprint. Dedicated to Schoenberg. £950 48) WEBERN, Anton (1883-1945): Fünf Stücke, für Orchester von Anton von Webern, Op. 10. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1923. Score: 15 pp., folio, plate number U.E.5967. Publisher’s printed wrappers, slightly faded. Copy stamped no. “48” on cover. £450 First edition. 49) WILLIAMS, Joseph Benjamin (1847-1923) [PASCAL, Florian]: Tempest in Teacups. Full Score. [London: ca. 1898]. Full score but without the vocal parts written in: 224 pp., autograph manuscript, in ink, on 22-stave paper, initialled on the final page. Publisher’s quarter cloth with plain orange boards, label; boards and upper edges of opening pages somewhat damp-stained, all text visible. From the archive of the music publisher Joseph Williams, presumably a copy made for hire. Characters referred to in the margins include Jane, Jack, Celia, Penelope, Sir A., Trelawney and an off-stage chorus of carol singers. £350 Unpublished in full score. 50) ZUMSTEEG, Johann Rudolf (1760-1802): Lenore von G.A. Buerger in Musik gesezt von I.R. Zumsteeg. Leipzig: bey Breitkopf & Haertel, [1798]. Vocal score: 1 f. (title), 46 pp., oblong folio. Disbound. Fine oval title vignette of Leonore on horseback with “William”, fleeing death, engraved by W. Böhm. £175 Hirsch III.1183. List compiled by Colin Coleman