OTTO HAAS

OTTO HAAS
June, 2012
“Dedicated to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain”
1) ABEL, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): A Second Sett of Six Quartettos for two Violins, a
Tenor, and Violoncello Obligato, Composed by C.F. Abel, Op. XII. London: Printed for the
Author and Sold by R. Bremner, [1775]. Parts: each 1 f. (title), 13 pp., folio, engraved.
Individually sewn in nineteenth-century limp card wrappers.
£375
RISM A97. BUC p. 2.
2) ASIOLI, Bonifazio (1769-1832): La Campana di morte. Sonett Del Sigre. Di Marco
Mannara. Posto in Musica Dal Sigre. D. Bonifacio Asioli. Per uso di D. Francesco Farina.
[Italy: ca. 1800]. Score: 14 ff., oblong quarto. Sewn, outer fold worn, front leaf foxed. £175
Manuscript in brown ink on 10-stave paper; circular watermark with “GT” below. Scored for
strings, oboes, bassoon and horns.
3) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Scena ed Aria (Ah! Perfido, spergiuro) da L.
van Beethoven aggiustata per il Pianoforte. In Lipsia: C.F. Peters, [ca. 1815]. Vocal score:
11 pp., folio, engraved, plate number 410. Disbound, slight light brown marginal mark on
title-page.
£175
Kinsky-Halm p. 155. Not in BL. Beethoven‟s Op.65 with the text to the recitative from
Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782).
4) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Grand Trio, pour deux Violons, et Viole, tire du
Trio pour 2 Hautbois et Cor Anglais, compose par Louis van Beethoven, Op. [87]. à Vienne:
chez Artaria et Comp., [after 1806]. Parts: 1 f. (title), 6, 6, 6 pp., engraved, folio, plate number
1803-4. Folded as issued, a little dusty else in excellent state.
£350
First edition, later issue, of this arrangement with the works “origin” statement within the title.
Kinsky-Halm p. 243. Printed price of “2” with “30” added in manuscript.
5) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Theme Favorit avec Variations pour le PianoForte a 4 Mains, tire d‟un Quatuor Oeuvre 18, Composé par Louis van Beethoven. a Vienne:
chez Pierre Cappi, [1816?]. Score: 11 pp., engraved, oblong folio, plate number No.6 P.C.
Folded as issued, a little dusty.
£200
Not in Kinsky-Halm p. 44. From the fifth quartet of Op. 18. Not in BL or San José.
6) [BERTALI, Antonio] – [GABRIELLI, Diamante]: Theti, Dedicata Alla Sacra Cesarea
Maestà di Ferdinando Terzo, Imperatore dé Romani ... In Vienna d‟Austria: Appresso Matteo
Cosmerovio, 1656. Libretto: 4 f. (title, dedication, argument, cast-list), 42 pp., 1 f. (description of
scenes and scenery), quarto, woodcut initials and headpieces. Plain boards, a little light browning
primarily opening and ending leaves and margins, title with a vertical crease.
£800
First edition. Not in Sonneck. Loewenberg 29. The music was by Antonio Bertali (1605-1669)
most of whose works have not survived; the scenery was devised by Lodovico Burnacini and the
dances by Santo Ventura. First produced in March 1652 to celebrate the arrival of the Archduke
Ferdinand Carl and his consort Anna de Medici on their visit to Italy. It was revived on 13 th July
1656 for which occasion the present libretto was printed. Bertali was court conductor at Vienna
from 1649.
7) BOCCHERINI, Luigi (1743-1805): A Third Set of Six Sonatas for the Harpsichord or
Piano Forte, Composed by Sigr. Luigi Boccherini. NB: This work is Compiled from the
Quintettos, Quartettos, & Trios, of the above Author, and adapted by Thomas Billington.
London: Printed by Longman and Broderip [1783]. Score: 1 f. (title), 47 pp., folio, engraved.
Disbound. Signed by Billington on p. 1.
£320
RISM B3042. BUC p. 118. Gérard 34-39. The first sonata is an arrangement of the string
quintet Gérard 268 (without the initial Adagio). The other sonatas are taken from G 85, G 84,
G 83, G 91, G 80 and G 165 as single movements (with a few unidentified first movements).
8) CELESTINO, Eligio (1739-1812): Six Duettos Three for a Violin & Violoncello and
Three for Two Violins. Humbly Dedicated to His Grace the Duke of Dorset, By his Grateful
and most Obedient humble Servant Eligio Celestino. London: Printed and Sold by Welcker,
[ca. 1775]. Parts: 1 f. (title), 15 pp., folio, engraved. Marbled covers.
£550
RISM C1683 and BUC p. 175 citing the same single copy.
9) CERVETTO, James (1747/9-1837): Six Duetts for Two Violoncellos or a Violin and
Violoncello, Composed & Respectfully Dedicated to Richard Thompson Esqr. by James
Cervetto, Op. 5. London: Printed by Rt. Birchall, [ca. 1795]. Parts: each 1 f. (title), 23 pp.,
folio, engraved. Plain boards with cloth backstrip.
£300
RISM C1740. BUC p. 176.
10) [CHURCH]: Fifty Double and Single Chants being the most Favorite as Perform‟d at
St. Paul‟s, Westminster and most of the Cathedrals in England. London: Printed for C. and
S. Thompson, [ca. 1765]. Score: 1 f. (title), 31 pp., engraved, octavo. Disbound, sewn, titleleaf detached.
£230
RISM B/II p. 159 and BUC p. 182 citing the same 3 copies.
11) CIMAROSA, Domenico (1749-1801): Sinfonia Con Violini, Viola, Oboe, Corni, e
Basso, del Sigr. Cimarosa. Per Uso del D. Salvatore del Bono. [Italy: ca. 1800]. Parts: 2, 2,
2, 2, 1, 1, 2 ff., oblong quarto. Folded as produced.
£350
Manuscript in brown ink on 10-stave paper; watermark with “CV” within a crest. In D
major; New Grove2 also attributes this work to Myslivecek.
12) CLAGET, Charles (1740-1795?) and Walter (ca. 1741-1798): Six Duetts for Two
Violins Intended to Improve and Entertain Practitioners. Edinburgh: Printed & Sold by Robt.
Bremner, [1760]. Score: 1 f. (title), 24 pp., folio, engraved by James Read. Plain boards.
With a preface giving some details on performance. Alfred Moffat‟s copy with notes inside
front board.
£650
RISM C2542 citing two copies. BUC p. 193 citing one copy.
13) CLEMENTI, Muzio (1752-1832): La Chasse Pour Le Clavecin ou Forte Piano par
Muzio Clementi, Ouvre [sic] XVI. London: Printed and Sold by Longman and Broderip,
[1786]. Score: 1 f. (title), 9 pp., oblong folio, engraved. Disbound, ornately decorated titlepage.
£150
First edition. RISM C2854. BUC p. 197. Tyson p. 54.
14) CLEMENTI, Muzio (1752-1832): Trois Rondeaux agréables à quatre mains pour le
Piano-Forté, composés par M. Clementi, Oeuvre 41. A Bonn: chez N. Simrock, [1811?].
Score: 19 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate numbed 749. Folded as issued, outer fold
separated.
£220
RISM C2854. Comprising selections from Op. 21 nos 2 and 3 and Op. 22 no. 2.
15) COLLIER, Joel pseud. for John Laurens Bicknell the Elder (1740-1787): Musical
Travels through England, by the late Joel Collier, Licentiate in Music. A New Edition.
London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1785. xiv pp. 1 f. (advertisement), 126, 32 pp., 16mo.
Mottled calf with marbled boards, some wear to upper edges of opening and final pages, a
little damp-stained at upper edges throughout. Dedicated to the Governors of the Foundling
Hospital.
£350
RISM B/VI/I p. 232. Inscribed on front free end-paper by Teddy Craig (1872-1966), dated
1953.
16) [CONTREDANSE]: 12 Contredanses avec figures pour Deux Violons, Flute ou
Clarinette et Basse, Deux Cors ad libitum. a Maience: Chez B. Schott, [1810?]. Parts: 2 ff.
(title, figures), 5, 4, 4, 3, 1, 1 pp., folio, engraved, plate number 490. Folded as issued. A
very nice set.
£650
Not in BL.
17) CORRI, Philip Antony (1784-1832): Six English Canzonetts, and Two Duettinos with
an accompaniment for the Harp or Piano Forte. The Words by Lady Tuite. Composed and
Dedicated with the greatest Deference to Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth by Philip
Antony Corri. [London] & Edinburgh: Printed & Published for the Author by D. Corri, [ca.
1805, wm 1797]. 1 f. (title), 31 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound. Initialled by the composer.
Title headed with vignette including crown, flowers and thistles.
£125
Not in RISM.
18) DAVAUX, Jean-Baptiste (1742-1822): Quartetto Io [2 and 3] A Due Violini, Viola E
Basso De Mr. Davaux. [S.l.: ca. 1785]. Parts: each set 2, 2, 2, 2 ff, oblong quarto. Folded as
produced, one fold separated. Decoratively bordered titles; second with a brown stain across
the title leaf.
£200
Quartets in F, C and F major from Op. 1. Manuscript in black ink on 10-stave paper;
watermark of R. Romani.
19) DOTTEL, Figlio, pseudonym of OSWALD, James (1710-1769): XII Sonatine
Notturne per due Flauti Traverssi ò due Violini, composti per Sua Maestà Rè di Prussia dal
Dottel Figlio. London: Printed for J. Oswald, [ca. 1753]. Score: 1 f. (title), 12 pp., folio,
engraved. Disbound, preserved in quarter cloth and marbled boards folder.
£425
RISM D3467. BUC p. 290.
20) [ERNELINDA]: Ariette D‟Ernelinde avec accompangenement de 2 Violons, 2 Cornos,
2 oboe, 1 alto, 1 Basso. [France: ca. 1775]. Parts: 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2 ff. (lacking oboe I),
folio. Folded as produced. Ink stain to title leaf. Part of a set, this item numbered “66”.
£140
Manuscript in brown ink on 12-stave paper; watermark of a crown atop a unicorn and lion
rampant, with separate cross and “P”.
21) GADE, Niels Wilhelm (1817-1890): Frühlings-Botschaft. Concertstück für Chor und
Orchester von Niels W. Gade, Op. 35. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1859?]. Score: 40 pp.,
folio, plate number 9809. Folded as issued in printed green wrappers, edges dusty.
£125
First edition.
22) GERARD, James: Six Sonatas or Duets for two German Flutes or two Violins,
Composed by James Gerard. London: Printed for John Johnson [ca. 1765]. Score, 1 f. (title),
19 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound.
£425
RISM G1614. BUC p. 371 With an early ownership signature dated 12th May 1772.
23) GERBER, Ernst Ludwig (1746-1819): Historisch- Biographisches Lexicon der
Tonkünstler,welches Nachrichten von dem Leben und Werken musikalischer Schriftsteller,
berühmter Componisten, Sänger, Meister auf Instrumenten, Dilettanten, Orgel- und
Instrumentenmacher….Erster Theil A-M …Zweyter Theil N-Z. Leipzig: Johann Gottlob
Immanuel Breitkopf, 1790 and 1792. 2 volumes, octavo: xiv pp., 1 f., with text following
printed in 992 columns; 1 f. (title), 860 columns; 1 f. (blank), xvi, 86 pp. (iconography of
composers‟ portraits including statues, busts and medals). Contemporary mottled half-calf
with marbled boards and the bookplates of Alfred Cortot; a very good set.
£1,500
First edition. RISM, Ecrits p. 357. One of the main sources for music history in the 18th
century, it also contains the first account on Mozart in musical lexicography (vol. I columns
977-79) – the only to be published during Mozart‟s lifetime. It had already been written in
1789 and gives a precise image of general ideas about Mozart at that time as they are
documented from other sources in Deutsch (Dokumente). Gerber totally admires Mozart as a
piano virtuoso as well as the composer of Die Entführung aus den Serail.
24) GIANELLA, Louis (1778?-1817): Three Quartetts, For Flute, Violin, Tenor &
Violoncello. In which are Introduced for the Subjects of the Adagios Select Scotch Airs.
Composed & Dedicated by Permission to The Marquis Douglas by Luigi Gianella, Op. 32.
London: Published by Mozani & Hill, [1815]. Parts: 1 f. (title), 15, 13, 13, 13 pp., engraved,
folio. Stitched at inner margin as issued, edges a little dusty and curled but an excellent unused
and untrimmed set, the string parts each with a plain outer wrapper. Initialled in ink by the
composer.
£240
RISM GG 1836 I, 14.
25) GLUCK, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Armide. Drame Héroique, Mis en
Musique Par Gluck. Réprésenté pour la premiere Fois, par l‟Académie Natle. de Musique le
23. Septembre 1777. A Paris: Chez Deslauriers, [ca. 1795]. Score: 2 f. (title, publisher‟s
catalogue), 279 pp., folio, engraved, plate number 1. Green modern quarter vellum with
marbled boards.
£475
Third edition, later issue. Hopkinson 45A(k). RISM G2679. BUC p. 385.
26) GLUCK, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Iphigenie en Aulide. Tragédie Opéra en
trios actes, dédiés au Roy par M. le Chevalier Gluck. Representée pour la premiere fois par
l‟Académie royale de Musique le mardi 19. Avril 1774. Gravée par le Sr. Huguet. A Paris:
Au Bureau d‟Abonnement Musical, [1776?]. Score: 1 f. (title), 298 pp., folio, engraved.
Green vellum, rebacked and recornered, generally scuffed but fine, internally some waterstaining to upper outer corners of some pages.
£650
Second edition. Hopkinson 40A(b). RISM G2748. BUC p. 386. Hirsch II.273.
27) GUGLIELMI, Pietro Alessandro (1728-1804): Rondo, Se ti perdo amato bene, Nel
Nobilissimo Teatro di San Benedetto, L‟Autuno dell Anno 1789, Del Sigr. Maestro Pietro
Guglielmi Napoleno. [Italy: ca. 1800]. Score: 11 ff., oblong quarto. Sewn.
£125
Manuscript in brown ink on 10-stave paper; watermark of three crescent moons.
28)
HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809):
Trois Sonates, Pour le Piano Forte Avec
Accompagnement de Violon & Violoncello, Composées et Dediées A Son Altesse Madame La
Princesse Marie Esterhazzy, Née Princesse Liechtenstein, par Joseph Haydn, Dr. Mus., Op.
71 [Hob. XV/21-23]. London: Printed & Sold by Preston & Son, [1795]. Parts: 1 f. (title),
35, 10, 7 pp., folio, engraved. Piano part in marbled boards with cloth backstrip binding,
parts unbound. £500
RISM H3725. BUC p. 468. Hoboken, vol. 1, pp. 705-707. First edition in a slightly later
issue (in the dedication, “Leichtenstein” has been corrected to “Liechtenstein”). Watermark
date of 1794. Alfred Moffat‟s copy with his notes inside front cover.
29) HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809): Six Sonates a Deux Violons & Basse, Composés Par
Giuseppe Haydn, Oeuvre Huitieme. A Amsterdam: chez J.J. Hummel, [ca. 1770]. Parts:
each 1 f. (title), 13 pp., folio, engraved, plate number 211. Disbound, seashell bordered titles.
Title generally a little used, title of primo part stained.
£650
Hoboken, vol. I, p. . RISM H3794. BUC p. 468.
30) [HAYDN] CARPANI, Giuseppe: Le Haydine ovvero Lettere sulla Vita e le Opere del
Celebre Maestro Giuseppe Haydn. Edizione seconda, riveduta ed accresciuta dall‟ Autore.
In Padova: Tipografia della Minerva, 1823. Quarto: xii, 230 pp. + portrait frontispiece of
Haydn. Contemporary half calf, backstrip partly missing, hinges loose. With an engraving of
Haydn by J. Newton, after a painting by J.E. Mansfeld, published in London by J. Sewell,
Cornhill, on September 1st 1784, produced for a magazine publication, loosely inserted.
£190
Second edition. The letters cover the period from the spring of 1808 to the summer of
1823, ending with a reply to an article by Rossini on Zoraide.
31) HAYES, Philip (1738-1797) (editor): Harmonia Wiccamica. The Original Music in
Score of the Graces, Iam Lucis, and Dulce Domum. Also A Song and Ode Composed for &
Perform'd at the Anniversary Meeting in London. The whole collated, revised, & corrected
by Phil. Hayes. Mus. Doc., Professor of Music in the University of Oxford. London: Printed
for the Editor, [1780]. Score: 3 ff. (title, dedication, advertisement), 25 pp., oblong quarto,
engraved. Modern half calf with original marbled boards, final page a little creased.
£375
RISM B/II p. 197 and H4888. BUC p. 473.
32) HOLCOMBE, A.: Twelve Italian Canzonets. To which is added A Collection of
English Songs. Compos‟d by A.H. London: Printed for I. Walsh [1753]. 1 f. (title), 20 pp.,
oblong folio, engraved. Stitched as issued, excellent, uncut copy.
£450
RISM H6263. Not in BUC. Smith & Humphries (Walsh), no. 839.
33) HOLST, Matthias von: La Grande Fête, A Sonata for the Piano Forte, Composed by M.
Holst. London: Printed by Goulding, D‟Almaine, Potter & Co., [1809?]. Score: 11 pp.,
engraved, folio. Disbound.
£40
34) HOOGSTRAATEN, P.B. van: Chasse Pour le Piano. Composés & dediée a Mademoiselle
Catharina Elisabeth Paradys par P.B. van Hoogstraaten, Oeuvre VII. A Amsterdam: Chez H.C.
Steup, [1820?]. Score: 1 f. (title), 7 pp., engraved, folio, plate number 186. Sewn, outer fold
reinforced with cloth tape.
£90
RISM H 6459 (2 copies). Eitner cites only one composition (Op. 6).
35) KAMMELL, Antonin (1730-1787): Six Quartettos For two Violins a Tenor and
Violoncello Obligato, most humbly Dedicated To His Excellency George Pitt Esqr., His
Majesty‟s Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Spain,
Composed by Antonio Kammell, Opera IV. London: Printed by Welcker, [1770]. Parts: 2 ff.,
13 pp., others 1 f. (title), 13 pp., folio. Disbound.
£380
RISM K97. BUC p. 564.
36) KERNTL, C.F.: Six Duetts for Two Violins, Composed by C.F. Kerntl [Op. 1].
London: Printed for and Sold by J. Bremner, [1771]. Parts: each 1 f. (title), 13 pp., folio,
engraved. Disbound.
£350
RISM K462. BUC p. 569.
37) KOEHLER, Henry: Sonate pour le Piano Forte, Flute ou Violon, Composé par Henry
Koehler, Oeuvre 52. à Berlin: Chez J.J. Hummel, [ca. 1810]. Parts: 15, 4 pp., oblong folio,
engraved, plate number 1526. Folded as issued, outer fold reinforced with cloth tape. Some
occasional spotting.
£160
38) LAMPUGNANI, Giovanni Battista (1708-1788): Si ben mio morro se vuoi. Del Sigre.
Lampugnani Nel Tigrane. [S.l.: ca. 1750]. Score and parts for violins and viola: 4, 2, 2, 2 ff.,
oblong quarto. Folded as produced.
£250
Manuscript in brown ink on 10-stave paper; watermark “S.P.”. Tigrane, an opera with a
libretto by Carlo Goldoni after Silvani, was first performed in Venice on 10 May 1747 and
published in London in the same year.
39) LIVERATI, Giovanni (1772-1846): Six Duos Italiens avec accompagnement de PianoForte, composes et dediés à Monsieur le Comte Charles Palfy d‟Erdöd … par J. Liverati,
Oeuvre 4e. à Vienne: chez Jean Cappi, [1807?]. Score: 35 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate
number 1222. Folded as issued, a little dusty.
£240
Not in BL or Worldcat.
40) MORINI, Alessandro: Harmonies La Priére de l‟exile. Romanza per Violino
coll‟accompagnamento del Pianoforte composta Da Alessandro Morini. [Italy: ca. 1850].
Score and part: 44, 12 pp., folio. Marbled wrappers.
£350
Inscribed “Ferdinando Morini, Offre in Segno d‟Amicizia e Stima All‟Egregio Maestro Sig.
Professore Alamanno Biagi un Ricordo del Suo Figlio Alessandro”.
41) MORLEY, Thomas (1557/8-1602): Six Canzonets For two Voices, Composed by
Thomas Morley B.M., And first Published by Him Anno Dom. 1599. London: Printed by
Welcker, [ca. 1770]. Score: 1 f. (title), 17 pp., oblong octavo, engraved. Stitched in original
makeshift front wrapper, final leaf detached with stain and slight loss at lower margin. With
ownership presentation inscription dated 1802.
£220
RISM M3703 citing just two copies (GB/US). BUC p. 691. Not in BL.
42) MORTELLARI, Michele (ca. 1750-1807): Eight Canzonets with an Accompaniment
for the Piano Forte or Harp, Composed & humbly Dedicated to MRS. Blair, by Michele
Mortellari, Op. VI. London: Printed by Longman and Broderip, [1788]. Score: 1 f. (title), 13
pp., oblong folio, engraved. Original marbled limp wrappers.
£225
RISM M3771 and BUC p. 693 citing the same two copies.
43) MORTELLARI, Michele (ca. 1750-1807): Rondo Del Sigr. Michele Mortellari
[„Ombra felice tornero a rivederti‟]. [England: ca. 1800]. Score, for voice, violin and basso:
6 ff., oblong quarto. Sewn.
£80
Manuscript in brown ink on 10-stave paper; watermark of a shield with “G.R.” underneath.
44) MOSCHELES, Ignaz (1794-1870): A Parody on Rossini‟s favorite Air, Di tanti palpiti
for the Piano Forte by I. Moschelles [sic]. London: Printed & Sold by Chappell & Co.,
[1820?]. Score: 1 f. (title), 5 pp., folio, engraved, plate number 1675. Folded as issued. £40
45) MOZART, Leopold (1719-1787): Gründliche Violinschule, mit vier Kupfertafeln und
einer Tabelle. Dritte vermehrte Auflage. Augsburg: gedruckt und zu finden bey Johann
Jakob Lotter und Sohn, 1787. Quarto: 3 ff. (title, preface), 268 pp., 4 ff. + portrait
frontispiece and 4 plates, 1 folding. With a six-line contemporary ownership inscription by
Jose Perez in Spanish, describing the author as the father of „Juan Crisostomo Wolfgang
Teofilo Mozart el divino‟. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, rubbed and marked.
£1,450
Eitner VII, 91. Wolffheim I, 862. Last edition of the elder Mozart‟s greatest work to be
published in his lifetime: he died on 28 May 1787. This edition contains further additions
and corrections and is therefore regarded as the best of all recorded editions of this work for
teaching purposes.
46) [MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)] SCHLOSSER, Joh. Aloys.: Wolfgang
Amad. Mozart. Eine begründete und ausführliche Biographie desselben. Herausgegeben zur
Gründung und Errichtung eines Monuments für den Verewigten von Joh. Aloys Schlosser.
Prag: bei Buchler, Stephani und Schlosser, 1828 (preface dated Vienna 21st March 1827).
8vo: viii pp., 2 ff. „Auf Mozarts Tod‟ (by Freiherr von Gerning), 192 pp. + 1 folding plate of
music. Contemporary cloth, spine slightly split, foxing. Vincent Novello‟s copy, with his
Bayswater address and his reference to the work „Mozart‟s Gheist‟ [Georg Ferdinand Arnold
– Erfurt 1803] on title-page and a further inscription with his Soho Square address on inside
upper cover.
£750
The work is dedicated by the editor to Frau von Nyssen [sic], Mozart‟s widow. Novello
helped to organise a subscription on behalf of Mozart‟s sister, Nannerl, when news reached
London in 1829 that she was ill and in need. He travelled with his wife to Salzburg in order
to collect material for his projected biography of Mozart, according to him, „the Shakespeare
of music‟. The book was never written, although Novello‟s pupil, Edward Holmes used the
material in his „Life of Mozart‟ (1845). The proceeds of this work were designated for a
monument to Mozart, who was, in the editor‟s eyes, a „Raphael of his Art‟.
47) MOZART [attributed]: Kurzgefasste Generalbass-Schule von W.A. Mozart. Wien:
bey S.A. Steiner und Comp., [1817]. Octavo, 55 pp. Contemporary boards (spine defective)
with the original publisher‟s blue printed wrappers bound in, foxing to covers. From the
library of Alfred Cortot with his bookplate.
£380
Köchel C 30.04 (Anh. 109d). A Joseph Haydenreich first offered the manuscript of this tutor
in the Wiener Zeitung of 13th April 1796 as „a still unknown written primer for learning the
figured bass‟. Köchel says that this manuscript may have been the source for this first
edition. Mozart certainly did not write this work but it is possible that it was based on
composition studies by his pupils. The Vienna National Library owns such a manuscript
deriving from a relative of Abbé Stadler, giving an idea of Mozart‟s teaching methods and his
pertinent annotations. Even if the authenticity is not definitive, this work is interesting and
typical of Mozart‟s time.
48) ONSLOW, George (1784-1853): Trois Quintetti, Le premier et le troisieme pour deux
Violons, Deux Altos et Violoncelle, et le Second pour Deux Violons, Alto, et Deux
Violoncelles, par George Onslow. Ire. Quintetto. [S.l.: ca. 1830]. Score: 35 pp., oblong
quarto. Two gatherings sewn together.
£350
Manuscript in brown ink on 12-stave paper.
49) PURCELL, Henry (1659-1695): A Song with a Trumpet in Don Quixot. Set by Mr
Henry Purcell [„Genius of England from thy pleasant Bow‟r of bliss arise and spread thy
sacred wings‟. Z578/7b]. [London: ca. 1700]. Vocal score: 2 ff., folio, engraved. Folded as
issued, edges a little chipped.
£125
RISM P5865. BUC p. 861. Not in Zimmerman. Words by Thomas D‟Urfey.
50) RAUZZINI, Venanzio (1746-1810): A Selection from Pyramus and Thysbe. A Cantata
Composed by SigR. Rauzzini and performed at the Kings Theatre in the Hay Market. London:
Printed and Sold by R. Bremner, [1775]. Socre: 37 pp., folio, engaved. Disbound.
£240
RISM R376. BUC p. 875.
51) REINARDS, William: Six Duets for two German Flutes or Violins, Composed by Sigr.
Reinards. London: Printed by Welcker, [1768]. Score: 1 f. (title), 21 pp., folio, engraved.
Disbound.
£425
Sole edition. RISM R1069. BUC p. 884. With composer‟s autograph on title-page and
manuscript pencil ownership signature of “William Ham. Oxford” on p. 1 with a verse by this
owner in manuscript on verso of p. 21.
52) RICCI, Francesco Pasquale (1732-1817): Six Sonates a Deux Violons et Violoncello
Obligato, Composees par Pasquali Ricci, Ouvre [sic] III. London: Printed by Welcker,
[1775?]. Parts: each 1 f. (title), 9 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound.
£325
RISM R1257 citing just three copies. BUC p. 888.
53) SCHUMANN, Robert (1810-1856): Kinderball. Sechs leichte Tanzstücke zu vier Händen,
für das Pianoforte von Robert Schumann, Op. 130. Leipzig: bei Breitkopf & Härtel, [March,
1854]. Score: 31 pp., engraved, folio, plate number 8826, decorative title-page printed in green.
Folded as issued with a cloth tape backstrip, corners a little creased and worn, occasional light
brown spot, few penciled fingerings.
£175
First edition. McCorkle p. 549. Hofmann pp. 284-285. This copy without the printed price
which appears to have been blocked out.
54) SPOHR, Louis (1784-1859): Sechstes Quintett für 2 Violinen, 2 Violen u. Violocell,
componirt und seinem Freunde Herrn Amtsrath Lueder zu Catlenburg hochachtungsvoll
zugeeignet von Louis Spohr, Op. 129. Leipzig: bei Breitkopf & Härtel, [1847]. Parts: 15, 11, 11,
11, 11 pp., engraved, folio, plate number 7560. Folded as issued, little light foxing and title-page
torn across middle.
£120
First edition. Göthel p. 221.
55) STERKEL, Johann Franz Xaver (1750–1817): Twelve Pieces for the Harpsichord or
Piano Forte, Composed by Sigr. Sterkel of Vienne, Op. X. London: Printed for J. Bland [ca.
1780]. Score: 16 pp., folio, engraved. Disbound, some light browning. Title-page with fine
rococo border engraved by Flyn.
£220
RISM S5999. BUC p.978. Sterkel came from Würzburg, where he became a highly
respected keyboard player. He was first a curate and organist at Neumünster monastery, then
he was appointed Kapellmeister at Mainz, Würzburg and Aschaffenburg, with interruptions
due to the Napoleonic wars. He is regarded as one of the most popular composers of his
time; Beethoven thought highly of his works. The pieces of opus X are headed Minuetto,
Polonaise, Marchia, Romance, Arioso, etc.; the finale is a Tempo di Minuetto con Variazioni.
56) TACET, Joseph (fl. 1751-1780): Six Solos For a German-Flute or Violin, With a
Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord of Violoncello, Dedicated to Her Majesty the Queen of
Great Britain. Compos‟d by Joseph Tacet. London: Printed & Sold by Mr. Tacet, [1767].
Score: 27 pp., oblong folio, engraved. As issued with stab holes, stitching missing if ever
present, title and final leaves dusty, edges chipped, final lower margin reinforced. With the
composer‟s signature.
£250
First edition. RISM T1 citing just five copies, only one in GB. BUC p. 993.
57) WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Lützow‟s Wilde Jagd. Gedicht von Theodor
Körner, in Musik gesetzt mit Begleitung des Pianoforte von Carl Maria von Weber [Jähns
168]. Hannover: bei C.A. Kruschwitz, [ca. 1820]. Score: 5 pp., oblong folio, engraved, plate
number 246. Disbound.
£120
From Leyer und Schwert, Op. 42 no. 2.
58) WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Oberon, A Fairy Opera by Carl Maria von
Weber. London: Published by Cramer, Addison & Beale, [ca. 1842]. Vocal score: 1 f. (title),
197 pp., folio, engraved, plate numbers 2700, 3107-3120, 2142. Disbound.
£100
59) WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): The Offering of Devotion at the Shrine of
Nature, a Poem, by Hampden Napier Esqr. Arranged by W. Hawes, to the Celebrated
Cantata, Natur und Liebe, Composed by Carl Maria von Weber, as Performed with
distinguished approbation at the Argyll Rooms. London: Published by Welsh & Hawes,
[1825]. Vocal score: 2 ff. (frontispiece, title), 62 pp., 2 ff. (publisher‟s catalogues (“Harp”,
“Piano”), engraved, folio, plate number 1825. Publisher‟s printed boards (front one
decorative and final one with publisher‟s “Vocal” catalogue, backstrip worn away. Sir
George Smart‟s copy with his ownership signature.
£350
Jahns no. 241, incorporating additional music from the songs of Opp. 2, 5 and 6. Jähns p.
258.
60) WEBERN, Anton (1883-1945): Fünf Geistliche Lieder, für Gesang, Flöte, Klarinette (auch
Bass-Klarinette), Trompete, Harfe und Geige (auch Viola), von Anton Webern, Op. 15. Partitur.
Wien: Universal-Edition, 1924. Score: 14 pp., folio. Printed wrappers, edges a little faded and
dusty.
£325
First edition. Moldenhauer 252, 256, 253, 257 and 224, p. 648.
List compiled by Colin Coleman