FIRST EDITIONS OF THE GREAT COMPOSERS A PERSONAL NOTE.-During some years I have been searching for Fin· tions of the Works of Great Composers, and have sold from my catalogues ca vately many fine copies of original editions of Beethoven, Handel, Schubert, I Mozart, etc.-incidentally discovering unknown and unrecorded works and ca'y This is a new field of exploration to which little or no attention had previously! given, and works recently in my possession are now treasured by customers in tralia, Japan, America, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, and other parts of the -a few remaining with discerning collectors and librarians in England. In addition to the joy of possessing such treasures, written in a language we knows no barrier of race, wide-awake Music Lovers, Librarians and Collectors may they are securing at moderate prices works which in the future are not unlikel appreciate considerably in value. Why should a First Edition of a Beethoven ma piece not equal that of a Shakespeare, a Kipling, or a Dickens? THE NINTH SYMPHONY. H. R 7795 BEETHOVEN.-Sinfonie mit Schluss-Chor über Schillers Ode: "An die Fred für grosses Orchester, 4 Solo- und 4 Chor- Stimmen. Componirt und Seiner V taet dem König von Preussen, Friedrich Wilhelm III. In tiefster Ehr zugereignet von Ludwig van Beethoven. 125tes. Werk. Original edition Full Orchestral Score, with the rare List of Subscribers following title original coloured printed wrapper. Finely engraved throughout, an exce copy with untrimmed edges, folio, bound by Zaehnsdorf in hf. dark crims £15/15/- Mainz und Paris, bey B. Schotts Sohnen, Antwerpen bey A. Plate Mark No. 2322. 7796 Messa à quattro Voci coll' accompagto, dell' Orchestra, composta van Beethoven. (Drey Hymnen für vier Singstimmen mit Begleitung des ters in Musik gesetzt und Sr. Durchl. dem Herrn. Fürsten von Kinsky titur. 86tes. Werk. Orig. edition of the Full Orchestral Score. Finely e throughout, with Latin and German words, 107 pp., ob. folio, neatly bo dark blue mor., gilt top, £7/10/- Bei Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzi Plate Mark No. 1667. On back of last page is shown a correction to be page 71 of the printed work. 7797 Seufzer eines Ungebebten. Gedicht von G. A. Bürger. Die Laute Gedicht von Herder. In Musik gesetzt für Eine Singstimme mit Begleit Piano-Forte von Ludw. van Beethoven. Nach dem Original Manuscri dessen nachlasse. Original edition, 15 pp., folio, enclosed in a folding c lettered down the back, £5/5/Wien bei Ant. Diabelli u. Comp Plate Mark No. 6271. 7798 Grande Sonate pour le Pianoforte, composée et dediée a Monsieur le de Waldstein, Commandeur de l'ordre Teutonique a Virnsberg et Chambe Sa Majesté I. and I.R.A. par Louis van Beethoven, Op. 53. Original engraved throughout, 29 pp., ob. folio, enclosed in a folding case, neatly le £12/12/A Vienne au Bureau des Arts et d'Industria Plate Mark No. 449. 7799 Sonata quasi una Fantasia per il Clavicembalo o Piano-Forte. Con dedicata a Sua Altezza la Signora Principessa Giovanni Liechtenstein na gravio Fürstenberg da Luiggi van Beethoven. Opera 27, No. 1. Original 13 pp., ob. folio, enclosed in folding case, lettered, £10/10/-, In Vienna presso Gio. Cappi, Piazzi di St. Michele Plate Mark No. 878. 7800 Grande Sonate pour le Pianoforte. Composée et dédiée a Monsieur Noble de Sonenfels, par Louis van Beethoven. Euvre XXVIII. Original ed 22 pp., ob. folio, enclosed in folding case, lettered, £10/10/ 7801 Plate Mark No. 28. A Vienne au Bureau d'Arts et d'Industri LIme Sonate pour le Pianoforte composée par Louis van Beethoven, Original edition, engraved throughout, 14 pp., ob. folio, enclosed in a foldir neatly lettered, £5/5/- A Vienne au Bureau des Arts et d'Industri Plate Mark No. 507. 7802 Rondo pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forte. Composée par Louis van hoven. Original edition, engraved throughout, 5 pp., ob. folio, enclosed in f case, neatly lettered, £4/4/A Vienne chez Artaria et Comp. ETHOVEN-continued. SD Rondo pour le Clavecin ou Piano Forte. Composé et dedié a Mademoiselle Ia Comtesse Henriette de Lichnowski par Louis van Beethoven. Original edition, engraved throughout, 11 pp., ob. folio, enclosed in folding case, neatly lettered, £4/4/A Vienne chez Artaria (1802) 5 Plate Mark No. 884. This is the Rondo in G. Variations pour le Pianoforte sur le Theme: God Save the King, composées par Louis van Beethoven, No. 25. Original edition, finely engraved throughout, 9 pp., ob. folio, enclosed in folding case, neatly lettered, £6/6/A Vienne au Bureau d'Arts et d'Industrie (1804) Plate Mark No. 380. VI Variations tres faciles pour le Forte-Piano. Composées par Louis van Beethoven, No. 11. Original edition, 5 pp., ob, folio, enclosed in folding case, lettered, £5/5/- Vienne chez Jean Traeg dans la Singerstrasse, No. 957 (1801) Plate Mark No. 112. Grosse Ouverture in C dur, gedichtet und Seiner durchlaucht dem Fürsten und Herrn Anton Heinrich Radzivil von Lud. van Beethoven. 115tes. Werk. Partitur. Eigenthum der Verleger. Original edition of the Full Orchestral Score, 43 pp., folio, enclosed in folding case, lettered, £5/5/ Plate Mark No. 4682. Wien bey S. A. Steiner and Comp. (1825) Fugue (in D) für 2 Violinen, 2 Violen und Violoncell. Componirt von Sudw. van Beethoven (am 28ten. Novemb., 1817), 137tes. Werk. Eigenthum des Verlegers. Partitur und Stimmen. Fine copy of the original edition of the Score ind Parts with untrimmed edges, folio, in folding case, neatly lettered, £7/10/ Plate Mark No. 4978. Wien, bei Tobias Haslinger (1827) Voice and Piano. Fine copy of the printed in two colours, 4to, enclosed in Paris, A. Durand et Fils, 1904 des DEBUSSY.-Trois Chansons de France. skyFirst Edition, with the wrapper and title folding case, neatly lettered, £5/5/CHERUBINI. Messe de Requiem. A Quatre Parties en Choeur, avec Accompagnement de Grand Orchestre, par L. Cherubini, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal de a Legion d'Honneur, etc. Original edition of the Full Orchestral Score. Finely ngraved throughout, 139 pp., folio, enclosed in a folding case, gilt lettered down authe back, £2/10/- A Paris, chez l'Auteur, Rue du Faubourg Poissonniere, No. 19 HAYDN. Six Quatuors pour deux Violons, Alto et Basse. Composés par Joseph Haydn, Maitre de Chapelle de S. A. Monseigneur le Prince Esterhazy, etc. Euvre ng XXXIII. Original edition of the set of 4 parts, finely engraved throughout, with namental floral designed titles, enclosed in a folding case, gilt lettered down the back, £10/10/Publiés et se vendent chez Artaria Comp. à Vienne ar Plate Mark No. 26. These six quartets are those known as the Russian Quartets, amb 37 to 42 of his 83 string quartets. lett user inal the le ustrin Die Jahreszeiten nach Thomson. In Musik gesetzt von Joseph Haydn. Partitur. (The Seasons.) Originalausgabe. Original edition of the Full Orchestral Score, with German and English words, type set throughout, title engraved with ellegorical figures representing the seasons of the year, 2 vols., folio, cloth, Con₤4/10/Bey Breitkopf and Hartel in Leipzig n na inal Insanæ et vane curæ (Des Staubes eitle Sorgen). Motette für vier Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Orchesters von Joseph Haydn. Partitur. Original throughout, 30 pp., folio, enclosed in a folding case, gilt lettered down the back, £3/3/Bey Breitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig seur Plate Mark No. 1433. ichele edition of the Full Orchestral Score, with Latin and German words, type set inal eg lustri Forte. Ded. to Mrs. John Hunter: ditto, Second Sett of VI. Ded. to Lady Char ren. Dr. Haydn's VI Original Canzonettas, for the Voice with Acc. for Piano lotte Bertie. Original editions, title of first set is autographed by the composer, 2 vols. in 1, folio, neatly bound, £5/5/- Lon., Printed for the Author (1794) okir LISZT.Tre Sonetti di Petrarca Posti in Musica per la Voce con Accompagnastrimento di Pianoforte da Francesco Liszt. Proprieta degl' Edition. Original edi ions of the three numbers, beautifully engraved throughout, with wide margins, van enclosed in a folding case, neatly lettered, £6/6/Vienna, presso Haslinger, Vedova e Figlio Plate Mark Nos. T.H. 10,094 ; 10,095; 10,096. Numbers 2 and 3 have tinted printed ed in fe omp. 7815 MENDELSSOHN.-Der 114te Psalm für achtstimmige Chor und Orchester. Cor ponirt und seinen Freunde dem Maler J. W. Schirmer in Düsseldorf zugeeigne von Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Op. 51. Partitur. Original edition of the Fu Orchestral Score, in the original tinted wrapper, folio, £3/10/-. Plate Mark No. 6479. Leipzig, Bei Breitkopf and Harte 7816 MOZART.-Il Flauto Magico, Dramma per Musica, dal Signor W. A. Mozz (Die Zauberflöte). Original edition of the Full Orchestral Score, with Germ and Italian words, 363 pp., folio, nicely bound in hf. dark crimson mor., gilt £7/10/Bonn, bey N. Simrock, c. I Plate Mark No. 1092. 7817 Il Flauto Magico, Dramma per musica di W. A. Mozart. Ridotto pe Cembalo. (Die Zauberflöte, Grosse Oper in Zwey Akten.) Im Klavierauszug Musikdir. M. G. Fischer. Original edition of the Vocal Score, with Pf. As Italian and German words, type set throughout, 124 pp., ob. folio, neatly_bd. hf. mor., gilt top, £5/5/Bey Breitkopf & Hartel in Leip Plate Mark No. 2236. 7818 Il Dissoluto Punito osia Il Don Giovanni. Dramma Giocoso in due posto in Musica da Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In Partitur. (Don Juan Der Steinerne Gast, Komische Oper in zwey Aufzügen.) Fine copy of the orig edition of the Full Orchestral Score, with the rare 14 pp. of the printed logue following title, also the two separate titles at the commencement, with oval vignette on the Italian one, type set throughout, 2 thick vols., ob. folio, han somely bound in hf. dark red mor., £12/12/ Presso Breitkopf e Härtel in Lipsia. 7818a La Clemenza di Tito, Opera Seria, composte da W. A. Mozart. (Titus Ernsthafte Oper in zwey Akten.) Klavierauszug von A. E. Müller. Original edi tion of the Vocal Score, with Pf. Acc., Italian and German words, type set through out, 88 pp., ob. folio, neatly bound in hf. dark blue mor., gilt top, £4/4/Bey Breitkopf & Härtel in Leip Plate Mark No. 2269. 7818b Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Oper in drey Ackten in Musik gesetz von W. A. Mozart. (L'enlevement du Serail, Opera en trois Actes.) Fine copy of the original edition of the Full Orchestral Score, beautifully engraved through out, with German and French words, 350 pp., folio, bound in hf. dark green mor, gilt extra, gilt top, £7/10/ Plate Mark No. 949. 7818c Bonn chez N. Simrock, Dept. de Rhine et Moselle, c. 1800-1 Messe á 4 Voix, avec accompagnement de 2 Violins et Basse, 2 Hautbois 2 Trompettes, Timbales et Orgue, composée par W. A. Mozart, No. 1. Partition The original edition of the Full Orchestral Score, type set throughout, 80 pp., ok folio, nicely bound in hf. red mor., gilt top, £5/5/ Au Magasin de Musique de Breitkopf et Härtel à Leipsi 7818d WEBER.-Der Freischütz. Romantische Oper in 3 Aufzügen. Dichtung v Friedrich Kind. In Musik gesetzt, von Carl Maria von Weber. Klavier Auszu von Componisten. Original edition of the Vocal Score arranged by the Compos himself, finely engraved throughout, 177 pp., ob. folio, bound in hf. dark red mor gilt top, £4/10/6. Berlin. In der Schlesingerschen Buch- und Musikhandlung, c. 18 Plate Mark 1078. 7819 A' ABOOT THE JUBILEE By an Auld Paisley Bodie, words with the melody, with coloured title, H 3/6. Edinb A curious production for Queen Victoria's Jubilee. 7820 ABEL (C. F.), Six Overtures in 8 Parts, 2 Violins, 2 French Horns, 2 Hoboys, 1 Tenor, Violoncello, a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord, Opera Prima, the set of parts, folio, 15/Lon., Thompson and Son, c. 1 7821 Six Overtures in 8 Parts, with a Thorough Base for the Harpsichord. Op. 14 (2 Violins, Viol Oboes, 2 Horns, Bass and Harpsi.), the set of parts, fol., 15/Lon., Preston, c. 7822 VI Simphonies a deux Violons, deux Hautbois, deux Cors de Chasse alti Viola e Basse. to Comte de Thanet, Oeuvre VII, the set of parts, fol., 21/There is an additional Bass part figured for the Harpsichord if required. 7823 ABERDEEN.-Precentors and Musical Professors; being Brief Sketches of Some of Those more Wor of Notice who Flourished in Aberdeen in the Course of the last 100 Years, by the late Wm. Anders 100 pp., cr. 8vo, cl., 7/6. Lon., Prest 15 7824 ABINGTON (William, Junr.), Six Favourite Canzonets for the Piano Forte, with an Acc. for a Vinlia Opera 1mo, 13 pp., fol., 7/6. Printed for the Authet 1803 ABRAMS (Harriett), Collection of 12 Songs, with Pf. accomp., with fine engraved dedicatory page with winged eupids, etc., by Gilray, 79 pp., ob. fol., full leather gilt, 21/B. A., soprang vocalist, studied with Dr. Arne, sung at Drury Lane and all the principal concerts 3g her time. t. Leipzig, 1922 ACHTELIK (Josef), Der Naturklang als Wurzel aller Harmonien. Eine Esthetische Musikheorie, with numerous music examples throughout, 193 pp., sm. 4to, cl., 10/6. ADAM (A.), Cantique pour Noel, Chanté par Monsr. Jules Lefort, E. and F. words, with pf. and ara.. fol., 3:6. London ADAM DE SAINT-VICTOR.-Euvres Poetiques et Musicales (prior to 1239), Texte et musique, Edition aleographiques avec facsimiles. Precedees d'une Etude critique par l'Abbe E. Misset et Pierre bry, 327 pp., fol., hf. mor., gilt top, with silk marker, £3/7/6. Paris, 1900 Another copy, paper covers as issued, £2/5/ADLER-Handbuch der Musikgeschichte. Unter mitwirkung von fachgenossen herausgegeben von G. idler. Mit vielen notenbeispielen und abbildungen von instrumenten, 1097 pp., thick 8vo, el., £3. 1924 ch period is dealt with by an authority. This work is a German equivalent to the Oxford History of ic. Dr. G.), Methode der Musik-geschichte, 222 pp., 8vo, 6/ADRIEN (G. E. M.), Recueil de Chants pour La Suisse Romane. pp., ob. 8vo, bds., 4/6. 1919 Vol. 1, 50 Chants a Deux Voix, 52 Geneve, 1860 AFRICA TORREND (J.), Specimens of Bantu Folk-Lore from Northern Rhodesia. Texts and Eng. Translations, with musical illus., 182 pp., 8vo, cl., 5/ 1921 LAGUS (Sigr.), Six Solos for a Violin, with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsi., opera seconda, 39 pp., folio, 12/6. Lon., John Johnson, c. 1765 Six Notturnos for Two Vns, and a Vllo, obligato, Opera IV, the parts, fol., 7/6. Lon., Welcker ALALEONA (D.), Studi su la Storia Dell' Oratorio Musicale in Italia, folding plates, 452 pp., cr. 8vo, mck. back. 10. 1908 ALBERTI (Guiseppe Matteo), Concertos for 3 Violins, an Alto Viola and a Through Bass for the Harpchord or Bass Violin, opera prima, fine tall set of 6 parts, beautifully engraved and printed, folio, 7:10/-. Lon., Walsh and Hare (c. 1730) ALBERTINI (Guiseppe), Six Sonatas or Notturnos for 2 Violins and Bass, clean set of parts, folio, 21/-. Lon., A. Hummel (c. 1770) ALBONI-PorGIN (A.). Marietta Alboni, ports., 269 pp., cr. 8vo, 3/-. Paris, 1912 (G., Maestro di Capella della Cathedrale di St. Stefano a Vienna), Sei Fughe Sechs Praeludien für das Pianoforte 12tes Werk 2te Lieferung, 13 pp., ob. folio, 7/6. Wien bei S. A. Steiner und Comp. ALBRECHTSBERGER (I. G.) XII Neue Leichte Praeludium für die Orgel, orig. ed., 14 pp., ob. folio, Leipzig bei C. F. Peters, c. 1801 ALBUM LYRIQUE.-Biographique illustré de cinquante Compositeurs et Musiciens par Justin Lallier. "Photographies par Trinquart, 40 pp., ob. 8vo, cl., 7/6. Paris, c. 1860 EBERGEbalo, opera 8, orig. ed., 13 pp., ob. folio, 10/-. In Vienna presso Artaria e Comp. This quaint volume is illustrated with 50 actual miniature photographs mounted, including many of 1918 AMERICAN-INDIANS-DENSMORE (F.), The American Indians and Their Music, illus., 143 pp., sq. 8vo, Cods., 12/6. 1926 AMERICAN SONG. SANDBURG (C.), The American Songbag, music and words, with historical and critical notes throughout, 495 pp.. 4to, cl., 37/6. 1927 EA collection of 280 songs, ballads and ditties which men have sung in the making of America. Probably hundred of the folk-songs gathered by Mr. Sandburg and his friends from coast to coast have never re been published. Airs, melodies and complete harmonisation for piano. AMY ROBSART GAVOTTE, Composed for Pf., by E. J. Macdonald, illus. title, folio, 31 London, c. 1850 L'ANCIENNE FRANCE. Le Theatre. Mysteres,--Tragedie-Comedie; et La Musique. Instruments, --Ballet, Opera, jusqu' en 1789. Ouvrage Illuste de 228 gravures, col. frontis., 304 pp., roy. 8vo. el, gilt extra, 15/ ANDERTON (H. O.), Early English Music, 342 pp., cr. 8vo, cl.. 7/6. 1887 1920 ANNALS OF THE NORFOLK AND NORWICH TRIENNIAL MUSICAL FESTIVALS, 1824-1893, by R. H. Legge and W. E. Hansell, with ports. and facs., ed. lim. to 350 copies, 290 pp., 4to, cl., £2/2/-. 1896 The illustrations include a fine full page photogravure of Jenny Lind. 1920 ANTCLIFFE (H.), Short Studies in the Nature of Music, 245 pp., cr. 8vo, cl., 4/6. This work gives a very exhaustive survey of the rules governing musical composition in Europe at the half of the eighteenth century and must have been in considerable repute, as the list of subscribers wing title includes many well known musicians-Dr. Arne, Dr. Boyce, Mr. Cooke, master of the Chor8. Dr. Hayes, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Nares, John Christopher Smith (Handel's amanuensis), Mr. Stanley blind organist), John Worgan, M.B., and many others. Another copy, somewhat used, 15/-. APOLLONICON.-Adeste Fidelis for the Organ or Pf. as performed on the Apollonicon and composed 1926 1926 |