[Sammelband] Haydn, Joseph. (1732–1809) & Arnold, Samuel. (1740–1802) & Baumgarten, Karl Friedrich (ca. 1740–1824) & Gelinek, Josef. (1758–1825) & Gyrowetz, Adalbert. (1763–1850) & Steibelt, Daniel. (1765–1823) & Vitásek, Jan August. (1770–1839) & Cramer, Johann Baptist. (1771–1858) & Latour, T. (fl. 18/19 c.)
Sammelband of Late Eighteenth-century Variations, Airs, Overtures, and Dance Movements for Piano
Sammelband containing 14 pieces of late eighteenth-century print music for piano, including variations on themes from operas by the Bohemian and Czech composers Gelinek, Gyrowetz, and Vitásek. Also airs by J. B. Cramer and one T. Latour—either Francis Tatton Latour (fl. 1810), Cramer's original partner in the London music publisher Chappell, or pianist and composer Jean Théodore Latour (1766–1837)—as well as overtures and pieces by Arnold, Baumgarten, and Steibelt, and an excerpt from Haydn's oratorio, The Creation. Oblong folio. Music measuring 13 x 9.5 inches (33 x 24 cm). Works bound together in later fine binding, three-quarter blind-tooled red maroquin and marbled paper, gold titling ("MUSIC | BOOK") and lyre emblems to spine. Very fine.The majority of prints in the present volume—11 of the 14 pieces—were published in Offenbach-am-Main by Johann André (1741–1799), who had taken direction of his family's music printing firm in 1784. "Through good fortune and acumen he was able to establish relations with Pleyel, then (through Paul Wranitzky) with Joseph Haydn and later with Adalbert Gyrowetz. By virtue of its circumspect treatment of authors and many technical improvements in printing and production the firm flourished considerably, reaching its 1000th item in 1797" (Grove, s.v. 'André family, §1 Johann [Jean] André'). This volume is a witness of this period, containing published pieces by both Haydn and Gyrowetz.
Printed music bound together as follows:
Gelinek, Josef. Six Variations pour le Piano-Forté sur l'air Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen &c. de l'opéra die Zauberflöte de Mozart. Offenbach-sur-Main: Johann André [n.d.]. 8 pp. Lithographed throughout, [PN] 3352. Scattered foxing, else fine.
Cramer, Johann Baptist. The brown Irish Girl: Air Irlandais arrangé en Rondeau pour le Piano-Forté. Offenbach-sur-Main: Johann André [n.d.]. 8 pp. Lithographed throughout, [PN] 3500. Scattered foxing, else fine.Gelinek, Josef. Variations pour le Piano-Forté, sur le duo 'Wenn mir dein Auge strahlet' de l'Opéra Das unterbrochene Opferfest. Offenbach-sur-Main: Johann André [n.d.]. 8 pp. Lithographed throughout, [PN] 3686. Scattered foxing, else fine.Gelinek, Josef. Variations pour le Piano-Forté, Sur la Cavatine 'Di tanti palpiti' de l'Opéra: Tandredi. Offenbach-sur-Main: Johann André [n.d.]. 18 pp. Lithographed throughout, [PN] 3763. Tear to lower corner of p. 9–10, affecting only the margin, scattered foxing, else fine.Cramer, Johann Baptist. Air Anglo Éccossais avec Variations pour le Piano-Forté. Offenbach-sur-Main: Johann André [n.d.]. 8 pp. Lithographed throughout, [PN] 3494. Scattered foxing, else fine.Latour, T. O Pescator dell'Onda: Chanson Vénitienne Variée pour le Piano-Forté. Offenbach-sur-Main: Johann André [n.d.]. 12 pp. Lithographed throughout, [PN] 3884. Scattered foxing, else fine.Cramer, Johann Baptist. Air Saxon avec onze Variations, Jntroduction et Finale pour le Piano-Forté. Offenbach-sur-Main: Johann André [n.d.]. 12 pp. Lithographed throughout, [PN] 3586. Scattered foxing, else fine.Vitásek, Jan August. Rondo pour le Piano-Forté. Offenbach-sur-Main: Johann André [n.d.]. 8 pp. Engraved throughout, [PN] 1414. Scattered foxing, else fine.Steibelt, Daniel. Amusement pour les Dames contenant un assortiment de Sonates faciles pour le Piano-Forté. Offenbach-sur-Main: Johann André [n.d.]. 14 pp. Lithographed throughout, [PN] 1581. Scattered foxing, else fine.Gyrowetz, Adalbert. Petits airs & Rondos, à l'usage des Commençans, tirés des Compositions de Mr. A. Gyrowetz, & arrangés pour le Piano-Forte avec Violon ad Libitum par Jean André. Livre 2. Offenbach-sur-Main: Johann André [n.d.]. 16 pp. Engraved throughout, [PN] 1327. Scattered foxing, else fine.Overture and Rondeau. Blank t.p. recto. Captions in upper margin, p. 2: "Adapted as a Harpsichord Lesson" and "Marian," possibly referring to the comic opera Marian, by William Shield (1748–1829) and Frances Brooke (1724–1789) staged in London, Covent Garden, May 22, 1788. Caption in lower margin p. 2: London: Longman & Broderip; the second address of 13 Haymarket given for this instrument maker and publisher gives an earliest terminal date of 1782, and the firm's bankruptcy a latest terminal date of 1795. 8 pp. Engraved throughout, PN absent. Scattered foxing, else fine.Baumgarten, Karl Friedrich. Overture to Robin Hood or Sherwood Forest for the Harpsichord or Piano-Forte. No t.p., n.p., n.d. 8 pp. Engraved throughout, PN absent. Scattered foxing, else fine.Arnold, Samuel. Overture to the Castle of Andalusia. No t.p., n.p., n.d. 8 pp. Engraved throughout, PN absent. Scattered foxing, else fine. The last page is a catalog of harpsichord music "Printed & Sold by J Bland, at his Music Warehouse No. 45, Holborn," an enterprise of John Bland in common with Longman & Broderip; undated, ca. 1790. 8 pp. Engraved throughout, PN absent. Scattered foxing, else fine.Haydn, Joseph. Favorit-Gesaenge aus der Schoepfung. Offenbach-sur-Main: Johann André [n.d.]. 8 pp. Engraved throughout, [PN] 1477. Scattered foxing, else fine. (18431)
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