Chopin, Frédéric. (1810–1849)
Second Concerto Pour le Piano Avec Acct. d'Orchestre Dédié À Madame la Comtesse Delphine Potocka née de Komar... Op. 21 - PIANO SCORE AND COMPLETE ORCHESTRAL PARTS
Very rare set of the First French edition of the piano part and the First Edition complete orchestral parts of Chopin's beloved Concerto in F minor, all contained together in the publisher's original pink wrappers.Paris: Maurice Schlesinger... Leipzig, Breitkopf et Hartel[!]... Londres: Wessel. [1836]. Upright folio. 1f. (title), 35, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. [PN] M.S. 1940. Price: "avec Orchestre 24 f.;" "[avec] Quatuor 18[f].;" "[avec] Piano seul 12 [f]." Scattered foxing throughout, slight damage to edges of one leaf (17/18), else fine. First French edition, second issue. Rare. Grabowski-Rink 21–1a-Sm (locating one copy only). Chomiński-Turło p. 106. Hoboken 4, 262.
[Paris]: [Maurice Schlesinger], [October 1836]. Upright folio. Engraved. [PN] M.S. 1940. No title, subtitle "F. Chopin op. 21 Concerto" printed at upper left of first page of music of all parts. Violino 1mo: 7, [i] (blank) pp; Violino 2do: 7, [i] (blank) pp; Viola: 7, [i] (blank) pp; Violoncello e Basso: 10 pp; Flauto 1: 3, [i] pp; Flauto II: 2 pp; Oboe 1: 2 pp; Oboe II: 2 pp; Clarinetto I in B [=B flat]: 3, [i] (blank) pp; Clarinetto II in B [=B flat]: 2 pp; Fagotto I: 2 pp; Fagotto II: 2 pp; Corno I in F: 2 pp; Corno II in F: 2 pp; Trompa[!] I in B [=B-flat]: 2 pp; Tromba II in B [=B-flat]: 2 pp; Trombone Basso: 2 pp; Timpani: 2 pp. Foxing to Violin 1mo, small tear to margin of Fagotto II, else in fine condition. First Edition. Rare (two copies only located of first issue). Grabowski-Rink 21-1a(Orch)-Sm. ChomińskiTurło p. 106. Not in Hoboken.
Though published second, the Piano Concerto in F minor was actually the first concerto composed by Chopin. After a surprisingly successful impromptu solo debut in Vienna, the nineteen-year-old composer returned home to Warsaw to compose a concerto that he could play on tours in the future. Completed during the fall of 1829, the present work is less sprawling and richer in contrast than the E-minor Concerto, and served Chopin well in his early career. He introduced it publicly in his first Warsaw appearance on March 17, 1830, repeating it five days later at a second, quickly organized concert. It also occupied the place of honor on his Parisian debut program February 26, 1832, winning the appreciation of, among others, the city’s remarkably perceptive critic, François-Joseph Fétis, who wrote: “Here is a young man who, giving way to his natural leanings and taking no model, has found, if not a way of reviving piano music completely, at least some of what has so long been vainly sought, that is to say an abundance of original ideas of which the type is nowhere to be discovered. That is not to say that M. Chopin is gifted with the power of a Beethoven, or that one finds in his music the vitality of conception that is so remarkable in that great man. Beethoven has composed music for the piano, but here I am speaking of music for pianists, and in this realm I find, in the inspirations of M. Chopin, indications of a change of form that may in the future exercise considerable influence on this branch of art.” Franz Liszt was particularly enthusiastic about the second movement, which he found to be “of a perfection almost ideal, its expression now radiant with light, now full of tender pathos.” (21275)
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