{"product_id":"13399-beethoven-ludwig-van-siebente-grosse-sinfonie-in-a-dur-von-ludwig-von-beethoven-92tes-werk-vollstandige-partitur-full-score","title":"Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827) Siebente Grosse Sinfonie in A dur von Ludwig von Beethoven. 92tes Werk. Vollstandige Partitur. [Full Score]","description":"\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eFirst edition of the Seventh Symphony, \u003c\/span\u003epreceding the parts issue.  \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e224 pages, 4to (c.24.5 x 20 cms), engraved title and dedication leaf to Moritz von Fries, lithographed music, plate no.2560, unpriced on title.  T\u003c\/span\u003ehe prodigy organist William Crotch's signed copy dated August 1827. Later three-quarters morocco gilt, untrimmed. 10 1\/4 x 8 inches (26.2 x 21 cm); with engraved title, dedication and pages 2-224 of lithographed music (p. 1 blank). \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eOld dampstain to gutter causing short split to lower gutter margin and affecting first leaves, small paper replacement to lower right corner of title, p. 39, and final leaf, early London bookseller's stamp to title, spotted throughout, the binding rubbed along joints and extremities\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e[Hoboken 396; Fuld, p.561; Kinsky, p.259; Hirsch IV.346] \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eThis is the first appearance of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony in A major, written between 1811-12, which features an allegretto that was encored on opening night and was performed separately from the symphony on many occasions. Many were enamored of the symphony and Wagner described it as the \"Apotheosis of the Dance.\" This copy with the interesting provenance of William Crotch, who at the time he dated the title page was Principal of the Royal Academy of Music. The modern endpaper of this copy is also signed by the organist A.H. Mann of Kingsfield, Cambridge. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eRare. James Fuld's own copy, now at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, containing \"at least 25 [errors] on the first page alone\", is possibly a proof copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093516898463,"sku":"13399","price":12500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Beethoven_Seventh_Symphony_13399_First_Edition.jpg?v=1722188549","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/13399-beethoven-ludwig-van-siebente-grosse-sinfonie-in-a-dur-von-ludwig-von-beethoven-92tes-werk-vollstandige-partitur-full-score","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}