GYROWETZ, Adalbert 1763-1850

[Op. 2]. Six Quatuors Concertans Pour deux Violons Alto et Basse Dédiés au Célèbre Haydn... 2e. Livre de Quatuors. Prix 2 livres. [Parts]

Paris: Imbault [PN 189], [1789].

Folio. Disbound. Violino primo: 1f. (title), [1] (blank), 2-25, [i] (blank) pp.; Violino secondo: [1] (title), 2-25, [i] (blank) pp.; Viola: [1] (title), 2-4, [i] (blank), 6-8, [i] (blank), 10-16, [i] (blank), 18-25, [i] (blank) pp.; Violoncello: [1] (title), 2-24 pp. Engraved. Publisher's signature to lower right corner of title of Violino primo. With overpaste of Longman & Broderip, London, to title of Violino primo.

Slightly browned; some offsetting and occasional smudging; some leaves closely trimmed at outer margin; Violino primo part crudely trimmed at lower inner corner; Violoncello part very slightly dampstained at upper margin; publisher's signature partially abraided.

First Edition. RISM G5354 (3 copies only in the U.S.).

"A promising young composer, Gyrowetz ... travelled to the principal music centres of Europe: Vienna, Italy, Paris, London, and then back to Vienna. During his first visit to Vienna, in either late 1785 or 1786, he made the acquaintance of Haydn, Dittersdorf, Albrechtsberger and Mozart; he developed a warm relationship with Mozart ... During his last decades he was greatly admired by the younger generation, including Meyerbeer, who even assisted him financially. Gyrowetz served as a pall-bearer at Beethoven's funeral, and encouraged Chopin early in his career." Adrienne Simpson and Roger Hickman in Grove Music Online.

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