KREUTZER, Joseph 1790-1840

[Op. 20]. Trois Quatuors pour deux Violons, Alto & Violoncelle... Op: 20. No. I [II...III] Prix 3 Frs 50 Cs. [Parts]

Bonn: N. Simrock [PN 2587], [ca. 1827].

Folio. Disbound and laid into individual heavy contemporary paper wrappers. Engraved.

No. 1: Violino 1mo: [1] (title), 2-7, [i] (blank) pp.; Violino 2do: [i] (blank), 2-5, [i] (blank) pp.; Viola: [1] (blank), 2-5, [i] (blank) pp.; Violoncello: 3, [i] (blank) pp.

No. 2: Violino 1mo: [i] (title), 8-13, [i] (blank) pp.; Violino 2do: [i] (blank), 6-9, [i] (blank) pp.; Viola: [i] (blank), 6-9, [i] (blank) pp.; Violoncello: [i] (blank), 4-6 pp.

No. 3: Violino 1mo: [i] (title), 14-19, [i] (blank) pp.; Violino 2do: [i] (title), 10-14 pp; Viola: [i] (blank), 10-13 pp.; Violoncello: 7-10 pp.

With overpaste of Veuve L. Hagenaar, Amsterdam; No. "I" extended in manuscript to "II" and "III" to title of respective quartets; measure numbers added in pencil in a modern hand throughout.

Wrappers detached. Slightly worn and foxed; some leaves detached; some spines reinforced.

First Edition. Pazdírek xv, p. 385. WorldCat (2 complete copies only in the U.S., at the Eastman School of Music and Cleveland Public Library).

Joseph Kreutzer is not listed in the standard reference works (including Eitner and Fétis). "Little is known about the life of Joseph Kreutzer. He was born in Aachen... From about 1805 he lived in Düsseldorf... Some sources refer to him as the concertmaster of the theater orchestra. Probably he taught the violin to Norbert Burgmüller... In Düsseldorf some of his works were performed, such as a flute concerto (now lost)... His pleasing if traditional works for guitar remain of interest and have been re-edited and recorded." German Wikipedia.

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