TAUBERT, Wilhelm 1811-1891

[Op. 19]. Premier Quatuor [in E-flat major] pour le Piano-Forte Violon, Viola et Violoncelle composé et dédié à Monsieur Ch. Müller... Op. 19. Pr. 2 1/2 Thlr. [Parts]

Berlin: Ad. Mt. Schlesinger [PN 1961], [1835].

Folio. Pianoforte part in early blue wrappers with printed label of Allgemeine Musikalien-Leihanstalt C. A. André, Frankfurt, to upper; string parts with blue tape to spine. Piano-Forte: [1] (title), [ii] (blank), 4-29, [i] (blank) pp.; Violino: 8 pp.; Viola: 8 pp.; Violoncello: 8 pp. Engraved.

Inscription in brown ink to lower right corner of upper wrapper: "nach meinem Tode an Herrn Mohr od. dessen Kinder zu geben Amalie Manskopf den 28sten Sept. 1874" and "Amalie [?]Manskopf. 74 an H. Mohr" to lower right corner of title in the same hand. Handstamp to verso of title: "Manskopfsches Museum für Musik- u. Theatergeschichte Frankfurt a. Main."

Numerous cuts indicated in pencil; occasional notational corrections and additional annotations; measure numbers added in pencil in a modern hand throughout.

Slightly worn.

First Edition. Pazdírek 30, p. 41. WorldCat (3 copies, none in the U.S.).

Amalie Manskopf (née Manskopf, 1816-1887), was a member of a wealthy, entrepreneurial family in Frankfurt. She was married to her first cousin Jacob Philipp Nicolaus Manskopf (1807-1892). The "Manskopfsches Museum" was run by another member of the family, Friedrich Nicolas Manskopf (1869-1928), a major collector of music memorabilia. His collection is now housed at the university Library in Frankfurt.

Taubert was a "German conductor, composer and pianist... Mendelssohn and Taubert both studied piano with [Ludwig] Berger, and correspondence between the two survives... Many of [Taubert's] compositions were reviewed in Schumann's Neue Zeitschrift für Musik... Schumann also asked Taubert to contribute to the journal, documented in their surviving correspondence." Stephan D. Lindeman in Grove Music Online.

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