Item #26053 Collection of violin duos in early editions. Giovanni Battista VIOTTI.
Collection of violin duos in early editions
Collection of violin duos in early editions

Collection of violin duos in early editions

[ca. 1825].

Folio. Violino 1o part in dark yellow wrappers, Violino 2o in blue wrappers with small label to spine.

Three sets bound together:
[W. IV, 1-6]. Six Duos Concertans Pour deux Violons ... Op. 1er. [Parts]
Paris: Mme. Joly [PN 112], [1825-9]
Violino primo: 27 pp.; Violino secondo: 27 pp. Engraved. Publisher's handstamp to foot of title of Violino primo part. Hole to final three leaves of Violino secondo part.
A later edition. White IV:1-6. Giazotto 1-6. Devriès-Lesure II, p. 241. RISM VV 1966c

[W. IV, 19-24]. Six Duos Concertans Pour deux Violons ... Op: 5. Nouvelle Edition. [Parts]
Paris: Mme. Joly [PNs 142, 148], [1825-29]
Violino 1o: 15, 17 pp. Violino 2o: 15, 17 pp. Engraved. Publisher's handstamp to lower right corner of title of Violino primo part. Quartets numbered continuously through both volumes.
A later edition. White IV:19-24. Giazotto 106-111. Devriès-Lesure II, p. 241. Not in RISM.

[W. IV, 34-36]. Six Sérénades en Duos Concertants Pour deux Violons ... Œuv: 23. 3e Livre. [2] [Parts]
Paris: Janet et Cotelle [PN 856], [after 1824]
Violino 1o: 15 pp.; Violino 2o: 15 pp. Engraved. Imprint gives address as "Rue St. Honoré , No. 123, Hôtel d'Aligre" with engraved addition in different font, "et Rue de Richelieu, No. 92." Publisher's handstamp to foot of title of Violino primo part. Works numbered 1 to 3. Violino 1o part, pp. 13-14, cut to smaller size and guarded.
A reprint of Imbault's 1807 edition. White IV: 34-36. Giazotto 148-150. Devriès-Lesure II, p. 236. Not in RISM.

Early owner's signature "Emmanuel Soleville" to foot of upper wrappers.

Some soiling, dampstaining, stains, and smudging; binder's holes to Violino 2o part; spines mostly lacking; some professional paper repairs.

Uncut copies of all three works.

"Emerging from the Italian violin tradition, Viotti's works became a symbol and model for the French music of his time. The composer succeeded in combining the most virtuosic elements of violin technique with a unique, specifically instrumental cantabile." Massimiliano Sala in MGG2.

Item #26053

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