HAYDN, Joseph 1732-1809

[Hob. I:91, 69, 83, 41, 85, 53, 71, 75]. A Compleat Collection of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven's Symphonies, in Score, Most Respectfully Dedicated by Permission to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales No. I [II, IV, V, VI, XXI, XXIII, XXIV] Price to Subscribers ... 5s Non Subscribers ... 8. Rymer & Son Sct. [Full scores]

London: Cianchettini & Sperati, [1807-1809].

4 volumes. Large octavo. Disbound. Engraved throughout.

Contains 8 works, each with identical title excepting work number.

1) Symphony in E-flat major. 1f. (recto title No. [I], verso blank), 42 pp. Hob. I:91. Robbins Landon, p. 744.

2) Symphony in C major "Laudon." 1f. (recto title No. [II.]" verso blank), 39, [i] (blank) pp. Hob. I:69. Robbins Landon, p. 717.

3) Symphony in G minor "La Poule." 1f. (recto title No. [IV], verso blank), 36 pp. Hob. I:83. Robbins Landon, p. 734.

4) Symphony in C major No. 41. 1f. (recto title No. [V], verso blank), 23, [i] (blank) pp. Hob. I:41. Robbins Landon, p. 678.

5) Symphony in B-flat major "La Reine. 1f. (recto title No. [VI], verso blank), 37, [i] (blank) pp. Hob. I:85. Robbins Landon, p. 736.

6) Symphony in D major "L'Impériale." 1f. (recto title No. [XXI], verso blank), 40 pp. First Edition. Hob. I:53. Robbins Landon, p. 696.

7) Symphony in B-flat major. 1f. (recto title No. [XXIII], verso blank), 33, [i] (blank) pp. Hob. I:71. Robbins Landon, p. 719

8) Symphony in D major. 1f. (recto title No. [XXIV], verso blank), 27, [i] (blank) pp. First Edition. Hob. I:75. Robbins Landon, p. 724

Foxing, staining, soiling, and browning to numerous leaves; some small tears and losses to edges; several leaves detached, including titles.

"Although Haydn’s sobriquet ‘father of the symphony’ is not literally true, in a deeper sense it is apt: there is no other genre in Western music for which the output of a single composer is at once so vast in extent (107 works: hI:1-104, 107-8, and one recently identified work, K 1+8, not listed in Hoboken), so historically important and of such high artistic quality." James Webster in Grove Music Online.

Item #40096

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