BACH, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750

Missa à 4 Voci Due Flauti, due Violini, Viola ed Organo ... No. I. Dopo Partitura autografa dell' autore. Prezzo 6 Frs. [BWV 234]. [Full score]

Bonna e Colonia: N. Simrock [PN 1580], 1818.

Folio. Disbound. 1f. (recto lithographic title, verso blank), 3-47 pp. Music engraved. Untrimmed.

With small handstamp "Prag bei Marco Berra" under imprint; manuscript price to lower outer corner of title.

Provenance
Celebrated pianist and collector Alfred Cortot (1877-1962), with his distinctive bookplate and annotations in pencil to verso of title and small monogrammatic handstamp to lower outer corner of title, first page of music, and p. 25.

Slightly worn; occasional browning; minor foxing to margins; small tear to blank outer margin of final leaf; minor abrasions to lower outer portion of title.

First Edition. Schneider, p. 107. Hoboken Collection Vol. 1, 19. RISM B433 and BB433 (one copy only in the U.S.).

"Often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor, the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts." Bärenreiter website.

Item #40393

Price: $2,000.00  other currencies