GYROWETZ, Adalbert 1763-1850

Six Quatuors pour deux Violons Alto & Basse Composés Par Mr. A. Girowetz Eléve de Mr. Haydn Œuvre 1er. Prix 9₶. [Set of parts]

Paris: Chez Imbault, Rue S. Honoré près l'Hôtel d'Aligre, au Mont d'Or No. 627 [PN 156], [1788].

Folio. Sewn. Engraved. Untrimmed.

Violino primo: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (blank), 2-24 pp.
Violino secondo: [i] (title), 2-20 pp.
Viola: [i] (title), 2-19, [i] (blank) pp.
Violoncello: [i] (title), 2-18 pp.

With publisher's signature to foot of title of Violino primo part.

Slightly worn; uniform moderate browning; edges dusty and frayed; minor to moderate foxing and occasional small stains to blank margins.

Quite a nice copy overall, untrimmed.

First Edition. Lesure p. 273. BUC p. 412. RISM G5346 and GG5346 (no copies in the U.S.).

Gyrowetz was a Bohemian composer and conductor. "His father, a choirmaster, taught him singing and the violin and he later studied the organ and thoroughbass with Haparnorsky, a church organist and composer. His earliest compositions include serenades, sacred works and string quartets. ... A promising young composer, Gyrowetz left the region and travelled to the principal music centres of Europe: Vienna, Italy, Paris, London, and then back to Vienna. During his first visit to Vienna, in either late 1785 or 1786, he made the acquaintance of Haydn, Dittersdorf, Albrechtsberger and Mozart; he developed a warm relationship with Mozart, who performed one of his symphonies at a subscription concert. In the service of Prince Ruspoli he travelled to Italy, where he met Nardini in Florence and Goethe in Rome. He composed six string quartets which, without his knowledge, were published in Paris by Imbault as his op. 1." Adrienne Simpson, revised by Roger Hickman in Grove Music Online.

Item #40752

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