MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791

Grande Symphonie No. 1 [2, 3, 6] de W. A. Mozart arrangée pour le Piano-Forte par J.N. Hummel ... Pr. 1 fl. 36 Xr. 3 frs. 50 Ct. [KV 504, 550, 551, and 543]

Mayence: chez B. Schott, Fils, Editeurs de Musique de S.A.R. le grand Duc de Hesse [PNs 2128, 2129, 2142, and 2102], [1823-1825].

Oblong folio. Disbound. Engraved throughout.

No. 1 [KV 504]: [i] (title), 2-21, [i] (blank) pp.

Together with:
No. 2 [KV 550]: [i] (title), 2-19, [i] (blank) pp.

Together with:
No. 3 [KV 551]: [i] (title), 2-21, [i] (blank) pp.

Together with:
No. 6 [KV 543] [1823]: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 23, [i] (blank) pp.

Provenance
Noted Viennese collector Professor Josef Zehtgruber (1935-2001), with his distinctive small handstamp to blank upper outer corner of titles.

Spines of Nos 1. and 2 reinforced with small strips of tape; spine of No. 2 reinforced at blank verso of final leaf; occasional minor soiling to blank margins; occasional light browning, foxing, and showthrough.

Scarce.

Arrangements by Mozart's pupil and friend Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), "considered in his time to be one of Europe's greatest composers and perhaps its greatest pianist." Joel Sachs, revised by Mark Kroll in Grove Music Online.

Item #40774

Price: $500.00  other currencies