HAYDN, Joseph 1732-1809

Haydn's celebrated Symphonies composed for and performed at Mr. Salomon's and The Opera Concerts, adapted for the Piano-forte, with an Accompaniment for a Violin & Violoncello ad libitum No. [I-XII]. [Hoboken I:96, arr.]. [Keyboard part only]

London: Rt. Birchall at his Musical Circulating Library No. 133 New Bond Street, [1804-06].

Folio. half dark red calf with marbled boards, dark red decorative ownership label of the Countess of Gosfoed gilt to upper, titling and rules gilt to spine.

1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (blank), 2-18; 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (blank), 2-13; 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 16; [i] (title), 2-18; 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (blank), 2-13; [i] (title), 2-15; 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 21; [i] (title), 22-41; 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 41-58; 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 59-75; [i], 76-97; [i], 98-115 pp. Engraved.

Binding worn, rubbed, bumped, and scuffed. Minor to moderate foxing and browning. Ex-library, with bookplate of the Morrill Memorial Library in Norwood, Massachusetts, to front pastedown with name of donor crossed out, call number in white ink to spine, and small embossed stamp to upper margin of title. Lacking ad libitum violin and violoncello parts.

In very good condition overall.

Provenance
Possibly from the collection of Millicent Acheson, the Countess of Gosford (ca. 1750-1825), friend of Lady Byron.

A later edition. RISM H4523 (complete series of the 12 London symphonies, with copies at the Naples Conservatory, Italy, and at the Library of Congress [nos. 1-6 only]). WorldCat (copies of the complete series at Boston University and the University of Oxford and copies of nos. 1-6 at the Eastman School of Music and at Cornell University). See Hoboken Coll. Sy. 15b. for details regarding the first edition.

The arrangement is by Johann Peter Salomon (1745-1815).

Item #41316

Price: $350.00  other currencies