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Bonn: Simrock [PN 51], 1798. Oblong folio. Modern half dark blue morocco with black textured paper boards, early decorative cut-paper label with manuscript titling inlaid to upper, spine with titling gilt. 1f. (title), [i] (cast list, table of contents, credits of German translation to "Herrn v. Apell... Intendanten des Hoftheaters zu Cassel," and advertisement), 2-183, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. With overpaste to foot of title: "In Frankfurt am Mayn, bey J. C. Gayl. weissadler-Gasse Lit. F. No. 14." Occasional annotations (including accidentals and notational corrections; literals in German) in pencil, especially to pp. 88-89 (no. 14), pointing to a performance transposed to E-flat major (instead of E major). Abrasion affecting first measure of p. 9. Former owner's signature to upper right corner of front endpaper erased, with "S[einem] l[ieben] Karl zu Weihnachten 1912. E." in ink below erasure. Some soiling and offsetting; most leaves with minor dampstaining and, from page 158, with some holes… Read More

Courlay: J.M. Fuzeau, 1997. Softcover. Very Good. Folio. In original publisher's folder. xxxvi textual commentary + parts in autograph musical manuscript facsimile.

Wien: Joseph Huglmann [PN I.H. 3], 1818. Oblong folio. Sewn, with early pink silk ribbon. [i] (title), 2-19, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Without price. Engraver's name printed to lower right corner of last page of music: "Fischer." Former owner's signature to lower right corner of title; "96" in blue ink to upper left corner. Metronome markings in pencil: "[half note] 108" to upper left corner of page 3 (first movement), "[eighth] 76" to p. 9 (second movement), "[dotted half] 80" to upper left corner of p. 13 (third movement), "[quarter] 138" to upper left corner of p. 15 (fourth movement). Together with two notes of bibliographical interest. Moderately foxed; soiled and frayed at edges; occasional staining. An uncut copy. Köchel 6 Anhang B K. 516b, p. 792. Weinmann: Wiener Musikverleger und Musikalienhändler p. 23. RISM M6037. An unusual imprint (listed as "Selbstverlag" by both Köchel and RISM).

[New York]: Oxford University Press, 1976. Oblong folio, 350 x 260 mm. Original publisher's stiff blue printed wrappers. [iv] pp., v-xvi pp. ("Preface" by Charles Ryskamp and "Introduction" by J. Rigbie Turner), 1f., 85 pp. (facsimile), [i] blank pp.

[New York]: Oxford University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio (350 x 260 mm). Original publisher's red cloth. 1f. (title), v-vi (Preface by Charles Ryskamp), vii-x (Introduction by J. Rigbie Turner), xi-xvi pp. facsimile, 1f. (part-title), 84 pp. facsimile of the composer's autograph musical manuscript. In original publisher's slip case. Very slightly worn.

Berlin: J. Wagenführ's Buch= und Musikalienhandlung [PN 1], 1827. Oblong folio. Disbound. [i] (title), 2-11, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Occasional fingerings (Continental style) added in pencil; large cross in pencil to head of p. 9. Moderately foxed; several leaves detached; some edge tears with some loss to blank areas; several somewhat crude paper repairs. First issue of this edition. Not recorded in WorldCat or any other standard bibliography. Marx: Berliner Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung 4, issue 28 (July 11, 1827), p. 223 (without price). Whistling: Handbuch der musikalischen Literatur, p. 571 (price of "12 Gr.," the equivalent of 1/2 Reichsthaler). A mention in the Zweiter Ergänzungsband, die vom Januar 1829 bis zum Ende des Jahre 1833 erschienenen oder neu aufgelegten musikalischen Werke enthaltend, p. 127 (price of "8 Gr.") suggests the existence of a second issue. This little-known Berlin music publisher's first publication.

Lipsia: Breitkopf e Härtel [PN 2677], 1815. Oblong folio. Original publisher's printed wrappers. 1f. (title in Italian with engraved vignette of a scene from the final act of the opera), [i] (secondary title in German), 2 (cast list and table of contents), 3-184 pp. Lithographed. Text in Italian and German. With the handstamp "Ex Muscaliis Frics Eibe... " to blank outer margin of title. Wrappers somewhat worn; spine split. Slightly worn and creased; foxed; staining to blank outer margins of some leaves; last two signatures detached. The Prague version, without recitatives. Third issue of the Italian-German edition by Breitkopf. Köchel, p. 598. Cf. Hoboken 347 (which lacks first Italian title). RISM M4514. First performed on October 29, 1797 in Prague, "[Don Giovanni] was the second operatic collaboration of Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, who, some fifteen months earlier, had had a great success with their Le nozze di Figaro. Their third and last opera together was to be Così fan… Read More

Wien: im Verlage der k.k. priv. chemy Druckerey [PN 9], 1803. Oblong folio. Unbound. [i] (title), 2-9, [i] (blank) pp. Lithographed. Price blank. With printed note to foot of title: "2 1/2 bög[en]" (2 1/2 bifolia). Annotations and corrections to notation in pencil. Moderately foxed, soiled, and frayed at outer edge; repair to title leaf; spine reinforced with paper tape. Köchel 6, p. 527. Hirsch IV, 142 (dated ca. 1806 and with different title and imprint in French). RISM M4546 (one copy only, in Jena, Germany). Rare. A lithographic incunable. Not in Twyman.

Lipsia: C.F. Peters [PN 1], 1814. Folio. Violino I part sewn into 19th century marbled wrappers with decorative cut paper label to upper titled in manuscript, other parts laid in. Violino I: [1] (title), 2-3, [i] (blank) Violino II: [1] (blank), 2-3, [i] (blank) Viola: [1] (blank), 2-3, [i] (blank) Violoncello: [1] (blank), 2-3, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout. Wrappers slightly worn with tab numbered "53" to outer margin. Minor wear and soiling; light dampstaining and foxing to upper margin; small circular decorative publisher's stamp to lower inner margin of title; handstamp of "Stefan Meangya" to upper blank margin of each part. A re-issue of the Hoffmeister & Kühnel edition of 1801. Köchel 6, p. 546. An arrangement of the Fugue in C for two pianos, K426.

Vienne: Artaria et Comp. [PN 1790], 1806. Oblong folio. Modern plain brown wrappers. [i] (title with text within oval border), 2-19, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Publisher's numbers "1623" and "1790" to lower left corner of title; printed note "Proprieté de l'editeur" above imprint; the words "tirée d'un Quintetto" below the line "tirée d'une Simphonie" erased. With plate numbers added to all pages. Accidental added in pencil to last measure of p. 5. Slightly soiled; some minor dampstaining to upper inner corners; minor paper imperfections; paper reinforcement to inner margins of outer leaves and spine. Köchel 6 Anhang B p. 799. Weinmann p. 87 (with a price of 2 fl.). RISM M5623 (one copy, in the Wienbibliothek). Rare. The number 1623 is that of Gelinek's arrangement of Mozart's string quintet K614, published in 1803; the number 1790 applies to the present arrangement.

Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 3991], 1824. Folio. Unbound as issued. Piano: [1] (lithographic title), [2] (blank), 3-15 pp. Violin: 6 pp. Viola: 5 pp. Violoncello: 5 pp. Uncut. Music engraved. Slightly worn, soiled, and browned; edges dusty; slight loss to head of spine; "1819" in blue pencil to upper inner corner of title. First Edition of this arrangement of the string quintet K593. Rare. Köchel 6, Anhang B, p. 593. RISM M6060. Johann Heinrich Clasing (1779-1829) was a composer and pianist in Hamburg. He was a student of Schwencker and was active in promoting the works of Handel. See Eitner II, p. 459.

Leipzig: In Commission der Breitkopfischen Musikhandlung, 1794. Two volumes bound in one. Oblong quarto. Contemporary mid-tan leather-backed paper-covered boards with red leather title label within decorative border gilt to upper. Music typeset. Text in German. Complete as issued in 37 separately-paginated parts numbered 1-34 plus one misnumbered ("29" used twice) plus the overture and a march, both unnumbered, bound non-sequentially, as follows: ERSTES HEFTE Ouverture, Aus der Zauberflöte des Herrn Mozart. 8 pp. No. 2: Aria. Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja. 2 pp. No. 3: Aria: Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schön. 4 pp. No. 4: Recitativ. O zittre nicht. 5 pp. No. 6: Terzett. Du seines Täubchen nur herein. 6 pp. No. 7: Duett. Bey Männern welche. 4 pp. No. 8: Terzett. Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn. 4 pp. No. 10: Aria. Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton. 4 pp. No. 11: Glockenspiel. Das klinget so herrlich. Duett. 3 pp. Marsch während dem Zug im Weisheitstempel. 2 pp. No. 15: Aria. O Isis… Read More

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 3610], 1824. Oblong folio. Contemporary paper boards. 1f. (title), 88 pp. Lithographed. With label of the late 19th century lending library of Fritz Möller of Hamburg, Germany to upper board and advertising to front pastedown. Binding worn and rubbed; partially detached; spine chipped; joints split; endpapers lacking. Moderately foxed throughout; title browned. Köchel 8, p. 720. Hirsch IV, 1227. RISM M5105. La Clemenza di Tito, an opera seria in two acts to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio adapted by Caterino Mazzolà, was first performed in Prague at the National Theatre on September 6, 1791, approximately 3 months before Mozart died on December 5, 1791. He had arrived in Prague on August 28 and, despite his illness, finished work on the opera on the eve of the performance. "Although mostly composed after Die Zauberflöte, La clemenza di Tito was performed first... The reception was modest until a triumphant last night was reported to Mozart (who had left… Read More

Vienna: Artaria e Comp. [PN 546], 1795. Oblong folio. Unbound. [i] (title), 2-3, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Signature "Dissauer" in ink to lower right corner of title. Dynamics added in pencil. Slightly worn, soiled and stained; edges slightly frayed; repair to inner margin. Köchel 6, p. 720. Hoboken 12, 580. Hirsch IV, 216. Weinmann, Artaria, p. 39. RISM M5156. Rare. This publication belongs to the series of individual numbers of La Clemenza published by Artaria in 1795, pre-dating the Breitkopf & Härtel first edition. The overture and the present number were advertised on June 23, 1795, while the Breitkopf edition was advertised in Easter, thus establishing precedent. Haberkamp p. 379.

Firenze: G. Lorenzi e Figlio [PN 3174], 1845. Folio. Unbound, as issued. 22 pp. Engraved. Price at upper right of first page "Fr. 4.50;" series numbering at lower left "VOLUME III. Fas. 1." From the collection of Italian conductor, vocal coach, and close associate of Puccini and Mascagni, Luigi Ricci (1893-1981); previously in the collection of Italian composer Francesco Maria Albini (1829-1917), with his signature and inventory number to foot of first page. Slightly worn; light foxing and soiling to outer leaves. Köchel Anhang B to 336 a (345). Gaspari II, p. 468. From the incidental music to the drama Thamos, K. 345.

Firenze: Giuseppe Lorenzi e Figlio [PN 3170], 1840. Folio. Unbound, as issued. 16, [ii] (blank) pp. Engraved. Price at upper right of first page "Fr. 4._" From the collection of Italian conductor, vocal coach, and close associate of Puccini and Mascagni, Luigi Ricci (1893-1981); previously in the collection of Italian composer Francesco Maria Albini (1829-1917), with his signature and inventory number to foot of first page. Slightly worn; light foxing. Köchel Anhang B to 336a (345). Gaspari II, p. 468. From the incidental music to the drama Thamos, K. 345.

Leipsic: Breitkopf et Härtel [without PN], 1803. Oblong folio. Original publisher's light green wrappers with titling within decorative border to upper, publisher's device to lower. [1] (title), 2-74 pp. Typeset. Text in Latin and German. Wrappers slightly worn and faded; upper mostly detached; small oval stamps of G. Schirmer in New York. Moderately browned; occasional foxing; edges of some leaves frayed, soiled, creased, and chipped; publisher's stamps to foot of title. First Edition. Haberkamp I, p. 111. Köchel 6, p. 268. Hoboken 12, 718. Hirsch IV, 988. RISM M7369. Part of Breitkopf & Härtel's early "complete" edition. The "Credo" mass in C major is " ... remarkable for the songlike, almost popular character of its melodies and a warmth and geniality of expression which had not previously been much in evidence in Mozart's church composition." Zaslaw and Cowdery p. 12.

Bonn: N. Simrock [PN 523], 1807. Folio. Unbound, as issued. 1f. (recto title, verso blank) to each Liv[raison]. Engraved throughout. Uncut. Liv. I (Acts 1 and 2): Violino 1mo: [1] (blank), 2-26 pp. Violino 2da: [1] (blank), 2-26 pp. Viola 1ma: [1] (blank), 23, [i] (blank) pp. Viola 2da: 19, [i] (blank) pp. Basso & Violoncelle: 19, [i] (blank) pp. Liv. II (Act 3): Violino 1mo: 27-41, [i] (blank) pp. Violino 2da: 27-43, [i] (blank) pp. Viola 1ma: [1] (blank), 24-41, [i] (blank) pp. Viola 2da: [1] (blank), 20-35, [i] (blank) pp. Basso & Violoncelle: [1] (blank), 20-33, [i] (blank) pp. Some wear, browning, and soiling, heavier to some leaves; occasional offsetting; edges dusty; pinhole to upper inner margins. First Edition of this arrangement of the complete opera. Köchel 6, Anhang B to 366. RISM M and MM4225 (no copies in the U.S.). Idomeneo, a "dramma per musica" in three acts to a libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco after Antoine Danchet's Idomenée, was first performed in Munich at… Read More

Wien: Tobias Haslinger [PN T.H. 2893], 1826. Oblong folio. Plain modern dark brown cloth-backed tan wrappers. 1f. (recto illustrated title, verso blank), 91, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout. Wrappers slightly worn and soiled; corners chipped; a few very small tears. Minor internal wear and soiling; inner margin of title with remnants of earlier binding. A very good, clean copy overall. First Edition, later issue. Die Entführung aus dem Serail, a Singspiel in three acts to a libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, was first performed in Vienna at the Burgtheater on 16 July 1782. "The most important composition of this period [1780-1783] ... was Die Entführung aus dem Serail, the libretto of which was given to Mozart at the end of July 1781. Originally planned for September, the première was postponed until the following summer (Mozart had completed the first act in August 1781). The opera was a great success: Gluck requested an extra… Read More

Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock [PN B. & B. 2920], 1855. Folio. Blue cloth-backed marbled boards. 1f. (recto title within decorative border incorporating musical instruments and names of composers, verso blank), [1] (cast and contents), 2-104 pp. Music engraved. With publisher's small circular blindstamp to blank lower margin of title; signature of S.A.E. Hagen to upper outer corner of free front endpaper and title. Some browning, heavier to some leaves; light to moderate foxing throughout. Die Entführung aus dem Serail, a Singspiel in three acts to a libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, was first performed in Vienna at the Burgtheater on 16 July 1782. "The most important composition of this period [1780-1783] ... was Die Entführung aus dem Serail, the libretto of which was given to Mozart at the end of July 1781. Originally planned for September, the première was postponed until the following summer (Mozart had completed the first act in August… Read More