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ABEL, Carl Friedrich, 1723-1787

[Symphonies, op.10] Six Symphonies, op.10.
Huntingdon, [1992]. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1773 parts. Scored for vln I, II, vla, vlc, db, ob I, II, bsn, hn I, II, kbd. Wrappers. $68 [item no.7059]

ALBINONI, Tommaso, 1671-1750

[Concerti, vln, strgs, bc, op.5] 12 concerti a 5, op.5.
Huntingdon, [1990]. 4º, partbooks, c.110 pp. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1709 edition. Scored for vln conc, vln I-II, vla I-II, vc, & bc. Wrappers. $68 [item no.7013]

[Concerti, vln, strgs, bc, op.7] 12 concerti a 5, op.7.
Huntingdon, [1990]. 4º, partbooks, c.120 pp. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1715 edition. Scored for vln conc, vln I-II, vla, vc, ob I-II, & bc. Wrappers. $79 [item no.7014]

[Concerti à 5, vln, strgs. 2 ob, bc, op.9] Concerti à cinque con violini, oboe, violetta, violoncello, e basso continuo. Opera nona.
Huntingdon, [1990]. 4º, 11 partbooks, c.225 pp. Line-cut of the Amsterdam, 1722 edition. Scored for vln solo, vln I-II, vla, vc, ob I-II, & bc. Wrappers. $95 [item no.7015]

[Sinfonie e concerti, vln, strgs, bc. op.2] Sinfonie e concerti a cinque. due violini, alto, tenore, violoncello e basse. Opera seconda.
Huntingdon, [1990]. 4º, 7 partbooks, c.155 pp. Xerographic reprint of the Amsterdam, 1702 edition. Scored for vln conc, vln I-II, vla I-II, vc, & bc. Wrappers. $69 [item no.7012]

ARNE, Thomas A., 1710-1778

[Favourite Concertos, kbd, orch] 6 Favourite Concertos.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, c.1787 edition. Scored for keyboard, 2 vln, vla, vc, db, 2 ob, [bsn], 2 hn, 2 tpt, kbd. Wrappers. $77 [item no.8293]

[Overtures, orch] Eight Overtures.
Huntingdon, [1990]. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1751 edition. Scored for 2 vln, vla, vc, db, 2 ob/fl, bsn, kbd, (2 hrn in3-5; tpt & timp in 7; fl replace ob in slow movts. of 1 & 5. Wrappers. $78 [item no.8277]

AVISON, Charles, 1709-1770

[Concerti, strgs, bc, op.3] 6 Concertos in Seven Parts for Four Violins, One Alto Viola, a Violoncello, and a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord with General Rules for Playing Instrumental Compositions in Parts, but More Especially Calculated for the Use of this Work. Opera terza.
Huntingdon, c.1990. 4º, 9 partbooks, c.135 pp. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1751 edition. Arranged for solo vln I, II, vlc, kbd; ripieno vln I, II, vla, vlc, & bass. Wrappers. $79 [item no.8242]

[Concerti, after Scarlatti, arr.] 12 Concerto’s in Seven Parts for Four Violins, One Alto Viola, a Violoncello, & a Thorough Bass, Done from Two Books of Lessons for the Harpsichord Composed by Sigr. Domenico Scarlatti with Additional Slow Movements from Manuscript Solo Pieces.
Huntingdon, c.1990. 4º, 9 partbooks, 175 pp. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1744 edition. Arranged for solo vln I, II, vlc, kbd; ripieno vln I, II, vla, vlc, db. Wrappers. $95 [item no.7112]

[Concerti, after Scarlatti, arr.] 12 Concertos in Seven Parts Arranged from Harpsichord Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti.
Offenburg 2007. 4º, 9 partbooks, 175 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1744 edition. Arranged for solo vln I, II, vlc, kbd; ripieno vln I, II, vla, vlc, db. Wrappers. $146 [item no.8999]

[Concerti, after Scarlatti, arr.] 12 Concerto’s in Seven Parts for Four Violins, One Alto Viola, a Violoncello, & a Thorough Bass.
Huntingdon, 2000. 4º, c.132 pp. Newly edited score to Concertos 3, 6, 9, 10, 11 & 12. Wrappers. $60 [item no.8243]

BACH, Johann Christian, 1735-1782

[Overtures, orch, 1763] Six Favourite Overtures.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1763 edition. Overtures to Orione, La Calamità, Artaserse, Il tutore e la pupilla, La Cascina, Aastarto. Scored for 2 vln, vla, vc, db, 2 ob/fl, bsn, 2 hn, kbd; flutes in slow movt. of nos. 1 & 3. Wrappers. $75 [item no.8278]

[Overtures, orch, op.3] Six Overtures, op.3.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1765 edition. Scored for 2 vln, vla, vc, db, 2 ob, bsn, 2 hn, kbd; flutes in slow movt. of no.3. Wrappers. $75 [item no.8279]

[Overtures, orch, op.18] 6 Overtures. . . op.18.
Huntingdon, [1992]. 4º, 23 partbooks. Xerographic reprint of the London, c.1782 edition. Partbooks: 2 ob/fl, 2 bsn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db, kbd, plus second orchestra for nos.1, 3 & 5: 2 fl, vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db, kbd. Wrappers. $105 [item no.4864]

BACH, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

[Cantata 14] Originalstimmensatz der Kantate “Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit”. [Deutsche Staatsbibl. Berlin, mus. ms. autogr. Bach St. 398].
Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, 2. Leipzig, 2/ 1971. 22 x 36 cm, i, 37 pp. Handsome 2-color collotype of the instrumental and vocal parts in their original format. Scored for hn, 2-ob, 2-vln, va, bc, and SATB chorus. Afterword by Werner Neumann. Folder in linen and decorative paper. $45 [item no.4232]

[Cantata 22] Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe (BWV 22). Faksimile nach dem Partiturautograph der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek Berlin mit einem Kommentar von Hans-Joachim Schulze. [Mus. ms. Bach P. 119].
Leipzig, 1988. 25 x 37 cm, vi, 20 pp. Halftone of the autograph score in its original loose bifolio format. Bach performed this cantata on February 7, 1723 on the occasion of his application for the cantorship at St. Thomas. Belongs to the composer’s chamber music style, developed during his time as director of the court orchestra of Anhalt-Köthen. Scored for solo ATB, SATB chorus, oboes, strings & continuo. Introduction in Ger. Portfolio in linen. $68 (more info... ) [item no.1748]

[Cantata 29] Wir danken Dir, Gott, wir danken dir (BWV 29). Ratswahlkantate. Faksimile nach dem Partiturautograph der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek Berlin, mit einem Kommentar von Hans-Joachim Schulze. [Mus. ms. aut. Bach P. 166].
Stuttgart, 1985. 25 x 37 cm, 7, 26 pp. 3-color halftone in original loose sheet format; includes a separate leaf with the text of the cantata as used in the Church of St. Nicolai. Blue linen folder. $65 [item no.29]

[Cantata 51] Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (BWV 51). Faksimile nach dem Partiturautograph der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek Berlin mit einem Kommentar von Hans-Joachim Schulze. [Mus. ms. autogr. Bach P. 104].
Leipzig/Stuttgart, 1988. 23 x 37 cm, vi, 20 pp. Halftone of the autograph score in the original bifolio format. Scored for solo soprano, trumpet, strings & continuo. The chorale (no. 4) is especially nice in the way the chorale tune is introduced by a violin duet. Introduction in Ger. Linen folder. $83 (more info... ) [item no.3465]

[Cantata 61] Kantate Nr.61 “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” BWV 61. Faksimile der Originalpartitur mit einem Vorwort herausgegeben von Peter Wollny.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 3. Laaber, 2000. 21 x 33 cm, xvi, 12 pp. Halftone of the autograph score. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $89 (more info... ) [item no.7719]

[Cantata 71] Gott ist mein König. Mühlhäuser Ratswechselkantate 1708, BWV 71. Faksimile der autographen Partitur herausgegeben von Werner Neumann.
Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, 9. Leipzig, 1970. 20 x 33 cm, 7, 24 pp. Fine monochrome collotype. Foreword in Ger-Eng by Werner Neumann. Coverboards in decorative paper. $45 [item no.3905]

[Cantata 71] Gott ist mein König. Mühlhäuser Ratswechselkantate 1708, BWV 71. Faksimile der autographen Partitur herausgegeben von Werner Neumann.
Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, 9. Leipzig, 2/ 1980. 20 x 33 cm, 7, 24 pp. Fine monochrome collotype. Foreword in Ger-Eng by Werner Neumann. Coverboards in decorative paper. $15 [item no.31]

[Cantata 79] Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (BWV 79). Faksimile nach dem Partiturautograph der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek Berlin mit einem Kommentar von Hans-Joachim Schulze. [Mus. ms. Bach P. 89].
Leipzig, 1988. 23 x 37 cm, v, 28 pp. Halftone of the autograph in its original loose bifolio format. Scored for solo SAB, SATB chorus, flutes, oboes, horns, timpani, strings & continuo. The beginning chorale and aria of this cantata served as the model for the Gloria chorale and duet “Domine Deus” of the Mass in G major (BWV 236); the aria “Gott ist unser Sonn’ und Schild” appears again as “Quoniam tu solus” in the Mass in A major (BWV 234). Introduction in Ger. Portfolio in blue linen. $68 (more info... ) [item no.1746]

[Cantata 105] Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht (BWV 105). Faksimile nach dem Partiturautograph der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek Berlin mit einem Nachwort von Robert L. Marshall.
Leipzig, 1984. 23 x 37 cm, x, 24 pp. Halftone of the 1723 autograph score in the original loose gathering format. Scored for solo SATB, SATB chorus, horn, oboes, strings & continuo. Commentary in Ger-Eng. Handsome portfolio in blue linen. $65 (more info... ) [item no.2009]

[Cantata 110] Unser Mund sei voll Lachens. Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (BWV 110). Faksimile nach dem Partiturautograph der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek Berlin mit einem Vorwort von Hans-Joachim Schulze. [Mus. ms. Bach P. 115].
Leipzig, 1990. 23 x 37 cm, xi, 40 pp. Collotype of the autograph score. Composed in December 1725 for the first Christmas day feast. Scored for solo SATB, SATB chorus, 2 fl, 3 ob, ob d’amore, ob da caccia, bsn, 3 tpt, timp, strs, org & bc. The introductory movement is based on the Overture in D major (BWV 1069). The reworking of the middle part is considered one of the best examples of Bach’s recasting skills. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Portfolio in green linen. $74 (more info... ) [item no.3172]

[Cantata 205] Zerreißt, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft. “Der zufrieden-gestellte Aeolus”. Drama per Music BWV 205. [Deutsche Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Ms. ms. Bach P. 173].
Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, 13. Leipzig, 1/ 1978. 21 x 34 cm, 10, 88 pp. 2-color halftone of the autograph score. Instrumentation: solo SATB, SATB chorus, 3-tpt, timp, 2-hrn, 2-fl, 2-ob, strgs & cont. Edited, with a foreword in Ger-Eng by Werner Neumann. Includes reprint of the Picander’s text from the 1732 edition. Coverboards in decorative paper. $43 [item no.35]

[Cantata 210] O holder Tag, Erwünschte Zeit. Hochzeitskantate BWV 210. Faksimile des autographen Particells herausgegeben von Werner Neumann.
Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, 8. Leipzig, 2/ 1980. 21 x 34 cm, 7, 24 pp. Halftone of the autograph particell. Scored for solo soprano, flute, oboe d’amore, strings & continuo. Foreword in Ger. Coverboards in decorative paper. $27 [item no.36]

[Cantata 211] Kaffeekantate. [“Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht”]. Facsimile Reproduction of the Original Manuscript. Original: Preussische Staatsbibliothek Berlin. [Deutsche Staatsbibl. Berlin, mus. ms. autogr. P. 141].
Philarmonia-Faksimiledrucke, 1. Vienna, 1923. 25 x 39 cm, 23 pp. Beautiful collotype of the autograph score written for solo STB, chorus, fl, strgs, cemb & basso cont. This work initiated the second of Universal’s facsimile series carried out in the 1920s. Coverboards in paper. Rare. $135 [item no.2011]

[Cantata 211] Kaffeekantate. [“Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht”]. Facsimile Reproduction of the Original Manuscript. Original: Preussische Staatsbibliothek Berlin. [Deutsche Staatsbibl. Berlin, mus. ms. autogr. P. 141].
Philarmonia-Faksimiledrucke, 1. Vienna, 1923. 25 x 39 cm, 23 pp.∂ Beautiful collotype of the autograph score written for solo STB, chorus, fl, strgs, cemb & basso cont. This work initiated the second of Universal’s facsimile series carried out in the 1920s. Deluxe binding in textured paper. Rare. $200 [item no.381]

[Cantata 211] Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht. Kaffeekantate BWV 211. [Deutsche Staatbibl. Berlin, mus. ms. aut. Bach P. 141].
Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, 10. Leipzig, 1971. 23 x 36 cm, 10, 26 pp. Collotype. Introduction in Ger-Eng by Werner Neumann. Linen spine with coverboards in decorative paper. $75 [item no.4462]

[Cantata 211] Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht. Kaffeekantate BWV 211. [Deutsche Staatbibl. Berlin, mus. ms. aut. Bach P. 141].
Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, 10. Leipzig, 2/ 1980. 23 x 36 cm, 10, 26 pp. Collotype. Introduction in Ger-Eng by Werner Neumann. Coverboards in decorative paper. $55 [item no.4234]

[Cantata 211] Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht. Kaffeekantate BWV 211. [Deutsche Staatbibl. Berlin, mus. ms. aut. Bach P. 141].
Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, 10. Leipzig, 3/ 1987. 23 x 36 cm, 10, 26 pp. Collotype. Introduction in Ger-Eng by Werner Neumann. Coverboards in decorative paper. $40 [item no.37]

[Mass, b minor, BWV 232] Messe in h-moll BWV 232. Mit Sanctus in D-Dur (1724) BWV 232(iii). Autograph Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Kommentar von Christoph Wolff. Bärenreiter Facsimile.
Documenta Musicologica, II/35 (= Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, Neue Folge, [2]). Kassel, 2007. 24 x 35 cm, viii. 216, xxxvii, 7 pp. New color facsimile of the autograph score based on newly commissioned photographs. Limited bibliophile edition of 500 numbered copies. Afterword in Eng-Ger-Jap. Handsome binding with linen spine and boards in decorative paper. (few copies remaining) $565 (more info... ) [item no.8757]

[Mass, b minor, BWV 232] Messe in h-moll BWV 232. Mit Sanctus in D-Dur (1724) BWV 232(iii). Autograph Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Kommentar von Christoph Wolff.
Kassel, 2011. 24 x 35 cm, viii. 216, xxxvii, 7 pp. New color facsimile of the autograph score based on newly commissioned photographs. Afterword in Eng-Ger-Jap. Brown linen boards. $465 (more info... ) [item no.9222]

Mass A major, BWV 234. Facsimile of the Autographic Score and Continuo-Part. Introduction by Oswald Bill and Klaus Häfner. [Ms. Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibl. Darmstadt].
Wiesbaden, 1985. 22 x 36 cm, 22, 36 pp. Fine 4-color collotype. Scored for solo SAB, SATB chorus, 2 fl, strgs & bc. The manuscript appears to have passed into the possession of Breitkopf & Härtel shortly after Bach’s death. Linen. New reduced price. $29 [item no.44]

Messe A-Dur BWV 234. Faksimile-Ausgabe der autographen Partitur und Continuo. Einführung von Oswald Bill und Klaus Häfner. [Ms. Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibl. Darmstadt].
Wiesbaden, 1985. 22 x 36 cm, 22, 36 pp. (Same as above, but German language edition). New reduced price. $29 [item no.2344]

[Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248] Christmas Oratorium BWV 248. Facsimile Reproduction of the Autograph with a Commentary Edited by Alfred Dürr. [Staatsbibl. Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, mus. ms. aut. Bach P. 32].
Documenta Musicologica, II/13. Kassel, 2/ 1984. 23 x 38 cm, 148 facs, xii pp. (Rpt. of Casel, 1960 edition). 2-color collotype. Afterword in Ger-Eng. Coverboards in beautiful off-white paper with title embossed on blue leather label. Slipcase. $144 [item no.3948]

[Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, libretto] Oratorium, welches die heilige Weyhnacht über in beiden Haupt-Kirchen zu Leipzig musiciret wurde. Anno 1734.
Stuttgart, 30 pp. Facsimile of the 1734 libretto. $10 [item no.9258]

[Brandenburg Concerti, BWV 1046-1051] Brandenburgische Konzerte. Faksimile des Autographen. Faksimileausgabe nach dem Autograph Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußische Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung, Am.B.78.
Leipzig, 4/ 1996. Oblong, 33 x 26 cm, 170 pp. Reprint of one of the earlier (undisclosed) facsimiles of Edition Peters. Brown linen. $285 (more info... ) [item no.7619]

[Concerto, 2 violins, strg orch, bc, BWV 1043] Concerto à 6. Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, Strings and Continuo BWV 1043. Facsimile Edition of the Original Performing Parts with an Introduction by Christoph Wolff. Published in Honor of Isaac Stern on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday on July 21, 1990. [Bibl. Jagiellońska, Krakow].
New York, 1990. 28 x 41 cm, 3 parts: xiv, 15 pp. Beautiful 2-color halftone of the autograph “solo” parts (vln I, vln II & cembalo), Mus. ms. Bach St 148, formerly in the possession of the Preußische Staatsbibliothek in Berlin (the “tutti” non-autograph parts of the concerto are not reproduced in this edition). The continuo part is in the hand of C.P.E. Bach and an unknown Leipzig copyist. Reveals a number of instructive details including clearly marked cues for the solo and tutti sections, and interesting dynamic and articulation markings. Portfolio in heavy textured paper, with pocket for music. Edition of 1100 copies printed by Stinehour Press in Vermont. (special sale price, formerly $85). $30 (more info... ) [item no.3922]

Kobayashi, Yoshitake & Kirsten Beisswenger. Die Kopisten Johann Sebastian Bachs. Katalog und Dokumentation von Yoshitake Kobayashi und Kirsten Beisswenger. [I] Texband; [2] Abbildungen.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, IX/3. Kassel, 2007. 26 x 33 cm, 2 vols, xxiv, 243; vii, 379 pp. A careful and detailed study and catalog of all the copyists of J.S. Bach’s, together with a volume devoted to halftone reproductions that includes altogether 259 MS examples. An indispensable resource for Bach manuscript study. Linen. $575 [item no.8973]

BARTÓK, Béla, 1881-1945

Black Pocket-Book. Sketches 1907-1922. Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript with a Commentary by László Somfai.
Budapest, 1987. Oblong, 18 x 15 cm, 74 facs, 34 pp. Beautiful 2-color halftone. Afterword in Hung-Eng-Ger. Sketches for numerous major works, including the Violin Concerto, Two Elegies, String Quartet No. 2, Bluebeard’s Castle, Miraculous Mandarin, Wooden Prince, Sonatas 1 & 2 for Violin and Piano. Hardbound. (more info... ) [item no.1921]

[Concerto, viola, orch, draft] Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. Facsimile of the Autograph Draft, with an Introduction by Laszlo Somfai. Preface by Peter Bartók. New Fair Copy of the Autograph by Nelson Dellamaggiore.
Homosassa, 1995. 28 x 40 cm, 16 facs, 80 pp. Full-color facsimile of the composing (short) score written in 1944 in New York (and Saranac Lake), which, along with the Third Piano Concerto, is the composer’s last work. The concerto, a commission of the violist William Primrose, although “complete”, was not scored by Bartók (the composer referred to its orchestration as “mechanical work”), and surely many details and modifications would have occurred when he transferred the composition onto the final score paper. That task was later completed by Tibor Serly. With this facsimile we can finally answer the question, how much is Bartók, and what details come from Serly. With preface by Peter Bartók and commentary provided in Eng-Hung-Ger-Jap-Sp. Hardbound in black, with gold lettering. Special OMI price (reg. $100). $80 (more info... ) [item no.4417]

Dance Suite for Orchestra. Reprint of the Original Manuscript (Budapest Historical Museum). Edited by Ferenc Bónis.
Budapest, 1998. 26 x 34 cm, 2 vols, 66 facs, 48 pp. 3-color halftone of the autograph full score fair copy, completed Aug. 19, 1923. The work was written on commission to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the union of Buda and Pest. The composer does not make use of real peasant melodies but rather invents folk songs as a unifying device; the Dance Suite represents the first time in which this principle was used for an entire symphonic cycle. The commentary volume explores the cultural millieu of Budapest in the twenties, the work’s genesis, compositional sources, and reproduces 7 B/W plates of other autograph material. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering (commentary booklet in wrappers). Colorful portfolio with pasted title. $118 (more info... ) [item no.7629]

[Mozart piano cadenzas] W.A. Mozart. Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in Eb. K.365. Cadenzas by Béla Bartók. Fair Copy and facsimile of the Manuscript.
Homosassa, 2000. 4º, iv, 8, 4 pp. Line-cut of the autograph prepared for performances by himself and his wife Ditta Pásztory, and before Mozart’s own cadences were rediscovered. Introduction by Ferenc Bónis and afterword by Peter Bartók. Wrappers. $12 [item no.7768]

[Music for Strings, Percussion & Celeste] Musik für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug und Celesta. Faksimile des Partiturautographs und der Skizzen. Herausgegeben von Felix Meyer.
Eine Publikation der Paul Sacher Stiftung. Basel, 2000. 30 x 40 cm, 176 pp (103 facs). Beautiful color halftone of the autograph score of one of the towering masterpieces of 20th-century music. Originally commissioned by Paul Sacher in 1936 for the tenth-anniversary of the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the work was supposed to be "for strings alone" and "not too difficult technically". Bartók, vacationing at the time in Braunwald, Switzerland eagerly accepted the task. The manuscript is an unusual draft and faircopy in a single document. This stunning bibliophile edition consists of an introduction by Felix Meyer accompanied by numerous reproductions of period documents and photographs, and a full facsimile of the score—including 31 "discarded" pages provided as a supplement. It was published as a tribute to the memory of Paul Sacher and a celebration of sorts for the transfer (on loan) of the original manuscript from Peter Bartók to the Sacher Foundation Library. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Handsome binding in red linen, with matching slipcase. $254 (more info... ) [item no.7854]

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

[Missa Solemnis, orch, chorus, op.123, Kyrie] Missa Solemnis, Opus 123, Kyrie. Faksimile nach dem Autograph. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Virneisel. [Staatsbibl. der Stiftung Preuß. Kulturbesitz, mus. ms. aut. Beethoven 1].
Tutzing, 1965. 27 x 44 cm, 56 facs, 12 pp. Beautiful 2-color halftone of the “Kyrie” movement, in the original 2° format with several foldout pages. The ms is a “working” copy, containing many crossouts, corrections and compositional improvements, all the more important, as Beethoven considered the Missa Solemnis to be his greatest work. Separate commentary booklet in Ger by Wilhelm Virneisel. Edition of 1000 copies printed on laid paper. Handsome binding with red linen boards and gold lettering. Slipcase covered with vellum paper. $175 (more info... ) [item no.129]

[Missa Solemnis, orch, chorus, op.123, end of Kyrie] Schluß des Kyrie der Missa Solemnis. Faksimile-Blatt.
Tutzing, 1965. 27 x 44 cm, 2 pp. Halftone. End of the Kyrie (included in item 129). $11 [item no.133]

[Concerto, piano, orch, no.5, op.73, “Emperor”, Eb major] Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Es-Dur Opus 73. Faksimile nach dem Autograph in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Mit einem Kommentar herausgegeben von Hartmut Hein und einem Vorwort von Alfred Brendel. [Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven 15].
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 7. Laaber, 2005. Oblong, 32 x 24 cm, xxiv, 240 pp. Facsimile, in full-color, of the autograph manuscript preseved in the State Library, Berlin. Beethoven called his last piano concerto, written in the same key as the Eroica, E-flat major, “a grand concerto”. It was influenced by the political and social events of the time, originally intended as the people’s call to arms against Napoleon. Beethoven’s 1809 autograph score documents not only the compositional process of the work written over a period of more than a year, but also provides a fascinating biographical testimony, as it was in the same year, sadly, that the composer had to discontinue his own public performances as a pianist due to his ever worsening deafness. This tragic break in his performing career caused him to develop a much more detailed autograph of the Fifth Piano Concerto than those of his earlier works. Clothbound. $599 (more info... ) [item no.8446]

[Concerti, piano, orch, cadenzas, selections] Sämtliche Kadenzen / The Complete Cadenzas. Herausgegeben von Willy Hess. Faksimile Ausgabe anläßlich des 100 Geburtstages 22. Februar 1979 von Dr. Kurt Eulenberg.
Zürich, 1979. 34 x 26 cm, xi, 131 pp (with 98 facs). Beautiful 4-color facsimile of 17 autograph cadenzas now preserved in four different libraries: Beethoven-Haus-Bonn (14), Bibliothèque National - Paris (1), Staatsbibliothek - Berlin (1) & the British Library - London (1). The cadenzas—generally fair copies—belong to the Piano Concertos nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4, the piano version of the Violin Concerto Op.61, and Mozart’s Concerto K.466 in d minor. Willy Hess’ commentary provides careful descriptions of each autograph, as well as information on printed editions. While Mozart left behind a plethora of cadenzas, not only for his own concertos but for those of others, Beethoven once avowed that he could not write anything which was “non-obligato” (closing the door on anyone who wished to freely improvise in his concertos). Some believe that Beethoven composed them in 1809 for his talented pupil, Archduke Rudolph. This facsimile edition provides a wonderful opportunity to study Beethoven’s approach to the cadenzas and, at the same time, compare them to the ones written by Moscheles, Reinecke, Brahms and Busoni which have also become a part of the repertory. Fine bibliophile edition issued on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Dr. Eulenberg. Handsomely bound with brown linen spine and Ingres marbled paper boards; matching slipcase. $219 (more info... ) [item no.170]

[Concerto, violin, orch, op.61, D major] Konzert für Violine und Orchester, D-dur, Opus 61. [Österreichische Nationalbibl., Vienna, Mus. Hs. 17.538].
Musica Manuscripta, I. Graz, 1979. Oblong, 34 x 24 cm, 55, 260 pp. The Violin Concerto in D Major of Ludwig van Beethoven—probably the most famous of all violin concerti—has a complicated history. Written on rather short notice for his friend Fanz Clement in late 1806, and completed only hours before the concert was to begin (sight read by Clement according to some sources), the work was nearly forgotten until its rediscovery in 1844 by the vituoso Josef Joachim, who performed it with various orchestras conducted by Felix Mendelssohn. No violin cadenzas were written by Beethoven though cadenzas were written by him for the piano version published shortly after the 1808 edition for violin. It is one of the most fascinating Beethoven autographs, since it not only shows the usual corrections during and after the writing process, but also the first stages of the revisions of the violin solo part and the sketches of its transformation into a piano part. The faint colors of the main text in the autograph score—mat brown on ivory paper—and the latter autograph additions with strong ink, red crayon and pencil, reproduced here with utmost fidelity, allow scholar and musician alike to take a fascinating journey into the composer's creative process. Deluxe 5-color halftone of the autograph score, edited and introduced by Franz Grasberger. Limited edition of 1000 copies in half-leather binding that duplicates a former binding of the original. Handsome slipcase in full linen with gold lettering. (special OMI price, regularly $1,075). $599 (more info... ) [item no.151]

[Concerto, violin, orch, op.61, D major] Konzert für Violine und Orchester, D-dur, Opus 61. [Österreichische Nationalbibl., Vienna, Mus. Hs. 17.538].
Musica Manuscripta, I. Graz, 1979. Oblong, 34 x 24 cm, 55, 260 pp. Same as above but special bibliophile edition of 250 copies on laid paper. Includes printed score from the Neue Beethoven-Gesamtausgabe and phonograph record. Bound in vellum. $1947 [item no.152]

[Romances, violin, orch, op.40 & 50] Zwei Romanzen für Violine und Orchester Op.40 und 50. Faksimile-Ausgabe der autographen Partituren mit Klavierauszug herausgegeben von Willy Hess. [Beethoven Archiv, Bonn, Schmidt Nr.533 & Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Winterthur, 1990. 4º, iv, 19 facs, 13 pp. Halftone of the autograph score (reproduced 2 originals per page), together with new practical edition for violin and piano. Preface in Ger-Eng. Wrappers. $38 [item no.4067]

[Romance, violin, orch, op.50, F major] Romanze für Violine & Orchester F-Dur op.50. Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Library of Congress in Washington. Mit einer Einleitung von Stefan Drees.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 20. Laaber, 2011. Oblong, 32 x 24 cm, xvi, 32 pp. Facsimile, in full-color, of the autograph fair copy, dated by different authorities as either 1798 of 1802. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $104 (more info... ) [item no.9264]

[Symphony, no.3, op.55, “Eroica”, Eb major] Symphonie Nr.3, Es-Dur, “Eroica”. Faksimile des Partitur-Handexemplar des Komponisten (nach Kopisten “C”), des Titelblattes mit der von Beethoven getilgten Widmung an Napoleon Bonaparte und der sämtlichen überlieferten handschriftlichen zeitgenössischen Aufführungsmaterial. Kommentar von Otto Biba.
Vienna, 1995. Oblong, 4º, 4 vols. Beautiful color facsimile of Beethoven’s personal copy of the full score (in the hand of copyist “C”, with numerous autograph corrections and additions); it contains Beethoven’s autograph title page with crossed-out dedication to Napoleon, and the complete (contemporary) performance materials from the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna with autograph corrections and additions in Beethoven’s hand. An extremely careful production with commentary by Otto Biba. Facsimile volumes in half leather. $1695 (more info... ) [item no.4458]

[Symphony, no.5, op.67, C minor, autogr.] Symphonie Nr.5 C-Moll Opus 67. Faksimile nach dem Autograph in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Mit einem Kommentar herausgegeben von Rainer Cadenbach. [Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven. Mendel.-Stift. 8 & 20].
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 4. Laaber, 2002. Oblong, 33 x 24 cm, 342, 38 pp. New full-color reproduction of the autograph score. This is the composer’s “working” ms from 1808, including a 38 page segment of the third movt (not issued in the 1942 facsimile), showing traces of intensive compositional elaboration, corrections and revisions. Afterword in Ger-Eng. Linen, with slipcase. $890 (more info... ) [item no.7784]

[Symphony, no.5, op.67, C minor, 1st ed.] [Fifth Symphony] Sinfonie pour 2 violons, 2 violes, violoncelle e contre-violon; 2 flûtes, petite flûte, 2 hautbois, 2 clarinetts, 2 bassons, contre-basson, 2 cors, 2 trompettes, timbales et 3 tromps. No 5 des Sinfonies. Oeuv.67. [Nederlands Muziek Instituut, The Hague].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 300. New York, [2011]. 27 x 35 cm, 23 partbooks, 134 pp. Line-cut of the Breitkopf & Härtel edition, pl. no. 1329, Leipzig, 1809. $95 [item no.9231]

[Symphony, no.6, op.68, F major] Sechste Symphonie F-Dur Opus 68. Sinfonia pastorale. Faksimile nach dem Autograph BH 64 im Beethoven-Haus Bonn mit einem Kommentar von Sieghard Brandenburg.
Veröffentlichungen des Beethoven-Hauses, III/14. Bonn, 2000. Oblong, 36 x 28 cm, 280, 55 pp. Beautiful 6-color halftone of the autograph score, the most valuable MS in the possession of the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn. The MS documents the last decisive steps in the compositional process as the work took it final definitive form. Beethoven carefully revised the score, which had been written with quick energetic strokes, and introduced in many places significant changes before giving it to his copyist for the performance material and fair copy. Limited edition of 600 copies, bound in half leather. $695 (more info... ) [item no.7752]

[Symphony, no.9, op.125, D minor] Sinfonie Nr.9 d-moll Op.125. Fotomechanischer Nachdruck der Faksimileausgabe Leipzig 1924. Herausgegeben anläßlich des 175jährigen Bestehens des Musikverlages Peters.
Musikwissenschaftliche Studienbibliothek Peters. Leipzig, 1975. Oblong, 35 x 27 cm, 404 pp. (Rpt. of Berlin, 1924 edition). 2-color halftone. Produced for the 175th year of the publisher’s founding. This reprint includes the folios containing the coda of the Scherzo, inaccessible to the editors of the 1924 facsimile edition. Linen. Handsome slipcase covered with linen and decorative paper. [item no.154]

[Symphony, no.9, op.125, D minor, finale, sketches] 9. Symphonie Op.125, Skizzen zum Finale: “Freude schöner Götterfunken”; “Alle Menschen werden Brüder”. Faksimile des Autographs.
Archiv der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien. Vienna, 1983. Oblong, 34 x 28 cm, 1 leaf pp. Beautiful halftone. Special private printing of 500 copies on the occasion of the Beethoven Exhibition in Tokyo in 1983. In folder. $27 [item no.156]

[Symphony, no.9, op.125, D minor] Sinfonie No.9 op.125. Autograph. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Bibliothèque National de France. Commentary by . Kommentar von: Lewis Lockwook, Jonathan Del Mar, Martina Rebmann.
Documenta Musicologica, II/42. Kassel, 2010. 37 x 40 cm, viii, 436, 42 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph fair copy in the original format. With his Ninth Symphony Beethoven ventured into new musical dimensions. In the final movement soloists and chorus join forces with the orchestra and Schiller’s “Ode to Joy” becomes a global aspiration, a declaration: “Alle Menschen werden Brüder” (all mankind becomes brothers). In his commentary the Beethoven scholar Lewis Lockwood describes the plea which Beethoven wanted to deliver at that time with this work and how views of this have changed over the centuries. Jonathan Del Mar, editor of Beethoven’s works, comments on noteworthy passages in the autograph manuscript and allows the reader to share in the composer’s working process. Already the large-format paper which Beethoven used for some passages makes the large forces clear. Cuts, sometimes reversed later, show how he wrestled with the final version of the musical text and refined it right down to the last detail. The history of the autograph manuscript reflects an episode in German history: after storage in various places because of the war, the major parts were returned to Berlin but were initially divided by the Berlin Wall and only reunited in 1990. Martina Rebmann, director of the Music Department at the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin traces this story. For the first time the facsimile present all the parts of the manuscript including pages preserved in Bonn and Paris as well as the trombone and contrabassoon parts. Hardbound, with decorative paper and linen spine. Commentary in Eng-Ger-Jap. Special OMI price. (more info... ) [item no.9177]

[sketchbook: “Artaria 195”] Artaria 195. Beethoven’s Sketchbook for the Missa Solemnis and the Piano Sonata in E Major, Opus 109. Transcribed, Edited, and with a Commentary by William Kinderman.
Beethoven Sketchbook Series. Champaign, 2003. 4˚, 3 vols, 384 pp. Full-color reproduction. Artaria 195 also includes sketches for the Bagatelles, op.119, nos.7-11 and other (unknown) short piano works. Hardbound. $250 [item no.8376]

[sketchbook, “Artaria 197”] A Sketchbook from the Year 1821 (Artaria 197). Sketches for the Agnus Dei and other Movements of the “Missa solemnis”, the Piano Sonata Op.110 and Op.111, and the Canon WoO 182. Edited by William Drabkin. Vol. I: Facsimile; Vol. II: Transcription and Commentary.
Veröffentlichungen des Beethoven-Hauses in Bonn, I/37. Bonn, 2010. Oblong, 4º, 2 vols, 96, 100 pp. Halftone. The sketchbook, well known under the name Artaria 197, has been edited and published for the first time in a complete historical-critical edition by the Beethoven expert William Drabkin. The sketchbook used by Beethoven in 1821 contains drafts of music for prominent later works: to the Missa solemnis and the final two piano sonatas, as well as many hitherto unknown sketches. The edition has been published in English. Linen. $279 [item no.9145]

[sketchbook: “Kessler”] Kesslersches Skizzenbuch. Vollständiges Faksimile des Autographs mit einem Nachwort und einem Register von Sieghard Brandenburg. [Ms. Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien].
Veröffentlichungen des Beethovenhauses in Bonn, I/5.2 (=Publikationen der Sammlungen der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, 2). Bonn, 1976. Oblong, 31 x 23 cm, 196 facs, x pp. Halftone on Ingres laid paper. Edition of 750 copies. Includes parts of Symphony No. 2, violin sonatas Op. 30, No. 1, 2 & 3, piano sonatas Op. 31, No. 1 & 2, the “Eroica Variations” Op. 35, etc. Wrappers. $203 [item no.159]

[sketchbook, “Kessler”] Kesslersches Skizzenbuch. Vollständiges Faksimile des Autographs mit einem Nachwort und einem Register von Sieghard Brandenburg. [Ms. Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien].
Veröffentlichungen des Beethoven-Hauses in Bonn, I/5 (= Publikationen der Sammlungen der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, 2). Bonn, 1976. Oblong, 31 x 23 cm, I: 122; II: 196 facs, x pp. Halftone on special laid paper. Edition of 750 copies. Includes parts of Symphony No.2, Violin Sonatas op.30, nos.1-3, Piano Sonatas op.31, nos.1-2, “Eroica” Variations op.35, etc. Separate commentary-edition vol. Wrappers. $157 [item no.158]

[sketchbook, “Landsberg 7”] Ein Notierungsbuch (F91) von Beethoven aus dem Besitze der Preußischen Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Vollständig herausgegeben und mit Anmerkungen versehen von Karl Lothar Mikulicz.
Hildesheim, 1973. 8º, 203 pp. (Rpt. of Leipzig, 1927 edition). Wrappers. $67 [item no.4561]

[sketchbook, Missa Solemnis, II] Drei Skizzenbücher zur Missa solemnis. II: Ein Skizzenbuch zum Credo, SV 82. Faksimile. [Beethovenhaus, Bonn, SBH 666].
Veröffentlichungen des Beethoven-Hauses, I/35. Bonn, 1968-1970. Oblong, 34 x 27 cm, 2 vols, 31 facs; 51 pp. Halftone of the sketches to the Credo. With separate commentary & transcription vol. Edition of 500 copies. Wrappers. $74 [item no.131]

[sketchbook, Missa Solemnis, III] Drei Skizzenbücher zur Missa solemnis. III: Ein Skizzenbuch zum Benedictus und zum Agnus Dei, SV 83. Faksimile. [Beethovenhaus, Bonn, SBH 667].
Veröffentlichungen des Beethoven-Hauses, I/36. Bonn, 1968-1970. Oblong, 34 x 27 cm, 2 vols, 18 facs; 34 pp. Halftone of the sketches of the Benedictus to the Agnus Dei. Separate commentary & transcription vol. Limited edition of 500 copies. Wrappers. $45 [item no.132]

[sketchbook, misc.] Zwei Skizzenbücher von Beethoven aus den Jahren 1801 und 1803. Herausgegeben von Martin G. Nottebohm.
Wiesbaden, 1970. 8° 43, 80 pp. (Rpt. of Leipzig, 1924 edition). $68 [item no.4560]

[Köhler, Karl-Heinz] Ludwig van Beethoven zum 150. Todestag im März 1977. Faksimiles von 4 Handschriften aus dem Besitz der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek Berlin. Mit erläuternden Bemerkungen von Karl-Heinz Köhler.
Leipzig, 1977. Oblong, 32 x 25 cm, ii, 4 facs, i pp. 2-color halftone of 4 important fragments: 1) part of the finale of the 9th Symphony, 2) sketches for Clärchen’s Lied from Egmont, 3) the beginning to the 5th Piano Concerto, 4) part of the development to the 4th movt of the 8th Symphony. Introduction in Ger. Wrappers. $12 [item no.1749]

BERG, Alban, 1885-1935

[Concerto, violin, orchestra] Violinkonzert. Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Library of Congress, Washington. Mit einem Kommentar von Douglas Jarman.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 22. Laaber, 2011. 4°, xv, 96 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph dated August 11, 1935. The work was written on commission from the violinist Louis Krasner, but is was the death of Manon Gropius (daugther of Alma Mahler and Walter Gropius) that was the main impetus for Berg, setting aside work on Lulu, to complete the concerto. It was dedicated “To the memory of an angel”. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound. $259 (more info... ) [item no.9228]

BERLIOZ, Hector, 1803-1869

[Irish songs, voice, piano & voice, orchestra] Mélodies irlandaises. Les sources: Editions Schlesinger (1830) et Richault (1849). Versions avec orchestre (1842, 1843, 1844, 1851); Hélène: manuscrit autographe. Présentation par Isabelle Poinloup.
Collection Dominantes. Courlay, 2003. Oblong, 4˚, 6 volumes, xiii, 180 pp. Line-cut of the Roger edition, Amsterdam, c.1704, plus autograph ms. Introduction in Fr-Eng-Ger. Wrappers. $73 [item no.8205]

(Braam, Gunther) The Portraits of Hector Berlioz. Edited by Gunther Braam in Collaboration with Richard Macnutt and John Warrack.
New Edition of the Complete Works, 26. Kassel, 2004 19 x 27 cm, xxvii, 401 pp. Beautiful picture documentary containing 122 portraits of the composer. Includes paintings, medals, busts, woodcuts, drawings, lithographs, photographs and caricatures. Cloth. $306 [item no.8472]

BERWALD, Franz, 1796-1868

Sinfonie capricieuse (Facsimile of the Title Page of the Autograph in the Library of the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm).
n.p., 1968. Oblong, 35 x 28 cm, ii, 1 pp. Halftone of the first page of the sketch of a symphony for which the original score has been lost. Issued on the occasion of the 1968 American Tour of the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Preface in Eng by Nils Castegren. Wrappers. $25 [item no.1636]

Stor polonaise componerad på begäran för den Fête, som Stockholms Magistrat och Borgerskap till firande af Hans Majestät Kronung Carl den XIV Johans 25te Regeringsår å stora Börssalen underdånigast gifvit den 6 Februari 1843. [Ms. Kungliga Bibl., Stockholm].
Stockholm, 1968. Oblong, 30 x 24 cm, iv, 19 pp. Line-cut of the autograph fair copy. Issued on the occasion of the centennary of the composer’s death. Introduction in Danish by Sten Broman. Wrappers. $45 [item no.186]

BLEGNY, Nicolas de (PRADEL, Abraham du), 17th c.

Le livre commode contenant les adresses de la ville de Paris, et le trésor des almanachs pour l’année bissextile 1692.
Geneva, 1973. 8º, 210 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1692 edition. Historic survey of the Académie National de Musique, inventory of the opera houses, official denominations, list of succesive directors, conductors, performances, singers, choreographers and dancers. Hardbound. $56 [item no.3316]

BOULEZ, Pierre, 1925

Tombeau. Fac-similés de l’épure et de la première mise au net de la partitur / Facsimiles of the Draft Score and the First Fair Copy of the Full Score. Édités par / Edited by Robert Piencikowski.
Eine Publikation der Paul Sacher Stiftung. Vienna, 2010. 38 x 47°, 154 pp. Beautiful full-color facsimile edition of the autograph draft score and the first copy of the full score. Unlike the world première of Marteau sans maître (1952-55), that of Tombeau for orchestra (1959), which took place in Donaueschingen on 17 October 1959, passed almost unnoticed, outshone by Pierre Boulez's unexpected triumph as a conductor when he stepped in to replace Hans Rosbaud at the head of the Südwestfunk Sinfonieorchester. Originally conceived as an individual tribute to Prince Max Egon zu Fürstenberg, who died suddenly in spring 1959, the work was ultimately included in the Pli selon pli cycle (1957-62, 1983, 1990). To celebrate the composer's 85th birthday and the 50th anniversary of the world première, the Paul Sacher Foundation and Universal Edition are now publishing the two original manuscripts of the score for the first time: the pencil draft and a fair copy in different colored inks. These fine examples of high-quality reproductions are also the earliest evidence of Boulez' friendship with Paul Sacher. The composer presented the scores to Sacher in the early 1960s. The facsimiles are prefaced by an introduction, which places the work in a historical and aesthetic context and takes a look at the compositional techniques used. It is illustrated by a selection of manuscripts from different stages of the creative process, as well as other related documents. Linen. $211 (more info... ) [item no.9165]

BOYCE, William, 1711-1779

[Symphonies, op.2] 8 Symphonies, op.2 (1760).
Huntingdon, [1990]. 4º, partbooks, c.100 pp. Xerographic reprint of the 1760 edition. Scored for vln I-II, vla, vc, db, ob/fl I-II, bsn I-II, hrn I-II, tpt I, II, & timp. Wrappers. $70 [item no.7016]

[Symphonies, op.2] Eight Symphonys in Eight Parts. Six for Violins, Hoboys, or German Flutes, and Two for Violins, French Horns and Trumpets. With a Bass for the Violoncello and Harpsicord. Opera seconda. [British Library, London].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 230. New York, [2001]. 4º, 12 partbooks, c.100 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1760 edition. Wrappers. $55 [item no.7912]

BRAHMS, Johannes, 1833-1897

Alto Rhapsody. Opus 53. For Contralto, Men’s Chorus, and Orchestra. Text from Goethe’s Harzreise im Winter. Introduction by Walter Frisch. A Facsimile Edition from the Composer’s Autograph Manuscript in the Music Division of The New York Public Library.
New York, 1983. 24 x 30 cm, 29, 44 pp. Beautiful 3-color facsimile of the 1869 autograph fair copy (the only surviving manuscript source for the complete work), together with 2 leaves of sketches in the possession of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna. The Alto Rhapsody is one of Brahms’ most moving and successful works composed at a time when he seemed to have felt embittered and angry over the engagement and marriage of Julie Schumann (the second eldest daugther of the Schumanns’) to Count Radicati di Marmorito of Turin. According to Brahms “it is the best thing I have yet done... and if worthy altos are not immediately eager to sing it, there are nevertheless enough people who do need this kind of prayer”. This manuscript apparently was not looked at for the publication of the Sämtliche Werke in 1926. Linen. (few copies remaining) $60 (more info... ) [item no.200]

[Deutsches Requiem, op.45, selections] Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit. 5. Satz aus dem “Deutschen Requiem”. Faksimile der ersten Niederschrift. Mit Einleitung von Franz Grasberger. [Ms. Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna].
Tutzing, 1968. Oblong, 32 x 25 cm, 9, 8 pp. Halftone of the autograph score of “Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit”, fifth movement of the Deutsches Requiem, in piano reduction format, presented to Clara Schumann on Christmas, 1866 (together with the entire piano-vocal score of the Requiem mostly in the hand of copyists). This autograph represents a first version which Brahms used as a kind of particell, scribbling indications for instrumentation, to be later realized in the full score. Wrappers with handsome linen paper. $39 [item no.203]

[Deutsches Requiem, op.45, selections] Ein deutsches Requiem. Stichvorlage des Klavierauszuges.
Patrimonia, 80. Berlin, 1994. 21 x 28 cm, 36, with 6 illus pp. Special publication issued on the occasion of the acquisition of the autograph fair copy of the piano-vocal score of Ein Deutsches Requiem by the Brahms-Institut, Lübeck. Includes halftones of four pages from the ms: title page, and one page each from movements I, V, & VII. Contributions by Marianne Tidick, Michael Struck, & Renate Hofmann. With full texts of four letters written by the publisher J. Rieter-Biedermann to the composer. Wrappers. $23 [item no.7083]

Symphony No.4 in E Minor, Op. 98. Facsimile Edition of the Autograph Score in the Possession of the Allgemeine Musikgesellschaft Zürich. Introduction by Günther Birkner / 4. Symphonie in E-Moll, Op. 98. Fasimile des Autographen Manuskripts aus dem Besitz der Allgemeinen Musikgesellschaft Zürich. Einleitung von Günter Birkner.
Zürich, 1974. 35 x 26 cm, 138 pp. Beautiful 6-color facsimile of the autograph full score published on the occasion of the centennial—1874-1974—of the publishing house Edition Eulenburg. An extremely fascinating document, probably used at the first performance of the symphony in Meiningen on 25 Oct. 1885, and full of annotations and corrections by the composer. There are also markings made by contemporary editors in charge of preparing the work for its first publication (Berlin: Simrock, 1886; this important source was not consulted for the edition in the Gesamtausgabe, Leipzig, 1926). Included are such personal and revealing remarks as “Nirgend a2 setzen, immer doppelt streichen! Brahms hat das lieber” (“Never use a2, always engrave double stems! Brahms prefers it!”). Binding and coverboards reproduce look of the original manuscript. $295 (more info... ) [item no.211]

BRITTEN, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Children’s Crusade. Kinderkreuzzug, Op. 82. A Ballad for Children’s Voices & Orchestra. Music by Benjamin Britten. Words by Bertold Brecht. Illustrations by Sidney Nolan. A Limited Facsimile Edition of the Composer’s Manuscript.
London, 1973. 23 x 29 cm, 14, 38 facs, 12 illus pp. Superb halftone issued on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the composer. The ms here represents a stage in the evolution of the work when the music was complete in substance and outline and written out in the form of a condensed score. Includes 12 full-color illustrations by one of Australia’s best 20th-c. artists. Edition of 300 copies signed by the composer and artist. Handsomely binding in quarter leather by Henry Brooks & Zaehnsdorf with top edge gilt. $650 [item no.1633]

BRUCKNER, Anton, 1824-1896

[Symphony No.9, finale] IX. Symphonie D-Moll. Finale (unvollendet). Faksimile-Ausgabe sämtlicher autographer Notenseiten, vorgelegt und erläutert von John A. Phillips.
Sämtliche Werke Anton Bruckner, zu Band IX. Vienna, 1996. 8º, xxix, 339 pp. Halftone in reduced format of all the surviving autograph material. Wrappers. $125 [item no.7321]

BURKHARD, Willy, 1900-1955

[Concerto, viola, orch, op.93] Konzert für Viola und Orchester Op.93. Faksimile-Ausgabe nach der Handschrift des Komponisten (1953).
Kassel, 1973. 8º, Line-cut of the autograph score in reduced format. Wrappers. $31 [item no.219]

CAMBINI, Giuseppe Maria, 1746-1825

[Concerti, flute, orch, op.37] Deux concerto pour la flûte dont le premier a été executé au concert de la Reine par M. Rault, œuvre 37.
Archivum Musicum: L’Art de la Flûte Traversière, 36. Florence, 1986. 24 x 34 cm, 6 parts: vi, 43 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1783 edition. Preface in It by Marcello Castellani. Wrappers in decorative paper with slipcover. $50 [item no.1799]

CAMPRA, André, 1660-1744

Le carnaval de Venise, comédie lyrique. Introduction by James R. Anthony with a Section on Stage Designs and Costumes by Jérôme de La Gorce. [Bibl. Nationale, Paris, Rés F.1668].
French Opera in the 17th and 18th Centuries, 27. Stuyvesant, 1989. 4º, lxiv, 333 pp. Line-cut of a ms prepared c.1703 for the Comte de Toulouse by the atelier of André-Danican Philidor, l’aîné. Cloth. $95 [item no.4534]

Le carnaval de Venise, ballet, mis en musique. [Bibliothèque Municipale, Toulouse].
Béziers, 1993. Oblong, 27 x 20 cm, 340 pp. Line-cut of the Christophe Ballard short score, Paris, 1699 edition. Laid paper, with wrappers in hand-made marbled paper. $73 [item no.4633]

[L’Europe galante, 1697 ed.] L’Europe galante, ballet, mis en musique. [Bibl. Municipale, Toulouse].
Béziers, 1992. Oblong, 27 x 20 cm, 220 pp. Line-cut of the Christophe Ballard short score, Paris, 1697 edition. Laid paper, with wrappers in hand-made marbled paper. $72 [item no.3223]

CHERUBINI, Luigi, 1760-1842

[Mass, 3 voices, orch, A major] Messe a trois voix et chœurs avec accompagnemens. [Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna].
Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, IV/222. Bologna, 1978. 25 x 35 cm, 354 pp. Line-cut of the Magasin de Musique edition (full score), Paris. Cloth. $98 [item no.3995]

[Solemn Mass, 4-5 voices, orch, Bb major] Quatrième messe solennelle a 4 & a 5 parties.
Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, IV/225. Bologna, 1979. 25 x 35 cm, 144 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, n.d. edition. Full score. Cloth. $56 [item no.3997]

[Works, religious music, voices, orch] Musique religieuse. [Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale].
Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, IV/221. Bologna, 1978. 18 x 24 cm, 308 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1867 edition. Posthumous publication containing the full score of Messe solennelle breve, Tantum ergo, In parapisum, O salutaris, Litanies de la Sainte Vierge, O salutaris à quatre voix, Messe solennelle, and Fantaisie. Cloth. $63 [item no.3996]

CHOPIN, Frédéric, 1810-1849

[Concerto, piano & orch, op.21/Kob.258] Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21. Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript Held in the National Library in Warsaw (Mus. 215). Edited by The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Warsaw, Bernardinum, Pelplin, Yushodo Co. Ltd., Tokyo.
Pelplin, 2005. Oblong, 35 x 25 cm, 2 vols, 172, 262 pp + audio CD. Fine color halftone of the fair copy (autograph + copyist MS). This is the first volume of a new project of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute and The Publishing House of the Pelplin Diocese ‘Bernardinum” in Poland to reproduce Chopin’s entire œuvre in facsimile. Limited numbered collector’s edition of 500 copies printed on special laid & watermarked paper and supplied with display case covered with leather and embossed with Chopin’s name in gold. Special OMI price. (reg. $1500) $1150 (more info... ) [item no.8626]

[Concerto, piano & orch, op.21/Kob.258] Koncert Fortepianowy F-moll op.21 / Piano Concerto in F Minor, op.21. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze zbiorów Biblioteki Narodowej w Warszawie (Mus. 215 Cim.) / Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript Held in the National Library in Warsaw (Mus. 215 Cim.)
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [2] A XII/21. Warsaw, 2005. Oblong, 35 x 29 cm, 2 vols, 172, 76 pp. Full-color halftone of the fair copy (autograph + copyist MS). First volume of a new project of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute to reproduce Chopin’s entire œuvre in facsimile. Commentary (Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp) by Jan Ekier. Bound in blue linen with matching portfolio. $152 (more info... ) [item no.8743]

CIKKER, Ján, b.1911

Pochod Povstalcov. Faksimile rukopisu.
Bratislawa, 1974. 26 x 34 cm, 7 pp. Line-cut of the autograph scored for full orchestra. Finished October 15, 1944. Wrappers. $40 [item no.3949]

CORBETT, William, c.1675-1748

[Concerti, strings, bc, op.8] XXXV Concertos, or the Three Compleat Setts of Universal Bizzaries in Seven Parts for Four Violins, a Tenor Violin, a Violoncello with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsicord. Opera VIII.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. 10 parts, c.250 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1728 edition. Each concerto is named after a European city or region. Scored for solo vln I/II, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I/II, vla, vc, db, kbd. Wrappers. $118 [item no.8280]

CORELLI, Arcangelo, 1653-1713

[Concerti grossi, op.6] Concerti grossi, con 2 violini e violoncello di concertino obligato e 2 altri violini, viola e basso di concerto grosso ad arbitrio che si potranno radoppiare. [Library of Congress & private collection].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 130. New York, [1993]. 22 x 28 cm, 7 partbooks, 209 pp. Line-cut of the Estienne Roger edition, Amsterdam, [1714]. Wrappers. $70 [item no.4683]

DEBUSSY, Claude, 1862-1918

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune. [Ms. The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York].
Washington, D.C, 1963. 28 x 36 cm, iv, 12 pp. Very fine 4-color collotype of the autograph particell, dedicated to “chère et très bonne petite Gaby”, Garielle Dupont, Debussy’s companion from 1890 to 1898, who later gave it to Alfred Cortot. Forward in Eng by Roland-Manuel. Printed in France. Coverboards in decorative paper with blue leather label embossed with Debussy’s signature. Extremely rare. $340 [item no.1608]

DESSAU, Paul, 1894-1979

Bach-Variationen für großes Orchester, 1963. Faksimile nach dem Autograph. Herausgegeben vom Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Komitee der DDR zum III. Internationalen Bachfest der DDR und aus Anlaß des 175 jährigen Bestehens des.
Musikverlages Peters, Leipzig 1975. Leipzig, 1975. 29 x 49 cm, 100 pp. Halftone of the autograph fair copy. Issued on the occasioin of the 175th year of the founding of Edition Peters in Leipzig. Full linen. $95 [item no.261]

DVOŘÁK, Antonín, 1841-1904

[Concerto, piano, orch, op.33, G minor] Klavierkonzert g-moll Opus 33. Faksimile nach dem Autograph im Národní Muzeum, České Muzeum Hudby, Muzeum Antonína Dvořáka, Praha. Signatur ČMH-MAD S 76/1530. Herausgegeben von András Schiff... Geleitwort von András Schiff. Einführung von Jarmila Tauerová und Jan Dehner.
[Henle Music Facsimiles, 16]. Munich, 2004. 25 x 33 cm, 28, 142 pp. Beautiful full-color facsimile of the autograph score composed during a two month period in the summer of 1876. The ms is both a fair copy and working copy, as the composer revisited it several times, first before its premiere in 1878, then before a performance in 1880 and then prior to its publication in 1883. András Schiff considers it a wonderful concerto with enomous warmth, conceived in the noble tradition of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms, but where the piano is first among equals. The facsimile allows us to see the composer’s original ideas, which vary significantly from the version by Vilém Kurz usually played since WW I, where the piano is robbed of its distinctive voice and overburdened with Lisztian gestures. Commentary in Ger-Eng-Czech. Hardbound with red laid paper boards. $185 (more info... ) [item no.8440]

[Concerto, violoncello, orch., op.104, B minor, B.191] Koncerto op.104 pro violoncello s prúvodem orkestru / Concerto op.104 for Violoncello and Orchestra. Commentary: Jan Smaczny. [Narodní Muzeum Prague].
Documenta Musicologica, II/43. Kassel, 2011 Oblong, 4°, 122, 32, 34 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score and autograph piano reduction (B/W reproduction). Now considered to be one of the most popular orchestral works today Dvořák wrote this during his second stay in the U.S. Commentary in Eng-Ger. Hardbound, with decorative paper and linen spine. $435 (more info... ) [item no.9198]

[Symphony, no.9, “New World”, B.178, op.95, E minor] IX. Symphony in E Minor “From the New World”, Op.95. Commentary by Jarmil Burghauser (Revised and supplemented by Milan Kuna). [Ms. Museum Antonina Dvořáka, Prague].
Prague, 2004. Oblong, 35 x 27 cm, 2 vols, 126, 106 pp. New full-color facsimile of the autograph fair copy issued on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death. Commentary in Czech-Eng-Ger-Jap. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Hardbound, with slipcase. $425 (more info... ) [item no.8459]

ELGAR, Edward, 1857-1934

Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 85. Royal College of Music London MS 402. Facsimile. Introduction by Jonathan Del Mar; Foreword by Steven Isserlis.
Documenta Musicologica, II/36. Kassel, 2007. 25 x 34 cm, xix, 134 pp. Facsimile of the autograph score issued on the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Reproduces Elgar’s numerous colored corrections and additions as well as preparations for the printed score and last minute changes. One of the great concertos of the cello repertoire, the work, composed shortly before the death of the composer’s wife in 1920 and in the aftermath of a ghastly war, is considered by many as his last masterpiece. Introduction in Eng-Ger. Handsome binding with torquise paper boards with reproduction of Cuno Amiet’s “The Cellist”. $130 (more info... ) [item no.8808]

FALLA, Manuel de, 1876-1946

[Concerto, harpsichord/piano, fl, ob, cl, vln, vc] Concerto per clavicembalo (ou pianoforte), flauto, oboe, clarinetto, violino, e violoncello. Edición crítica de la partitura y facsímil de los manuscritos fundamentales del Archivo Manuel de Falla y del Archivo de Valentín Fuiz-Aznar. Editión y estudio de Yvan Nommick.
Colección “Facsímiles”, Serie “Manuscritos”, 3. Granada, [2004]. 25 x 35 cm. lxxxviii, 193 pp. Full-color reproduction of the autograph sketches, composing copy and fair copy (including extensive revisions), plus new critical edition. The work was written in hommage to Wanda Landowsky for her indispensable role in the 20th century resurgence of the harpsichord. Commentary in Sp. Limited edition of 500 copies. Cloth. $187 (more info... ) [item no.8441]

[Noches en los jardines, symphonic impressions, piano, orch] Noches en los jardines de España: Impressiones sinfónicas para piano y orquesta. Edición facsímil de los manuscritos fundamentales del Archivo Manuel de Falla y del Archivo de Valentín Ruiz-Aznar. Edición e introducción de Chris Collins.
Colección “Facsímiles”, Serie “Manuscritos”, 4. Granada, [2006]. 35 x 35 cm. 225 pp. Full-color reproduction of the autograph. Commentary in Sp. Limited edition of 500 copies. Cloth. $187 (more info... ) [item no.8687]

FÉTIS, Francois Joseph, 1784-1871

Fantasie symphonique pour orgue et orchestre par F. J. Fétis. [Ms. Bibl. du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles].
Veurne, 1983. 25 x 35 cm, 80 pp. Line-cut. Composed in 1866 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Academy and the installation of a new organ in its concert hall. An important precursor of St.-Saëns’ Symphony No.3 for organ & orchestra. Wrappers. $44 [item no.2042]

GEMINIANI, Francesco, c.1680-1762

[Concerti grossi, strings, bc, op.2] Concerti grossi con due violini, violoncello, e viola de concertino obligati, e due altri violini, e basso di concerto grosso ad arbitrio. Il IV. V. e VI. si potranno suonare con due flauti traversieri, o due violini con violoncello. Opera secunda.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. 6 parts, c.108 pp. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1732 edition. Scored for solo vln I/II, vla, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I/II, vc, db. Wrappers. $69 [item no.8281]

[Concerti grossi, strings, bc, op.3] Six concerti grossi, op.3.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1732 edition. Scored for solo vln I/II, vla, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I/II, vc, db. Wrappers. $69 [item no.8282]

[Concerti grossi, strings, bc, op.7] Six concerti grossi, op.7.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1746 edition. Scored for solo vln I/II, vla, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I/II, vla, vc, db (in nos. 3-6 two flutes may double the solo vln). Wrappers. $69 [item no.8283]

[Concerti grossi, after Corelli, strings, bc, 1726, part 1] Sei concerti grossi (1726) della prima parte dell’ op. 5 d’Arcangelo Corelli.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1726 edition. Scored for solo vln I/II, vla, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I/II, vc, db. Wrappers. $60 [item no.8285]

[Concerti grossi, after Corelli, strings, bc, 1726, part 2] Sei concerti grossi (1726) della seconda parte dell’ op. 5 d’Arcangelo Corelli.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1726 edition. Scored for solo vln I/II, vla, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I/II, vc, db. Wrappers. $60 [item no.8286]

The Inchanted Forrest.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1756 edition. Scored for solo vln I/II, vla, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I/II, vla, vc, db, 2 fl, [bsn], 2 hn, tpt. Wrappers. $79 [item no.8284]

GERSHWIN, George, 1898-1937

An American in Paris. Commemorative Facsimile Edition, Manuscript Full Score. Includes Historical Information and Annotation. [Ms. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.].
New York, 1987. 4º, 7, 105 pp. Line-cut of the autograph score. Issued on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death. Wrappers. $50 [item no.2338]

Cuban Overture. Commemorative Facsimile Edition, Manuscript Full Score. Includes Historical Information and Annotation. [Ms. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.].
New York, 1987. 4º, 8, 63 pp. Line-cut of the autograph score. Issued on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death. Wrappers. $40 [item no.2340]

Rhapsody in Blue. Commemorative Facsimile Edition, Manuscript Full Score. Includes Historical Information and Annotation. [Ms. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.].
New York, 1987. Oblong, 4º, 9, 55 pp. Line-cut of the score in the hand of Ferde Grofé. Issued on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death. Wrappers with ring binder. $50 [item no.2341]

GIULIANI, Mauro, 1781-1829

[Works, v.25, concerto, op.30, guitar & orchestra] Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, Opus 30. Orchestra Parts.
The Complete Works in Facsimiles of the Original Editions in Facsimiles of the Original Editions, 25. London, 2/ 2002. 4º, ix, 72 pp. Line-cut of the Haslinger edition (parts), Vienna, c.1810. Scored for guitar, vln I-II, vla, vc/db, ripieno vln I-II, fl I-II, ob I-II, clar I-II, hn I-II, bsn I-II (parts bound together). Wrappers. $31 [item no.7414]

[Works, v.30, concerto, op.70, guitar & orch] Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, Opus 70.
The Complete Works in Facsimiles of the Original Editions, 30. London, 1987. 4º, vi, 17 parts, 89 pp. Line-cut of the Cappi & Diabelli edition (parts), Vienna, 1822. Scored for guitar, vln I-II, vla, vc/db, fl, ob I-II, clar I-II, hn I-II, bsn I-II, tpt I-II, tmp. Wrappers. $40 [item no.7419]

GRAUN, Carl Heinrich, c.1703-1759

Concerto en la mineur pour viole de gambe et orchestre, W22. Fac-similé du manuscrit de Cracovie, Biblioteka Jagiellonska, AmB. 236/12. Édition critique intégrale par Vittorio Ghielmi.
Geneva, 1998. 20 x 30 cm, 7 partbooks, 12, 54 (facs), 39 pp. Line-cut of the score plus new critical edition of the parts. Scored for vdg solo, vln I-II, vla, bass. Wrappers. $141 [item no.8365]

GREENE, Maurice, 1696-1755

[Overtures, orch] Six Overtures.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4˚. Xerographic reproduction of the London, 1745. Scored for 2 vln, vla, vc, db, 2 ob/fl, bsn, kbd (flutes in slow movts of nos. 3 & 5). Wrappers $60 [item no.8287]

GRIEG, Edvard, 1843-1907

[Concerto, piano & orch, op.16] Konsert for klaver og orkester, a-moll, op.16 / Piano Concerto in A Minor, op.16. Facsimile Edition of the Original Manuscript in the National Music Collection, the Royal University Library, Oslo, Ms 67:14. Introduction by Einar Steen-Nøkleberg.
Oslo, 1993. 26 x 34 cm, 10, 138 pp. Beautiful full-color facsimile of the autograph fair copy score from the Summer of 1868. After its completion the manuscript was used for a number of concerts—including the premiere in Copenhagen and a performance in Leipzig—and bears clear traces of corrections and changes to the orchestration. Although Grieg initially had difficultly finding a publisher (Fritzsch in Leipzig accepted it 1872) the piece has become one of the most frequently played compositions of its kind. Introduction in Nor-Eng. Bibliophile edition of 500 copies issued on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Attractive binding in full linen with signature of Grieg embossed in gold on the cover. $235 (more info... ) [item no.4510]

[Peer Gynt, orchestra, selections] Morgenstimmung aus der Bühnen zu “Peter Gynt”. Opus 23 Nr. 13. Faksimile der autographen Partitur. Orchesterfassung von 1886. (Original in der Königlischen Bibliothek Kopenhagen). Erstveröffentlichung.
Frankfurt, 2007. 23 x 30 cm, 16, iv. Handsome color facsimile of the autograph full score (revised version, 1886), issued on the ocassion of the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death.Afterword in Ger-eng by Finn Benestad. Wrappers. $75 [item no.8828]

HANDEL, George Frideric, 1685-1759

[Acis & Galatea, masque, HWV 49] Acis and Galatea. A Mask Set to Musick.
Huntingdon, 1988. 4º, 90 pp. Line-cut of the William Randall full score, London, 1769. Corrected to conform with the autograph. Wrappers. $38 [item no.7469]

[Acis & Galatea, masque, HWV 49] Acis and Galatea. A Mask Set to Musick.
Huntingdon, 1988. 4º, 9 partbooks, c.270 pp. Line-cut of the c.1895 Novello edition parts, corrected to conform with the autograph. Wrappers. $95 [item no.7470]

[Catone, pasticcio, HWV A7] Catone. Leo, Hasse, Porpora, Vivaldi, & Vinci, Arranged by George Frideric Handel. [Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg, MS M A/1012].
Italian Opera 1640-1770, II/71. New York, 1983. 23 x 31 cm, xiii, 161 pp. Line-cut of the full score formerly in Handel’s possession. Handel opened the opera season in 1732-33 with this work. Cloth. $95 [item no.309]

[Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56, autograph] Messiah HWV 56. Autograph. The British Library London. Commentary by / Kommentar von Donald Burrows.
Documenta Musicologica, II/40. Kassel, 2008. 4°, viii, 284, 56 pp. Full-color facsimile edition of the autograph score, issued on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. Commentary in Eng-Ger-Jap. Handsome bibliophile binding with linen spine and decorative paper boards. Special OMI price. $579 (more info... ) [item no.8998]

[Concerti grossi, strings/winds, op.3, HWV 311-317] Concerti grossi. Con due violini e violoncello di concertino obligati e due altri violini viola e basso di concerto grosso. Opera terza. [Princeton University Library & British Library].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 133. New York, [1994]. 22 x 28 cm, 9 partbooks, c.122 pp. Line-cut of the Walsh edition, London, 1734. Wrappers. $75 [item no.4753]

[Concerti grossi, strings, op.6, HWV 319-330] Twelve Grand Concertos for Violins &c. in Seven Parts. Opera Sexta.
Huntingdon, [1990]. 4º, 8 partbooks, c.230 pp. Xerographic reprint of the Walsh edition. Scored for solo vln I-II, vc, ripieno vln I-II, vla, vc, bc. Wrappers. $148 [item no.7011]

[Concerti grossi, strings, op.6, HWV 319-330] Twelve Grand Concertos for Violins &c. in Seven Parts. Opera sexta. [private collection].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 270. New York, [2010]. 4°, 7 partbooks, c.202 pp. Line-cut of the Walsh edition. Scored for solo vln I-II, vc, ripieno vln I-II, vla, vc, bc. Wrappers. $100 [item no.9207]

[Concerti, organ, orch, op.4, HWV 289-294] Six Concertos for the Organ and Harpsicord. Opera Quarta.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the Walsh edition. Scored for Scored for org, ob 1-2, vln 1-2, vla, vc/bass, vln 1-2 rip, vc/bass rip. Wrappers. $59 [item no.8316]

[Concerti, organ, orch, op.4, HWV 289-294] Six Concertos for the Organ and Harpsicord. Opera Quarta.
Performers’ Facsimiles, 220. New York, [2004]. 4º, 10 partbooks, 153 pp. Line-cut of the Walsh edition, London. Scored for org, ob 1-2, vln 1-2, vla, vc/bass, vln 1-2 rip, vc/bass rip. Wrappers. $85 [item no.8405]

[Musick for the Royal Fireworks, orch, HWV 351; Concerti, orch, HWV 335a & 335b] The Musick for the Royal Fireworks / Feuerwerksmusik, HWV 351. Concerti HWV 335a & 335b. British Library Manuscript R.M. 20.g.7. Facsimile. Introduction and Commentary by Christoher Hogwood / Eingeleitet und kommentiert von Christopher Hogwood.
Documenta Musicologica, II/32. Kassel, 2004. 4˚, 26, 70 pp. Handel's great outdoor piece for strings and wind band. Halftone of the 1749 autograph score, composed for the celebration of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. The overture is the longest single instrumental movement that Handel wrote and is scored for tpt 1-3 (x3), hn 1-3 (x3), ob 1-3 (x12, x8, x4), bsn 1-2 (x8, x4), timp (3 pairs), & bc. The manuscript also includes 2 concerti, HWV 335a and 335b, intended as interludes during oratorio performances, scored for strings, 2 ob, 2 tpt (only HWV 335a), 4 hn, bsn, timp, & bc (organ). This is a fascinating score, in Handel’s forceful script, showing his erasures by smudging, his clarifications by writing note letters over a correction, and his normal abbreviations for colla parte using custodes. The manuscript also bears evidence of arguments over scoring that went on with the civil servants organizing the spectacle. Preface in Ger/Eng. Hardbound. $68 (more info... ) [item no.8448]

[Musick for the Royal Fireworks, orch, HWV 351, 1st ed.] The Musick for the Royal Fireworks in all its Parts, viz. French Horns, Trumpets, Kettle Drums, Violin, Hoboys, Violoncello, & Bassoons with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsicord or Organ. [British Library, London].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 120. New York, [1993]. 4º, 11 partbooks: 37 pp. Line-cut of the original Walsh printed parts, London, [1749]. Scored for 2 vln, 3 ob, 3 hns, 3 tpt, timp, bsn & bc. Wrappers. $40 [item no.4530]

[Water Music, orchestra, HWV 348-350] The Celebrated Water Musick in Seven Parts, viz., Two French Horns, Two Violins or Hoboys, a Tenor, and a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin.
Performers’ Facsimiles, 70. New York, [1990]. 24 x 36 cm, 7 partbooks, 36 pp. Line-cut of the Walsh edition, London, [1733]. Wrappers. $40 [item no.3690]

HAYDN, Franz Joseph, 1732-1809

[Concerto, horn, orch, Hob. VIId:3, D maj] Hornkonzert D-Dur, Hob. VIId:3. Faksimile der autographen Partitur. Kommentar von Ingrid Fuchs.
Vienna, 2009. 22 x 32 cm, 28, 39 pp. Beautiful full-color facsimile. A fascinating and important representative of Haydn's entire concerto œuvre comes to light in this brilliant facsimile of the Horn Concerto in D Major, Hob. VIId:3. Haydn composed a relatively small group of wind concertos (6 in total), two which are lost. This work was most likely composed for the horn virtuoso Joseph Leutgeb, and in violation of his contract with the Esterházy House, since it was not written for the court orchestra. Of special mention is Haydn's note written on the last page of the score stating "in schlaff geschrieben" (written while asleep). This is due to a mistake in the scoring of the instruments and was most likely the result of Haydn composing secretly at night, half asleep. Commentary in German-English-Japanese. Limited edition of 500 copies with beautiful period design coverboards and pasted on etikette. $207 (more info... ) [item no.9120]

[Symphony, no.45, “Farewell”, F sharp major, Hob.I:45] Symphony F Sharp Minor (No. 45) (“Farewell-Symphony”). Score. Facsimile of the Original Haydn Manuscript in the National Széchényi Library, Budapest [Mus. Ms. I 36].
Budapest, 1959. 26 x 41 cm, ii, 58 pp. 2-color facsimile issued on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the composer’s death. Introduction by László Somfai. Coverboards in decorative paper. $59 [item no.334]

[Symphony, no.45, “Farewell”, F sharp major, Hob.I:45] Sinfonie Fis-Moll, Hob. I:45 “Abschiedssinfonie” Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Budapest. Mit einem Kommentar von Armin Raab.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 11. Laaber, 2010 21 x 34 cm, xviii, 62 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score issued on the occasion of the bicentenary of the composer’s death. Commentary in Ger-Eng. Hardbound in decorative paper. $142 (more info... ) [item no.9010]

[Symphony, Hob.I:48, orch, parts] Symphonia in C, Nr. 48 (“Maria Theresia”). Facsimile of the Ms. in the Matica Slovenska, Martin.
Martin, 1989. 4º, 8 parts, 12, 86 pp. Halftone of the autograph parts in the hand of Joseph Elssler, one of Haydn’s main copyists. Scored for vln I-II, vla, bass, ob I-II, & hn I-II. Linen portfolio. $70 [item no.3704]

[Symphonies, `London”, 1-3, arr. Salomon, = 97, 93, 94] 12 London Symphonies: 1-3.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, c.1800 edition. Scored for fl, 2 vln, vla, vc, kbd ad lib. Wrappers. $50 [item no.8297]

[Symphonies, `London”, 4-6, arr. Salomon, = 98, 95, 96] 12 London Symphonies: 4-6.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, c.1800 edition. Scored for fl, 2 vln, vla, vc, kbd ad lib. Wrappers. $50 [item no.8299]

[Symphonies, `London”, 7-9, arr. Salomon, = 104, 103, 102] 12 London Symphonies: 7-9.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, c.1800 edition. Scored for fl, 2 vln, vla, vc, kbd ad lib. Wrappers. $50 [item no.8300]

[Symphonies, `London”, 10-12, arr. Salomon [= 99, 101, 100]) 12 London Symphonies: 10-12.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, c.1800 edition. Scored for fl, 2 vln, vla, vc, kbd ad lib. Wrappers. $50 [item no.8301]

[Symphony, no.102, Bb major, Hob.I:102] Sinfonie Nr. 102 (”London”) Faksimile nach dem Autograph in der Staatsbibliothek Berlin. Mit einer Einleitung (deutsch/englisch) von Armin Raab.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 12. Laaber, 2010 26 x 41 cm, xvi, 57 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph fair copy composed in 1794 for Haydn's second London visit. Scored for 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bsn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, & strings, the work has all the stylistic hallmarks of the late Haydn symphony with its masterly confluence of simplicity and complexity, folkishness and sophistication. There is also the element of thematic surprise as well as orchestral excitement (the drumroll that ushers in the recapitulation in the first movement) and outrageous wit, shown by the violins getting “stuck” on a phrase in the finale and unable to remember what comes next. A fitting tribute for the celebration of the bicentenary of the composer’s death. Commentary in Ger-Eng. Hardbound in decorative paper. $142 (more info... ) [item no.9011]

HAYDN, Johann Michael, 1737-1806

Marcia turchese à più stromenti (1795). Faksimile der autographen Partitur aus dem Besitz der Erzabtei St. Peter Salzburg. Einführung von Gerhard Croll. [Sign. Hay 1890.I].
Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg, Faksimile-Ausgaben, 9. Salzburg, 2001. Oblong, 31 x 22 cm, 8, vii pp. Beautiful halftone of the autograph score. Scored for 2 tpt, 2 hn, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, Turkish piatelli & tamburo. Vienna, 1806 edition. Introduction in Ger. Wrappers. $26 [item no.8111]

Requiem in B-Dur (MH 838). Faksimile der autographen Partitur aus dem Besitz der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Faksimile des Partitur-Erstdrucks (Leipzig, Ambros Kühnel) aus dem Besitz der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München. Vorgelegt und kommentiert von Manfred Hermann Schmid.
Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg, Faksimile-Ausgaben, 12. Munich, 2006. 4°, 48, 40, xl pp. Beautiful halftone of the autograph score and the first printed edition. This requiem was composed in 1805-06 on behalf of the empress Maria Theresia, probably without a specific reason. The work may have been intended for the composer himself and like the Mozart requiem it also comes down to us in an unfinished state (Introitus, Kyrie, parts of Dies irae). Haydn avoids the dark-dramatic tone of Mozart’s work and looks rather for the mild tone of an older tradition. Introduction in Ger. Wrappers. $96 [item no.9060]

HELLENDAAL, Pieter, 1721-1799

[Grand Concertos, op.3] Six Grand Concertos, op.3.
Huntingdon, c.1988. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the 1758 parts. Scored for solo vln I, II, vla, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I, II, vla, vc, db. Wrappers. $69 [item no.7060]

HOLST, Gustav, 1874-1934

First Choral Symphony Opus 41. Edited by Imogen Holst and Colin Matthews.
Collected Facsimile Edition of Autograph Manuscripts of the Published Works, IV. London, 1983. 27 x 36 cm, 12, 160 pp. 2-color halftone. Linen. $125 [item no.345]

The Planets Opus 32, Suite for Large Orchestra. Edited by Imogen Holst and Colin Matthews.
Collected Facsimile Edition of Autograph Manuscripts of the Published Works, III. London, 1979. 27 x 36 cm, xiv, 239 pp. 2-color halftone of the autograph fair copy. A highly complex and fascinating manuscript scored for quadrupled woodwind, bass flute and bass oboe, full brass section with 6 horns and 2 tubas, percussion section requiring 5 players and 2 timpanists, as well as 2 harps, organ and strings. Includes a careful collation of the discrepancies between the manuscript and the various printed editions, a detailed analysis of the various “hands” in the manuscript, a reproduction of Holst’s 2-piano arrangment of “Mars” and 2-organ arrangement of “Neptune”. Handsome binding with green linen boards and gold lettering. $95 (more info... ) [item no.344]

Works for Small Orchestra. 1: St. Paul’s Suite Opus 29 No. 2; 2: A Fugal Concerto Opus 40 No. 2; 3: Double Concerto Opus 49; 4: Brook Green Suite; 5: Lyric Movement. Edited by Imogen Holst, Assistant Editor: Colin Matthews.
Collected Facsimile Edition of Autograph Manuscripts of the Published Works, II. London, 1977. 27 x 36 cm, 205, with c.180 pp. 2-color halftone. Linen. $85 [item no.343]

HOOK, James, 1746-1827

[Concerti, keyboard, orch] Six Concertos.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, c.1771 edition. Scored for kbd, 2 vln, & vc. Wrappers. $34 [item no.8302]

KAYSER, Isfrid, 1712-1771

[Masses, SATB chorus, orch] VI. missae a 4. vocibus ordinaris. Rieger, Augsburg 1743 (Druck Wagner Ulm). [Stadtbibl., Ulm].
Faksimile-Edition Ulm, 4. Stuttgart, 2004. 20 x 32 cm, 11 partbooks, 427 pp. Line-cut of the Ulmg, 1743 edition. Scored for SATB, 2 vln, vc, timp, 2 trp, bc (organ). Hardbound in decorative paper, with slipcase. $156 [item no.8490]

KODÁLY, Zoltán, 1882-1967

Psalmus Hungaricus Op. 13. Faksimile-Ausgabe der Originalhandschrift mit einer Studie von Ferenc Bónis. [Ms. Stiftung Paul Sacher, Basel].
Budapest, 1987. 26 x 34 cm, 68, 32 pp. Beautiful 6-color halftone. Issued on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the composer’s death. Commentary in Ger-Hung. Linen. $125 [item no.1816]

KÖNIGSPERGER, Marianus [Johann Erhard], 1708-1769

[Cymbala jubilationis, op.10] Cymbala jubilationis [sive VI. missae solemniores, unà cum hymno ambrosiano Te deum laudamus, 4. vocibus obligatis, 2. violinis necessariis, alto viola, 2. clarinis, vel cornibus & tympanis ad libitum, ac duplici basso generali. Opus X. [Stadtbibl., Ulm].
Faksimile-Edition Ulm, 7. Stuttgart, 2004. 20 x 32 cm, 11 partbooks, 429 pp. Line-cut of the Ulm, 1747 edition. 6 masses for SATB, 2 tpt/hrn, timp, 2 vln, vla, vc, org/bc. Wrappers with slipcase. $154 [item no.8462]

[Sacrae ruris, op.6] Sacrae ruris deliciae seu sex missae rurales. [Stadtbibl., Ulm].
Faksimile-Edition Ulm, 5. Stuttgart, 2001. 20 x 32 cm, 11 partbooks, 209 pp. Line-cut of the Ulm, 1744 edition. 6 masses for SATB, 2 tpt/hrn, timp, 2 vln, vc, org/bc. Wrappers with portfolio. $93 [item no.7926]

[Sacrae ruris, op.5] Sacrae ruris deliciae seu sex missae rurales. [Stadtbibl., Ulm].
Faksimile-Edition Ulm, 8. Stuttgart, 2006. 20 x 32 cm, 11 partbooks, 299 pp. Line-cut of the Ulm, 1743 edition. 4 vesper settings for SATB, 2 tpt, timp, 2 vln, vc, org/bc. Wrappers with slipcase. $134 [item no.8776]

[Threnodia Davidica, op.3] Threnodia Davidica et Mariana, sue Psalmus miserere, & planctus stabat mater, ille sexies, iste bis in modulos musicos. [Stadtbibl., Ulm].
Faksimile-Edition Ulm, 12. Stuttgart, 2001. 20 x 32 cm, 10 partbooks, c.210 pp. Line-cut of the Ulm, 1743 edition. 6 miserere and 2 stabat mater settings for 4 voices with instrumental accompaniment. Wrappers, with portfolio. $138 [item no.7986]

KRAUS, Joseph Martin, 1756-1792

Miserere [C minor]. [Ms. autogr. Kungliga Musikaliska Akademiens Bibl. Stockholm].
Autographus Musicus, 12. Bandhagen, 1978. Oblong, 35 x 23 cm, 7 pp. Halftone of the autograph score of “In te domine speravi” (= VB 11), probably written in Paris or London between 1785-1786. For SATB, ob, bsn, strings, & bc. Wrappers. $16 [item no.353]

Miserere [E-flat Major]. [Ms. aut. Kungliga Musikaliska Akademiens Bibl. Stockholm].
Autographus Musicus, 14. Bandhagen, [1978]. Oblong, 34 x 26 cm, 24 pp. Halftone of the autograph score of “Miserere nostri domine” (= VB 13), from 1788. For SATB, 2 fl, 2 ob, bsn, 2 trp, 2 hrn, timp, strings, & bc. Wrappers. $24 [item no.354]

LACHNER, Ignaz, 1807-1895

[Toy Symphony, Op. 85] In, Musik mit Kinderinstrumenten aus dem Salzburger und Berchtesgadener Land. Vorgelegt von Gerhard Croll.
Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg, 2. Munich, 1981. 25 x 32 cm, 137, with 24 pp. Comprehensive study of this genre with halftone of Lachner’s humorous piece. Includes new authoritative edition. $78 [item no.358]

LECLAIR, Jean-Marie, 1697-1764

[Concerti, violin, orch, op.7] Ier et IIme concerto a tre violino, alto, basso per organo, e violoncello. Œuvre VIIme.
Huntingdon, [1994]. 4º, 7 partbooks. Xerographic reprint of the Paris, 1737 edition. Partbooks: vln solo, vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db, kbd. Concerto no.3 can be played by flute/oboe. Wrappers. $78 [item no.4865]

[Concerti, violin, orch, op.7] Six concertos pour violon et orchestre – Opus VII, 1737. Présentation par Jean Saint-Arroman. [Bibl. Nationale, Paris].
La Musique Française Classique de 1650 à 1800, 178. Courlay, 2006. 24 x 33 cm, 5 partbooks, viii, 116 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1743 edition. Concerto no.3 can be played by flute/oboe. Preface in Fr-Eng-Ger by Jean Saint-Arroman. Wrappers. $52 [item no.8677]

[Concerti, violin, orch, op.10] VI concerto a tre violini, alto basso per organo, e violoncello. Œuvre Xme.
Huntingdon, [1994]. 4º, 7 partbooks. Xerographic reprint of the Paris, 1745 edition. Partbooks: vln solo, vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db, kbd. Wrappers. $79 [item no.4866]

[Concerti, violin, orch, op.10] Six concertos pour violon et orchestre. Opus X. 1743. Présentation par Jean Saint-Arroman. [Bibl. Nationale, Paris].
La Musique Française Classique de 1650 à 1800, 179. Courlay, 2006. 24 x 33 cm, 5 partbooks, ix, 116 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1743 edition. Preface in Fr-Eng-Ger by Jean Saint-Arroman. Wrappers. $52 [item no.8678]

LIGETI, György, 1923-2006

[Works, selections] Notenbilder. Kunstmappe mit sechs Faksimiles nach Musik-Autographen von György Ligeti und mit dem Reprint eines Ligeti-Portraits von Klaus Böttger: Volumina; Etudes pour Piano; Monument; Violinkonzert; Klavierkonzert; Requiem.
Mainz/Munich, 1991. 36 x 46 cm, i, iv, 7 pp. Superb full-color facsimile leaves from six works of Ligeti, each of them from “composing” scores for the final draft of the respective work. Ligeti’s compositions take shape almost like frescos, with constant revision, crossing out, and varied use of color. Includes beautiful reprint of an original lithograph-portrait of the composer by Klaus Böttger. Bibliophile edition of 300 copies on Arches laid paper, with each leaf numbered and signed by the composer or artist. Distinctive portfolio in white paper with reverse embossed titles. $595 (more info... ) [item no.4607]

LOCATELLI, Pietro, 1695-1764

[Concerti, strings, op.7] VI concerti à quattro, violino primo, secondo, alto, e violoncello, soli. Violino primo, secondo, alto, e basso, ripieni. . . Opera settima.
Huntingdon, [1993]. 4º, 11 partbooks, c.300 pp. Xerographic reprint of the [1741] edition. Partbooks: solo vln I, vln II, vla, kbd; ripieno vln I, vln II, vla, vc, bass, bc. Wrappers. $79 [item no.4863]

LULLY, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687

[Armide, instrumental pieces] Ouverture chaconne & tous les autres airs à jouer de l’opéra d’Armide [Amsterdam, c.1710]. [British Library, London].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 113. New York, [1995]. Oblong, 26 x 19 cm, 4 partbooks, 56 pp. Line-cut Roger Marchand edition, Amsterdam, [1710]. Dessus, second dessus, taille, & basse partbooks. Wrappers. $30 [item no.7126]

MAHLER, Gustav, 1860-1911

[Lied von der Erde, selection] Das Lied von der Erde: Der Abschied. “Clavierauszug” – Manuscript – Facsimile. [Willem Mengelberg Archive, Nederlands Muziek Institut, The Hague].
The Hague, 2002. Oblong, 29 x 23, 15, 17 pp. Color reproduction of a fascinating autograph draft in the form of a piano-vocal score. It represents a relatively early stage of the composition and reveals many aspects of how the movement took shape. Notes by Eveline Nikkels & Frits Zwart, introduction by Edward Reilly. Limited edition of 350 copies. Handsomely bound in wrappers with period decoration and oriental landscape. $52 (more info... ) [item no.8161]

[Symphony No.5 in C minor, selections] Adagietto. Facsimile, Documentation, Recording. Gilbert Kaplan, Editor. [Mss., Pierpont Morgan Library, New York & New York Public Library at Lincoln Center].
New York, 1992. 30 x 38 cm, 112, 20 + 20 pp, CD audio recording. Sharp duotone of both Mahler’s autograph fair copy score and Alma Mahler’s Stichvorlage of the “Adagietto” movt of the Fifth Symphony. This wonderfully lyrical movement was, according to notes left behind by Willem Mengelberg, Gustav’s declaration of love for Alma. Commentary by Gilbert E. Kaplan and Edward R. Reilly. Copious documentation and bibliography. Includes a new CD recording with the London Symphony Orchestra. Numbered edition of 1500 copies in silk case. $125 (more info... ) [item no.4293]

[Symphonic sketches, Symphony No.?] Symphonische Entwürfe. Faksimile nach den Skizzen aus der Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek und der Pierpont Morgan Library New York. Erstveröffentlichung. Geleitwort von Claudio Abbado. Herausgegeben von Renate Hilmar-Voit.
Schriftenreihe zu Musik, 3. Tutzing, 1991. 29 x 38 cm, 4 fascicles, 24, 32 pp. Halftone of the autograph sketches in their original bifolio and loose sheet format. Contains three symphonic movements, a Scherzo in c minor/major with trio in Ab major/C major, a Presto in G major, and an “Allegro energico” in A major. How these movements fit together or exactly for what purpose they were written is still not known. Beautiful portfolio in quarter linen with printed boards. $174 [item no.3826]

[Symphony, no.7, D major] Facsimile Edition of the Seventh Symphony. Donald Mitchell/Edward R. Reilly. [Het Concertegebouw, Amsterdam].
’s-Graveland, 1995. 30 x 40 cm, 2 vols, 98; 308 pp. Beautiful full color facsimile of the autograph fair copy published on the occasion of the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s “Mahler-feest 1995.” Contains numerous erasures & revisions, with major but non-structural differences from the printed score, including the elimination of a contrapuntal section from the second movement. Introduction analyzes relationship of surviving sources; these include a copyist’s ms & a “cancelled” sketchbook in Vienna, and two sketch-drafts in New York. Handsome clamshell case in blue linen. $375 (more info... ) [item no.4983]

[Symphony No.9, draft, movts 1-3] IX. Symphonie. Partiturentwurf der ersten drei Sätze. Faksimile nach der Handschrift. Herausgegeben von Erwin Ratz. [Ms. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York].
Vienna, 1971. Oblong, 29 x 23 cm, 158, 8 pp. Halftone of the autograph draft score. Considered Mahler’s second stage in the composition process (followed only by the final, fair copy), this fascinating document shows instruments notated in the proper transpositions and in the normal score order but without whole-bar rests when they are silent. Afterword in Ger-Eng by Erwin Ratz. Linen. [item no.383]

MARCELLO, Alessandro, 1684-1750

[Concerti, “La Cetra”, 2 ob/vln, strings, bc] La cetra. Concerti [da Eterio Stinfalico. Parte prima. Oboe primo ò traversiere col violono principale]. [Staats- & Stadtbibliothek, Augsburg].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 233. New York, [2004]. Oblong, 38 x 28 cm, 6 partbooks, 72 pp. Line-cut of the Augsburg, c.1740 edition. 6 concerti scored for oboe I/violin I solo, oboe II/violin II solo, 2 violin I rip, 2 violins II rip, 2 violas, violoncello, cembalo & bc. Wrappers. $75 [item no.8488]

MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, Felix, 1809-1847

[Concerto, violin, orch, op.64, E minor] Violinkonzert E-Moll, Opus 64. Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Bibliotheka Jagiellońska, Kraków. Mit einem Kommentar von Stefan Drees.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 10. Laaber, 2010. Oblong, 32 x 24 cm, xii, 68 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score dated 16 September 1844. Mendelssohn's popular “Concerto for Violin in E Minor op.64”, a mainstay in the concerto repertoire didn't have an easy birth and is known in two versions, the sole surviving autograph of 1844—reproduced here in facsimile—and the printed edition of 1845, a more brilliant version incorporating many of the changes suggested by Ferdinad David, dedicatee of the piece and his concertmaster at Leipzig. On July 30, 1838, the composer wrote to him: “I would like to write a violin concerto for you next winter. One in E minor goes through my head and the beginning will not leave me in peace." David encouraged Mendelssohn but also expressed a desire for it to be ostentatious, a suitable showcase for the violinist's talents. Mendelssohn was not used to flamboyance for its own sake and this wish conflicted with his musical temperament, prolonging the writing of the concerto. More than six years later with only three months before it was to be performed he confided to David: “Do not laugh at me too much. I feel ashamed in any case, but I cannot help it. I am just groping around.” It was finally premiered on 13 March 1845 and published shorly thereafter by Breitkopf & Härtel. There are well over 100 changes between the two versions, mostly issues concerning tempo, orchestration, and solo parts. While some are outright shocking, where Mendelssohn has taken in the final version the solo line up or down an octave, added entirely new notes to the violin part, or slightly changed the wind writing, no matter which version is considered both are pure Mendelssohn, and all the magical elements that make the Violin Concerto what it is, that make it so beloved and so popular, are completely intact. Commentary in Ger-Eng. Linen. Issued on the occasion of the bicentenary of the composer’s birth. Hardbound with dark blue boards. $205 (more info... ) [item no.9009]

Jesu, meine Freude. A Facsimile of the Composer’s Autograph Now in the Newberry Library, with an Introduction by Oswald Jonas.
Chicago, 1966. 26 x 34 cm, 8, 12 pp. Beautiful halftone of the 1828 composition based on the famous Lutheran chorale of 1653. Scored for chorus and orchestra. Limited edition of 700 copies. Wrappers with special hand-made marbled paper. $50 [item no.409]

Octet for Strings, Opus 20. A Facsimile of the Holograph in the Whittall Foundation Collection. With an Introduction by Jon Newsom.
Washington, D.C, 1976. 28 x 36 cm, 8, 81 pp. Halftone. Composed when Mendelssohn was 16 years old, this work was the first of its type in the literature. Quarter linen and decorative paper. [item no.411]

[Overture, A Midsummers Night’s Dream, op.21] Ein Sommernachtstraum. Ouvertüre op.21. Autograph, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków. Commentary by / Kommentar von Friedhelm Krummacher.
Documenta Musicologica, II/41. Kassel, 2009. 27 x 37 cm, xiii, 60, 57 pp. Full-color facsimile of the elegant fair copy autograph score (formerly Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Mus. ms. autogr. Mendelssohn 21), and monochrome reproduction of a fragmentary autograph score (Bodleian Library, Ms. Deneke-Mendelssohn B 5)—the only surviving sources of the overture. This work of youthful genius was written in 1826 during a carefree summer spent at the summer house among his siblings at a time when the composer became immersed in the works of Shakespeare through Schegel and Tieck translations. An enchanted night, virtually fragrant dreams, floating fairies—the sensory associations evoked and fashioned by the music of Mendelssohn’s overture A Midsummer Night’s Dream are almost inexhaustible. This is without doubt Mendelssohn’s most popular concert overture. The score is innovative as well, for example, in the ordering in the instruments—proceeding woodwinds, percussion, strings, with the bass fiddle at the bottom—, though peculiar for the time, coincides with modern accepted convention. The autograph score also calls for the rare "corno inglese di basso", usually substituted by the ophecleide, bass bassoon or bass trombone. Handsome bibliophile edition issued on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. Handsome binding with decorative paper boards, burgundy linen spine, and pasted title etikette. Commentary in Eng-Ger-Jap. Special OMI price. $465 (more info... ) [item no.9033]

[Symphony, op.90, “Italian”, A major] Sinfonie A-dur op.90 “Italienische”. Mit Kommentar von John M. Cooper und Hans-Günter Klein.
Wiesbaden, 1997. 24 x 34 cm, 2 vols, 258 pp. Begun during a particularly ebullient visit to Italy—”This is Italy! And what I, ever since I started to think, have thought to be the greatest joy of living, has now begun, and I am enjoying it”—Mendelssohn’s Symphony in A major was composed over a period of about 2 years. The manuscripts reproduced for this full-color facsimile edition (to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the composer’s death) show a conflicted composer: a “complete” autograph score of 1833, plus 11 autograph pages known as the “Oxford” fragments (removed from the complete score prior to the 1833 premiere), and a “revised” 1834 autograph score of movements II to IV, which were never finished nor incorporated into the symphony. Despite general acclaim by the public and critics alike, Mendelssohn was troubled by certain aspects of the work. Introduction in Eng-Ger. Beautiful bibliophile edition printed on laid paper and bound with green paper boards (as the original), with pasted label; matching clamshell case. $325 (more info... ) [item no.7532]

MONTEVERDI, Claudio, 1567-1643

[L’Orfeo, 1609 ed.] L’Orfeo. Favola in musica. Rappresentata in Mantova l’anno 1607. [Biblioteca Nazionale, Florence].
Musica Drammatica, 1. Florence, 1993. 4º, ii, 138 pp. Line-cut of the Amadino printed score, Venice, 1609, issued on the occasion of the tricentennial of the composer’s death. Includes facsimile of the printed libretto first issued in Mantova by Francesco Osanna (1607). Introduction in It by Piero Mioli. Wrappers, in decorative paper. $50 [item no.4580]

[L’Orfeo, 1609 ed.] L’Orfeo. Favola in musica. Faksimile des Erstdrucks Venedig 1609 herausgegeben von Elisabeth Schmierer. [Biblioteca Nazionale, Florence].
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 1. Laaber, 1998. 24 x 34 cm, xvi, 104 pp. Line-cut of Venice, 1609 edition. Laid paper. Hardbound. $58 [item no.4617]

[L’Orfeo, 1609 ed.] L’Orfeo. Favola in musica. Reprint of the First Edition of the Score, Venice 1609 and of Act V of the Mantua Libretto from 1607. With an Introduction by Wolfgang Osthoff. [Bibl. Estense Univ., Modena; Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel].
Documenta Musicologica, I/39. Kassel, 1998. 25 x 32 cm, xvi, 112 pp. Halftone of the Ricciardo Amadino print (Venice, 1609), and Act V of the libretto. The edition is remarkable for a number of reasons. For one, it is an unusual presentation of the music—in score—not altogether unknown, but relatively rare at this date, where the music centers on harmony and the basso continuo. Secondly, the print is a “commemorative” or “souvenir” edition”; the title page states that it was first performed “in Mantua l’anno 1607”, taking place under the protection of Prince Francesco Gonzaga in the “Academia degl’Invaghiti”. Several annotations in the score, usually in past tense, underline this peculiar aspect: “this chorus was accompanied by ...”, “this dance number was sung to the accompaniment...”, this ritornello was played...”, etc. Preface (Ger-Eng), including a detailed critical apparatus, by one of the great Monteverdi specialists. Hardbound with reproduction of the composer’s portrait on the front cover. $58 (more info... ) [item no.7625]

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

[Aria, soprano, strgs, 2 hns, K.Anh.11a (K.365a)] Die neugeborne Ros’ entzückt. Arie für Sopran, Streicher und zwei Hörner. KV Anh.11a (365a). Faksimile mit Edition. Geleitwort von Christoph Wolff. Einführung von Faye Ferguson.
Salzburg, 1996. Oblong, 31 x 23 cm, 12, 1 pp. Color halftone of the autograph aria, “The new rose is enchanting”, previously unknown in any form. Commentary in Ger-Eng. Limited bibliophile edition. Wrappers in decorative paper. $44 [item no.8146]

[Aria, tenor, orch, K.431] “Misero! O sogno!”–“Aura, che intorno spiri”. Arie für Tenor und Orchester KV 431(425b). Faksimile der autographen Partitur mit einem Geleitwort von Nikolaus Harnoncourt und einer Einführung von J. Rigbie Turner. [Pierpont Morgan Library, New York].
Documenta Musicologica, II/22. Kassel, 1988. Oblong, 33 x 24 cm, 32, xiii pp. Halftone of the autograph score. This popular concert aria is believed to have been first performed in a concert organized by Mozart himself in 1783. Although the author of the text is unknown, it seems that it may have formed part of an opera seria. Afterword in Ger-Eng. Coverboards in laid paper. $56 [item no.1668]

[Motet, Exultate, Jubilate, soprano, orch, K.165/158a] The Autograph of the Motet “Exultate, Jubilate” (KV 165/158a) of the Bibliotheka Jagiellońska of Krakow. Facsimile Edition, Edited by Domenico Antonio D’Alessandro [&] Flavio Colusso. With an Essay by Rudolph Angermüller.
Musica Theatina, 3. Lucca, 2006. Oblong, 32.5 x 24.5 cm, xlvii, 48 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score issued on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. A sacred motet in Latin for soprano, instruments and continuo, with two arias, a recitative and a final Alleluia, EXULTATE, JUBILATE was composed for the feast day of the Regular Theatine Clerics, and first performed on January 17, 1773. The work was specifically written for the famous castrato Venanzio Rauzzini—Mozart's "leading man" in the opera Lucio Silla being performed at that time in Milan—and the virtuosity of the piece with florid coloratura style gives us a glimpse of Rauzzini’s abilities. It combines the aria and recitative style of opera seria with the 3-part form of the Italian symphony. Introduction in It-Eng-Ger. Includes CD audio recording featuring Mariella Devia and the Cappella Musicale Theatina under the direction of Flavio Colusso. Handsome binding that replicates the original. $148 (more info... ) [item no.8759]

[Requiem mass, K.626] Requiem. Nachbildung der Originalhandschrift Cod. 17561 der K.K. Hofbibliothek in Wien in Lichtdruck herausgegeben und erläutert von Alfred Schnerich.
Vienna, 1913. Oblong, 34 x 26 cm, 32, 90 pp. Beautiful 2-color halftone of all the “Mozart” portions of the Requiem (fols. 1-9 of part “a” and 65-86 + 87-99 of part “b”), plus three writing samples of Süßmayer, Stadler (Hs.19057) and Eybler (Hs.16937). First major work of Mozart ever produced in facsimile and one of extraordinary clarity. Together with a study of the history of the ms, the handwritings of Mozart and Süßmayer and reproduction of the watermarks. Quarter linen with coverboards embossed with gold lettering. Rare. $750 [item no.1603]

[Requiem mass, K.626] Requiem. Reprint des Lichtdrucks von 1913–herausgegeben von Alfred Schnerich. Neu herausgegeben von Franz Beyer.
Adliswil, 1990. Oblong, 35 x 25 cm, 23, 85 pp. (Rpt. of Vienna, 1913 edition). 2-color halftone issued on the occasion of the bicentennial of the composer’s death. With new afterword in Ger-Eng (does not include original commentary by Alfred Schnerich nor the writing samples of Süßmayer, Stadler and Eybler. Hardbound. $185 [item no.3504]

[Requiem mass, K.626] Requiem. Vollständige farbige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat der 2-teiligen Handschrift Mus. Hs. 17.561 aus dem Besitz der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Herausgegeben und kommentiert von Günther Brosche.
Documenta Musicologica, II/27 = Musica Manuscripta, VI. Graz & Kassel, 1990. Oblong, 35 x 26 cm, 3 vols, 200, 40 pp. First complete facsimile of the autograph parts and sketches with the finishing work of Süßmayr and others. 3 volumes, 2 of autographs plus commentary in Eng-Ger by Günter Brosche. Superb 4-color halftone in the original format. Wrappers in period design with slipcase in decorative paper. (more info... ) [item no.3657]

[Requiem mass, K.626] Requiem. Vollständige farbige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat der 2-teiligen Handschrift Mus. Hs. 17.561 aus dem Besitz der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Herausgegeben und kommentiert von Günther Brosche.
Graz & Kassel, 1990. Oblong, 35 x 26 cm, 40, 200 pp. Superb 4-color halftone in the original format. First complete facsimile of the autograph parts and sketches with the finishing work of Süßmayr and others. Commentary in Eng-Ger by Günter Brosche. Special edition produced for Philips Records with parts I and II of the MS and commentary bound into one volume. Hardbound with handsome red Efalin paper boards with gold lettering. $350 (more info... ) [item no.8974]

Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K.370b + 371. Edited and with a Foreword by John B. Howard. Introductory Essays by Christoph Wolff and Robert D. Levin.
Cambridge, 1997. Oblong, 4º, 68 pp. 4-color halftone. This fascinating work, possibly commissioned for the Viennese hornist Jacob Eisen, is one of a number of incomplete concerti left by Mozart and one that suffered an unfortunate circumstance. In 1856, for the centennial of Mozart's birth, the composer's eldest son, Carl, decided to cut up and give away portions of the autograph (first movement) as souvenirs to several admirers of his father's music. Now, 150 years after Carl's strange celebration, eight of a total of nine fragments are preserved in seven libraries, six in Europe and one in the US. This facsimile offers two important reunifications of the concerto's parts. The first one, assembles and reproduces the scattered autograph fragments of the first movement (K.370b), producing an uninterrupted draft score of its first 131 measures. For the second reunification we have to be thankful to Mr. Robert Owen Lehman who has made it possible to present the autograph score of the second movement (”Concert Rondeau” K.371) in its entirety. The MS lacked a bifolio that reappeared in 1988. Mr. Lehman, who owns K.371, acquired this bifolio, miraculously completing, after nearly two centuries, this score. These extraordinary events make this publication an invaluable contribution to Mozart studies and highlight one the prime purposes and advantages of the facsimile edition: to have at one's disposal, and side by side, primary sources located thousands of miles apart. Limited edition of 400 copies. Cloth. $125 (more info... ) [item no.7496]

[Concerto, piano, orch, K.488, A major] Klavierkonzert A-dur KV 488. Faksimile nach dem Autograph Ms. 226 im Besitz der Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris. Vorwort von András Schiff; Einleitung von Ernst-Günter Heinemann.
[Henle Music Facsimiles, 17]. Munich, 2005. Oblong, 32 x 2l5 cm. xvi, 100 pp. Full-color reproduction of the autograph score completed on 2 March 1786, issued on the ocassion of the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The A Major Concerto K.488, alongside the C-major Concerto K.467, is the most frequently played and recorded piano concerto in Mozart’s entire output. The autograph has come down to us in exceptionally fine condition, written with remarkable care and clarity, complete with Mozart’s own cadenza for the first movement unusually incorporated into the score itself. The composer’s penmanship, especially in the final movement, betrays the fact that he was working under deadline pressure, the notation becoming noticeably hastier, though it is always easy to read. The score is not a fair copy but rather a working manuscript containing in addition to later changes in scoring, many spontaneous alterations of greater or lesser importance that cropped up during the copying process. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Handsome binding in red cloth with embossed title. Special OMI introductory price. $158 (more info... ) [item no.8596]

[Concerti, violin, orch, complete] Die Violinkonzerte. Faksimiles der Autographen. [Mss. Jagiellonian University Library, Krakow; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. & Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin].
Frankfurt, 1991. Oblong, 31 x 24 cm, 400 pp. Halftone (in sepia color) of the autograph full scores, reproduced from originals scattered among three different libraries (Biblioteka Jagiellonska - Krakow, Library of Congress - Washington, DC and the Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz - Berlin. Includes all five violin concerti, K.207, 211, 216, 218, & 219, plus the Adagio in E (K.261) and the Rondo in B-flat (K.216a). As the Köchel numbers imply, all the concertos were written within a relatively short time span—1775. In a letter to his father dated Oct. 1777 he gives a brief account of a performance in which he himself played the solo: “In the evening at supper I played my Strasbourg Concerto [K.218], which went like oil. Everyone praised my beautiful pure tone”. In the score the soloist doubles the first violin part and plays the melodic solo while the other string parts become an accompaniment. The complete facsimile edition of all the violin concertos is a perfect gift for any Mozart lover. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Handsome binding in dark blue linen with Mozart’s signature embossed in gold. $399 (more info... ) [item no.4457]

[German Dances, orch, K.509] Deutsche Tänze KV 509. Faksimile nach der im Besitz der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek in Berlin befindlichen Urschrift.
Leipzig, 1955. Oblong, 31 x 23 cm, 24, iv pp. Halftone of the 1784 autograph. Scored for pic, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hn, 2 trp, drums & strings. Afterword in Ger by Wilhelm Virneisel. Deckle paper with beautiful wrappers in marbled paper. $125 [item no.4464]

[German Dances, orch, K.509] Deutsche Tänze KV 509. Faksimile nach dem im Besitz der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek Berlin befindlichen Autograph. Mit einem Nachwort von Wilhelm Virneisel.
Musikwissenschaftliche Studienbibliothek Peters. Leipzig, 2/ 1976. Oblong, 31 x 23 cm, 24, iv pp. Halftone of the 1784 autograph. Wrappers. $55 [item no.460]

[Serenade, winds, K.361, Bb major] Gran Partita, K.361 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A Facsimile of the Holograph in the Whittall Foundation Collection. [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.].
Chicago, 2008. Oblong, 35 x 27 cm, 11, 98 pp. “Reissue” of Library of Congress 1976 facsimile edition using new full-color digital photography. The autograph score dates from c.1780. Known as the “Great Wind Serenade” or “Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments”, this brilliant 7-movement piece is Mozart’s first major work composed in Vienna. Scored for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 basset horns, 2 pairs of horns, 2 bassoons and a contrabass, Mozart exploits all the possible mixtures of sonorities—no instrument is treated in true concertante fashion, but rather each instrument strives to distinguish itself, true to it own character. The beautifully crafted serenade—intimate, cheerful, witty and symphonic in style—was obviously written to impress and “open doors” in the composer’s new city. New (second) introduction by Richard Floyd. Handsome two-tone cloth binding. $85 (more info... ) [item no.9019]

[Serenade, strg orch, “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” K.525] Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Serenade in G-Dur KV 525. Faksimile der autographen Partitur. Einführung von Wolfgang Rehm. [Ms. Dr. Arthur Wilhelm Collection, Switzerland].
Leipzig, 1989. Oblong, 33 x 25 cm, xiii, 14 pp. Collotype of the autograph score completed August 10, 1787. This celebrated serenade or "party music" in four movements originally had a fifth movement—two minuets their trio are now lost. The autograph calls for 2 violins, viola, violoncello and bass (string quintet) but it is often performed by a larger orchestra. The manuscript was rediscovered by Manfred Gorke in 1943; it then went to Karl Vötterle, avid collector and founder of Bärenreiter Verlag who sold it for 50,000 Deutschmarks after WW2 to help rebuild the destroyed publishing house. It is now in private hands in Basel. Introduction in Fr/Ger/Eng. Handsome binding in linen with red and gold title stamp. $75 (more info... ) [item no.3901]

[Serenade, strg orch, “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” K.525] Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Serenade in G-Dur KV 525. Faksimile der autographen Partitur. Einführung von Wolfgang Rehm. [Ms. Dr. Arthur Wilhelm Collection, Switzerland].
Documenta Musicologica, II/26. Kassel, 1989. Oblong, 33 x 25 cm, 14, 5 pp. (Rpt. of Cassel, 1955 edition). Halftone, with new introduction in Ger-Eng-Fr. Coverboards in paper. $75 [item no.3645]

Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385 “Haffner” Symphony. Facsimile of the Original Manuscript Owned by the National Orchestral Association, New York. Introduction by Sydney Beck. [Ms. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York].
New York, 1968. Oblong, 37 x 30 cm, 6, 60 pp. 2-color halftone of autograph score written in the summer of 1782. Bibliophile edition in cloth, with matching slipcase. $185 [item no.467]

Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385 “Haffner” Symphony. Facsimile of the Original Manuscript Owned by the National Orchestral Association, New York. Introduction by Sydney Beck. [Ms. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York].
New York, 1968. Oblong, 35 x 28 cm, 6, 60 pp. 2-color reproduction autograph score written in the summer of 1782. Printed with generous margins. Wrappers. $55 [item no.468]

[Symphony, no.40, K.550] Sinfonie in g-moll KV 550. Faksimile der autographen Partitur in erster und zweiter Fassung (1788). Mit einem Kommentar von Otto Biba.
Vienna, 2009. Oblong, 4º, 106, 43 pp. Beautiful color facsimile of both versions of the autograph score, once proudly owned by Johannes Brahms. This facsimile edition sheds light on Mozart’s composing process; the accompanying commentary by Otto Biba addresses the complicated relationship between the two versions and suggests that the first autograph version, rather than representing a different version, may in fact be an intermediate “stadium” of a complicated compositional process. Commentary in Ger-Eng-Jap. Limited bibliophile edition of 500 copies. An indispensable source for all Mozart lovers and researchers. $495 (more info... ) [item no.9119]

[Symphony, no.41, “Jupiter”, K.551] Symphonie C (Jupiter). Koechel No. 551. Faksimile Reproduktion der Handschrift. Original: Preussische Staatsbibliothek, Berlin.
Philarmonia-Faksimiledrucke, 2. Vienna, 1923. Oblong, 25 x 34 cm, 91, i pp. Beautiful halftone. Hardbound. Rare. $335 [item no.469]

[Symphony, no.41, “Jupiter”, K.551] Sinfonie in C KV 551 (“Jupiter-Sinfonie”). Faksimile der autographen Partitur herausgegeben von Karl-Heinz Köhler. [Ms. Deutsche Staatsbibl. Berlin].
Documenta Musicologica, II/8. Kassel, 1978. Oblong, 33 x 25 cm, 28 (booklet), 103 pp. Beautiful 3-color halftone issued on the occasion of the return of the ms to the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek in 1977. Commentary in Ger-Eng-Fr. Linen. $175 [item no.471]

[Symphony, no.41, “Jupiter”, K.551, first ed., parts] Grande sinfonie à plusieurs instruments. Œuvre 38me [Symphony No.41, K.551]. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 200. New York, [2005]. 4º, 13 partbooks, 57 pp. Line-cut of the André edition, Offenbach, 1800, plate no. 622. Scored for vln I-II, vla, vc, bass, fl, ob I-II, bsn, hrn I-II, trp I-II, timp ; two copies of the bass part are supplied. Wrappers. $75 [item no.8525]

Skizzen und Entwürfe herausgegeben von Ulrich Konrad.
Supplement zur Neuen Mozart Ausgabe, X/30/3. Kassel, 1997. Oblong, 4º, 192, c.145 pp. A rare opportunity to enter the “workshop” of Mozart. Virtually every sketch and draft that has survived—192 pages—has been assembled and collated in chronological order for this superb facsimile edition reproduced in full color. Like Band 44 of the Bachgesellschaft edition which contained only reproductions of Bach manuscripts, this publication marks the culmination of the Neue Mozart Edition. The facsimiles are accompanied by careful transcriptions and critical commentary (Ger), making them accessible to both layman and specialist. Deluxe edition with clamshell case covered in burgundy linen and titles in gold lettering. An indispensable resource for any Mozart enthusiast. $395 (more info... ) [item no.7487]

[Sotheby’s] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph Manuscript of Nine Symphonies.
London, 1987. Oblong, 27 x 21 cm, 16, with 7 pp. Illustrated auction catalog for one of the most extraordinary sales of this century: the scores (mostly autograph) of Symphonies 22 through 30. Includes seven 3-color halftones of pages from Symphonies 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, and the table of contents with thematic incipit in the hand of Leopold Mozart, believed to have assembled the collection. Wrappers. $28 [item no.2668]

MUDGE, Richard, 1718-1763

[Concerti grossi] 6 Concertos.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the London, 1749 edition. Inculudes Non nobis Dominie a 8. Scored for solo vln I/II, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I/II, vla, vc, db, kbd (tpt no.1 & organ solo no.6). Wrappers. $73 [item no.8289]

MÜNSTER, Joseph Joachim Benedict, 1694-c.1751

[Concerti, 2 tpt, timp, 2 vlns, vc, org, bc, op.5] Solsequium obsequii seu XII. concertationes brevis ac faciles. [Stadtbibl., Ulm].
Faksimile-Edition Ulm, 10. Stuttgart, 2000. 20 x 32 cm, 7 partbooks, 117 pp. Line-cut of the Ulm, 1744 edition. 12 concerti for two trumpets/horns, timpani, 2 violins, violoncello, organ/bc. Wrappers with portfolio. $74 [item no.7927]

ORFF, Carl, 1895-1982

Carmina Burana. Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis. Facsimile of the Composer’s Autograph Score in the Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München. Edited by the Carl Orff-Stiftung With Introductory Notes by Hartmut Schaefer and Werner Thomas.
Mainz, 1997. 32 x 42 cm, 160, xxxi pp. Full-color facsimile, in the original folio format, of the autograph fair copy. Orff’s great musico-dramatic masterpiece composed on a sequence of medieval Latin lyrics with exciting block chords and driving rhythms. This deluxe edition captures the dark and light blue inks of the composer’s handwriting, with additions in lead and colored pencil. Binding in black linen & quarter leather. (special limited offer). $345 (more info... ) [item no.7539]

PURCELL, Henry, 1659-1695

[Theater music, strings, a4] A Collection of Ayres, Compos’d for the Theatre, and upon other Occasions. [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 110. New York, [1994]. 22 x 35 cm, 4 partbooks, 156 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1697 edition. Partbook format, for vln I, vln II, tenor & bass. Contents: 16 numbers from Dioclesian, 7 from Abdelazer, 7 from The Gordian Knut Untied, 8 from The Married Beau, and 7 from The Double Dealer. Wrappers. $65 [item no.4756]

[Theater music, strings, a4] Recueil d’airs a 4 parties tirez des opera tragédies & comedies. Livre premier; Livre second [Music Library Sweden].
Alston, 1999. 21 x 29 cm, 8 volumes, i, c.120 pp. Line-cut of the E. Roger edition, Amsterdam, c.1700. The Dutch plagiarized version of A Collection of Ayres. Fortunately Roger had access to the errata sheet printed with the 1697 publication as the worst errors in the original printing are avoided. Introduction by Peter Holman. Ring binding. $58 [item no.7813]

ROUSSEL, Albert, 1869-1937

Concertino pour violoncelle et orchestre. Réduction pour violoncelle et piano (1936). Introduction–Inleidung: Catherine Miller.
Fontes Musicae Bibliothecae Regiae Belgicae, I/VIII. Brussels, 2001. 25 x 33 cm, 28 pp. Halftone of the autograph fair copy of the piano reduction (violoncello & piano) plus solo violoncello part. Both autographs contain numerous corrections and annotations in pencil. Wrappers. $25 [item no.8355]

SAMMARTINI, Giuseppe, 1695-1750

[Concerti grossi, strings, op.5] 6 Concerti Grossi, op.5.
Huntingdon, c.1991. 4º, 9 partbooks, c.90 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1747 edition. Scored for solo vln I, II, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I, II, vla, vc, & db. Wrappers. $50 [item no.7130]

SCARLATTI, Alessandro, 1660-1725

[Concerti grossi, strings] VI. Concertos in Seven Parts, for Two Violins & Violoncello Obligato With Two Violins More, a Tenor & Thorough Bass. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 173. New York, NY, [1998]. 4º, 7 partbooks, c.90 pp. Line-cut of the Benjamin Cooke edition, London, c.1740. Scored for solo vln I-II, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I, II, vla, vc, & bc. Wrappers. $50 [item no.7017]

SCARLATTI, Domenico, 1685-1757

Songs in the New Opera Call’d Narcissus as They are Performed at the Kings Theatre for the Royal Academy . . . With the Additional Songs Compos’d by Mr. Roseingrave.
Huntingdon, c.1991. 26 x 37 cm, i, 71 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1720 edition (score). Narcissus is a revised version of Amor d’un ombra e gelosia d’un aura. Wrappers. $20 [item no.7124]

SCHNABEL, Arthur, 1882-1951

Symphony No.1 [für großes Orchester].
New York, 1945. 23 x 31 cm, 172 pp. Line-cut of the autograph score, dedicated to Samuel Courtauld in memoriam Lil Courtauld. Limited edition, each copy signed by the composer. Wrappers. $53 [item no.553]

SCHOENBERG, Arnold, 1874-1951

Gurre-Lieder. Full Score (Reproduction of the Autograph from the Facsimile Edition of 1912). Edited by Ulich Krämer.
Arnold Schönberg Sämtliche Werke, A/V/16,2. Mainz, 2002. 4°, ix, 179 pp. Line-cut reproduction in slightly reduced format of the 1912 facsimile issued by Universal, with commentary by Ulrich Krämer. Cloth. $207 [item no.9034]

SCHUBERT, Franz, 1797-1828

[Mass, E-flat major, D 950] Messe Nr.6 Es-Dur / Mass No.6 E-flat Major, D 950. Faksimile der autographen Partitur und der überliefer Entwürfe. Mit einer Einleitung von Walther Durr. [Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, Mus. ms. autogr. Schubert 5, and Wiener Stadt- & Landesbibliothek, Vienna, MH 174/c & 107/c].
Documenta Musicologica, II/29. Kassel, 1996. Oblong, 32 x 24 cm, xviii, 168 pp. Halftone reproduction of the full score (complete working copy) completed in the summer of 1828, 6 months before the composer’s death. Includes all extant drafts. considered one of Schuberts most expressive sacred works. Commentary in Eng-Ger. Harbound. $153 [item no.7313]

[Symphony, no.8 “Unfinished”, D.759, B minor] H-moll Symphonie (“Unvollendete”). [Ms. Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna].
Munich, 1923. Oblong, 31 x 23 cm, 77 pp. Beautiful monochrome collotype. Includes 7 pages of sketches to the first, second, and third movts. Quarter linen with decorative paper. $350 [item no.1869]

[Symphony, no.8 “Unfinished”, D.759, B minor] Sinfonie in h-moll: “Die Unvollendete”. Vollständiges Faksimile der autographen Partitur und der Entwürfe. Mit einem Nachwort von Walter Dürr und Christa Landon. [Ms. Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna].
Publikationen der Sammlungen der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, 3. Munich, 1978. Oblong, 35 x 26 cm, 88, iv pp. Beautiful 4-color halftone of the autograph fair copy of the so-called Unfinished Symphony, dated October, 1822. Includes all the empty folios after the beginning of the third movement, the folios discovered by Christa Landon in 1969 that once belonged to the score of the Trio (20 bars of music which mysteriously break off), plus 8 pages of sketches. Commentary in Ger, accompanied by Beta-radiograms of watermarks. Special bibliophile edition of 1800 copies printed on laid paper and bound with linen spine and coverboards in Ingres marbled paper. $254 (more info... ) [item no.573]

[Symphony, no.8 “Unfinished”, D.759, B minor] Sinfonie in h-moll: Die Unvollendete. Vollständiges Faksimile der autographen Partitur und der Entwürfe.
Publikationen der Sammlungen der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, 3. Munich, 1978. Oblong, 35 x 26 cm, 88, iv pp. Same as above but with deluxe binding, 100 copies only, in full leather executed in the atelier of Simon Wappes, Munich. $375 (more info... ) [item no.574]

[Symphony, no.8, beginning of 3rd movt] 7. [=8.] Symphonie, h-moll, D 759, “Unvollendete”. Beginn des 3. Satzes. Faksimile des Autographs. [Ms. Archiv der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, Eigentum des Wiener Männergesangsverein].
Archiv der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien. Vienna, 1984. Oblong, 34 x 27 cm, 2 pp. 3-color halftone. Special private printing of 350 copies on the occasion of the Schubert-Ausstellung in the Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo. In folder. $27 [item no.575]

SCHUMANN, Robert, 1810-1856

[Symphony, no.1, op.38, Bb major] Symphony. Opus 38. [Ms. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.].
New York, 1967. 24 x 31 cm, xxvi, 196 pp. Halftone of the complete autograph score, including 16 pages of sketches, a sketches for a choral work “Herr, Herr hast Du mich ganz verlassen (vergessen?)” and corrections. Cloth. Rare. [item no.1951]

[Sketchbooks] Studies and Sketches. Dresden Sketchbook. Edited by Reinhold Dusella and Matthias Wendt. Pocket Notebook. Edited by Bernhard R. Appel, Kazuko Ozawa-Müller and Matthias Wendt.
Schumann New Edition of the Complete Works, VII/3/4. Mainz, 1998 24 x 31 cm, xviii, 159 pp. Halftone of the “Dresden Sketchbook” (Dresdener Skizzenheft), the only geniune sketchbook that survives of Robert Schumann containing music for op. 61, 81, 68, 66 and some unidentified compositions, and the “Pocket Sketchbook” (Taschennotizbuch), a small book the composer carried with him from the end of 1848 to the beginning of 1849, containing memoranda about things to be taken care of, travel plans, notes on correspondence and music sketches to op. 61, 75, 76, 79, 82, 85, 91, 101,102, 114, 145, 146, WoO 3, plus some unidentified works. Complete transcriptions with notes in Ger-Eng. Linen. $202 [item no.6840]

SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri, 1906-1975

Symphony No.7 “Leningrad” Op.60 (1941). Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript with a Commentary by Manahir Yakubov.
Tokyo, 1992. 26 x 37 cm, 18, 141 pp. Beautiful full-color facsimile of the autograph fair copy score, richly annotated from performances and editors. Issued on the 60th anniversary of the founding of Zen-On Music, specialist-publisher of the works of Shostakovich. Symphony No.7, composed in 1941 in response to the siege of Leningrad, is an artistic protest against totalitarianism, war and force, and appeals to all people worldwide for humanism and peace. Preface in Rus-Jap-Eng-Ger. Deluxe edition, in cloth with slipcase. $595 (more info... ) [item no.4427]

[Symphony no.13, op.113, Bb minor, “Babi Yar”] Simfonija no.13 Partitura. Faksimile / Symphony No.13. Score. Facsimile.
Moscow, 2006. 24 x 32 cm, 196 pp. Facsimile edition of the autograph full score issued on the ocassion of the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth. A poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a young, but already very well-known poet at that time, called “Babi Yar”, served as the stimulus for beginning work on the symphony. Babi Yar is a ravine on the northwest outskirts of Kiev, where, carrying out Hitler’s plans to execute the “final solution”, the German troops who occupied Ukraine shot approximately 100,000 Jews in 1941-1943. Shostakovich writes: “I am in some quandary... I don’t know who will be able to sing it. ...But in the meantime, I came up with the idea of writing something else along the same lines to Yevtushenko’s words. His little volume of poetry is making me think about writing a symphony in which “Babi Yar” will be the first or second movement. ...I hope Yevtushenko will now write me the poem I asked for. This is how the 13th Symphony is taking shape”. The work experienced unexpected twists and turns during its emergence and development of its central idea, and by dramatic upheavals in the fate of the finished work. After its premiere, the performance of this symphony was long banned, and it was never published in the author's homeland in its original and unadulterated form. This high-quality reproduction makes this masterpiece accessible for the first time in its authentic form and gives us a glimpse into the composer’s creative process. The introductory article by Manashir Jakubov (Rus-Eng) gives the first detailed account of the composition and premiere of this symphony. Cloth. $350 (more info... ) [item no.8766]

Tahiti-trott (Tea for Two von Vincent Youmans) op.16. Faksimile des Partiturautographs. Festgabe zum 60. Geburtstag von Hermann Danuser, herausgegeben von der Paul Sacher Stiftung.
Eine Publikation der Paul Sacher Stiftung. [Hamburg], 2006. 30 x 39, 71, 6 pp. Full color facsimile of Shostakovich’s full score autograph of the orchestra arrangement of the musical hit “Tea for Two”. The composer evidently became acquainted with the Russian version of the song—called “Tahiti-Trott”—in 1926 in the Meyerhold Theater, where it formed a number in a theater piece. The composer’s arrangement (for large orchestra) dates from 1927 and was stimulated by the conductor Nikolaj Malko to whom it was dedicated. As the new proletariat orientation of the Soviet culture took place Shostakovitch was compelled to distance himself from the work which was criticized for its decadent Western posture. Although a set of parts existed in the Soviet Union, allowing occasional performances and providing the basis of two posthumous editions (1984 & 2006), the original manuscript stayed in the possession of Malko until 1989, when it passed to the Paul Sacher Foundation. This publication, a festschrift honoring the 60th birthday of Hermann Danuser, presents for the first time a complete facsimile edition, accompanied by 5 essays and a reproduction of the 1926 Russian edition of Tahiti-Trott. Linen. $89 (more info... ) [item no.8756]

SMETANA, Bedrich, 1824-1884

[Bartered Bride, overture] Prodaná nevesta. [Museum Bedricha Smetany, Prague, mus. ms. inv.c. 720. Sign. Tr. xii (6)].
Prague, 1950. Oblong, 34 x 27 cm, xxiv, 23 pp. Halftone of the piano 4-hand arrangement. Introduction in Czech. Wrappers. $48 [item no.592]

SOUSA, John Philip, 1854-1932

The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa. Foreward by Frederick Fennell. Introduction by Jon Newsom.
[Cleveland], 1998. Oblong, 36 x 27 cm, 24, 20 pp. Halftone of the autograph. Includes a pencil draft in which Sousa sketched the voice leading in the accompaniment to guide him in writing out the full score, the full score, and one page of the piano arrangement. With essay by James R. Smart, “Genesis of a March, The Stars and Stripes Forever”. Wrappers. $30 [item no.7162]

STAMITZ, Carl, 1745-1801

[Concerto, viola, orch, D major] Concerto pour alto en ré majeur (c.a. 1744) (Éditions originales de Haueisen et Heina). Présentation par Jean-Philippe Vasseur. [Mecklenburgische Landesbibliothek, Schwerin; British Library, London].
Courlay, 1997. 4º, 17 parts, 15, 57 pp. Line-cut of the partbooks of two contemporary editions, one published in Frankfurt by Haueisen, the other in Paris by Heina. Scored for viola solo, 2 horns, 2 clarinets, & string quartet. Introduction in Fr-Eng-Ger. Wrappers. $36 [item no.7455]

STRAUSS, Johann (son), 1825-1899

Die Fledermaus. Ouvertüre zur Operette. Wiedergabe der Originalhandschrift nach der autographen Partitur der Wiener Stadtbibliothek.
Vienna, 1975. Oblong, 35 x 30 cm, iv, 44 pp. Superb halftone of the autograph score. Preface in Ger-Rus-Eng-Fr. Wrappers. $65 [item no.599]

STRAUSS, Richard, 1864-1949

[Concerto, horn & orch, op.11] Concert für das Waldhorn mit Begleitung des Orchesters oder Pianoforte, Op.11. Clavierauszug. Faksimile des Autographs mit einem Nachwort von Alfons Ott. [Ms. Städtische Musikbibl., Munich].
Tutzing, 1971. Oblong, 34 x 25 cm, 20, iv pp. Beautiful line-cut of the autograph score, in piano reduction format. Written when the composer was 18, the concerto was inspired by his horn-playing father, to whom the work is dedicated. Afterword in Ger. Linen. $42 (more info... ) [item no.603]

[Concerto, horn & orch, op.11] Concert für das Waldhorn mit Begleitung des Orchesters oder Pianoforte, Op.11. Clavierauszug. Faksimile des Autographs mit einem Nachwort von Alfons Ott. [Ms. Städtische Musikbibl. Munich].
Tutzing, 1971. Oblong, 4º, 20, iv pp. Beautiful line-cut of the autograph score, in piano reduction format. Written when the composer was 18, the concerto was inspired by his horn-playing father, to whom the work is dedicated. Afterword in Ger. Bibliophile edtion bound in blue leather. $106 (more info... ) [item no.604]

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, opus 28. Nach alter Schelmenweise in Rondoform gesetzt von Richard Strauss, op.28. Faksimile der autographen Partitur.
Frankfurt, 1999. 30 x 40 cm, 38, ii pp. Handsome line-cut of the autograph full score. Strauss prepared a new manuscript of the tone poem “Till Eulenspiegel” (1895) in 1944, presented here in this facsimile edition. He writes to his grandson Richard on 3 Oct. 1944, deeply disconsolate at the destruction of the war: “The day before yesterday I began to write out the Eulenspiegel score once again; it’s a more intelligent occupation than fabricating more decrepit original works.... This work gives me a lot of pleasure and at least keeps me from thinking about other things”. The manuscript, dedicated not only to his children and grandchildren but “to the good Till himself on his fifieth birthday”, is largely identical to the original score, however not without some significant refinements: in the final bars where the reinforcement of horns 4 to 8 could be dropped (“ad libitum”), Strauss has combined the original six trumpets into a rich three voice texture. Afterword in Ger-Eng by Walter Werbeck. Full linen binding with gold lettering. $124 (more info... ) [item no.8550]

Tod und Verklärung Op.24. Facsimile-Reproduktion der Handschrift. Original: Universal-Edition, Wien. [Ms. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York].
Philarmonia-Faksimiledrucke, 3. Vienna, 1923. 28 x 37 cm, 84 pp. Fine monochrome collotype of Strauss’ meticulous autograph fair copy (full score), completed 18 November 1889. This special facsimile appeared in the 20s during the life of the composer, a fact that was unprecedented. Rare deluxe binding in textured paper. $550 [item no.1871]

STRAVINSKY, Igor, 1882-1971

Stravinky’s Histoire du Soldat: A Facsimile of the Sketches. Edited by Maureen A. Carr.
Music in Facsimile. Madison, 2005 23 x 31 cm, 355 pp (224 plates). Halftone reproduction of the autograph draft in various stages of development, mostly notated in short score. The facsimile contains all the existing musical sketches, reproduced from the combined holdings of the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel and the Rychenberg Stiftung in Wintertur; the editor has provided a careful ordering and description of the highly diverse material which comes down to us in 8 distinct sketchbooks. Contributions by Maureen Carr, Philippe Girard, Alain Rochat, & Noël Cordonier. Wrappers, with colorful artwork. $110 (more info... ) [item no.8589]

Strawinsky. Orchestrations of “The Song of the Flea” by Modest Mussorgsky; “The Song of the Flea” by Ludwig van Beethoven”. Publication and Commentary by Arkady Klimovitsky.
St. Petersburg 2003. 26 x 34 cm, 391 pp. Facsimile of Stravinsky’s orchestration mss, together with documentary material relating to the performance of these works. Hardbound. $170 [item no.8125]

[Symphonies for Wind Instruments, 1920 ver.] Symphonies d’instruments à vent. Faksimileausgabe des Particells und der Partitur der Erstfassung (1920) herausgegeben und kommentiert von André Baltensperger und Felix Meyer.
Eine Veröffentlichung der Paul Sacher Stiftung. Basel, 1991. 22 x 26 cm, 48, 36 pp. Superb full-color halftone of the autograph full score and short score (particell). One of the last works from the composer’s “Russian” period, written for 23 wind instruments and dedicated to the memory of Claude Debussy. Reproduces the first version from 1920 in its two surviving versions: a full score fair copy (copied on thin ruled yellow paper) and the autograph particell. Commentary in Ger-Eng. Handsome binding with vellum spine and red paper boards, plus matching slipcase. $211 (more info... ) [item no.4231]

Lesure, François. Dossier de presse du Sacre du Printemps d’Igor Stravinsky réuni par François Lesure avec le concours de Gertraut Haberkamp, Malcolm Turner et Emilia Zanetti.
Anthologie de la Critique Musicale, I. Geneva, 1980. 8°, 180 pp. Reactions of the press (in facsimile) from the first night in Paris (1913) until the time that this work finally was accepted on its own merits (1928). Wrappers. $61 [item no.4253]

[Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris] Igor Stravinsky. La carrière européene. 14 Octobre–30 November 1980. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
Paris, 1980. 21 x 26 cm, 123, with 77 illus pp. Exhibition catalog. Introduction in Fr by François Lesure. Description of 357 exhibited items, including musical autographs, letters, photographs and drawings. Chronology. Wrappers. $22 [item no.2404]

SZYMANOWSKI, Karol, 1882-1937

Harnasie. Facsimile szkicu partytury. Przygotowali do wydanie Teresa Chylinska i Zygmunt Kasicki.
Krakow, 1982. 28 x 38 cm, iv, 176 pp. Halftone of the autograph score in the original format. Issued on the occasion of the centennary of the composer’s birth. Introduction in Pol. Folder. $89 [item no.622]

TARTINI, Giuseppe, 1692-1770

[Concerti, violin, orch, op.1, D.85, 55, 60, 15, 58, 89] 18 Concerti. . . op.1. Nos.1-6.
Huntingdon, [1992]. 4º, 7 partbooks. Xerographic reprint of the 1728-30 edition. Partbooks: vln solo, vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db, kbd. Wrappers. $49 [item no.4867]

[Concerti, violin, orch, op.1, D.111, 91, 59, 71, 88, 18] 18 Concerti. . . op.1. Nos.7-12.
Huntingdon, [1992]. 4º, 7 partbooks. Xerographic reprint of the 1728-30 edition. Partbooks: vln solo, vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db, kbd. Wrappers. $49 [item no.4868]

[Concerti, violin, orch, op.1, D.Anh. vi, v, ii, ?, iv, ?] 18 Concerti. . . op.1. Nos.13-18.
Huntingdon, [1992]. 4º, 7 partbooks. Xerographic reprint of the 1728-30 edition. Partbooks: vln solo, vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db, kbd. Wrappers. $49 [item no.4869]

TCHAIKOVSKI, Pet’r Il’ich, 1840-1893

[Symphony no.6, draft copy] Symphony No.6 in B Minor “Pathétique” Op.74 (CW 27). Autograph Draft Facsimile. Edited by Polina Vajdman.
New Edition of the Complete Works, II/39a. Moscow, 1999. 25 x 33 cm, xvii, 72, 132 pp. Halftone of the autograph draft, together with critical notes. Its three gatherings contain a continuity draft of the first movement without introduction, a partial draft of the second movement, and a draft of the fourth and second movements plus unfinished sketches for other compositions. Commentary in Eng-Rus. Cloth bound. $288 [item no.7915]

TELEMANN, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767

[Concerto, violin, orch, bc, TWV 51:F4, F major] Konzert F-Dur für Violine und Orchester. Faksimile nach dem Partiturautograph der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek Dresden mit einem Kommentar von Wolf Hobohm.
Musik der Dresdener Hofkapelle, [8]. Leipzig, 1980. 23 x 35 cm, 10, 68 pp. Halftone of the autograph score. Scored for 2 trombe, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, timpani, strings and basso continuo. Wrappers. $81 [item no.1722]

[Concerto, violin, orch, bc, TWV 51:F4, F major] Konzert F-Dur für Violine und Orchester. Faksimile nach dem Partiturautograph der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek Dresden. Mit einem Kommentar von Wolf Hobohm.
Musik der Dresdener Hofkapelle, 8. Leipzig, 1980. 23 x 35 cm, 10, 68 pp. Halftone of the autograph score. Scored for 2 trombe, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, timpani, strings and basso continuo. Wrappers. $81 [item no.631]

Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst. Cantates 1er. volume: 1725/1726. Présentation par Susi Möhlmeier et Frédérique Thouvenot. [Bayerische Staatsbibl., Munich].
Collection Dominantes. Courlay, 2002. 4º, xxxvi, 331 pp. Line-cut of the author’s edition, Leipzig, 1725-1726. Preface in Fr-Eng-Ger. Wrappers. $118 [item no.8150]

[Passion, St. Matthew] Matthäus-Passion 1754. Anleitung zur Aufführung. Nachwort von Manfred Fechner. Herausgegeben von Eitelfriedrich Thom. [Estate of Dr. Richard Münnich, Hochschule für Musik “Franz Liszt”, Weimar].
Dokumentationen, Reprints, 12. Michaelstein, 1986. 18 x 24 cm, 57, 16 pp. Halftone of the autograph score, recently discovered by Herbert Unger. According to an inscription entered on the inside cover, the work was composed by Telemann at the age of 73. Unusual for its almost complete omission of oratorio-style interpolations, for example, entrance or closing choral sections, or arias or recitatives that elaborate on the Biblical texts). Scored for solo STB, SATB chorus, strings, continuo & two transverse flutes. Laid paper. Wrappers. $29 [item no.4186]

THIÉMÉ, Frédéric, b.?-1802

Nouvelle théorie sur les différens mouvemens des airs, fondée sur la pratique de la musique moderne, avec le projet d’un nouveau chronomètre.
Geneva, 1972. 8º, 82 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1801 edition. An extremely rare treatment of tempi, with the number of chronometrical vibrations per minute for each. Eleven full-page engravings illustrate the system he proposes for composers, conductors and soloists. Hardbound. [item no.3340]

VERDI, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

[Mass for Rossini] Libera me, Domine. Messe per Rossini. Facsimile dell’autografo.
Parma, 1988. 32 x 45 cm, viii, 80 pp. For orchestra and chorus. Superb full-color halftone of the autograph full score in the original loose folio format. Composed in 1869 as the last movement (no.13) of a Mass commissioned to 13 Italian composers in homage to Rossini and for the commemoration of the first anniversary of his death. Importantly, Verdi’s contribution become a point of departure for the Requiem taken up at a much later date. Preface by Francesco Cossiga & commentary by Pierluigi Petrobelli. Limited numbered edition of 1000 copies. Handsome portfolio with linen spine and printed paper boards. $145 (more info... ) [item no.2890]

[Mass for Rossini] Messa per Rossini: La storia, il testo, la musica a cura di Michele Girardi e Pierluigi Petrobelli.
Quaderni dell’Istituto di Studi Verdiani, 5. Parma, 1988. 8º, 166 pp. Commentary to above. Includes notes on the history, text and music of Libera me. Wrappers. $33 [item no.3167]

Per il “Re Lear”. Facsimile dell’autografo a cura di Gabriella Carrara Verdi.
Parma, 2002. 29 x 42 cm, 194 pp. Deluxe facsimile issued on the occasion of the centennary of Verdi’s death. Limited edition of 420 copies. $192 [item no.9123]

[Works, selections, mss] Gli autografi del Museo Teatrale alla Scala/The Autographs of the Museo Teatrale alla Scala.
Milan, 2000. 4º, 9 vols, 479, incl. 123 pp. Deluxe publication of the Museo Teatrale alla Scala on the 100th anniversary of Verdi’s death. Many of the compositions included in this facsimile appear now for the first time. They belong to the collection of MSS and documents of the Museo Teatrale alla Scala and bring to light the youthful compositions of the composer and their connection with Milan, a city where Verdi’s artistic and cultural personality was formed and the place where he ended his days. Works: Sinfonie (ed. Roberta Marvin), Tantum ergo, 1837 (ed. Dino Rizzo), Il trovatore, 1852 (ed. Jesse Rosenberg), Otello, 1887-1888 (ed. Damien Colas), Notturno, 1839 (ed. Marco Marica), Nabucodonosor, 1842 (ed. Roger Parker), Romanza, 1846 (ed. Emanuele Senici), Cupo è il Sepolcro e Mutolo, 1843 (ed. Antonio Rostagno). Each of these titles, independently bound, consists of introduction, transcription, & critical commentary. Clamshell case in cloth. $350 (more info... ) [item no.7866]

VIVALDI, Antonio, 1678-1741

[Concerti, RV 540, 552, 558, & Sinfonia, RV 149] Concerti con molti istromenti. Faksimiledruck nach der Musikhandschrift 2389-0-4 der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek Dresden. Mit einem Nachwort von Karl Heller.
Leipzig, 1978. Oblong, 22 x 17 cm, 163, xi pp. Extremely clear halftone. Concerto RV 540 is scored for viola d’amore and lute, RV 552 for 4 violins, 558 for 2 violins and orchestra. Linen. $95 [item no.1761]

[Concerti, RV 540, 552, 558, & Sinfonia, RV 149] Concerti con molti istromenti. Manoscritto Dresden, Sächische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Landesbibliothek. Concerto in Do maggiore per 2 violini “in tromba marina”, 2 flauti [dritti], 2 mandolini, 2 chalumeaux, 2 tiorbe, violoncello, archi e basso continuo, RV 558; Concerto in La maggiore per violino principale. 3 violini in eco, archi e basso continuo, RV 552; Concerto in Re minore per viola d’amore, liuto, archi e basso continuo, RV 540; Sinfonia in Sol maggiore per archi e basso continuo, RV 149. A cura di Karl Heller.
Archivum Musicum: Vivaldiana, 5. Florence, 2007. Oblong, 30 x 24 cm, 38, 158 pp. Halftone of a copyist MS (being the work of 2 scribes) which offers an interesting glimpse into a multi-work “concert program” rather than a single work. Introduction in It-Ger. Wrappers, in decorative paper. $81 [item no.8994]

[Concerti, flute, strings, op.10] 6 Flute Concertos, op.10.
Huntingdon, [1990]. 4º, partbooks, c.94 pp. Xerographic reprint of the Le Cène, c.1728 edition. Scored for fl solo, vln I, II, vla, vc, & bc. Concerti correspond to RV 433, 439, 428, 435, 434, & 437. Wrappers. $58 [item no.7018]

[Concerti, flute, strings, op.10] VI concerti a flauto traverso, violino primo, e secondo, alto viola, organo e violoncello. Operas decima. [British Library, London].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 203. New York, [1999]. 23 x 31 cm, 5 partbooks, c.94 pp. Line-cut of the Le Cène edition, Amsterdam, c.1728. Concerti correspond to RV 433, 439 (including “La Notte”), 428, 435, 434, & 437. Wrappers. $60 [item no.7678]

[Concerti, flute, strings, op.10] VI concerti a flauto traverso, opera decima. Versioni manoscritte Torino, Bibl. Naz. Univ., Giordano 31 (RV 98/570, 104, 90, 442, 101).
Archivum Musicum, Vivaldiana, 1. Florence, 2002. 4º, 6 vols, 23, c.94 pp. Halftone of autograph and copyist mss, plus line-cut reproduction of the Amsterdam, c.1728 (partbook) edition. Introduction in It-Eng by Federico Maria Sardelli. Prepared under the auspices of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi. Wrappers, in portfolio. $102 [item no.8122]

[Concerti, flute, vln & bc, RV 91, 100] Concerto pour flûte a traversière, violon, basson, et basse continüe (RV 91); Concerto pour flûte a traversière, violon, basson, et basse continüe (RV 100). Présentation par Michel Giboureau. [Bibl. Nazionale, Turin].
Collection Dominantes. Courlay, 2005. Oblong & upright, 4º, 60 pp. Line-cut of two autograph scores. Introduction in Fr-Eng-Ger. Wrappers. $32 [item no.8537]

[Concerti, flute, vln & bc, RV 96, 104, 106] Concerto pour flûte a traversière, violon, basson, et basse continüe (RV 96); Concerto “La notte” pour flûte a traversière (ou violon), 2 violons, basson, et basse continüe (RV 104); Concerto pour flûte a traversière, violon, basson, et basse continüe, ou 2 violons, violoncelle et basse continüe (RV 106). Présentation par Michel Giboureau.
Collection Dominantes. Courlay, 2005. Oblong & upright, 4º, 64 pp. Line-cut of a contemporary ms copy parts (RV 96) and two autograph scores (RV 104 & 106). Introduction in Fr-Eng-Ger. Wrappers. $32 [item no.8538]

[Concerti, piccolo, strings, RV 443, 444, 445, C major] 3 concerti per flautino / 3 Konzerte für Blockflöte, Streicher und B.C. (“Piccolo-Konzerte”). R op.44 No.11/RV 443; R op.44 No.26/RV 445; R op.44 No.9/RV444. Faksimile des Autographs erstmals herausgegeben von Winfried Michel. [Bibl. Nazionale, Turin].
Münster, 2000. Oblong, 4º, viii, 61 pp. Line-cut of the autograph score. Introduction in Ger. Wrappers. $40 [item no.7869]

[Concerto, recorder, strings, RV 441, C minor] Concerto c-moll per flauto. [Bibl. Nazionale, Turin].
Münster, 1990. Oblong, 4º, iii, 21 pp. Line-cut of the autograph score. Introduction in Ger by Winfried Michel. Wrappers. $17 [item no.4285]

[Concerto, rec, vln, bsn, bc; rec, vlns, bc] Sonate pour flûte à bec, basson et basse continue; Concerto pour flûte à bec, violon et basson ou violoncelle et b.c.; Concerto pour flûte à bec, 2 violons et basse continue. Présentation par Susi Möhlmeier et Frédérique Thouvenot.
Collection Dominantes. Courlay, 1996. 23 x 32 cm, 28, 42 pp. Line-cut of one sonata (RV 86) and 2 concerti (RV 92 & 108) from the Biblioteca Nazionale, Turin. Introduction in Fr-Eng-Ger. Wrappers. $36 [item no.7474]

[Concerti, flute, oboe, violin, bassoon] Concerto pour flûte traversière... (RV 88); Concerto “Il Gardellino” pour flûte traversière ou violon... (RV 90); Concerto “Tempesta di mare” pour flûte traversière... (RV 98); Concerto pour flûte traversière... (RV 99); Concerto pour flûte traversière... (RV 107). Présentation par Michel Giboureau.
Collection Dominantes. Courlay, 1999. 4º, oblong & upright, xxiii, c.98 pp. Line-cut reproduction of five flute concerti in ms from the Biblioteca Nazionale, Turin, with additional ms parts from the Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden. Wrappers. $54 [item no.7677]

[Concerti, rec, ob/vln, bsn/vc, bc, etc., RV 87, 97, 103] Concerto pour flûte a bec, hautbois, deux violons et basse; Concerto pour viole d’amour, deux cors, deux hautbois, basson et basse; Concerto pour flûte a bec, hautbois et basson. Présentation par Michel Giboureau. [Bibl. Nazionale, Turin].
Collection Dominantes. Courlay, 1996. Oblong, 4º, 4 vols, 21, 62 pp. Line-cut of three autograph scores. Introduction in Fr-Eng-Ger. Wrappers. $43 [item no.7598]

[Concerti, rec, ob/vln, bsn/vc, bc, RV 94, 95, 101, 105] Concerto pour flûte a bec...; Concerto “La Pastorella” pour flûte a bec...; Concerto pour flûte a bec...; Concerto pour flûte a bec. Présentation par Michel Giboureau. [Bibl. Nazionale, Turin].
Collection Dominantes. Courlay, 1996. Oblong, 4º, 4 vols, 19, 56 pp. Line-cut of three autograph scores and one contemporary ms score (RV 101). Introduction in Fr-Eng-Ger. Wrappers. $36 [item no.7587]

[Concerti, viole d’amour, 2 hn, 2 ob, bsn, bc, etc., RV 97] Concerto pour flûte a bec, hautbois, deux violons et basse; Concerto pour viole d’amour, deux cors, deux hautbois, basson et basse; Concerto pour flûte a bec, hautbois et basson. Présentation par Michel Giboureau. [Bibl. Nazionale, Turin].
Collection Dominantes. Courlay, 1996. Oblong, 4º, 4 vols, 21, 62 pp. Line-cut of three autograph scores. Introduction in Fr-Eng-Ger. Wrappers. $43 [item no.7598]

[Concerti, violin, strings, “L’estro armonico”, op.3] L’estro armonico. Concerti. Op.3. [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. and Houghton Library, Cambridge].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 103. New York, [1992]. 22 x 28 cm, 8 partbooks, c.229 pp. Line-cut of the Roger & Le Cène edition, Amsterdam, [1711]. These 12 works (for one to four solo violins & orch) include some of the most dramatic and moving music Vivaldi ever wrote. Ryom (RV) catalog numbers are: 549, 578, 310, 550, 519, 356, 567, 522, 580, 565, & 265. Wrappers. $85 [item no.4463]

[Concerti, violin, strings, “La Stravaganza”, op.4] La Stravaganza concerti. Opera quarta. Libro I [-II]. [Royal Academy of Music, London].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 250. New York, [2005]. 22 x 29 cm, 5 partbooks, 173 pp. Line-cut of the Roger edition, Amsterdam, [1712]. Scored for vln solo, vln I, II, vla, org/vc. Ryom numbers: 383a, 279, 301, 357, 347, 316a, 185, 249, 284, 196, 204, & 298. Wrappers. $70 [item no.8539]

[Concerti, violin, strings, op.6] 6 Concerti a 5, op.6.
Huntingdon, c.1988. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the Roger edition, Amsterdam, [1716/1717]. Scored for vln solo, vln I, II, vla, vc, & bc. Ryom numbers: 324, 259, 318, 216, 280, & 239. Wrappers. $41 [item no.7062]

[Concerti, violin, strings, op.7] 12 concerti a 5, op.7.
Huntingdon, n.d. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the Roger edition, Amsterdam, [1716/1717]. Scored for vln/oboe solo, vln I, II, vla, vc, & bc (Ob solo in nos. 1 & 7). Ryom numbers: 465, 188, 326, 354, 285a, 374, 464, 299, 373, 294a, 208a & 214. Wrappers. $79 [item no.8315]

[Concerti, vln, strgs, “Cimento dell’armonia”, op.8] Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione. Concerti a 4 e 5. Opera ottava [libro primo & libro secondo].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 3. New York, [1991]. 22 x 28 cm, 5 partbooks, c.160 pp. Line-cut of the Le Cène edition, Amsterdam, 1725. Contains 12 concerti, RV 269, 315, 0293, 297 (4 Seasons); 253 (La tempesta di mare), 180 (Il piacere), 242, 332, 362, 210, 178, & 449. Wrappers. $75 [item no.4054]

[Concerti, vln, strgs, “Cimento dell’armonia”, op.8] Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione. Concerts a 4 e 5. Opera ottava, libro primo/Libro secondo. Introduction: Greta Haenen. [Conservatoire Royal, Brussels & Bibl. Nationale, Paris].
Facsimile Series, II/1. Peer, 1991. 22 x 28 cm, 5 partbooks: c.160; vi pp. Halftone of the Le Cène edition, Amsterdam, 1725. Wrappers. $48 [item no.3900]

[Concerti, vln, strings, “La Cetra”, op.9] La Cetra, op.9.
Huntingdon, c.1988. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the Le Cène edition, Amsterdam, [1727]. Scored for vln I [solo], II, III, vla, vc, & bc. Ryom numbers: 181a, 345, 334, 263a, 358, 348, 359, 238, 530, 300, 198a, & 391. Wrappers. $95 [item no.7063]

[Concerti, violin, strings, “La Cetra”, op.9] La Cetra concerti. Opera nono.
Performers’ Facsimiles, 290. New York, [2009]. 22 x 29 cm, 5 partbooks, 173 pp. Line-cut of the Le Cène edition, Amsterdam, [1727]. Scored for vln I [solo], II, III, vla, vc, & bc. Ryom numbers: 181a, 345, 334, 263a, 358, 348, 359, 238, 530, 300, 198a, & 391. Wrappers. $75 [item no.9066]

[Concerti, vln (ob for no.6), strings, op.11] 6 Concertos, op.11.
Huntingdon, c.1988. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the Le Cène edition, Amsterdam, [1729]. Scored for vln solo/[ob], vln I, II, vla, vc, & bc. Ryom numbers: 207, 277, 336, 308, 202, & 460. Wrappers. $58 [item no.7064]

[Concerti, vln, strings, op.12] Sei concerti a violino principale, violino primo e secondo, alto viola, organo e violoncello. Opera duodecima.
Huntingdon, c.1988. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the Le Cène edition, Amsterdam, [1729]. Scored for vln solo, vln I, II, vla, vc, & bc. Ryom numbers: 317, 244, 124, 173, 379, & 361. Wrappers. $58 [item no.7065]

[Concerti, violin, strings, RV 224, 240, 260 & 585] Quattro concerti autografi della Sächsische Landesbibliothek di Dresda. [Ms. 2389-O-77].
Siena, 1949. Oblong, 18 x 13 cm, viii, 65 pp. Line-cut. Preface in It by Olga Rudge. Wrappers. $43 [item no.653]

[Concerti, violin, strings, RV 552 & 558] Due concerti manoscritti della Sächsische Landesbibliothek di Dresda.
Siena, 1950. Oblong, 18 x 13 cm, viii, 113 pp. Line-cut. Preface in It. Wrappers. $33 [item no.654]

[Serenates, RV 687 & 693] Due serenate. Partiture in facsimile. Saggio introduttivo a cura di Michael Talbot e Paul Everett con l’edizione dei testi poetici.
Drammaturgia Musicale Veneta, 15. Milan, 1995. Oblong, 29 x 23 cm, lxxxvii, 284 pp. Halftone of autograph score, Venice, 1725 and c.1726. Introduction in It-Eng. Linen. $249 [item no.7192]

WAGNER, Richard, 1813-1883

Kinder-Katechismus zu Kosel’s Geburtstag. [Ms. Staatsbibl. der Stiftung Preußische Kulturbesitz, Berlin].
Mainz, 1937. Oblong, 30 x 24 cm, 7, 6 pp. Line-cut of the autograph score of Wagner’s tribute to “Kosel” (Cosima), his second wife, on her 36th birthday, 25 December 1873. Includes reprint of first edition by B. Schott’s Söhne. Wrappers, with hand-made marbled paper. $45 [item no.2352]

Kinder-Katechismus zu Kosel’s Geburtstag. Faksimile der Reinschrift in den Fassungen von 1873 und 1874. [Ms. Staatsbibl. der Stiftung Preuß. Kulturbesitz, Berlin].
Mainz, 1983. Oblong, 30 x 23 cm, iv, 9, 4 pp. (Rpt. of Mainz, 1937 edition). Line-cut of both the piano and orchestrated versions, with new preface in Ger by Egon Voss. Includes reprint of first edition by B. Schott’s Söhne. Wrappers. $14 [item no.663]

[Lohengrin, overture & intro. to Act III] Lohengrin. Vorspiel zur Oper und Einleitung zum dritten Aufzug. [Ms. Archiv des Hauses Wahnfried, Bayreuth].
Leipzig, 1974. 28 x 36 cm, vii, 26 pp. Collotype of the autograph score. Introduction in Ger by Heinz-Krause-Graumnitz. Coverboards in decorative paper. $95 [item no.664]

[Meistersinger, selection] “Schusterlied” aus der Oper “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”. Früheste Reinschrift (WWV deest). Faksimile nach dem Autograph in der Wiener Stadt- und Landes Bibliothek. Herausgegeben von Ernst Hilmar.
Tutzing, 1988. Oblong, 35 x 26 cm, 20, 2 pp. 3-color halftone of the earliest fair copy of this song, executed on two staves on beautiful music paper with border decorations in gold. Dedicated to the Viennese doctor and Wagner supporter, Josef Standthartner. Historical introduction in Ger with a contribution on the genesis of Die Meistersinger. Photographs and documents in facsimile, along with the 1862 sketch of the “Schusterlied”. Wrappers, with distinctive brown textured slipcover & white lettering. $59 (more info... ) [item no.1713]

[Meistersinger, libretto] Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Faksimile der Reinschrift des Textbuchs von 1862 mit einem Aufsatz zur Entstehung von Egon Voss.
Mainz, 1983. 22 x 31 cm, 19, 82 pp. Line-cut of Wagner’s fair copy of the libretto. Cloth. $43 [item no.665]

[Siegfried Idyll, composing copy] Richard Wagners Siegfried-Idyll. Eine einmalige Faksimile-Ausgabe der Edition René Coeckelberghs zum Richard-Wagner-Jahr. [Ms. Korporationsgemeinde, Luzern].
Luzern, 1983. 27 x 35 cm, 2 vols, I: 15, 14 pp.; II: 80 pp. Fine 6-color halftone of the “composing” score in its original loose bifolio format issued on the occasion of the centennial of the composer’s death. This precious loving work was composed for and presented to Cosima along with an original poem of two strophes on her 33rd birthday on 25 Dec. 1870. Preface by Wolfgang Wagner, notes on the corrections and changes in the ms by Ernst-Hans Beer. Essays by Carl Dahlhaus, Peter Wapnewski & Michael Riedler. Includes full-page portraits, photographs of the Wagner house, studio, map of Lucerne, and musical examples. Limited numbered edition of 999 copies, with slipcase. $695 (more info... ) [item no.1900]

WALTON, William, 1902-1983

Façade 2. Poems by Edith Sitwell. Music by William Walton. Facsimile.
London, [1979]. Square, 29 x 29 cm, 26, 5 pp. Line-cut of the composer’s 1977 revised and reordered version. Consists of 8 settings of Sitwell’s poetry for small orchestra and reciter. Wrappers. $25 [item no.666]

WASSENAER, Unico Wilhelm, Graaf van, 1692-1766

[Concerti armonici, strings] 6 concerti armonici (1755).
Huntingdon, c.1988. 4º. Xerographic reprint of the 1755 edition. Scored for vln I, II, III, IV, vla, vc, & bc. These works were formerly attributed to Pergolesi and Ricciotti. Wrappers. $49 [item no.7053]

WEBER, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826

[Concertino, horn & orch, op.45] Concertino für Horn und Orchester e-moll, op. 45. Faksimile nach dem Partiturautograph der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek. [Mus. ms. autogr. C.M. v. Weber WFN 9].
Leipzig, 1986. Oblong, 18 x 13 cm, iv, 36 pp. Halftone of the autograph score in reduced format issued on the occasion of the bicentennial of the composer’s birth. Based on the 1815 autograph score prepared for the hornist Rauch (the original 1806 score is now lost). Introduction in Ger by Friedhilde Krause, Wolfgang Goldhan, and Hans-Jürgen Freiherr von Weber. Wrappers. $28 [item no.2333]

WEBERN, Anton, 1883-1945

Sketches (1926-1945). Facsimile Reproductions from the Composer’s Autograph Sketchbooks in the Moldenhauer Archive. Commentary by Ernst Krenek with a Foreword by Hans Moldenhauer.
New York, 1968. Oblong, 37 x 30 cm, 16, 47 pp. Fine line-cut reproduction of the autograph. Webern made preliminary drafts for his compositions which show stages of evolution and the unending thought and care that he bestowed upon them. While Stravinsky called the finished products “those dazzling diamonds”, this volume allows us a glimspe into the composer’s workshop. These fascinating sketches, extracted from five sketchbooks from the Webern Archive, illustrate the meticulous step-by-step process of the composer’s 12-tone technique. Compositions include op.19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 31 and several unidentified works. Handsome binding in beige and brown linen, with slipcase. $50 (more info... ) [item no.671]

COMPOSITE & MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES

Ecorcheville, Jules. Vingt suites d’orchestre du XVIIe siècle français. Publiées pour la première fois d’après un manuscrit de la Bibliothèque de Cassel.
New York, [1970]. 4º, 2 vols, 448, with 47 pp. Study, edition, and line-cut (in reduced format) of a c.1660 ms transmitting orchestral suites for the “vingt-quatre violons” orchestra of Louis XIV. 2 vols, cloth. $195 [item no.711]

Harmonia Anglicana. The Musick of the English Stage Containing Six Sets of Ayers and Tunes in 4 Parts made for the Operas, Tragedys and Comedyes of the Theater Royal. Sets 1 and 2. [Durham Cathedral Libary, Durham].
Alston, 2000. Oblong, 29 x 21 cm, 8 volumes, i, c.104 pp. Line-cut of the Walsh edition, London, 1700-01. Incidental music (overture followed by 7 or 8 dances) from the London theater, suitable for English violin consort (two violins, viola and large bass violin tuned in B flat, or alternatively, oboe band, recorder consort). Music by Paisible, Croft, Finger, Lenton, D. Purcell, Eccles, and Orme. Introduction by Peter Holman. Ring binding. $48 [item no.7814]

Huldigung der Tonsetzer Wiens an Elisabeth Kaiserin von Österreich (Wien 1854). Erstdruck in Reproduktion der Originalhandschriften. Mit einer Einführung von Brigitte Hamann. Veröffentlicht von Günther Brosche.
Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, 142-44. Graz, 1987. 26 x 304 cm, c.300 & 150 pp. Halftone. Wrappers. $166 [item no.743]

Instrumental Music for London Theatres, 1690-1699, Royal College of Music, London, MS 1172. Introduction by Curtis Price.
Music for London Entertainment, 1660-1800, A/3. Tunbridge Wells, 1987. Oblong, 4º, xvi, 101 pp. Halftone. Carefully selected anthology of virtually every type of instrumental music required by the London theaters in the 1690s–overtures, act-tunes, dances and music for special effects–usually written in full score. Compiled c.1700, possibly at the behest of the manangers of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Buckram. $116 [item no.708]

MODERN EDITIONS

Bottesini, Giovanni. Concerto [per contrabasso] in si minore; Concertino [per contrabasso] in do minore. Edizione critica a cura di Flavio Arpini.
Lucca, 1999. 4º, 93 pp. New critical edition. Wrappers. $42 [item no.6251]

Brahms, Johannes (new critical edition) Symphonie Nr.1 C-Moll Opus 68. Herausgegeben von Robert Pascall.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, I,1. Munich, 1996. 4º, xvix, 249 pp. Cloth. $228 [item no.5891]

Brahms, Johannes (new critical edition) Symphonie Nr.2 D-dur Opus 73. Herausgegeben von Robert Pascall und Michael Struck.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, I/2. Munich, 2001. 4º, xxv, 287 pp. Cloth. $215 [item no.6407]

Brahms, Johannes (new critical edition) Symphonie Nr.3 F-Dur Opus 90. Herausgegeben von Robert Pascall.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, I/3. Munich, 2005. 4º, xxix, 216 pp. New critical edition. Cloth. $296 [item no.6610]

Brahms, Johannes (new critical edition) Serenaden. Nr. 1 D-dur für grosses Orchester Opus 11; Nr. 2 A-dur für kleines Orchester Opus 16. Herausgegeben von Michael Musgrave.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, I/5. Munich, 2006. 4º, xxix, 407 pp. New critical edition. Cloth. $527 [item no.6639]

Brahms, Johannes (new critical edition) Symphonie Nr. 4 E moll, opus 98. Herausgegeben von Robert Pascall.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, I/4. Munich, 2011. 4º, xxxv, 204 pp. New critical edition. Cloth. $358 [item no.6926]

Brahms, Johannes (new critical edition) Violonkonzert D-Dur Opus 77. Doppelkonzert A-Moll Opus 102. Klavierauszüge. Herausgegeben von Linda Correell Roesner und Michael Struck.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, IA/7. Munich, 2010. 4º, xx, 228 pp. New critical edition of the violin/piano reduction score for the Violin Concerto op.77 and Double Concerto op.102. Cloth. $339 [item no.6908]

Brahms, Johannes (new critical edition) Violinkonzert D-Dur Opus 77. Herausgegeben von Linda Correll Roesner und Michael Struck.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, I/9. Munich, 2004. 4º, xxvi, 307 pp. New critical edition. Cloth. $439 [item no.6573]

Brahms, Johannes (new critical edition) Doppelkonzert A-Moll Opus 102. Herausgegeben von Michael Struck.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, I/10. Munich, 2000. 4º, xxvii, 260 pp. Cloth. $264 [item no.6298]

Calderara, Giacinto. Stabat mater per soli, coro, 2 corni, archi e organo. Introduzione e revision di Giuseppe Gai.
Corona di Delizie Musicali, 5. Lucca, 2003. 4º, xiii, 83 pp. Critical edition. Wrappers. $42 [item no.6429]

Croft, William. Canticles and Anthems with Orchestra. Edited by Donald Burrows.
Musica Britannica, XCI London, 2011. 4º, li, 207, 26 pp. Modern critical edition. Buckram. $164 [item no.6925]

Fioré, Andrea Stefano. Motetto sopra il salmo 94 à più voci e stromenti. Introduzione e revisione di Sergio Balestracci.
Corona di Delizie Musicali, 6. Lucca, 2004. 4º, xvi, 50 pp. Critical edition. Scored for SSATB choir, vln I-II, va I-II, organ & bc. Wrappers. $32 [item no.6509]

Fritz, Gaspard (complete works) Concerto pour violon. [Library, University of Michigan].
Œuvres Complètes, 1. Geneva, 1994. 4º, Modern edition of a copist’s ms preserved in the Library of the University of Michigan. Wrappers. $35 [item no.5710]

Fritz, Gaspard (complete works) Concerto pour violon. [Library, University of Michigan].
Œuvres Complètes, 1. Geneva, 1994. 4º, Orchestral parts to the above. $0 [item no.5711]

Geminiani, Francesco. The Inchanted Forrest a cura di Enrico Careri.
Le Delizie Musicali, 1. Lucca, 1996. 8º, x, 72 pp. New critical edition of the full score. Scored for solo vln I/II, vla, vc, kbd; ripieno vln I/II, vla, vc, db, 2 fl, [bsn], 2 hn, tpt. Wrappers. $38 [item no.5911]

Marchetti, Filippo. Sinfonia a grand’ orchestra in Re maggiore. Napoli 1853. Trascrizione e revisione di Lamberto Lugli.
Lucca, 2003. 4º, xii, 77 pp. New critical edition. Wrappers. $32 [item no.6479]

Mozart, Franz Xaver Wolfgang. Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra, op.14. A cura di Rudolph Angermüller.
Lucca, 2005. 4º, ix, 134 pp. New critical edition. Wrappers. $48 [item no.6589]

Ottani, Bernardino. Te deum in re maggiore per soli, coro e orchestra. Revisione di Maurizio Benedetti. Introduzione di Rosy Moffa.
Corona di Delizie Musicali, 3. Lucca, 2001. 4º, xiii, 76 pp. Critical edition. Wrappers. $42 [item no.6349]

Pugnani, Gaetano. Concerto in la maggiore per violino e orchestra. Revisione di Luigi Mangiocavallo. Introduzione di Annarita Colturato.
Corona di Delizie Musicali, 2. Lucca, 2001. 4º, xiv, 49 pp. Critical edition. Wrappers. $42 [item no.6348]

Scherrer, Nicolas. Symphonies. Présenté par Jacques Horneffer. Edité par Xavier Bouvier.
Musiques à Genève, 1. Geneva, 1991. 22 x 30 cm, 288 pp. Critical edition of the symphonies of Scherrer (c.1747-1821). $91 [item no.5605]

Verdi, Giuseppe. Messa da requiem for the Anniversary of the Death of Manzoni, 22 May, 1874. Reduction for Voice and Piano by Jay Rosenblatt Based on the Critical Edition of the Orchestral Score Edited by David Rosen.
[Critical Editions of Vocal Scores]. Milan, 1996. 8º, cxlvi, 291 pp. Wrappers. $30 [item no.6012]

Vivaldi, Antonio (new edition) Concerti per violino RV 320, 378, 745. Edizione critica a cura di Olivier Foures.
Antonio Vivaldi, Opere Incomplete, Edizione Critica, 5. Florence, 2005. 8º, xl, 68 pp. New critical edition of the score prepared under the auspices of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi. Scored for principal violin, violins I-II, viola, & basso. Wrappers. $27 [item no.6599]

Vivaldi, Antonio (new edition) Regina Caeli, RV 615. Edizione critica a cura di Michael Talboti.
Antonio Vivaldi, Opere Incomplete, Edizione Critica, 4. Florence, 2004. 8º, 42 pp. New critical edition of the score prepared under the auspices of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi. Scored for S/T solo, 2 trumpets, vln I-II, vla, & bc. Preface in It-Eng. Wrappers. $27 [item no.6593]

Weill, Kurt (collected edition) Chamber Music. Edited by Wolfgang Rathert and Jürgen Selk.
The Kurt Weill Edition, II/1. New York, 2004. 30 x 39 cm, 2 vols, 192, 107 pp. The first volume of Weill’s chamber works edited in critical edition. Contents: String Quartet in B Minor, String Quartet op.8, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Frauentanz: Sieben Gedichte des Mittelalter, op.10 (voice, fl, vla, cl, hn, bsn), Ick sitze da_un esse Klops (voice, 2 pic, bsn). Cloth. (Subscribers to the series receive a substantial savings). $335 (more info... ) [item no.6527]

MONOGRAPHS

Agamennone, Maurizio. Su Daniele Paris. Storie e memorie di un direttore d’orchestra.
Documenti di Storia Musicale Abruzzese, 6. Lucca, 2009. 8º, 358 pp, audio CD. Wrappers. $65 [item no.6880]

Alberti, Alfonso. Niccolò Castiglioni 1950-1966.
Quaderni del Corso di Musicologia del Conservatorio “G. Verdi” di Milano, 8. Lucca, 2006. 8º, 306 pp. Wrappers. $40 [item no.6635]

Caracciolo, Marina. Brahms e il Walzer. Storia e lettura critica.
Musica Ragionata, 14. Lucca, 2004. 12º, 165 pp. Wrappers. $29 [item no.6493]

[Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich] Jugendstil-Musik? Münchner Musikleben 1890-1918. Strauß, Reger, Pfitzner, Mahler und die Komponisten der Münchner Schule. Hofoper, Konzertwesen, Musikfeste. Ausstellung vom 19. Mai bis 31. Juli 1987.
Ausstellungskataloge, 40. Wiesbaden, 1987. 8º, 330, with 70 illus pp. Wrappers. $57 [item no.1880]

Bini, Annalisa. Mozart e i musicisti italiani del suo tempo [Mozart and the Italian Musicians of His Day]. Atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Roma, 21 - 22 ottobre 1991, a cura di Annalisa Bini.
L’Arte Armonica, III/1. Lucca, 1994. 8º, 142 pp. Wrappers. $24 [item no.5655]

Brook, Barry S. The Symphony, 1720-1840. A Comprehensive Collection of Full Scores in Sixty Volumes. Reference Volume: Contents of the Set and Collected Thematic Indexes. Preface by Barry S. Brook.
New York, 1986. 4º, 627 pp. Indispensable tool for research on the classical symphony. Each segment of this thematic catalog has been compiled by a leading expert and contains important information on scoring, dating, first published mention, location of original source and modernediton. Cloth. $195 [item no.4154]

Cannata, David Butler. Rachmaninoff and the Symphony.
Bibliotheca Musicologica Universität Innsbruck, 4. Lucca, 2000. 8º, 170 pp. First in depth study of the composer based on the primary sources, including previously censored material. Wrappers. $42 [item no.6276]

Fassone, Alberto. Carl Orff.
Musica Ragionata, 6. Lucca, 1994. 12º, 446 pp. Wrappers. $29 [item no.5660]

Fassone, Alberto. Carl Orff. Nuova edizione, riveduta ed ampliata.
Musica Ragionata, 18. Lucca, 2009. 12º, 661 pp. 2nd revised and enlarged edition. Wrappers. $58 [item no.6872]

[Girati, Luigi & Luigi Verdi] Le città della musica. Celibidache a Bologna. A cura di Luigi Girati e Luigi Verdi. Prefazione di Silvia Gajani.
Bologna, 2004. 8º, 304 pp. Sergiu Celibidache first performed in Bologna in 1953 and actively conducted there until 1973. This book is a historical survey of his tenure and analysis of his legacy and relationship to the city. Wrappers. $45 [item no.6524]

Hentschel, Frank. Funktion der Symmetrie in den Werken Béla Bartóks.
Quaderni di Musica/Realtà, 40. Lucca, 1997. 8º, 216 pp. Wrappers. $26 [item no.6241]

Mariani, Antonio. Antonio Mancinelli. Competenza e sfortuna.
Akademos. Lucca, 2001. 8º, 117 pp. Wrappers. $26 [item no.6336]

Mioli, Piero. Padre Martini. Musicista e musicografo de Bologna all’Europa (1706-1784).
Lucca, 2006. 12º, 125 pp. Wrappers. $21 [item no.6631]

Pinzauti, Leonardo. Storia del Maggio [Musicale Fiorentino]: dalla nascita della “Stabile Orchestrale Fiorentina” (1928) al Festival del 1993.
Hermes, Musica e Spettacolo nel Novecento, 5. Lucca, 1994. 8º, 441 pp. Wrappers. $43 [item no.5666]

Pozzi, Raffaele. Il suono dell’estasi. Olivier Messiaen. Dal banquet céleste all Turangalîa-Symphonie.
Lucca, 2002. 8º, 220 pp. Wrappers. $32 [item no.6394]

Salvetti, Guido. Musica strumentale dell’Ottocento italiano a cura di Guido Salvetti.
Quaderni del Corso di Musicologia del Conservatorio “G. Verdi” di Milano, 3 – 1995. Lucca, 1997. 8º, 193 pp. Articles by Marino Pessina, Raffaella Valsecchi, & Marina Vaccarini Gallarani. Wrappers. $26 [item no.6107]

Visentini, Olga. Berlioz e il su tempo.
Musica Ragionata, 19. Lucca, 2010. 12º, 2 vols, xvi, 1385 pp. Wrappers. $120 [item no.6892]