HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH Die Schoepfung: Ein Oratorium...; The Creation: An Oratorio. . Vienna: [printed for the composer], 1800. First edition, full orchestral score. Calf-backed vellum-covered boards of the period, red leather title label on upper over, protected in a clamshell case. 14 1/4 inches (36 cm); blank, engraved title, 4 subscriber leaves, 303 engraved plates of music. The front board detached, repair in pen facsimile to foot of title page (not touching the printer's authorization stamp), but a clean copy internally. One of the highpoints of the Western musical canon, the Oratorio was recognized from its earliest performances as a masterwork of the first water (see New Grove, 8: 346, 347, 358). Ink name of M. Deedes, 1825, on the front pastedown.
HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH Die Schoepfung: Ein Oratorium...; The Creation: An Oratorio. . Vienna: [printed for the composer], 1800. First edition, full orchestral score. Calf-backed vellum-covered boards of the period, red leather title label on upper over, protected in a clamshell case. 14 1/4 inches (36 cm); blank, engraved title, 4 subscriber leaves, 303 engraved plates of music. The front board detached, repair in pen facsimile to foot of title page (not touching the printer's authorization stamp), but a clean copy internally. One of the highpoints of the Western musical canon, the Oratorio was recognized from its earliest performances as a masterwork of the first water (see New Grove, 8: 346, 347, 358). Ink name of M. Deedes, 1825, on the front pastedown.
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