Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Collection of early editions
Die Zauberflöte eine grosse Oper in zwey Aufzügen fürs Clavier oder Pianoforte [vocal score] [RISM M 4792], Berlin and Amsterdam: J.J. Hummel, [1792/1793], pages 1-8, 41-64, plate number 842, lacking pages 9-40; bound together with 2 numbers ('Bey Männern' and 'Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden') engraved by C.C. Menzel in Berlin
Suite d'Airs connus variés pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forté...N.o 4 Unser dummer Pöebel meynt [K.455] [RISM M 7060], Offenbach am Main: J. André, [1793], 11 pages, vignette title, plate number 533
Suite d'Airs connus variés pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forté...N.o 6 Salve tu Domine [K.398 (416e)] [RISM M 7046], Offenbach am Main: J. André, [1792/1793], 7 pages, vignette title, plate number 535
bound together with: Kirmair, Friedrich Joseph. [Six thèmes par Mozart...variés pour le fortepiano...II. partie [RISM K 672], Berlin: J.J. Hummel; Amsterdam: au grand magazin de musique, 1795], 18 pages, plate number 844, lacking title; Steibelt, Daniel. Premier Pot-Pourri d'Airs connus, Paris: Le Duc, 13 pages, plate number 456 [RISM S 5509]; and Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich. VI Allegri di bravura per il Piano-Forte...publicato dai maestri di Capella Schulz e Reichardt, Berlin, [1796], 29 pages, plate number 9
6 works in one volume, folio (32.5 x 23.2cm), engraved music, manuscript paper label to upper cover ("1, Aus der Zauberflöte...4, VI Allegri di bravura del S.r Weisse"), contemporary marbled boards, some scuffing to covers, staining to paper label; together with, loose, part of the 11th installment (pp.65-72) from the series Allerneueste Auswahl von Gesängen aus den vorzüglichsten Opern der deutschen Bühne, published in Berlin by J.C.F. Rellstab (1792)
An attractive volume from the collection of the Berlin composer and teacher Ernst Rudorff (1840-1916), possibly deriving ultimately from the Nachlass of J.F. Reichardt, a granddaughter of whom was Betty Pistor, Rudorff's mother.
Sotheby's gratefully acknowledges the kind assistance of Dr. Rupert Ridgewell and Dr. Christopher J. Salmon with the identification of two editions in this lot.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Collection of early editions
Die Zauberflöte eine grosse Oper in zwey Aufzügen fürs Clavier oder Pianoforte [vocal score] [RISM M 4792], Berlin and Amsterdam: J.J. Hummel, [1792/1793], pages 1-8, 41-64, plate number 842, lacking pages 9-40; bound together with 2 numbers ('Bey Männern' and 'Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden') engraved by C.C. Menzel in Berlin
Suite d'Airs connus variés pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forté...N.o 4 Unser dummer Pöebel meynt [K.455] [RISM M 7060], Offenbach am Main: J. André, [1793], 11 pages, vignette title, plate number 533
Suite d'Airs connus variés pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forté...N.o 6 Salve tu Domine [K.398 (416e)] [RISM M 7046], Offenbach am Main: J. André, [1792/1793], 7 pages, vignette title, plate number 535
bound together with: Kirmair, Friedrich Joseph. [Six thèmes par Mozart...variés pour le fortepiano...II. partie [RISM K 672], Berlin: J.J. Hummel; Amsterdam: au grand magazin de musique, 1795], 18 pages, plate number 844, lacking title; Steibelt, Daniel. Premier Pot-Pourri d'Airs connus, Paris: Le Duc, 13 pages, plate number 456 [RISM S 5509]; and Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich. VI Allegri di bravura per il Piano-Forte...publicato dai maestri di Capella Schulz e Reichardt, Berlin, [1796], 29 pages, plate number 9
6 works in one volume, folio (32.5 x 23.2cm), engraved music, manuscript paper label to upper cover ("1, Aus der Zauberflöte...4, VI Allegri di bravura del S.r Weisse"), contemporary marbled boards, some scuffing to covers, staining to paper label; together with, loose, part of the 11th installment (pp.65-72) from the series Allerneueste Auswahl von Gesängen aus den vorzüglichsten Opern der deutschen Bühne, published in Berlin by J.C.F. Rellstab (1792)
An attractive volume from the collection of the Berlin composer and teacher Ernst Rudorff (1840-1916), possibly deriving ultimately from the Nachlass of J.F. Reichardt, a granddaughter of whom was Betty Pistor, Rudorff's mother.
Sotheby's gratefully acknowledges the kind assistance of Dr. Rupert Ridgewell and Dr. Christopher J. Salmon with the identification of two editions in this lot.
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