- Binding (sl.) worn along extremities. = Hob. XXI/ 2 p.42.; RISM H4652.
AND 1 other: J.G. BERTELMAN, Missa (The Hague, Fr. Beuster, 1836, entirely engr. full score, with piano score, contemp. giltlettered hcalf, obl. 4to. Joints and corner rubbed, otherwise fine).
- All plates (sl.) foxed. Backstrip chafed/ worn.
= "Extracted from the Encyclopaedia Londinensis" (title-p.).
- Several prints with (repaired) (sm.) damage in margins/ corners; one print w. closed hole; all prints w. pinholes and sl. yellowed.
= Nice caricatures of a conductor, bassoonist, hornist, oboist, flutist, trumpetist, violinist, cellist, bassist, timpanist, guitarist and harpist.
- Copy for the horn with receding stain on first 8 leaves; copy for the cello w. similar stain on final 4 leaves. Otherwise fine.
= Brüchle/ Lienhard, Horn Bibliographie III, p.111.
AND 3 others, i.a. H. NIESSEL, Méthode complète de cor à 3 pistons ou Cylindres. Op.21 (Paris, Schonenberger, n.d. (±1843), plate no. S 1490, lithogr. title-p. and score, modern cl., folio. Sl. foxed; contemp. owner's entry on title-p. Rare) and L. VAN BEETHOVEN, Gran Quintuor en Mi b Maj. (Offenbach/ London, ±1840, tinted lithogr. title, lithogr. full score, contemp. hcl., 4to).
- Apart from some sl. foxing, a very fine set.
Symphonia. Lektuur van Muzijkale Wetenschappen. Year 1, January-June. Ed. C.L. van Langenhuijsen and T. Geers Jz. Amst., n.publ., 1839, 208p., woodengr. ills., music examples, contemp. marbled boards, 4to.
- Sl. foxed.
= All published. Rare and shortlived periodical about which J. VAN GESSEL writes i.a. that it is "(...) de meest mysterieuze verschijning onder de eerste Nederlandse muziektijdschiften. (...) Het tijdschrift is (...) opgezet als een verzameling lemma's over uiteenlopende onderwerpen (...). In maart begon men tevens met een alfabetisch lexicon van beroemde componisten, dat echter niet verder kwam dan de letter A. Verder bevatte Symphonia (...) nog wat losse anekdotes. (...)." (https://demodernetijd.nl/wp-content/uploads/DNE-2001-4a-Gessel.pdf).
= The letters all centre around the music festival ("Muzijkfeest te Haarlem") that was organized in 1850, and are addressed to i.a. C.G.V. Schneevoogt (the secretary of the Maatschappij) and J.J. Viotta, and are partly written by affiliated members of the Maatschappij that offer their help with the various arrangements concerning the festival. I.a. offering singers for the choir, concerns about the lack of urgency in preparing everything for the festival, the availability of scores for the musicians and singers (the most important part of the festival was the first performance in The Netherlands of Mendelssohn Bartoldy's oratorio "Elias" (composed only 4 years earlier). Also including 2 separate manuscript scores, i.a. one with a fair copy of the score of N. DALEYRAC's "Romance de Gulnare" (prob. a version for voice and guitar).
- Pages loose(ning). Rebacked w. cl.
= Contains ±50 songs, poems and short stories, i.a. Het Lied van Chassé, De Lusivers Jood, Henri's Drinklied, Het vogelnestje, De Smulbuik, Hernhutters-Avondlied, De Vleeschsoep, Het IJsvermaak, Het Pennelikkers Lied, Vijf maal Honderdduizend Duivels, De hopelooze Vrijer and De neger in de suikerplantaadje.
- Bookplate on verso of 2nd blank. Apart from some rubbed spots along margins a very fine copy.
- Spine (sl.) dam. and bumped; upper right corner of frontwr. restored; frontwr. sl. creased.
- Sl. foxed almost throughout; bookblock broken (i.a. first three leaves, final 2 leaves and wrappers loose); traces of former tape (used to reattached these loose leaves). Lacks backstrip.
= RISM M 4191.
AND 3 others, i.a. two bound-up vols. of 13/ 14 (collections of) songs, all for voice with piano or guitar (±1801-1830, in contemp. almost unif. hmor. w. giltlettered ("Ida"/ "Unna") lozenge-shaped mor. letterpiece on frontcover, obl. 4to).
= The latter 2 vols. contain i.a. .J. HAYDN, Lieblings-Gesänge aus Haydn's Jahrzeiten (Offenbach a.M., J. André, n.d. (±1801), plate no. 1640, lithogr. title-p. and score); L. VAN BEETHOVEN, Sechs Lieder von Gellert (Leipsic, C.F. Peters, n.d. (±1803), plate no.267, engr. score); L. SPOHR, Sechs Deutsche Lieder. Zweite/ Dritte/ Vierte Sammlung (Leipsic, C.F. Peters, n.d. (±1819), 3 vols., plate no. 1270, 1346 and 1940, engr. scores); J.B VAN BREE, Adolf by het graf van Maria (Amst., A.W. Rouwen, n.d. (±1830), plate no. 220, engr. score); W.J. TOMASCHEK, Gedichte von Goethe. Heft 7 and 9 (Prague, M. Berra, n.d. (±1815), plate no. 530 and 532, 2 vols., both w. ident. engr. title-vignette, engr. scores. Both w. vague waterstain in outer margin in the plate) and S. NEUKOMM, Trost in Tränen (Hamb./ Altona, Rudolphus/ Cranz, n.d. (±1820), without plate no., engr. title-p. and score).
- Lacks the facsimile called for on tiltle-p; sl. foxed; 2 lvs loose.
= Rare, no copy traced in the trade or at auction.
AND 1 other.
= Also incl. programs signed by various performers, i.a. Norman Bailey, Ingrid Bjoner, Helga Dernesch and Maria Stanley.
AND ±20 others similar, all concerning R. WAGNER and the WAGNERVEREENIGING, incl. various programs for the Bayreuther Festspiele, with i.a. 4 programs from the years 1959-1960 signed by various performers.
- Wrappers occas. loose and frayed.
= I.a. of Vereeniging "De Phoenix", Fritz Hirsch Operette, Nationale Opera, Nederlandsche Opera, Koninklijke Zangvereeniging "Excelsior", Amsterdamsch Lyrisch Tooneel, Opera Italiana, Vlaanderen's Opera Gids and Repertoire van Duitsche Opera-Teksten.
- Trifle foxed. A good/ fine copy.
AND 1 other: F.H.L. TIEDEMAN, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, bio-bibliografische schets (Amst., 1876, 96p., early 20th cent. hcl.).
- Sl. foxed. Second vol. backcover sl. dam. along lower margin.
Maandblad voor Muziek, tevens Orgaan der "Wagner-vereeniging" te Amsterdam. Ed. H. Viotta. Year 1-5 (all publ.). Amst., Erven H. van Munster, 1888-1894, 5 years in 2 vols., music examples, contemp. unif. gilt red hmor., t.e.g.
- Occas. trifle foxed. A very fine set.
AND 1 other: LE GUIDE MUSICAL. Revue hebdomadaire des nouvelles musical de la Belgique et de l'étranger. Year 28, 30 and 31 (Brussels etc., 1882-1885, 3 vols., contemp. unif. gilt calf, large 4to. Backstrips and corners sl. worn and leather dried).
- Sl. foxed (only affecting the margins of the plates); upper hinge strengthened w. tape; final lvs. sl. waterst. in margin. Spine pasted over w. tape; worn at edges.
= Rare songbook with nice accomp. plates. Songs include i.a. Le roi de la fève; Adieu, Suzon!; Elle ne m'aime pas!; Une voix dans la nuit; Les trois compagnons and Le printemps est venu.
- Partly sl. waterst. in inner margin; occas. sl. foxed; hinges weak. Backstrip and extremities sl. worn; spine-ends repaired; covers sl. discoloured/ stained.
= Rare collection of 12 popular songs written by J.P. Heije, i.a. Herinnering, Des visschers dochtertjen, Oogspiegel en Stroomvaart.
- Contents loose; occas. (sl.) foxed. Spine splitting (repaired w. tape); extremities sl. worn.
= Includes songs i.a. by A. LINCELLE: C'était ma soeur, Reconnais-moi, La bonne vierge and La bonne aventure.
Labarre, Th. Album. Paris, Bureau Central de Musique, 1844, lithogr. title and 10 plates by F. SORRIEU, scores for 9 songs, richtly gilt moroccobacked boards, 4to.
- Foxed; lvs. strengthened/ repaired w. (sello)tape. Joints splitting; extremities worn.
= Includes songs i.a. by A. GOURDIN: Le moulin, Le chant du Bravo, Je la hais and La fille du soldat.
AND 3 other songbooks by R. MAZEL, E. PACINI and F. MASINI.
- Songs occas. (sl.) foxed/ frayed (some repaired); frontwr. mostly w. stamp(s); occas. sl. stained/ soiled.
= A large and interesting collection of 19th-century songs, most of which are now rarely performed but were very popular at the time. Some names and titles: E. ARNAUD, Sois jaloux!; G. BANEUX, Les voeux; P. BERNARD, Le singe et le perroquet; G. BIZET, Carmen. Habanera; L. BORDÈSE, Les femmes de la bible; L. CLAPISSON, Le postillon; J. COSTÉ, Les horreurs de la guerre; P. HENRION, Jirai plus jamais à la noce; E. LHUILLIER, Les rêves dun anglais; G. MEYERBEER, Le chant du dimanche; G. NADAUD, Voilà pourquoi je suis garçon and L. PUGET, Giselle. This lot also includes a few English and German popular songs.
- Sl. foxed in blank margins.
= Rare portrait of the promising Dutch tenor (1827-1855), who died before having reached his peak at the age of 28. He was apparently somewhat of a prodigy, and became the protégé of the director of the Dutch Royal school of music. He soon became one of the promising musicians of the "Maatschappij van Toonkunst". The portrait comes with a commemorative publication, in orig. green wrappers, titled "Herinnering aan Karel Willem vom Rath" and containing a 2p. biography, a eulogy (1p.) and a 2p. commemorative poem by Willem J.N.H. van den Bergh. Strangely enough Carl Wilhelm vom Rath cannot be traced in any of the major biographical or music dictionaries.