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BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897). Sechs Gesänge für eine Soprano oder Tenor-Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte...Op.6 No.1. Leipzig: Bartholf Senff, plate nos 94,95-100, [1852]. 2°, FIRST EDITION. RARE, one of the very first of Brahms's compositions to appear in print, opp.1,3 and 6 were all issued in December 1853. - Felix MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY. Die erste Walpurgisnacht...Op.60. Leipzig: Kistner & Ewer of London, plate no.1403, [1844]. 2°, full score, FIRST EDITION, c.f. Catalogue of the Mendelssohn Papers in the Bodleian Library, vol.III, p.105,no.371, which also lacks the quotation from a Goethe letter on the verso of the title page. - MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY. The piano arrangement of the last work. Same publishers, plate no.1400, [1844]. 2°, FIRST EDITION, the Goethe letter and text precede the overture arranged for four hands. - Franz SCHUBERT. Songs, D.474 & 397, 711, 716, 719, 732/13, 833 and 938, mainly FIRST EDITIONS. - Robert SCHUMANN, Robert. Das Paradies und die Peri...op.50. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, plate no.7069, [1844]. 2°, piano version, FIRST EDITION, preceeding the publication of the full score by a year. Various bindings.
An interesting collection of first editions of some of the finest secular vocal music of the nineteenth century.
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An interesting collection of first editions of some of the finest secular vocal music of the nineteenth century.
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