J.J. Quantz, Essai d'une Methode pour apprendre à jouer de la Flute Traversiere, 1752

Quantz, Johann Joachim

Essai d'une Methode pour apprendre à jouer de la Flute Traversiere, avec plusieurs remarques pour servir au bon gout dans la Musique, Berlin: Voss, 1752

FIRST EDITION, in French, 16, 336 & 20 pages, 4to (23.8 x 18.2cm), twelve leaves of engraved musical examples at end, engraved vignettes, red edges, C19th French bookseller's label to inside front cover, Dolmetsch library stamp and pencil shelfmark ("II C 1"), manuscript shelfmark label to head of spine, cat's paw calf, spine in compartments with raised bands gilt, red morocco label gilt to second compartment, title-page strengthened, some browning and light spotting, spine repaired at head and foot with modern tape, covers worn

RARE. Voss published the first edition of Quantz's celebrated treatise in 1752 in both German and French, which reflects the author's international approach to music. Apart from being the most important flute tutor of its day, Quantz's celebrated treatise has chapters dealing with orchestras, the duties of the orchestral leader, the differences between national musical styles, and ornamentation.

LITERATURE:

Hirsch, i 476; RISM, Écrits, i, p.677; Gregory & Bartlett, p.142