C. F. Zelter. Two first editions, 1801 and c. 1806

Zelter, Carl Friedrich

Two first editions

1) Zwölf Lieder am Clavier zu singen in Musik gesetzt von Carl Friedrich Zelter, Berlin: Auf Kosten des Verfassers, und in Commission bey David Veit (Georg Friedrich Starcke), 1801, 29 pages, oblong 4to (26.3 x 30.2cm), type-set music, contemporary papered boards, blank paper label to upper cover, browning and light spotting, light scuffing to covers

2) Die Gunst des Augenblicks von Friedrich von Schiller, Vierstimmig in Musik gesetzt von Carl Friedrich Zelter [score], Berlin: Günther, [c. 1806], 14 pages, 4to (30.5 x 24.5cm), engraved throughout, plate number 9, publisher's blue wrappers, some very light spotting 

Two rare and attractive editions by the important teacher of Mendelssohn and friend of Goethe. RISM records no copies of the present edition of Zelter's cantata Die Gunst des Augenblicks in France or America.

LITERATURE

RISM Z 122 (Zwölf Lieder) and 141 (Die Gunst des Augenblicks)

PROVENANCE

From the collection of Ernst Rudorff (1840-1916)