W.A. Mozart. Two song editions, 1798-1800

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Two song editions

VI. Deutsche Lieder mit Clavierbegleitung von W.A.Mozart [RISM M 5389], Bonn:Simrock [1798]

First edition as a set (Abendempfindung, K.523; An Chloe, K.524; Das Veilchen, K.476; Trennungslied, K.519; Vergiss mein nicht, K. Anh. C 8.06 (Anh.246) [not by Mozart, attributed to Lorenz Schneider]; Phillis ans Clavier, K. Anh. C 8.07 (Anh.247) [not by Mozart, attributed to Lorenz Schneider]), 28 pages, oblong folio (22.6 x 32.2cm), engraved throughout, plate number 54, title within attractive floral oval, price of 2 florins adjusted by ¾ in manuscript, ownership signature on title ("J.H. Henning"), French text added in manuscript throughout, pin holes, modern ties, modern fitted case also containing the volume below, without blank last leaf, title-leaf torn at inner margin, with some paper loss, margins trimmed  

XII. Deutsche Lieder mit Clavierbegleitung. von W. A. Mozart. 2.^te Sammlung, Bonn: Bei N. Simrock, [1800] 

including the songs Der Zauberer, K.472, Die Zufriedenheit, K.473, An die Einsamkeit, K.391 (340b), Die betrogene Welt, K.474, Die Alte, K.517, Meine Wünsche ("Ich möchte wohl der Kaiser sein"), K.539, Im Frühlings Anfang, K.597, Mich locket nicht ("Verdankt sei es dem Glanz der Grossen"), K.392 (340a), Die kleine Spinnerin, K.531, 25 pages, oblong folio (22.7 x 30.5cm), engraved throughout, plate number 104, title within attractive floral oval, price altered in manuscript to '2 1/2' gulden, ownership signature on title ("J.H.Henning"), some contemporary annotations, ties, margins trimmed

 Both publications were assembled by the publisher Simrock and may have had little or nothing to do with Mozart’s widow, who did publish a large amount of her husband’s music after his death. The collection was certainly not carefully assembled: in the first volume, there are two songs not by Mozart at all and many of the titles do not correspond to the composer’s originals. In one song (no. 10) in the second collection (K.529), the entire text has been replaced. 

LITERATURE:

Hoboken, xi 335 (VI. Deutsche Lieder)

PROVENANCE:

J.H. Henning; Otto Haas