L11406

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Lot 139
  • 139

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Volume of eight early editions of violin sonatas and piano trios, some unrecorded
  • paper
Trois Sonates op.1, K.301, 302 & 304, Amsterdam: J. Schmitt, c.1780 [Haberkamp, p.127]; Quatuor op.12, K.478, Mannheim & Munich: Götz, 1786 (corrected in manuscript) [Haberkamp, p.241]; Trio op.30, K.564, Offenbach: J. André, 1793 [Hoboken 390]; Dernière Grande Sonate K.Anh. C25.01 (by Anton Eberl), Paris: Pleyel, 1797; Sonate op.51, K.254, André, c.1795 [Hoboken 49]; Trois Sonates op.17, K.548, 542 & 502, Paris: Boyer (signed by the publisher, c.1787-92) [not in RISM]; Trois Sonates op.20, K.589 & 563 (sic), Paris: Sieber (signed by the publisher) [not in RISM]; Trio op.14, K.498, André: 1793;  8 volumes in one, piano parts only, folio (33 x 24.5cms), engraved throughout, some vignette titles, contemporary boards, with ownership label ("a Madame la Princesse de Solre"), some browning, spine defective 

Condition

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Catalogue Note

These are rare contemporary editions and arrangements, including three issued in Mozart's lifetime and two untraced in RISM. The string parts are missing.