Lot 266
  • 266

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  • Concerto pour le clavecin, ou piano-forte avec accompagnment de plusieurs instruments, Oeuvre 21me [complete parts of the Piano Concerto in B flat, K.456], Offenbach, AndrĂ©, [1792]
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FIRST EDITION, 4to (c.34 x 25cm), the 12 separate parts for piano (18 pages) and orchestra, engraved throughout, vignette-title to piano part, plate no.479, a tall copy, uncut and unbound, horn parts on one bifolio, original stitching holes, some damp-staining, hinge carefully repaired 

Literature

Haberkamp, p.226 (plates 183 & 184); Hoboken 222; RISM M 5822

Condition

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Catalogue Note

This is a good uncut copy of one of Mozart's finest piano concertos, composed for his own subscription concerts in 1784.