J. R. Zumsteeg. Collection of six first and early editions of his ballads and songs, late C18th-early C19th

Zumsteeg, J. R.

Collection of six first and early editions of his works

1) Die Entführung oder Ritter Karl von Eichenhorst und Fräulein Gertrude von Hochburg, Ballade [RISM Z 517], Leipzig:Breitkopf & Härtel, no date, 33 pages--2) Die Büssende Ballade [RISM Z 498], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, no date, 34 pages--3) Das Lied von Treue Ballade [RISM Z 553], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, no date, 28 pages--4)-6) Kleine Balladen und Lieder mit Klavierbegleitung [Drittes...Viertes...Fünftes Heft] [RISM Z 425, 428, 429], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, no dates, FIRST EDITIONS, 50, 48, 52 pages

oblong 4to, type-set music, title-vignettes, publisher's printed wrappers, some damp-staining and soiling, some paper loss, vol. 3 of Kleine Balladen und Lieder lacking pp. 25-28, vol. 5 lacking lower cover and pp. 37-40

A good collection of Zumsteeg's ballads and lieder, which occupy a historically significant position between the so-called Berlin song school and Schubert. According to Schubert's friend Josef von Spaun, Schubert could 'revel in these songs for days on end'.

PROVENANCE

From the collection of Ernst Rudorff (1840-1916)