Set of three large engravings of emblematic portraits of 125 composers performers and music theorists by Luigi Scotti
1807rif. 40691Firenze: La Societa Rainaldi 1807. Each print features small circular engraved portraits and includes mythological elements at the upper portion amongst clouds and rays of sunlight with a background of a rocky outcrop including elements including vegetation and a running stream. The scenes evoke the celestial qualities of music and a reverence for the musicians depicted. On good quality laid paper sheet size 695 x 505 mm; plate impression 650 x 365 mm. Plate 1 With printed dedication "Al Nobil uomo il Sig: March: Cav: Gius: Antonio Corsi Comandante del R. Corpo dei Cacciatori di Firenze e Gentlehome di Camera di S. M. il Re d'Etruria." Subjects include: Abel d'Arezzo Bach Bertoni Caffaro Campioni Cimarosa Clari Corelli Durante Fux Galilei Galuppi Gluck Handel Jomelli Ligneville Manna Leo Marcello Martini Miers Morales Palestrina Pena Perez Pergolesi Piccinni Poli Porpora Rameau Redi Rousseau Sacchini Sala San Martino Scarlatti Schuster Stefani Traetta Valotti and Zarlino. Plate 2 With printed dedication "Al Nobil Uomo il Sig: Giovanni di Poggio Baldovinetti Patrizo Fiorentino. La Societa Rainaldi D.D.D." Subjects include: Albinoni Anfossi Arrighi Asoli Basili Bianchi Borghi Bornei Brunetti Buonvicini Caruso Cherubini Cicchi Colla ERgizio Domenico Gizzi Gazzaniga Gretry Guglielmi Hasse Haydn Lully Manfredini Mariani Mayer Méhul Mozart Paër Paisiello Paolucci Pleyel Porta Prati Puccini Righini Sabbatini Salieri Saratelli Sarti Schüster Tarchi Tozzi Trillo Vinci and Zingarelli. Plate 3 With printed dedication "Al nobil uomo il sig: Conte Priore Ant: Colombani Verzeri Amatore delle Belle Arti e Professore dilettante della Musica." Subjects include: Capuzzi Cervetto Chabrand Clememnti Cramer Sr. Cramer Jr. Creuzer Kreutzer Dragonetti Dussek Ferrari Galeotti Geminiani Giardini Janevitz Janovich Krunpholtz Krumpholtz Mad. Krumpholtz La Motte Locatelli Lully Manfredi Mastrino Nardini Piantanida Pugnani Rodhe Roda Rolla Salomon Somis Steibelt Tartini Veracini and Viotti Several small marginal tears professionally repaired. Light horizontal crease to each plate hardly visible. A highly attractive set of important figures in the musical pantheon. Arrigoni & Bertarelli 2053 2097 and 3264. Rare. La Societa Rainaldi unknown books
