Liszt

1871 · réf. 125188 — Leipzig: J. Schuberth & Co 1871. 1871 or that era. Folio. Fair Ex-lib. usual markings; heavy wear to extremities of boards; spine mostly gone; front and back boards detached but present; ffep and title pages detached and heavily chipped; main block secure and mostly in good condition but with brittle page edges. Tan paper over boards; Dark brown cloth at spine; 129 pp. comprised totally of a musical score. Oversize 15 x 21.5 inches and heavy 7.5 pounds / 3.4 kilos. The mass was composed by Franz Liszt between 1855 and 1858 for the dedication of the new part of the cathedral at Esztergom Hungary by Archbishop Janos Scitovszky. Liszt conducted the work and the organist was Alexander Winterberger. The dedication concert the work's premiere was on August 31 1856. The reverberation time in the cathedral is 9 seconds Wikipedia creating the potential for an acoustic nightmare in performing a piece of this magnitude! The performance was attended by 4000 guests including Emperor Franz Joseph I and other imperial majesties of Austria-Hungary ecclesiastical dignitaries well-known musicians and members of the press. After the premiere Liszt and others continued to make various small changes and corrections to the original score. The first publication was in 1859 by the Imperial Printing House Vienna followed by subsequent editions and variations piano reductions etc. by J. Schuberth 1871. G. Schirmer 1909. etc. This particular edition/volume contains NO individual parts violin flute soprano etc. for actual performance but IS an actual complete copy of the entire conductor's score meaning that it includes all the orchestral organ vocal soloist SATB and choral SATB parts with vocal text all together for a conductor to use in rehearsal or performance. This edition was published by J. Schuberth & Co. no date likely in Leipzig rather than New York or Philadelphia as the names of the instruments are listed in German and the price on the front cover is listed in Thaler an old German/European coinage. The work is complete: Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei with all parts readable even where margins are chipped. An excellent copy for the conducting student Liszt afficionado musical researcher or someone interested in Hungarian/Esztergom ecclesiastical history. For an excellent article by Morten Solvik on Liszt's writing of this work see this link from the American Symphony Orchestra's web site. J. Schuberth & Co hardcover books