Piano

réf. 25401 — Some original some arrangements of works for other forces as follows: - Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791 K. 550 arr. Sinfonie . arrangée Pour le Pianoforte à quatre mains. No. 2. Pr. 1 Rthlr. Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 3144 ca. 1820. 1 title 2-35 i blank pp. Lithographed. Signature and date in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt December 1825." Occasional notational corrections in pencil. Slightly to moderately foxed and soiled; dampstained at outer edge; lower and outer edges frayed with slight loss not affecting printed area; upper edge closely trimmed with occasional loss to "Primo"/"Secondo" headers. A later edition. Not in Köchel 6 Hoboken or Hirsch. RISM M5633. Samson Ruben Goldschmidt 1768-1841 was a banker and businessman in Kassel Germany. - Beethoven Ludwig van 1770-1827 Op. 20 arr. Grand Septuor . arrangé Pour le Piano-Forte à quatre mains. Pr. 1 Rthlr. 12 Gr. Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 4066 ca. 1824. 1 title 2-47 i blank pp. Lithographed. Signature in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt." Fingering and occasional notational corrections in pencil. Slightly foxed and soiled; upper edge closely trimmed with occasional loss to "Primo"/"Secondo" headers and pagination. A later edition. New Kinsky 2014 I p. 123 ascribing arrangement to F. Mockwitz; first issue: 1815 with PN 2171. Not in Hoboken or Hirsch. - Onslow George 1784-1853 Op. 7. Grandes Sonates pour le Piano Forte à quatre mains . No. 1 no printed price. Hambourg: A. Cranz without PN before March 1827. 1 title 2-31 i blank pp. Engraved. Signature and date in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt März 1827." Fingering and notational corrections in pencil. Several pages including title torn at spine and outer and lower edges; upper edge soiled and dampstained; some foxing; page 30 smudged. A later edition. Rare. Most copies by Cranz found in libraries are either later issue or Titelauflage. The first edition was published by Pleyel in Paris in 1815. - Onslow Op. 22. Second Grand Duo =Sonata in F minor pour le Piano Forte à quatre mains composé et dédié à Mr Hertz Senr. . Op: 22. Prix 5 Frs. Bonn et Cologne: N. Simrock PN 2244 ca. 1824. 1 title 2-37 i blank pp. Engraved. Signature and date in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt October 1826." Fingering other performance-related annotations and occasional notational corrections in pencil. Several pages including title torn at spine and edges with loss to lower outer corner; pp. 3-4 with loss to music; small stain to lower edge of p. 19. First Edition. Rare. WorldCat 2 copies only at the Bibliothèque nationale Paris and the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich. - Weber Carl Maria von 1786-1826 WeV S.5; arr. Polonoise à quatre mains pour le Pianoforte . Pr. 10 gl. Hambourg: A. Cranz without PN before February 1826. Engraved. 1f. title i blank 1 blank 2-11 i blank pp. Engraved. Signature and date in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt Februar 1826." Occasional notational corrections in pencil. Somewhat foxed and soiled; moderately dampstained at upper edge; ink stain to title. A later edition. Jähns 59 arrangement ascribed to Carl Klage 1788-1850 with price "10 sgr". Originally for piano two hands. - Weber WeV T.2 Six pièces à quatre Mains pour le Pianoforte . Oe. X. Leipzig: Fred. Hofmeister PN 275 ca. 1820 title 2-19 i blank pp. Engraved. Signature in brown ink to lower right corner of title: "Samson Ruben Goldschmidt." Somewhat foxed and soiled; loss to lower outer corner throughout affecting music on pp. 17-18; moderately dampstained at upper edge; occasional creasing especially to final leaf; title and final leaf with stains and repairs. A later edition. Jähns 81-86 lists two later Hofmeister editions with price in Neugroschen. Hoboken 15 286 most probably a Titelauflage as it displays Hofmeister's original plate number 275 preceded by the new number 1251. The Weber pieces date from his time as court kapellmeister in Stuttgart. "The Six Pieces for Piano Duet dated 27th November 1809 and dedicated 'à Leurs Altesses Sérénissimes Mesdames Marie et Amélie de Württemberg'. They are charming little pieces each based on a simple melodic idea with characteristic accompaniment. both accessible to schoolgirl fingers and forming a neat introduction to various melodic manners." John Warrack: Carl Maria von Weber p. 64. Oblong folio. Brown quarter leather with marbled boards two labels to upper lettered "J. Mosenthal" in manuscript. Signature "Joseph Mosenthal" in black ink to upper right corner of front endpaper; table of contents in Mosenthal's hand to upper left corner of front endpaper. "Joseph Mosenthal 1834-1896 was a German-American musician born at Kassel. He studied under his father and Spohr and in 1853 went to America where he played the organ in Calvary Church New York City from 1860 to 1887. He was conductor of the Mendelssohn Glee Club in New York City from 1867 to 1896 played a first violin in the Philharmonic Orchestra for 40 years a second violin in the Mason and Thomas Quartet for 12 and composed much Church music such as the psalm "The Earth is the Lord's" a setting of part of Psalm 145 published in 1864 and part songs for male voices Thanatopsis Blest Pair of Sirens and Music of the Sea. He died in New York City." Wikipedia. Binding considerably worn with upper detached spine lacking. Remnants of red sealing wax to front endpaper. unknown