RECENT ACQUISITIONS: Department of Printed ... - British Library

RECENT ACQUISITIONS
Department of Printed Books
Notable Acquisitions 1964-1985
Music Library
By O. W. Neighbour
No regular reports of notable acquisitions of printed music have appeared since the last
acquisitions booklet of the Department of Printed Books was published, covering the
years 1963-4. ^ During the past twenty-one years far too many editions claiming notice for
musical, textual, historical, or bibliographical reasons have entered the collection for all to
be listed individually in the present survey, or for full descriptions to be attempted.
Title-page transcriptions have been kept brief, only numbered pagination or foliation is
given (and none for part-books) and it has been necessary to deal with certain types of
publication more summarily. Two important acquisitions have already been the subject of
special articles and are therefore excluded: the collection of sixty-two items from the
library of Alfred Cortot^ and two volumes of piano duets from the Royal Music Library.^
In the following list sixteenth- and seventeenth-century items are given in straight
chronological order. Those from the eighteenth century are subdivided into various
categories, the weight of the selection in each case falling in the earlier years; details of
some miscellaneous later items are appended. Two categories in which acquisitions from
the eighteenth century onwards have been especially strong, opera scores and editions of
famous composers, receive more generalized treatment.
The note 'unrecorded', frequently used here, means that no other copy of the item in
question is known to the main union-catalogues of recent years,"*- or other relevant
literature. The union catalogues reach to the end of the eighteenth century, but libraries
have collected and catalogued eighteenth-century music less assiduously than earlier
material so that 'unrecorded' publications of this period come to light quite often; by no
means all those acquired in the years under review are included here.
1 British Museum, Department of Printed Books,
Notable Acquisitions ig63-ig64 (London, [1964]).
2 A. Hyatt King and O. W. Neighbour, 'Printed
Music from the Collection of Alfred Cortot',
British Museum Quarterly, xxxi (1966-7),
pp. 8-16.
3 O. W. Neighbour, 'An unknown Mendelssohn
autograph', British Library Journal^ iv (1978),
176
pp. 200-1. The shelfmarks of the two volumes are
R.M.I r.d.19 and R.M.2i.f.24.
The British Union-Catalogue of Early Music
(London, 1957); Repertoire international des
sources musicales (Miinchen, etc., i960, etc.);
Catalogue de la musique imprimee avant 1800
conservee dans les bibliothiques publiques de Parts
(Paris, 1981).

WiLLAERT, Adrian. Musica quinque vocum,
(quiE vulgo motecta nuncunpatur) . . . Liber
primus. Venetijs: apud Hieronymum Scotum,
1539. obi 40. Five part-books.
Sixteenth Century
K.7.C.21.
Musicorum sex vocum, que vulgo motecta
dicuntur . . . Liber primus. Venetijs: {Antonio
Gardane], 1542. obi. 4°. Five part-books,
wanting the Sextus part.
K.7.C.22.
A composite volume containing twelve Bassus
part-books printed between 1539 and 1545
in Venice, Paris, and Nuremberg, of which
three, printed in Paris by Pierre Attaignant in
1545, are unrecorded: Pierre Certon's 'Liure
premier cotenat XXXI pseaulmes', represented
elsewhere only by an imperfect Superius
part in the Bibliotheque Nationale, and Pierre
de Manchicourt's 'Modulorum musicalium
secundus tomus' and 'tertius tomus', both
known previously only through an 18thcentury
citation.
K.ii.e.2. (1-12).
Three composite volumes containing the
Superius, Tenor, and Bassus parts of twentytwo
books of chansons printed in Paris by
Le Roy and Ballard between 1559 and
1570. Eleven of the sixty-six part-books are
unrecorded printings.
K.ii.e.3. (1-22).
VICTORIA, Tomas Luis de. Motecta . . . Qu^
quidem nuc vero melius excussa, & alia
qua plurima adiuncta nouiter sunt impressa.
Roma: apud Alexandrum Cardanum, 1583.
4°. Six part-books, wanting the Quintus and
Septimus parts.
D.96.
177
VERDONCK, Cornelius. Ave gratia plena.
Antuerpie, 1584. foi.
A motet forming part of a pictorial engraving by
J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.
K.9.b.14.
MARCUS Joachim. Cantio gratulatoria. Ad
illustrum principem ac D.D. Ernestum
Ludouicum ducem Stetini ... In nativitate
. . . filij primogeniti, etc. Gryphisuualdice: typis
Augustini Ferberi, 1585. obi. 4*^. Four bifolia,
containing eight parts.
Unrecorded.
SULFLON, Andreas. Carmen gratulatorium in
natalem illustrissimi D.D. Ernesti Ludouuici
ducis Stetini . . . filij primogeniti, etc.
Gryphisuualdice: apud Augustinum Ferberum,
1585. obi. 4*^. Two bifolia, containing four
parts.
Unrecorded.
VICTORIA, Tomas Luis de. Officium hebdomadae
sanctae. Romce: apud Alexandrum
Cardanum, 1585. foi. ff. 79. In choir-book
format. Wanting the title-page.
K.9.C.14.
LASSO, Orlando di. Laudent deum cithara.
[Munich, (r.1590.] foi.
A motet forming part of a pictorial engraving by
J. Sadeler after Peter Candido, and probably
composed for the purpose.
SABINO, Hippolito. Missae sex ... Quatuor
vocum. Venetijs: apud Angelum Gardanum,
1591. obi 40. Four part-books.
K.I.C.9.

C. Verdonck, Ave gratia plena (Antwerp, 1584). K.9.b.i4

DENNS, Adrian. Florilegium omnis fere
generis cantionum suauissimarum ad testudinis
tabulaturam accommodatarum, etc.
Colonies Agrippin

RESPONSORIA
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F o R M ^, Nicolas. Musica simplex quatuor
vocum. Parisiis: ex officina Petri Ballard, 1638.
The Contra, Tenor, and Bassus parts, unrecorded.
K.ii.d.7.
GRANCINI, Michel'Angelo. II primo libro de'
madrigali in concertato . . . Opera undecima,
etc. Milano: per Garlo Gamagno, [1646.] 4°.
The Tenor part, unrecorded. Other parts
survive in Italian libraries.
MATHEW, Richard. The Lutes Apology, for
her excellency: wherein is contained variety of
ayres, etc. London: printed by Thomas Harper,
for Livewell Ghapman, 1652. obi. 4°. pp. 43.
The unique copy, formerly on deposit at the
County Record Office in Bedford.
K.1.C.33.
RuBERT, Johann Martin. Traur-Cypressen,
abbildende der Menschen Gliickseligkeit, in
einem musicalischen Grabmahl, etc. Greiffswald:
druckts Matthaus Doischer, 1662. Single
sheet, foi.
Vocal parts, so printed as to represent a tombstone
bearing a cross. Unrecorded.
H.2134.U.
CAIFABRI, Giovanni Battista. Scelta de' mottetti
a due, e a trc uoci, composti da diuersi
eccellentissimi autori . . . Parte seconda.
Roma: nella stamperia di Amadeo Belmonte,
1667. 4"^. Four part-books.
C.i7i.a.
PANDOLFI MEALLI, Giovanni Antonio.
Sonate cioe balletti, sarabandc, correnti passacagli,
capriccetti, & vna trombetta, a vno, e dui
violini, con la terza parte dclla viola a beneplacito,
etc. Roma: per Amadeo Belmonte,
1669. 4". Three part-books.
One of two known sets.
K.7.C.27.
181
GREETING, Thomas. The Pleasant Companion:
or new lessons and instructions for the
flagelet. The third edition, enlarged. London:
printed for John Playford, 1678. obi. 8"^.
Unrecorded.
K.ii.e.8.
PLAYFORD, John. Apollo's Banquet: containing
instructions and variety of new tunes,
ayres and jiggs, for the treble-violin . . . The
2nd edition, with additions. London: printed
by W. Godbid, for John Playford, 1678. obi 4°.
Unrecorded.
K.s.b.30.
LE B^GUE, Nicolas Antoine. Second liure
d'orgue, etc. Paris: chez le veufue Baillon,
[i;.i68o.] obi. /[°. pp. 89. Wanting pp. 3, 4.
K.ii.e.5.
THE DIVISION VIOLIN: containing a choice
collection of divisions to a ground for the
treble-violin. Being the first musick of this
kind ever published. London: John Playford,
1684. obi. 4°.
Unrecorded first edition.
K.ii.e.9.
PEETSCH, Paul. Auff Klagen und Leid Folgt
wiederumb Freud, welche ... in ein hochzeitliches
Ehren-Lied . . . vorstellete Paulus
Peetschius. Greiffswald: gedruckt bey Daniel
Benjamin Starcken, [1684.] foi.
Unrecorded.
PURCELL, Henry. Sonnata's of III Parts . . .
The second eddition. London: printed for the
Author, 1684. 40.
The Violino secundo and Basso parts, wanting
the Violino primo and Basso continuo. The
only copy of this edition now known.
K.ii.e.io.

CoRELLi, Arcangelo. Sonate a due violini col VANNINI, Elia. Litanie della Beata Vergine a
suo basso continuo per l'organo. Amsterdam:
gravi par Antoine Pointel, 1685. 4*^.
The first violin part only of an unrecorded
edition. Three of the sonatas are from Corelli's
Opus I and three are otherwise unknown.
LE BiGUE, Nicolas Antoine. Troisieme liure
d'orgue, etc. Paris: grauez par le Sieur de
Bausson., [t.1685.] obi. 4*^. pp. 120. Wanting
the title-page.
K.ii.e.6.
BERCKELEERS, Johannes. Cantiones natality
. . . Opus quartum. Antuerpics: apud Henricum
Aertssens, 1688. 4*^.
Unrecorded. The part for Viol III and IV only.
C.8i2.b.
RAISON, Andre. Livre d'orgue, etc. [Paris:]
chez Vautheur, [1688.] obi. 4*^. pp. A-G, 118.
MiETZSCHiNG, Christoph. Musikalischer
Andachts-Garten, darinnen gepflantzet: Geistliche
Arien und Andachts-Blumen, etc. Zittau:
gedruckt bey Michael Hartmann, 1690. 4'^. pp.
107.
Unrecorded. Containing in manuscript
'Fundamenta zum Singen . . . Anno 1715'
and sixteen additional songs.
K.7.C.23.
4. 5. c 6. voci, con violini a beneplacito
. . . Opera seconda. Bologna: per Pier Maria
Monti, 1692. 4*^. Nine part-books.
One of two known complete sets.
THE COMPLEAT FLUTE-MASTER, or The
whole Art of playing on y^ Rechorder, etc.
London: I: Hare; I: Walsh, 1695. obi. 8°.
Unrecorded.
CoRELLi, Arcangelo. Sonate da camera a tre
. . . Opera quarta. Seconda imprcssione, etc.
Roma: per Gio. Giacomo Komarek, 1695. 4".
Three part-books.
e.682.h.
JENNERICH, Hieronymus. Das auff dem
Krugcrischen Grund und Boden angelegte
Frey-Schultzen-Gericht ... in einer musicalischen
Arie gehegct. Alten Stettin: gedruckt
bey Daniel Starcken, 1695. foi.
Unrecorded.
THE SECOND BOOK of the Pleasant Musical
Companion . . . The third edition, corrected
and much enlarged. London: printed by
J. Hepinstall, for Henry Playford, 1695.
obi 4°.
Unrecorded.
K.1.C.31,
PURCELL, Henry. Some select Songs as they LEVERIDGE, Richard. A New Book of Songs,
arc sung in the Fairy Queen . . . The second with a through bass to each song. London:
edition, etc. London: printed by J. Hepinstall, sould by L Walsh . . . /. Hare, 1697. foi.
for the Author, 1692. foi.
ff. 14.
Unrecorded.
182
The only recorded copy with the title-page.
K.2.g.22.(1).

A composite volume of recorder music, published
by Walsh and Hare between 1698 and
1704 (W. C. Smith, A Bibliography of the
musical works published by John Walsh during
the years i6g5-iy2o, London, 1948, nos. 53,
34,127, 142, 18, 148), containing'Lesons for a
single flute' by Daniel Demoivre, and the first
flute parts to five sets of duets, three by John
Bishop of Winchester, Demoivre, and Gasparo
Visconti respectively, and two by various
composers. The companion volume of second
flute parts was acquired by the Library in 1963
and listed in the Notable Acquisitions list
for 1963-4, p. 16. All six publications are
DuvAL, Francois. [The first, third, fifth, sixth,
and seventh books of sonatas for violin and
bass.] Paris: chez Tauteur, 1704-20. obi 4°.
Eighteenth-Century Instrumental Music
f.i32.f.{i-5).
NOLENS VOLENS, the third book for the
violin. Being an introduction for the instructing
of young practisioners, etc. London: printed
for I. Walsh, etc., 1705. obi. 4°. ff. 8, 22.
Unrecorded.
a.30.b.(i).
SIX SONATAS, three for two flutes and three
for a flute & a bass, compos'd by several
eminent masters, etc. London: printed by
L Walsh . . . and I. Hare, [1705.] foi. Two
part-books.
Unrecorded.
K.ii.d.is.(i).
MARCHAND, Joseph. Suites de pieces melee
de sonates pour le violon et la basse, etc.
Paris: chez Pierre Ribou; chez Foucaut, 1707.
obi. foi. pp. 52.
183
unrecorded except for one part-book already
in the Library.
K.4.d.s.(i-6).
LEVERIDGE, Richard. A Second Book of
Songs with a through bass to each song.
London: sould by L Walsh . . . ^ I. Hare . . .
(^ L Young, [1699.] foi. pp. 2-4. ff. 5-12.
K.2.g.22.(2).
BoYViN, Jacques. Second livre d'orgue, etc.
Paris: chez Ghristophe Ballard, 1700. obi i\9.
pp. 16, ioi.
e.1126.
LoEiLLET, Jean Baptiste. XII sonates a une
flute & bassc continue . . . Premier ouvrage.
Amsterdam: chez Estienne Roger, [i:.i7io.] obi.
foi. pp. 49.
XII sonates a une flute & basse continue
. . . Second ouvrage. Amsterdam: chez Estienne
Roger, [c.1715.] obi. foi. pp. 46.
e.i32.a.(2).
THEVIBOOK of Nolens volens, or the most
compleat tutor to y^ violin, etc. London:
printed for J. Walsh ... ^ J. Hare, 1715.
obi. 4". ff. 43.
Unrecorded.
a.30.c.
THE 3^^ BOOK of the compleat Tutor for the
Violin, or the practicai musician, etc. London:
I. Walsh; L Hare, 1719. obi 4".
Unrecorded.
COUPERIN, Fran9ois. Concert instrumental
sous le titre d'Apotheose. Compose a la
memoire immortelle de I'incomparable

Monsieur de LuUy. Paris: ches Pauteur; ch^s
le sieur Boivin, 1725 [r.1735.] foi.
With a privilege of 1733.
Anthony. A New Collection of
Dances . . . Recollected, put in characters, and
engraved, by Monsieur Roussau. [London:] to
be sold at Mr. Barreau's . . . and at Mr.
Roussau''s, [c.1725.] 40. ff. 96.
Unrecorded.
K.11.C.5.
VALENTINI, Guiseppe. X conccrti a violino
primo, secondo e basso concertino, e violino
primo e secondo concerto grosso, violetta e
basso . . . Opera nona, libro primo (secondo).
Amsterdam: a spesa di Michele Garlo le Gene,
[r.1725.] foi. Fourteen parts.
The only recorded complete set.
ROMAN, Johan Helmich. Sonate a flauto
traverso, violonc e cembalo, etc. Stockholm,
[1727.] obi 4°. pp. 59.
e.108.pp.
MARAIS, Roland. Premier (II^"'^) livre de
pieces de viole avec la basse chifree en partition,
etc. Paris: chez Pautheur, 1735, 38. foi.
Two vols.
T A R TINI, Giuseppe. [First editions of sonatas
published in Amsterdam (Op. 2), London
(Op. 3), and Paris (Op. 4, 5, 8) between 1743
and 1756.]
g.296.m,n.(i),
h.i629.c,e.(i,2).
FoRQUERAY, Antoine. Pieces de violc avcc la
basse continue . . . Livre i^^, etc. Paris: chez
Pauteur, etc. [£".1750.] foi. pp. 35.
K.ii.d.2.
PHI LI DOR, Fran9ois Andre Danican. L'Art de
la modulation, Quatuors pour un haut-boy, 2
violons et basse . . . CEuvre premier. Paris:
chez Pauteur, etc., [1755.] foi. Four parts.
One of two known sets.
BRABANDERE, Pierre de. Six concerto ad
libitum, premiere partie, un clavecine, obligato,
un violon primo, et un alte viola;
compose et grave par Pierre de Brabandere ...
Opera prima. Gand: se vend chez A. A. vanden
Berge; Bruges: chez Pauteur, [c.1760.] foi.
pp. 24.
Keyboard part only. Unrecorded.
h.2782.bb.
MARRA, Andrea. Minuetto con due cento
variazioni differenti, sopra l'istesso minuetto,
e primo violino e secundo violino e basso . . .
F^° Milcent sculpsit. [Lisbon, ^.1760.] obi foi.
g.392.d. Score and first violin part. Unrecorded.
LECLAIR, Jean Marie. Sonate a violon seul et
basse continue. Ouvrage postume, etc. Paris:
chez M^^ la V^ Leclair, [1767.] foi.
One of two known copies.
LE Due, Simon. Simphonie concertante pour
deux violons. Cette simphonie peut s'executer
a petite ct grande orchestre, les instrumens a
vent sont ad libitum. Paris: chez M^ Henry,
[c.1775.] foi. Sixteen parts.
The only known set containing the parts for
large orchestra.
i. 173.11.
BREVAL, Jean Baptiste. Deux simphonics conccrtantes
. . . Ocuvre IV. Paris: chez Pauteur,
etc., [1777.] foi. Twelve parts.
Unrecorded.
g.386.b.

Qyrmlde
A. L'Abbe, A New Gollection of Dances (London, c.1725). K.ii.c..

DusSEK, Jan Ladislav. Trois sonates pour Without the accompaniments. Unrecorded first
le piano-forte avec l'accompagnement d'un edition,
violon et bassc, etc. [Op. 2.] Berlin: chez
Ghretien Federic Himburg, 1786. obi. 4^.
A
CoRRETTE, Gaspard. Messe du 8^ ton pour
I'orgue a l'usage des dames religieuses, etc.
Paris: chez H. Foucault, 1703. obi 4°. pp. A-F,
45-
One of two known copies.
BYRON, William, Lord Byron. Overture and
Aires for the Harpsicord or Spinet. London:
printed for I. Walsh .. .and I. Hare, [1^0$.] obi
foi. ff. 8.
Unrecorded work by the great-grandfather of
the poet.
Eighteenth-Gentury Keyboard Music
e.5.kk.(i).
FROBERGER, Johann Jacob. 10 suittes de
clavessin. Amsterdam: chez Estienne Roger,
[c.1715.] obi foi. pp. 38.
c.5i.b.
THE HARPSICHORD MASTER. XIV*^ book,
etc. London: printed for I. Walsh ... £^ /.
Hare, 1730. obi. foi. ff. 17. Wanting foi. 3.
Unrecorded.
d.38.d.
GREENE, Maurice. Choice Lessons for the
Harpsichord or Spinnet, composed by D""
Greene . . . Carefully corrected by himself.
MiLLANTA,Eville. II Trionfo dell'amor santo
. . . Canzonetta a due voci, etc. (Poesia del
Sig. Dottore Florio Maria Evangelista Novio.)
Bologna: alPinsegna delVAngelo Gustode, per
li Peri, 1706. Single sheet, foi.
and never before published. [London:] Daniel
Wright, [1733-] foi. pp. 21.
Published without Greene's knowledge, and
not all composed by him. Unrecorded.
K.8.k.i6.
THE HARPSICHORD MASTER.
book, etc. London: printed for I. Walsh, 1734.
obi. foi. ff. 13.
Unrecorded.
d.38.e.
LoEHLEiN, Georg Simon. KAaBHKop^HaH
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TH^eCKHMH npHM^paMH H3T>HCHeHH0e . . .
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MocKoecKOMb YHueepcumemrb, na uMdueenie
KHUiocodepoicamejiJi Xpucmiana Jlydeuza Beeepa,
^ll'ii 74- obi 4°- Two vols, pp. 188.
K.7.C.24.
KOEHLER, J. W. Einige bekannte Choralmelodien
nach meinem Geschmakc. J. W.
Kohler. Nurnberg: bei I. I. Winterschmidt in
Gomiss., [1789.] obi. 4".
Unrecorded.
Eighteenth-Gentury Vocal Music
186
d.240.bb.
The music headed with an etching by Giovanni
Ludovico Quadri after Carlo Antonio Lombardi.
Unrecorded.
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DUR6N, Sebastian. Minuehumano.Hermosa HANDEL, George Frideric. [Sosarmes, an
fuente pura &c. Madrid: en la imprenta de opera, etc.] [London: J. Walsh, 1733?] foi.
musica, [c.ijio.] 40. Parts for voice and bass.
Proof sheets, without title-page or the table of
Unrecorded. so^^g^ printed on one side of the leaf only. With
K.4.f.i2. manuscript corrections.
MouRET, Jean Joseph. Didon. Cantate fran- K.ii.e.12.
Unrecorded. foi. pp. 48.
•34 p.(2). Songs interspersed with instrumental pieces.
AsTORGA, Emanuele d'. Cantadas humanas a Unrecorded.
solo, etc. Lisboa Occidental: en la imprenta de E.601 vv
musica, 1726. obi. 40. pp. 104.
. HANDEL, George Frideric. Songs in Messiah,
One of two known copies. an oratorio. London: printed for I. Walsh,
K4.f.ii. [1763.?] foi. pp. 70.
187

One of two known copies of the first issue.
The second and fourth issues have also
been acquired; the third was already in the
Library.
BREITENDICH, Friderich Christian. Fulstsendig
Choral-Bog . . . med Bass og behovende
Signaturer forsynet, etc. [Gopenhagen:]
til Trykken befordret af J. Boppenhausen,
[1764.] obi. 4". pp. 240.
E.556.mm.
BACH, Johann Christian. Braes of Ballanden,
as sung by M^ Tenducci ... in ... 1779, etc.
BISHOP, John, of Winchester. A Set of new
Psalm Tunes, in four parts, etc. London:
printed by W. Pearson, for the author, [1710.]
8°. pp. 80.
Unrecorded first edition.
[London:] printed by Longman ^ Broderip,
[^.1785.] obi. foi. pp. 8.
Unrecorded.
E.270.x.(9).
A favorite Song with an accompanied
Recitative. Composed ... for M^ Tenducci,
etc. [London:] printed for Will^ Napier,
foi. pp. II.
Unrecorded.
H.i98o.jj.(2o).
THE LIFE, Death and Burial of Cock Robin.
[Cantata. By Elizabeth, Princess of England?]
[London} 1797?] foi. pp. 19.
Unrecorded.
Eighteenth-Century Provincial Tune Books
B.580.WW.
IRELAND, Edmund. The Psalm Singer's
Guide, etc. York: printed by Grace White for
the author, 1718. 12". pp. 96.
Unrecorded first edition.
A.511.Z.
CHETHAM, John. A Book of Psalmody . . .
The second edition, with additions. London:
printed by William Pearson, for Joseph Turner
. . . at Sheffield, etc., 1722. 8°. pp. 146.
Unrecorded.
B.6ri.h.
TANS'UR, William. The Royal Psalmodist
compleat: or, The Universal harmony, etc.
Rugby: engraved and printed by the author.
K.9.C.13.
1742. foi. Wanting the leaf bearing Psalms 147
and 148.
Unrecorded first edition.
K.ii.d.2O.
SMITH, John, of Market Lavington. Book the
third, containing twelve anthems and twelve
psalm tunes for country choirs, etc. Lavington:
y^ author, 1755. foi.
Unrecorded first edition.
TANS'UR, William. Melodia sacra: or. The
devout psalmist's new musical companion, etc.
[St. Neols?:] engraved, and printed by the
Author, and his Son, 1768. obi. 8*^.
Unrecorded first edition.
A.647.J.
HARROTT, John. The Rutland Harmony or
Sacred-Concert, etc. Stamford: W. Royce,
1769. obi. 40. ff. 81, 7.
Unrecorded.
B.5O7.a.(i).

The Divine vocal and instrumental HOWIE, George. A Collection of Church
Harmony, etc. Great Bowden, etc.: the Author, Tunes: in three parts, etc. Aberdeen: printed at
etc., 1770. obi. 40. Ghalmers' Music-Press, 1798. 8°. pp. 39.
Unrecorded. Unrecorded.
Miscellaneous Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Items
SALIERI, Antonio. Venti otto divertimenti
vocali con accompagnamento di piano-forte,
etc. Vienna: presso Thade Weigl, [^.1803.] obi.
4"^. 3 vols.
With manuscript corrections by the composer
and a leaf bearing a different conclusion to
Divertimento No. i in his hand.
K.7.C.26.
MAZZINGHI, Joseph. Lusus harmonia mutabilis.
Op. 51. London: Goulding &' G9,
A set of 416 cards in a wooden box with eight
divisions each containing fifty-two cards. Each
card bears two bars of music so devised that any
selection of eight cards from the eight divisions
will make a sixteen-bar piano piece.
M.56.
CAVOS, Catterino.
Onepa cocTaBAeHHaa U3T> pocciHCKHXT* neceH-b
[sic], ycTpoeHHaji /IAH $opTe-niaHO
rocno^HHOMt KaBOCOMT>. 66 C"* Hemep-
6ypzrb: IleuamaHO u epaeupoeauo y /JanhMaca,
[1812.] foi. pp. 37.
[L'vov, Alcksei Fedorovich.] n-fecHi.
'Boace L[apfl xpauHl' 4Afl OAHOro rOAOca CT>
^opTOHiaHo [sic]. [Words by V. A. Zhukovsky.]
C Hemep6ypab: zpae: u neu: y Andpen
Ulmeduma, [1833.?], foi. pp. 3.
Apparently the first edition, hitherto unrecorded,
of the Czarist national anthem, published
anonymously but signed by the composer.
K.7.e.io.
189
BORTNYANSKY, Dimitry Stepanovich. CeMi>
4yxoBHbixi> Tpio CB xopaMH, etc. G^
nemepdyeh: 8b /lumoepa^iu H. Pe3ejiiyca, 1834.
obi. 40. pp. 30.
F.340.C.
Co6paHie ^leTbiperoAOCHbix'b H xpexro-
AOCHblX'L /tyXOBHblXT. n^feCHCM, OTHOCamPlXCfl
KT) AHTypriH . . . My3biKa BopTHHHCKaro
H H-feKOTOpblX-b /tpyrHXT, COqHHHTeAeH. G.
Hemep6yp2h: 6b jiumozpacfyiu H. Pe3ejiiyca, 1834.
obi. 4°. Four part-books.
nepBaa. KoHu,epTbi. (KHHraBTOpaa.
nbecbi.) C. Hemepdypeb: eb J i u p ^
H. Pe3ejiiyca, 1835. obL foi. Two vols.
F.34O.d.
VERDI, Giuseppe. Notturno a tre voci con
flauto e piano-forte, etc. Milano: presso Gio.
Ganti e G?, [1839?] foi. pp. 9.
HANDEL, George Frideric. Messiah . . . Anew
edition, with ... an accompaniment for the
organ or pianoforte . . . arranged by John
Bishop. London: Robert Gocks £5" C?, [1852.]
4«. pp. ix, 257.
Jenny Lind's copy, with markings in her hand
and manuscript embellishments made for her
use by Sir George Smart.
K.ii.e.ii.

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A. F. L'vov, Czarist national anthem [1833.-*]. K.7.e.io
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CHAIKOVSKY, Petr Il'ich. Concerto pour le
piano avec accompagnement d'orchestre . . .
Op. 23. Moscou: chezP.Jurgenson, [1875.] fol.
pp. 67.
A copy of the two-piano score with manuscript
alterations by Eduard Dannreuther, most of
which were adopted by the composer in the
second edition of 1879.
MASSENET, Jules. Proof-sheets of vocal
scores of Z« Vierge (1879?), Manon (1883), Le
Cid (1885), and Ariane (1906), all but the
second corrected by the composer, and a copy
oi Le Gid containing revisions of 1887 in his
hand.
K.ii.d.10-12,16,19.
MUSIKALISCHES BiLDERBUCH fur das
Pianoforte. Herausgegeben von Lothar
Meggendorfer. Munchen, [1879.] fol. Band i.
Heft I. pp. 9.
The only number published. Including the first
work of Richard Strauss to be published, a
gavotte entitled Aus alter Zeit.
JANACEK, Leos. Skladby pro varhany . . .
Orgel-Compositionen . . . Cis. i a 2.
V. Brni: tiskem pap. knihtiskdrny rajhradskych
benediktinu, 1884. 4". pp. 12.
DEBUSSY, Achille Claude. Aricttes. Paroles de
P. Verlaine. Paris: W E. Girot, [1888.] fol.
Six numbers.
First edition ofthe songs revised and republished
in 1903 as Ariettes oubliees.
Proof-sheets of 105 works published by the firm
of Augener, London, between 1892 and 1949,
mostly corrected by the composers. Most of
the works are by Delius, Reger, Ireland, and
Warlock, but Stanford, Hoist, Hurlstone,
191
Bridge, Bax, and Butterworth are also
represented.
H.403, H.4O3.a-z,aa-cc.
SATIE, Erik. Intende votis supplicum. Paris:
Librairie de Part ind^pendant, 1895. 8°. pp. 6.
A minute organ piece overlooked by most lists
of Satie's works.
K.ii.e.4.
A collection, made by George Arthur Preston,
of 268 pirated editions of songs and piano
music, printed in Great Britain f. 1900-5, with
press-cuttings relating to prosecutions.
H.1848, H.i848.a-d, M.55.
PUCCINI, Giacomo. Manon Lescaut. Dramma
lirico in quattro atti, etc. Milano: G. Ricordi ^
C, [1904.?] 4«. pp. 264.
A copy of the fourth edition of the vocal score
with manuscript alterations by the composer.
K.ii.d.13.
WILLIAMS,Ralph Vaughan. [FourHymns...
for tenor voice with accompaniment of pianoforte
& viola obbligato.] \London\\ Boosey &
G?, [1915.] fol. pp. 34.
Proof sheets of the vocal score published in
1920, with a manuscript dedication to J. Steuart
Wilson in the composer's autograph reading:
'To J.S.W. from P^^ 2033 with very grateful
remembrance ofthe day when you sang
the last day of the old order.'
STRAVINSKY, Igor. Rag-time . . . Transcription
pour piano par Tauteur. Paris: Editions de
la Sirene, [1919.] fol. pp. 12.
With manuscript alterations in the composer's
autograph.
K.io.d.i6.

POUND, Ezra Loomis. Two Songs from Ezra
Pound's opera Le Testament. Paroles de
Villon, etc. [Arranged for voice and violin.]
[Pans? 1926.?] 80.
PROKOF'EV, Sergei Sergeevich. Der feurige
Engel. [Moscow: A. Gutheil, 1927?]
Vocal score of the opera OsueHHuii amen with
German text, printed for rehearsal. The only
score printed in the composer's lifetime.
L EH A R, Franz. [Friederike.] [Berlin: Grescendo
Theaterverlag^ 1928.] fol.
Five sets of proof sheets of the vocal score,
including music rejected before publication.
192
With manuscript corrections partly by the
composer.
H.36i6.g.
RoussEL, Albert. Le Testament de la tante
Caroline. Operette en 3 actes. Livret de Nino.
Paris: en location aux Editions de la Sirene
musicakj [1936?] fol. pp. 150.
Vocal score of Roussel's original three-act
version, no score of which has been put on sale.
G.io82.d.
WEBERN, Anton von. Variationen fiir Klavier.
Op. 27. Wien: Universal-Edition, [1937.] 4°.
pp. II.
The copy used by Peter Stadlen for the first
performance, with manuscript annotations
in the composer's autograph. Published in

facsimile and transcription, with annotations author.) Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne, [^.1960.]
by Peter Stadlen, Universal Edition (Vienna, 4°. Two vols.
^9"^^^' Printed for rehearsal, with the title News ofthe
K.ii.d.17. /)aj/stamped on the cover of vol. i. No score of
BRITTEN, Benjamin. [The Rape of Lucretia this final revision, with English words, has been
... Op. 37. Vocal score by Henry Boys.] P"^ «" s^*^-
[London:] Boosey £5' Hawkes, [1946.] fol. pp. G.ii82.q.
224.
^ r , 1 r 1 1 -u ScHOENBERG, Arnold. Die Jakobsleiter. [Lo^
Proof sheets, used tor rehearsal, with manu- . , ,, _ , ^^ 1 1 ^^iri
, .. 1 • 1 Aneeles: Mrs. Gertrud Schoenberg, iQb2f\ toi.
script corrections and revisions partly in the ^
composer s autograph. ^^ ^^
K. 11 .d. 14. ^ facsimile of tbe autograph short score,
privately printed.
HENZE, Hans Werner. Jack Pudding. Ballett in
drei Teilen . . . Klavierauszug. Mainz:
B. Schotfs Sohne, [1950?] fol. pp. 48. J^^ACEK, Leos. Osud. Schicksal. Opera o
Printed for rehearsal. No score of this work has pfedehfe, dvou dejstvich a dohfe, v uprave
been put on sale. Kurta Honolky . . . Klavirni vytah. Praha:
h.535.a.(i). ^^^^^^ ^964- 4^- PP- 258.
HiNDEMiTH, Paul. Neues vom Tage. Lustige P""ted for rehearsal. No score of this work has
Oper in zwei Akten . . . Klavierauszug von ^^^^ put on sale.
Franz Willms. (Newly revised edition by the G.io87.q.
Opera Full Scores
Acquisitions in this field amount to well over 200 scores by more than 120 composers. From the
later seventeenth century onwards it was the custom in France to publish operas in score, but
elsewhere scores circulated in manuscript form and publication, if any, usually took the form of a
reduction for voices with keyboard accompaniment. As time went on the relatively cheap vocal
scores became increasingly popular with the public, and from the middle ofthe nineteenth century
French publishers issued vocal scores for sale, printing only very short runs of full scores for hire or
sale to opera houses. A Uttle later the Germans, Austrians, and Italians followed suit, printing
scores that they would earlier have kept in manuscript, but in small numbers and for purely
professional purposes; as late as the 1840s Wagner had to pay for the printing of full scores of his
first three published operas out of his own pocket (the Library has recently acquired one ofthe
twenty-five copies of Rienzi). Scores ofthe later nineteenth and the twentieth centuries are thus in
most cases far rarer than those of eighteenth-century France. The Library is strong in the latter so
that they account for a relatively small proportion of its recent purchases, though almost the last
gaps have been filled in the holdings of operas by Campra, Destouches, Rameau, and Gluck. Ofthe
many later composers represented by one or more scores may be mentioned Rossini, Donizetti,
Halevy, Bellini, Balfe, Thomas, Flotow, Verdi (twenty-four scores, including the first editions of
Otello and Ealstaff), Gounod, Suppc, Offenbach, Lalo, Johann Strauss, Saint-Sacns, Delibes,
Bizet, Musorgsky, Massenet (twenty-nine scores), Faure, Messagcr, Janacek, Humperdinck,
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R. Schumann, Lie der fur die Jugend, Op. 79 (Leipzig, 1849). H.645.g
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Leoncavallo, Puccini (twelve scores), Mascagni, Cilea, Giordano (including a score of Andrea
Ch^nier used by Mahler, with his conductor's markings), Pfitzner, Zemlinsky, Wolf-Ferrari,
Milhaud, Gershwin, Poulenc, Weill. Hire library scores of operas composed in the last twenty years
by such composers as Tippett and Britten have also been purchased.
Editions of Famous Gomposers ofthe Late Eighteenth and the Nineteenth Genturies
The bibhography of composers of this time is complicated by two factors. First, the use of engraved
plates enabled corrections to be made without difficulty in the early issues of an edition, though the
plates often suffered damage and were then replaced by less accurate ones; in consequence, an
edition may not be adequately represented by a single issue. Secondly, works of many composers
appeared by agreement simultaneously in more than one country, so that parallel editions
frequently have independent textual histories. The following list of well-known composers gives
the approximate number of first and early printings of textual importance acquired: Haydn 25,
Boccherini 10, Clementi 15, Mozart 30, Beethoven 15, Field 25, Weber 10, Schubert 25, Berlioz 10,
Mendelssohn 60, Chopin 50, Schumann 30, Liszt 100, Chaikovsky 20, Grieg 40, Wolf 10.
Welsh Music
During the last fifteen years the Library has acquired over 3,500 pieces of Welsh music published
between the 1830s and the present time. They include hymn and psalm books, oratorios, cantatas,
anthems, music books for festivals, part-songs, solo songs, and instrumental pieces. Owing to the
strong tradition of local publication in Wales much of this material is very scarce; the Library's
holdings in the field are now outstanding.
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
R. C. ALSTON: Consultant to the Reference Division ofthe British Library; Editor ofthe
Eighteenth Gentury Short Title Gatalogue.
H. BUNKER WRIGHT: Emeritus Professor of English at Miami University, Oxford,
Ohio.
P. J. CROFT: Fellow and Librarian of King's College, Cambridge, died on 29 August
1984, at the time this article was undergoing final revision.
M. L. EVANS: Assistant Keeper (Fine Art) at the National Museum of V^ales.
P. F. KoRNiCKi: University Lecturer in Japanese at Cambridge University.
0. W. NEIGHBOUR: Formerly Music Librarian in the Department of Printed Books.
ANNAE. C. SiMONi: Formerly Assistant Keeper in charge ofthe Dutch Section ofthe
Department of Printed Books.
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