Sammelband, manuscript and printed pieces for solo piano and voice, c. 1815.

[Grand Tour.]

Sammelband of nine manuscript and four printed works for solo piano and for voice with piano accompaniment, listed below, title of first work in volume slightly soiled, final leaf stained, some further soiling, English diced half Russia, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt-lettered russia label on upper board, upper joint split, spine chipped at foot and becoming loose, oblong quarto (c. 225 x 310 mm), [Italy and Germany, c. 1815.]

A compilation gathered partly in Italy circa 1815-16 (likely during a Grand Tour) and bound up in England shortly afterwards. Many are scribal copies of pieces by contemporary composers active in Italy. One bears the inscription 'Firenze' and the final manuscript item is dated and inscribed at Interlaken in Switzerland, a popular staging post on the Grand Tour (Lord Byron was there just over a month later). One of the printed items is from London bookseller Thomas Boosey.

Contents:

Carafa (De Colobrano) Michele, 'Ariette con accompagnamento di pianoforte del sig. RISM 850781108 records one other copy only (Parma, Biblioteca Palatina MS Borb. 157.a).

Isouard (Nicolas) Overture de l'opera Joconde pour le pianoforte. Hamburg, A. Cranz, [c. 1815]. Pp. 9. One of several early editions; this edition not found in RISM.

Gelinek (Josef) VIII Variations pour le clavecin ou piano-forte (sur une air Russe) composées par Mr L'Abbe Gelinek. No. XXII. Leipzig, C. F. Peters, [date?]. Pp. 11. Bears the contemporary oval printed label 'T. Boosey & Co. Importers, 28, Holles Street, Cavendish Square. Not found in RISM; RISM A/I G 980 records a (probably earlier) Vienna edition.

Gelinek (Josef) Pot-pourri für's forte-piano nach Sargino, Camilla und Achilles von Gelinek. No. 3. Hamburg, Cranz. [c. 1815]. Pp. 13. RISM A/I G 1430.

Gelinek (Josef) Zweites pot-pourri für's forte-piano nach arien aus Tancred, Johann von Paris und der Schweizerfamilie. Hamburg, Rudolphus, and Altona, Cranz, [c. 1815]. Pp. 11. RISM A/I G 1426.

'No. 4. No. 12. Canzonette Veneziane Raccolta No. 4'., ff. [13].

'No. 5. No. 12. Canzonette Veneziane Raccolta No. 5'., ff. [13].

Gallenberg (Wenzel Robert, Graf von) 'Grande Polonaise du Ballet de Cendrillon composée par W Rob[ert]o Comte de Gallenberg et arrangée pour le pianoforte par l'auteur'., ff. [21]. Not found in RISM.

Rossini (Gioachino) 'Scena e cavatina Tu che accendi questo core del Sigo. Gioacchino Rossini nel Tancredi con accompag[namen]to di piano forte'. Manuscript in an Italian hand in dark brown ink, ff. [7], initials 'R P C' and 'Firenze' inscribed in upper right-hand corner of title in a contemporary English hand. The cavatina 'Tu che accendi questo core' is here preceded by 'Oh patria! Dolce e ingrate patria', also from Tancredi.

Rossini (Gioachino) 'Tu che accendi questo core. Cavatina con l'accompagnamento di piano forte del Sig[no]re Giovachino Rossini'. Manuscript in an Italian hand in dark brown ink, ff. [6]. Another copy of 'Tu che accendi questo core.’

Favier (Alessandro) 'No. 18. Quadriglie per piano-forte composte espressamente dal Sig[no]re Alessandro Favier'. Manuscript in an Italian hand in dark brown ink, ff. [12], initials 'RP C' in a contemporary English hand in upper right-hand corner.

Rossini (Gioachino) 'Mille sospiri, e lagrime [from Aureliano in Palmira]. Duetto con l'accompagnamento di pian-forte del Sig[no]re Giovacchino Rossini'., ff. [8].

Favier (Alessandro) Quadriglie valzer e contradanze Inglesi ridotte p[er] piano-forte. Musica del Sig[no]re Alessandro Favier., ff. [28], additional piece ('Swiss Air') added in a different hand on verso of final leaf, inscribed: 'Interlaken... August 12th 1816'.

Provenance: earls Howe, and by descent. The initials 'R P C', which appear on two of the items, may be Richard William Penn Curzon, first Earl Howe (1796-1870), Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide.