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RECENT ACQUISITIONS

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NOTABLE ACQUISITIONS 1985-1994 M. Turner THE previous report of notable acquisitions of printed music, published in 1985, covered some twenty-tw^o years, from 1964 to early 1985.^ The present survey covers a period of less than half this extent. Nevertheless it demonstrates that the Music Library, far from resting on its laurels, has continued to maintain the pre-eminence of its existing collections by a vigorous programme of acquisitions ranging widely both geographically and temporally, a programme that has been made possible by continuing support for the Music Library's purchase budget from the Directorate of Special Collections. The principal criterion for inclusion in this, necessarily highly selective, list is the intrinsic interest or importance of a given item, but a secondary consideration has been a desire to reflect the diversity encompassed by the Library's collecting policy. The form of this report broadly follows that of its predecessor. In Section I, the main sequence, items are arranged chronologically. However it should be borne in mind that printed music differs from printed books in that it is the exception rather than the rule for an edition to be dated by the publisher. Dates given in square brackets have therefore been assigned, with varying degrees of certainty, on the basis of external evidence. Title- page transcriptions have been kept brief, and only numbered pagination or foliation is given (and none for sets of parts). With the exception of sixteenth- and seventeenth- century editions the imprint is normally given in a standardized form. Certain types of publication have been dealt with much more summarily in Sections II-V. It should be assumed that each item is in score and is a copy of the first edition, unless otherwise indicated by a note or by the wording of the title-page. Annotations to the effect that a copy is unrecorded or is one of a very small number of recorded copies are to be understood as referring to information known to the main union-catalogues of recent years, as listed by O. W. Neighbour. His cautionary comments remain applicable here.^ Pressmarks are given wherever possible, but owing to other demands on staff time, especially planning for the move to the new building at St Pancras, a backlog of material awaiting cataloguing has accumulated. Consequently in some cases there appears, instead of the pressmark, the annotation 'U', indicating that the item is at present uncatalogued. Although this report, hke its predecessor, lists acquisitions of printed music, it will be noticed that in both cases a number of items are of interest less for their printed music 289 content than for the manuscript annotations or corrections that they bear. Even more such items could have been included. For example, in 1988 the Music Library bought at auction three sets of printed proofs of the full score of Elgar's Violin Concerto. Eventually it was agreed that because of their extensive corrections and annotations these printed proofs should be placed in the Department of Manuscripts, where they could take their place alongside the magnificent collection of Elgar autographs bequeathed by the composer's daughter, Carice Elgar Blake. ^ Hence they do not figure in this list. This is one small example of the difficulties caused to members of the staff and public alike by the long-standing arrangement, originating for very good and practical reasons in the early days of the British Museum, that printed and manuscript music should be housed in separate departments of that institution, and hence, more recently, of the British Library. Increasingly it has been felt desirable to unite the two related types of material within the Music Library. Organizational and staff changes partly connected with the forthcoming occupation of the Library's new home at St Pancras have at last made this possible, and the process has already begun. The compiler of the next report in this series will be in a position to record acquisitions of both printed and manuscript music side by side.

I. FIRST AND EARLY EDITIONS OF PRINTED MUSIC, 1596-I982

Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century

PREMIER LIURE de chansons nouuellement part is for the lute, the viole and foure partes mises en musique, par bons & excellents to sing, the third part is for two trebles, to autheurs. Paris: Nicolas du Chetnin, 1557. sing either to the lute, or the viole or to both, Contratenor part. if any please. Printed at London: by Iohn Windet, and are to be sold by Simon Waterson, The British Library already possesses the bass 1605. fol. part. No other copy of any of the parts of this work is known. The only recorded complete copy. U. K.2.g.I.

HANDL, Jacob. Moralia... quinque, sex et octo vocibus concinnata, etc. Norinbergce: in G ESI us, Bartholomaus. Geistliche deutsche officina typographica Alexandri Theodorici, Lieder D. Mart. Lutheri.., und anderer... 1596. obi. 4°. Five parts. Wanting the Sexta Mit vier und flinff Stimmen... nach Vox. bekandten gewohnlichen Kirchen-Melodien componiret... Das ander Theil. Franckfurt an der Oder: in Verlegung Johann Hartmans, JONES, Robert. Ultimum vale, with a triplicity 1607. 4°. ff. 153. [Bound with:] Geistliche of musicke, whereof the first part is for the deutsche Lieder... Das dritte Teil. Ibid. ff. lute, the voyce, and the viole degambo, the 2. 141.

290 VLriMVM VALE, with a triplicity of Muficke, WHEREOF frji frnrt is for the Lw(f, the Voycc, and the Violc pegunbo. The f ssfertheLntt, pattes to fing. The third part IS for cwoTieblei, to fiog cither to

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Robert Jones, Ultimum vale., London, 1605. Title-page. K.2.g.i. 291 One of four recorded copies in each case. TI. AIRS sur les hymnes sacrez, odes, et noels pour 2 is of the second edition. The BL already chanter au catechisme, etc. A Paris: par possesses a copy of TI. i, 1601. Pierre Ballard, 1623. 8°. ff. 51. In choir-book K.8.d.i9.(i, 2.) format. One of five recorded copies. BANCHIERI, Adriano. Nuovi pensieri ecclesi- astici... per suonare neH'organo, & concertare K.4.C.15. con due voci... Opera quartadecima. Novel- SANTO MAURO, Galitio. II primo libro de lamente revista, & corretta. In Venetia: motetti a una, due, tre, e quattro voci, con una appresso Giacomo Vincenti, 1609. 8°. Three messa, & una Gloria in fine concertata con part-books. sinfonie in stil venetiano... Opera prima. Unrecorded. Napoli: appresso Ottavio Beltrano., 1637. 4°. pp. 19. The Cantus primus part only, in an elaborate contemporary Neapolitan binding. AGAZZARI, Agostino. Dialogici concentus senis, octonisq. vocitus [sic]... Opera deci- Unrecorded; by a hitherto unknown composer. mumsextum. Venetiis: apud Ricciardum Amadinum^ 1617. 8°. Seven part-books. One of three recorded sets of parts of the third WECKER, Georg Caspar. Aria, oder edition, all imperfect. The tenor part is one of Gluckwlinschender Ehren-Klang, mit einer two recorded copies of the second edition, Sing- und 6. Geig-Stimmen, etc. Wolfen- 1616, of which only the tenor part is extant. biittel: gedrukt durch die Sternen, 1662. fol. One of three recorded copies. K.ii.c.6.(2.) ToRNiOLi, Marc'Antonio. M^^ Antonii Tornioli... Sacrarum cantionum, quae WEILAND, Julius Johann. Psalmus CXVII 8. singulis, binis, ternis, quaternis, & quinis vocibus concinnatus, etc. Wolfferbyti: typis vocibus concinuntur liber primus. Noviter Sternianis^ 1662. 4°. Parts. impressus. In Venetia: stampa del Gardano, One of two recorded copies. ^ appresso Bartholomeo Magni., 1615. 8°. The Cantus primus, Bassus and Bassus ad organum parts only. LAMBERT, Michel. Les airs de Monsieur Lambert... Graves par Richer, corriges de The parts for Cantus primus and Bassus are nouveau de plusieurs fautes de graveure. A unrecorded. The Bassus ad organum part is Paris: chez un chandelier., 1670. obi 4°. pp. one of two recorded copies. C.949.a.(2.) 83- Unrecorded fifth edition. BoNiS, Francesco de. Motecta ... binis, ternis, K.3.f.2o. quaternisque vocibus una cum gravi voce ad organum accomodata ... Liber primus. AMBRUIS, Honore dV Livre d'airs du Sieur Venetiis: apud lacobum Vincentium^ 1619. 8°. d'Ambruis avec les seconds couplets en The Cantus primus, Bassus and Bassus ad diminution, etc. A Paris: chez Pauteur ...et au organum parts only. Palais chez Pierre le Monier., 1685. obL 4°. pp. 106. Unrecorded. C.949a.(i.) K.3.f.2i.

292 BASSANI, Giovanni Battista. La moralita JACQUET DE LA GUERRE, Elisabeth Claude. armonica. Cantate a 2, e 3 voci... Opera Cephale et Procris. Tragedie mise en quarta. In Bologna: per Pier-Maria Monti, musique. A Paris: Christophe Ballard, 1694. 1690. 8°. The parts for Canto primo. Canto fol. pp. 48. secondo. Basso and Basso continuo. Wanting U. the part for Violone/tiorba. Second edition. D.832.h.

Eighteenth Century

MOTLEY, Richard. A collection of ayres, in en musique, etc. Paris: Christophe Ballard, three parts, containing forty six tunes in eight 1706. fol. pp. 244. setts. London: William Pearson, for the author, U. 1701. 4°. The parts for 2nd trebles and basses only. PEZ, Johann Christoph. XII sonatas of three parts for two violins & a bass with a thro bass One of two recorded copies, both in the British for y^ organ... Opera prima. Duplex genius Library, both incomplete; the other copy sive gallo-italus instrumentorum concentus, comprises the parts for ist trebles and basses. etc. London: Walsh (^ Hare, [1706.] fol. Four a.i83.h.i. parts. Unrecorded. CAMPRA, Andre. La serenade venitienne, entree ajoutee aux fragments, etc. Paris: h.i728.s.(i.) Christophe Ballard, 1703. obi. 4°. pp. 63. A BOUND VOLUME containing the 2nd treble U. parts for seven publications by I. Walsh, P. Randall and I. Hare, with passe-partout title- BLOW, John. A choice collection of lessons for pages reading 'The symphonys or instru- the harpsichord, etc. London: Walsh (^ Hare, mental parts in the opera callM ... as they are [1704.] obL 4°. ff.20 . perform'd at the Queens Theatre'. The operas The second edition; one of two recorded are: F. Mancini, Hydaspes; G. B. Bononcini, copies. Almahide; A. Scarlatti, Pyrrhus and K.1.C.34. Demetrius; F. Conti, Clotilda; A. Scarlatti, Thomyris; F. Gasparini, Lovers triumph; THE LADY'S BANQUET. Being a choice G. B. Bononcini, Camilla. [i7O7?-i7io.] fol. collection of the newest & most airy lessons for the harpsicord ... set by our best masters. The BL sets of the third, fourth, fifth and To be annually continued. London: Walsh (^ seventh items are wanting the 2nd treble part. Hare, 1704. 4°. ff.28 . U. One of two recorded copies. Includes the first RECUEIL des meilleurs airs italiens qui ont ete publication of pieces by Jeremiah Clarke, publics [sic] depuis quelques annees. Paris: William Croft and John Weldon. Christophe Ballard^ 1708. 8°. pp. 440. U. One of six recorded copies. COLASSE, Pascal. Polixene et Pirrhus, tragedie B.1181. 293 ALBINONI, Tomaso Giovanni. Sonate da oeuvre de M*" Naudot, contenant six fetes chiesa a violino solo e violoncello o basso rustiques pour les musettes, vieles, flutes, continuo. Amsterdam: Estienne Roger, [1709?] haubois, & violons, avec la basse. Paris: obi fol. pp. 27. Naudot, [1731?] fol. Parts. One of two recorded copies. One of five recorded complete copies. U.

[COMICAL SONGS and songs of humour, as ^^, ,XT r, « o • T , ^ ^ 1 .- , ^ T J T COLIN DE BLAMONT, Francois. Le caprice also two part songs and dialogues.] London; /. J^TT . T . J 1 • „, , , r ^-, J^, ^ o J d hrato ou Les caracteres de la musique, etc. Walsh, 1700?] fol. ff. I-IT. ro 11 * 1 D • \jr ^ n PT n i- ' '- ' ^ J -^^ [Ballet.] Parts: au Mont-Parnasse [J.-B.-C. Unrecorded. The title is supplied in MS. on a Ballard], passe-partout title-page. Probably the second edition. K.8.k.i9. LALANDE, Michel Richard de. Airs de violons CAIX D'HERVELOIS, Louis de. Deuxieme de L'inconnu, premier ballet danse par le Roy recueil de pieces pour la flute traversiere avec dans son Palais des Tuilleries, au mois de la basse. Paris: chez Pauteur, [1731.] fol. pp. fevrier 1720, etc. Paris: J.-B.-C. Ballard, 1720. 4°. pp. 71. 27- One of six recorded copies. One of six recorded copies. h.25o.mm.(i.) U. HANDEL, George Frideric. The favourite GERVAIS, Charles Hubert. Les amours de songs in the opera of Porus, and transpos'd Protee, ballet en musique, etc. Paris: J.-B.-C. for the flute, to which is prefix'd the overture Ballard, 1720. obi. 4°. pp. 287. in score. London: at the Printing-Office in Bow P. 287 bears the autograph signatures of the Church-Yard [Thomas Cobb], [1731.] fol. composer and the publisher; with numerous ff. 25. MS, corrections and with additional leaves in Apparently a pirated edition, published about MS. inserted. two weeks before Walsh's official edition. One •^ • • of six recorded copies. U. HANDEL, George Frideric. The favourite songs in the opera call'd Siroe. London: FOREST HARMONY Book the first {- third}. Walsh ^ Hare, [1728.] fol. fF. 22. Vocal score. Being a collection of the most celebrated aires, The first Walsh edition, published some two minuets and marches made on purpose for months after the Cluer edition. two french horns, etc. London: f. Walsh, U. [1733-6.] ohl. 4°. Bk. I, 2 are unrecorded. Bk. 3 is one of two QuiNAULT, Jean Baptiste Maurice. Les recorded copies. The wording of the title-page amours des deesses, ballet heroique. Paris: varies slightly. J.-B.-C. Ballard, 1729. obi 4°. pp. 308. K.i.f 17-ig. B.362.U. NAUDOT, Jacques Christophe. Neuvieme NAUDOT, Jacques Christophe. Huitieme ordre... contenant six sonates pour la flute 294 traversiere avec la basse, etc. Paris: chez HANDEL, George Frideric. Six concertos for Pauteur, [1733.] fol. pp. 27. the harpsicord or organ, etc. London: I. Walsh, [i74i.?]fol. pp. 48. One of three recorded copies. h.2O5i.b. An unrecorded issue of the first edition of Handel's Organ Concertos Op. 4. With sheets AUBERT, Jacques. Pieces a deux violons ou a inserted bearing ornamented versions in MS. deux flutes... Oeuvres XV. Paris: chez of the slow movements of nos. i, 3, 5, 6 in an Pauteur, [1734.^] 4°. pp. 27. unidentified, apparently contemporary, hand, One of three recorded copies. and with MS. ornamentation to the printed e.764. text.

REBEL, Francois and FRANC(EUR, Francois. Scanderberg, tragedie mise en musique, etc. THE UNIVERSAL MUSICIAN: or, songster's Paris: Francosur, [1735.] obL 4°. pp. 47, 264. delight, consisting of the most celebrated English and Scotch songs, favourite cantata's, &c...The second edition. London: s.n., 1741. 8°. flf.131 . REBEL, Jean Fery. Les elemens. Simphonie nouvelle, etc. Paris: chez Pauteur, [1737.] fol. Unrecorded. Two of the three recorded copies pp. 22. of the first edition are in the British Library. One of five recorded copies. E.i9io.a. K.5.d.2i. THE MONTHLY MASK, or an entertainment of RoGET, Clair-Nicolas. ier oeuvre contenant VI musick consisting of four celebrated songs set sonates pour deux fiutes traversieres sans for the violin, German fiute and harpsichord. basse, etc. Paris: chez Pauteur, [1739.] fol. pp. By the best masters. Dublin: W. Manwaring, 24. [Bound with:] Six sonates pour la fiute [1745?] fol. Nos. ioo-iii. traversiere avec la basse, etc. Paris: chez A set of unrecorded numbers, with the title- Pauteur, [1739.] fol. pp. 24. pages, which are mostly wanting in the other The first item is one of four recorded copies; two, very imperfect, recorded sets. the second is unrecorded. U. U. MiON, Charles Louis. L'annee galante, ballet, VIVALDI, Antonio. VI sonates, violoncello etc. Paris: chez Pauteur, [1747.] fol. pp. 164. solo col basso, etc. Paris: Le Clerc le cadet, [1740?] fol. pp. 24. H.346.X.

One of two recorded copies. CHEDEVILLE, Esprit Philippe. Sonates pour U. les musettes, vielles et autres instruments avec la basse continue... oeuvre X^. Paris: chez BoNi, Pietro Gioseppe Gaetano. Sonate a Pauteur, [1750.''] fol. pp. 46. violino e violone o cimbalo... Opera III. Si vendono in Roma: dal S^ Antonius Cleton, One of two recorded copies. 1741. obi. fol. pp. 48.

Unrecorded. THE LAND OF CAKES. Book the first, con- e.269.t.(i.) taining six songs set to musick in the true 295 George Frideric Handel, Sa concertos for the harpnchordor organ, London, [1741 ?]• Ornamented manuscript of the first movement of the fifth concerto. K.3.m.23. version in 296 Scots taste, etc. London: R. Williams, [1750?] qu'utiles, sur tous les modes... (Euvre VIP. fol. ff. 7. Paris: chez Pauteur, [1761?] fol. pp. 26. One of two recorded copies. h.255.aa. U. FALCO, Carlo. Sei soli a violino e basso... REBEL, Jean Fery. Les plaisirs champetres, Q^^^^ JJ i^^jon: s.n., 1763. obi. fol. pp. 35- etc. Paris: Le Clerc, [1758?] fol. pp. 8. The only recorded complete copy; the other One of six recorded copies. two recorded copies both lack the title-page. g.27i.qq.(8.)

LARUETTE, Jean Louis. L'yvrogne corrige. Opera comique en deux actes, etc. Paris: Mr. TARTINI, Giuseppe. Sei sonate a violino e Duchesne, [1759.] fol. pp. 41, 44. violoncello o cimballo ... Opera IX. Paris: Le H.2332.0. Clerc, [1763?] fol. PP- 25. One of four recorded copies. ScHMiDLiN, Johannes. Singendes und U. spielendes Vergnugen reiner Andacht, oder geistreiche Gesange, etc. Zurich: getruckt in CANAVAS, Joseph. Sonates a violon seul et Burgklischer Truckerey, 1752. 8°. pp. 608. violoncelle ... IP oeuvre. Paris: chez Pauteur., U. [1763.] fol. pp. 31. i.286. SMITH, John Christopher. Songs in the new English opera call'd The fairies, etc. London: THE LADY'S AMUSEMENT, being an intire Walsh., [1755-] fol- PP- 92- Three sets of songs, new collection of favourite French & Italian with separate title-pages. songs, airs, minuets & marches, none ever before pubHsh'd, compos'd and adapted for Set I is one of four recorded copies; set 2 is the the guittar by the most eminent masters. only recorded perfect copy; set 3 is unrecorded. London: Peter Welcker, [1763.''] fol. pp. 8. U. Unrecorded. U. LYON, James. [Urania,or a choice collection of psalm-tunes, anthems and hymns, etc. New PHILIDOR, Fran9ois Andre Danican. Les York., c. 1750.] 12°. pp. xii, 198. parties du Sorcier. Gravees separement, etc. The first tunebook to be published in America [Opera.] Paris: De la Chevardiere., [1764.] fol. by an American containing original American Set of orchestral parts. compositions. Wanting the title-page and pp. Wanting the Oboe Secondo part. iii-viii, 103-108. Because of the imperfections it is impossible to be certain which edition is H.54o.d.(i.) represented here, but it appears not to be the PHILIDOR, Fran9ois Andre Danican. [Tom 1761 or 1773 edition and may be an unrecorded Jones. Opera.] Paris: De la Chevardiere, intermediate edition. [1766.] fol. Set of orchestral parts. U. Without title-page. Wanting the Oboe Secondo MERCHI, Joseph Bernard. Le guide des part. ecoliers de guitarre, ou Preludes aussi agreables 297 far the STICCADO PASTORAIiE.

This Ancient Turklfh Icftrnment is defcrlbcd hvFJ! Cnlvprfalle. Publirhed at P^ris in the Year Iff3€. And Iikwife by^f/f.^9âriU.£rre\4^n who wrote in the fame Centary, It Ins TAôaa names viz but at prefent it is kndwa hj the name StlCodo. It hai tUHny pleafing effects-tho lefs eomplext than moft Tnftrxiinents* The Slnr> Shake^tam'tlAHke,Staccato, Forte and Piano Sic-arc «lgreeabTa and facility, add to thefc that excellent qnality of nf ver êing oat of Tone. The Mftnner a£ holding the Stîccsdo. TKe Ribbon at the narrow end of the Inftramentîi to be hung on a hook,thr other end, to be held with the Left hand,ratheT lowers Then taking the Whalebone loofe between thf Thumb and the two firft fingers; Strike the Jlote with" the Ivory Ball a» HeiiT the center of the Inftrament as poffiblejraifing the Ball immediatl^'. '. Of the SCA.X.B. . The letters being marked on the Inftrtiinent at on the Scale,the firft thing to be re .. ' meinbeted it the Notei.having a paitlcular regard to the lines and fpacet on which thej arc placedithen begin with the In A- G-and fo on to the higheft. CHABACTBRS made afp of in MlSlC. Of Kotes, their }âmes h Prnportions. There are Sii forts of Note* vi«; SemebTeve,Miiiim,C»Dtchet, Qan.ver, SeineqnaT«r,and

James Bremner, fnstructions for the sticcado pastorale, London, [1775?], ff.2V , 4V. a.53.i. 208 HAYDN, Joseph. Six sonates pour le clavecin figures for the harp, harpsichord or violin. avec raccompagnement d'un violon & London: the author, [1778?] obL 4°. pp. 16. violoncelle ... Opera quatrieme. [Hob. XV ;37, Unrecorded. Ci, XIV:6, XV;39, i, XIV:i.] Amsterdam: J. U. J. Hummel, [1767.] fol. Parts. ARNOLD, Samuel. The overture, songs and duetts in The dead alive... Op. XVIII. FRANCESCHINI, Gaetano. Six sonates a deux London: Longman ^ Broderip, [1781}] fol. pp. violons et basse ... Oeuvre premier. 34. Vocal score. Amsterdam: jf. jf. Hummel., [1769.] fol. Parts. Unrecorded. One of two recorded copies. h.285i.r.(i.) JOURNAL DE CLAVECIN par les meilleurs A COLLECTION OF LESSONS for the harp- maitres. Paris: Le Due, [1782.] fol. pp. 98. sichord. Compos'd by Sigr. Wagenseil, Bach, Year i, nos. 1-12. Agrell, Ticher. Book first. London: printed for A. Hummell, [1770?] obi. 4°. pp. 23. One of three recorded complete copies. U. Unrecorded. The individual sonatas are unattributed, but none is listed in C. S. Terry's NARDINI, Pietro. Sei quartetti per due violini, thematic catalogue of J. C. Bach. viola, e violoncello. Firenze: [Giuseppe Poggiali.?], [1782.?] obi fol. Parts.

TRIAL, Jean Claude. La fete de Fiore. Pastoral One of five recorded complete copies. heroique en un acte, etc. Paris: Le Marchand., e.743.a.(i.) [1771.] fol. pp. 148. H.2004.i. BACH, Carl Philipp Emanuel. Clavier-Sonaten und freye Fantasien nebst einigen Rondos BREMNER, James. Instructions for the sticcado furs Fortepiano fiir Kenner und Liebhaber ... pastorale, with a collection of airs adapted for Vierte Sammlung. Leipzig: im Verlage des that instrument. London: published for the Autors, 1783. obi. 4°. pp. 35. author, [1775.?] obi. 8°. ff. 20. Each of C. P. E. Bach's six collections of Unrecorded. sonatas *fur Kenner und Liebhaber' was a-53-i- published in two versions, with the right hand notated in either the treble clef or the soprano clef. This copy of the fourth collection with the COLE, William, of Witnesham.? Divine hymns. Composed for one, two, three, and four voices right hand in the treble clef completes the with a thoro bass for the harpsichord or organ Library's set of all six collections in both versions. The title-page bears the autograph ...Book the first. London: Longman, Lukey, signature of Wilhelm KempfF. [1775?] obi fol. pp. 33. f46.v.(i.) Unrecorded. D.845-f-(i-) TROIS SIMPHONIES a grand orchestre. Composees par Messieurs Haydcn, Lochon et WERNER, Francis. For the year 1778. Three Vanhal, etc. Lyon: Guera, [1783.] fol. Set of new minuets with seven favorite cotillons and orchestral parts. 299 Unrecorded. Includes the first edition of SHIELD, William. The catch, songs and finale Haydn's Symphony no. 55. in The election, etc. London: I. Bland, [1790?] U. obi. 4°. pp. 9. Vocal score.

HAYDN, Joseph. A favorite sonata composed by G. Haydn of Vienna. [Hob. XIV:4.] E.io8.g.(i.) Dublin: E. Rhames, [1785.?] fol. pp. ^. A BOUND VOLUME of 12 separate opera anas, Second edition. Unrecorded all but two in full score. [i79o?-i8i7?] fol. In several cases the aria is the only published ANFOSSI, Pasquale. The favorite songs in the source for the opera in question; some of these opera II curioso indiscreto. London: J. are unrecorded. Preston, [1785.?] fol. pp. 27. Vocal score. U. Unrecorded. U. H o L Y o K E, Samuel. Harmonia americana. Con- taining a concise introduction to the grounds GRETRY, Andre Modeste. (Euvre VI. L'amitie of music, with a variety of airs suitable for a Tepreuve. Comedie en 3 actes melee divine worship ... consisting of three and four d'ariettes, etc. Paris: aux adresses ordinaires, parts. Boston: Isaiah Thomas & Ebenezer T. [1786.] fol. pp. 170. Andrews, 1791. obi. 8°. pp. 119. The second version; the first version is in two One of five recorded copies. acts. A.850.d. U. CLEMENTI, Muzio. Trois sonates pour le CHERUB IN I, Luigi. Romances du roman d'Estelle de M*" de Florian... avec accom- clavecin or piano-forte, avec violon et pagnement de piano-forte ou harpe. Paris: violoncelle... Oeuvre 28 [or rather, 27]. Rue de Valois [the author], [1788.]. fol. pp. 25. Offenbach: J. Andre, [1792.] fol. Parts. U. First German edition, published shortly after the first (English) edition. One of four recorded HAYDN, Joseph. Musica instrumentale sopra copies. le sette ultime parole del nostro Redentore in U. croce... Opera 47. Vienne: Artaria, [1787.] fol. Set of orchestral parts. G o s s E c, Frangois Joseph. Offrande a la The first edition of the orchestral version, liberte. Scene ... avec recitatif, choeurs et published simultaneously with the string quar- accompagnement a grand orchestre. Executee tet version. a rOpera ... Tan i^" de la Republique. Paris: Imbault, [1792.] fol. Set of orchestral parts.

KoTZWARA, Franz. Six songs for the piano- One of three recorded copies. The parts for forte or harp with an accompanyment for the Violino primo, Violino secondo and Flautini violin. Dublin: published and sold for the have been supplied in photographic facsimile. author by H. Mountain, [1790?] fol. g.i62i.q. Unrecorded. G.296.bb.(4.) STEIBELT, Daniel. Melange d'airs et de chants 300 de divers caracteres en forme de scene 221}, Vienna: Artaria, [ijg-j.] obi. fol pp. $. composes et arranges pour le piano-forte. 5, 5, 5, 9. Vocal scores. Oeuvre X. Parts: Boyer, [1793.] fol. pp. ^i. rj.. c J- • c . c .u J > L /yj J HF J/ 'pjjg £j.g,. edition of any part 01 the cantata Unrecorded. K. 469. h.3oi.v.(4.) U.

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus. Crudel, perche CARTIER, Jean Baptiste. L'art du violon, ou finora [from Le Nozze di Figaro], a favorite Collection choisie dans les sonates des ecoles duet as it is sung in the comic opera of La italienne, fran^oise et allemande. Precedee vendemmia... by Sig*" Benucci & Sig*"* d'un abrege de principes pour cet instrument. Storace. London: Birchal [sic], [1794,] fol. Paris: Decombe, [1798?] fol. pp. iv, 287. pp. 7. h.i753-ii- The second edition. One of two recorded copies. With extensive contemporary MS. GiBB, Alexander. A new collection of minuets, ornamentation of the voice parts. medlies, high-dances, marches, strathspeys U. and other reels. With entertaining tunes &c. for the piano-forte, violin & violoncello. MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus. Sinfonie a Edinburgh: for the author, [1798.''] fol. pp. 36. grand orchestre... Oeuvre 45""^. [K. 550.] One of two recorded copies. The piano part Offenbach: J. Andre, [1794.] fol. Set of only. orchestral parts. h.28i.p.(i4.) The first Basson part is supplied in photographic facsimile. KROMMER, Franz. Trois quatuors pour deux g.8o.hh. violons, viola et violoncelle... Oeuvre 16. Vienne: Artaria, [1798.] fol. Parts. FERRARI, Giacomo Gotifredo. Douze pieces h.2798.d.(i.) pour le clavecin ou piano-forte ... Oeuvre gme Offenbach: J. Andre, [1795.] fol. pp. 17. BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van. Grande sonate pathetique pour le clavecin ou piano-forte... Unrecorded. Oeuvre 13. Vienne: Hoffmeister, [1799.] obi. g.I22I.C.(6.) 4°. pp. 19.

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus. Scelta di scene, The Eder edition, published in the same year, duetti ed arie posti in musica dei piu celebri was formerly thought to be the first edition of maestri. No.io. Rondo del Signore Mozart. this famous sonata. Modern scholarship has [Per pieta non ricercate. K. 420.] Offenbach: awarded primacy to the Hoffmeister edition, J. Andre, [1795.] fol. Vocal score and set of which was only on sale for a few months and of orchestral parts. which copies are extremely rare. K.5.d.i7. One of five recorded complete copies. U. GRUNBERGER, Theodor. Neue Orgelstiicke nach der Ordnung unter dem Amte der heil. MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus. Duetto {Aria, Messe zu spielen... i*^^ {-6*^^} Heft. Mainz: Aria, Aria, Terzetto} ... ricavato dalla cantata B. Schott, [1799.'] fol. pp. II, 13, 13, 13, 15, Davide penitente ... Raccolta d'arie No. 217 {-

301 The only recorded complete set, in an clavecin ou forte piano. (Euvre X no. II. unrecorded [second?] edition. Hamburg: Gunther & Bohme, [1799?] obi. fol. U. pp. 7. Unrecorded. STEIBELT, Daniel. Three sonatas for the piano forte ... Op. XLIII. London: Longman, U. Clementi & Co., [1799?] fol. pp. 33. BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van. Serenade pour One of three recorded copies. violon, viole & violoncelle... Oeuvre 8. h.3oi.v.(2.) Offenbach: J. Andre, [1800?] fol. Parts. Third edition. TEPPER VON FERGUSON, G. Neuf variations h.4oo.qq.(7.) sur l'air God save the King &c pour le

Nineteenth Century

PAER, Ferdinando. Achille. Dramma per orchestre ... Oeuvre 34. 2^ edition. Offenbach: musica...per il clavicembalo. Vienna: nella J. Andre, [1806.] fol. Set of orchestral parts. Stamperia degPfmperiali Regi Teatri di Corte, [1801?] obi. 4°. Overture and 13 numbers. U. Unrecorded. RiES, Ferdinand. Grand septuor pour le D.94i.a.(i.) pianoforte, clarinette, deux cors, violon, violoncelle et contre-basse ... Oeuvre 25. KROMMER, Franz. Tre gran quintetti per due Bonn: Simrock, [1812.] fol. Parts. viohni, due viole e violoncello... Opera 100. With a set of contemporary MS. parts for the Bonn: Simrock, [1803.] fol. Parts. quintet arrangement of the septet. U.

HAYDN, Michael. Willkommen im Grlinen! Ein Gesang zu vier Mannerstimmen ohne SPOHR, Louis. X^^^ Quartett fiir 2 Violinen, Begleitung ... Nr. II. Salzburg: in Commission Viola und Violoncello... 30*" Werk. Wien: der Mayrschen Buchhandlung, [1805?] obi. 4°. Steiner, 1819. fol. Parts. h.iO99.kk.(i.) Parts.

LIGHT, Edward. Introduction to the art of MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus. Concerto pour playing on the harp-lute & Apollo-lyre with le basson avec accompagnement de deux suitable lessons &c. London: the author, violons, alto, basse, deux haut-bois et deux [1820?] 8°. pp. 28. cors... Oeuvre 96. [K. 191.] Offenbach: J. Unrecorded. Andre, [1805.] fol. Set of orchestral parts. e.i38.uu.(i.)

U. WEBER, Carl Maria von. Huit pieces pour le pianoforte a 4 mains. Op. 60. Liv. I {-II}. GYROWETZ, Adalbert. Sinfonie concertante Berlin: Schlesinger, [1820.] obL 4°. pp. 29, 33. pour violoncelle, flute, haut-bois et basson obliges, avec accompagnement de grand d.224.a.(i,2.)

302 A SELECT COLLECTION of Original Scottish orchestre... Oeuvre no. Leipsic: Breitkopf(^ airs for the voice. With introductory & Hdrtel, [1824?] fol. Set of orchestral parts. concluding symphonies & accompaniments h.2340. for the piano-forte, violin & violoncello by Pleyel, Kozeluch & Haydn... The whole MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Felix. collected in 5 volumes by G. Thomson... Cappriccio per il piano forte ... Op. 5. Berlino: Volume [i]. (New edition. With additions by appreso Ad. Mt. Schlesinger, [1825.] fol. Beethoven.) London: T. Preston, 1822. fol. pp. 19. Piano score, wanting the accompaniment U. parts. MEYERBEER, Giacomo. Marguerite d'Anjou. Though the bibliography of Thomson's Drame lyrique en 3 actes... Arrange en collections is complicated, this appears to be an partition de piano, etc. Paris: H. A. unrecorded edition. Certainly three, and prob- Kretschmer, [1826.] fol. pp. 215. ably all four, of the Beethoven songs are unrecorded first editions. With a signed presentation inscription in the U. composer's autograph. U. ROSSINI, Gioacchino. Zelmira. Opera seria... ridotta per il piano-forte dai Signor Girowetz. SPOHR, Louis. Trois quatuors pour deux Paris: Boieldieu, [1822.] fol. pp. 249. violons, viole et violoncelle... Oeuv. 74. Second edition and first French edition, Leipzig: C. F. Peters, [1827.] fol. Parts. published in the same year as the first edition. U.

STRAUSS, Johann, the elder. Tauberl-Walzer fur das Pianoforte componirt. Erstes Werk. FIELD, John. Sixieme concerto pour le piano- Wien: Diabelli, [1829.] obi. fol. pp. 7. forte avec accompagnement de grand U. orchestre. Moscou: Charles Louis Lehnhold, 1823. fol. Piano part and set of orchestral [ L' V 0 V, Aleksei Fedorovich.] Piesn' ruskikh v parts. forte piiano. C. Peterburg: grav. i pech. u One of six recorded complete copies. Andreta Shtedinga, [1833.?] fol. pp. 3. For SATB chorus and piano. Unrecorded. In his 1985 list O. W. Neighbour DONIZETTI, Gaetano. Cavatina Nel primo was able to report the acquisition of the fior degl'anni nell'opera L'ajo nell'imbarazzo unrecorded first edition of the Czarist national ...ridotta con accomp^° di pianoforte. anthem, for solo voice and piano, published Eseguita la prima volta in Roma nel Teatro anonymously but signed by the composer (op. Valle...il Carnevale 1824. Roma: Leopoldo cit., p. 189, illustrated on p. 190). Remarkably, Ratti, [1824.] obi. fol. in 1993 the Music Library was able to acquire another version of this work, for chorus and The earliest publication of any part of the piano, by the same publisher but with the opera, which was not published in vocal score composer's signature apparently printed in until 1856. lithographic facsimile. Since the other version bears the plate number 6, whereas the newly RiES, Ferdinand. CJuatrieme sinfonie a grand acquired version bears the plate number 2, the ...Walzer fiir das Pianoforte. Op. 21. Wien: H. F. Muller, [1846.] obi fol. pp. 11. U.

WEBER, Carl Maria von. Der Freischutz. Romantische Oper in drei Aufzligen... Partitur. Einzig rechtmassige mit der Handschrift des Componisten gleichlautende Original-Ausgabe. Berlin: Schlesinger, [1849.] fol. pp. 262. U.

GOUNOD, Charles. Romeo et Juliette. Opera en 5 actes, etc. Paris: Choudens, [1867.] fol. pp. 471. Gounod's own copy, with a presentation inscription in MS. from the publisher to Gounod. U.

VERDI, Giuseppe. Don Carlo. Opera in cinque atti, etc. Milano: Tito di Gio. Ricordi, [1S67.] A. F. L'vov, Czarist national anthem, fol. pp. 386. Vocal score. St Petersburg, [1833.'']. K.7.e.ii. A copy of the de luxe issue of the first complete Italian edition. latter was almost certainly issued either simul- U. taneously with or slightly earlier than the former. A MS. copy of the anthem by the STRAUSS, Johann, the younger. Die composer, dated 1858, is Add. MS. 37425, f Fledermaus. Operette in drei Acten... 135- Clavierauszug flir Gesang und Piano, etc. Wien: F. Schreiber, [1874.?] 4°. pp. 168. First edition, second issue. DONIZETTI, Gaetano. Dom Sebastien. Opera F.89s.bb.(i.) en cinq actes, etc. Paris: au Bureau Central, [1844.] fol. pp. 592. BIZET, Georges. La jolie fille de Perth. Opera U. en 4 actes, etc. Paris: Choudens, [1880.^] fol. pp. 611. CzERNY, Carl. Premiere grande sinfonie en Ut U. mineur ... Oeuvre 780. Partition. [Vienna^: Propriete du compositeur, [1845?] fol. OFFENBACH, Jacques. Les Contes d'Hoffman. pp. 184. Opera fantastique en 3 actes, etc. Paris: Possibly an unrecorded edition. Choudens, [1883?] fol. pp. 366. U. U.

STRAUSS, Johann, the younger. Lind-Gesange MASSENET, Jules. Herodiade. Opera en 3

304 actes et 5 tableaux ... Partition pour piano Act I was completed. The existence of these seul. Paris: G. Hartmann, [1885.?] 4°. pp. iv, proofs, dated by the plate number and the 185. imprint, indicates that Chabrier saw the work in print before his death in 1894. With MS. revisions and corrections in the composer's autograph. Apparently never put on sale. SATIE, Erik. Sonneries de la Rose + Croix. f.223.1. Fragments de La guerre de Puvis de Chavannes. [Paris]: publie' par les soins de la WOLF, Hugo. Gedichte von Goethe fur eine Singstimme und Clavier componiert 1888- Rose + Croix, [1895.'] 4°. pp. 12. Piano 1889. Eigenthum des Componisten. Wien: arrangement. Lacom, 1889. fol. pp. 200. f432.c.(i.)

The rare first edition in one volume published MACDOWELL, Edward Alexander. Woodland at Wolfs own expense. With MS. corrections, sketches. [Op. 51.] New York: P. L. Jung, adopted in later editions.This acquisition com- [1896.] fol. pletes the Music Library's holdings of Wolf No. 22 of an edition of no copies. first editions. H.2O75.n. HELLMESBERGER, Joseph. Leute von Heute. CHABRIER, Alexis Emmanuel. [Briseis. Posse mit Gesang in drei Acten, etc. Wien: Drame en trois actes.] Paris: Enoch Freres et Dr. 0. F. Eirich, 1899. fol. pp. 120. Costallat, [1892.] 4°. pp. 124. Vocal score of Act I. A reproduction of the composer's autograph, never put on sale. Uncorrected proofs, without title-page, with numerous differences from the first edition published in 1897, after Chabrier's death. Only

Twentieth Century

DoHNANYi, Ernst von. Symphonie (D-moU) subsequently incorporated into the second fur grosses Orchester, etc. [Op. 9.] Budapest: edition, 1909. [tht author}]; printed by J. Eberle, [1901.] fol. K.5.d.i6. PP- 255- 17 . 1 r ^, , ^ . MESSAGER, Andre. Beatrice. [Opera.] Paris: I'acsimile of the composers autograph, never ' ^ 1 tUrstner, 1014. fol. pp. 367. put on sale. > v ^ FF J / h.32io.oo.(i.) Proof copy, never put on sale. U. DEBUSSY, Claude. La mer. Paris: Durand, 1905. fol. pp. 137. STRAVINSKY, Igor. [Pribaoutki.] Geneve: . r ^ r i- • "^u * ' Henn, [1Q17.I obi. 4°. A copy of the first edition with extensive » L v / J f annotations and emendations in the composer's Proofs of two songs from Pribaoutki: 'Kornilo' autograph, most (though not all) of which were and 'Natashka'. With extensive MS. corr- 305 0.4

Claude Debussy, La Mer, Paris, 1905, p. 8. With manuscript emendations by the composer. K.5.d.i6. . 306 ections, a MS. inscription to Lord Berners and Delius and with extensive MS. corrections, in a MS. signature, all in the composer's auto- the composer's autograph. With a MS. ar- S^^P"- rangement for keyboard in Sir John BarbiroUi's ^•5 b.35 autograph.

HAUER, Josef Matthias. Op. 15. Funf kleine Stucke fiir Klavier, Harmonium. Wien: HARTY, Sir Herbert Hamilton. [Suite for Eigenthum des Komponisten, im Kommission violoncello witb piano accompaniment.] Verlag, [1919.''] fol. pp. 5. London: Schott, [1928.] fol. Score and part. The first work by Hauer to be printed in the Proofs, with MS. corrections in the composer's *Atonale Notenschrift' devised by himself. autograph. With a MS. signature and MS. With a chart on p. [6] explaining the system of performance markings in Beatrice Harrison's notation. autograph on the solo cello part. h.28i.u.(3.) h.2O4.j.(5.)

ScHOENBERG, Amold. Kammersymphonie MiLHAUD, Darius. La creation du monde, etc. flir 15 Soloinstrumente ... Op. 9. Verb. Ausg., Paris: Eschig, [1929.] fol. pp. 56. etc. Wien: Universal Edition, [1920.'*] fol. pp. 56. Never put on sale. h.3968.h.(i.) A reissue of the 1912 first edition, with detailed performance markings in the autograph of STRAUSS, Richard Georg. Vier sinfonische Edward Clark, Schoenberg's pupil and cham- Zwischenspiele aus Intermezzo ... Op. 72, etc. pion, who used it to conduct the first English Berlin: Furstner, [1929.?] fol. pp. 80. performance on 16 April 1921. The full score was never put on sale, and is not recorded in the standard catalogue of Strauss's COPLAND, Aaron. Scherzo humoristique 'Le works by Muller von Asow. chat et la souris', pour piano 2 mains. Paris: Durand, [1921.] fol. HoLST, Gustav. A choral fantasia... Op. 51. Copland's first published work, written during London: Curwen, [1931.] 8°. pp. 22. Vocal his first year of study with Nadia Boulanger. score. With extensive corrections in the composer's JANACEK, Leos. Pfihody lisky Bystrousky. autograph. Opera 0 3 jednanich... Klavirni vytah, etc. E.934.a.(i.) Viden: Universal Edition, [1924.] fol. pp. 182. RAVEL, Maurice. Concerto pour la main The rare first issue of the first edition with the gauche, etc. Wien: Konzertdirektion Georg Czech text only, before the addition of the Kugel, [1931.] 8°. pp. 87. German text. G.io87.w.(i.) Unrecorded first edition published six years before tbe normal commercial edition. Paul WARLOCK, Peter. Serenade. [London]: Oxford Wittgenstein, who commissioned the work, University Press, [1925.] fol. Score and parts. owned exclusive rights in it for six years.

Proofs, with a MS. dedication to Frederick b-334-(i-) 307 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. AMEN HOUSE,WARWICK SQUARE,E.C.4. ^

Peter Warlock, Serenade, [London, 1925], p. i. Score with autograph corrections. i.295.(i.). 308 KoDALY, Zoltan. Spinnstube. Einungarisches A pre-publication copy, with numerous Lebensbild aus Siebenburgen, etc. Wien: differences from the first edition. Universal Edition, 1933. fol. pp. 206. G.isi7.(i.) Never put on sale. _ ^. ,,.,,„. TI p p E T T, Sir Michael. Piano concerto. London: Schott, [1955.^] fol. pp. 170. HONEGGER, Arthur. Panis angelicus, chant et Facsimile of a copyist's MS., with MS. piano. [Paris]: Supple'ment de la revue alterations in the copyist's and composer's ''UOpera de Paris\ [1950.?] fol. pp. 2. autograph. With sheets bearing an amendment Facsimile of the composer's autograph. Not to p. 169, a new p. 170 and an additional p. 171 inserted. included in the composer's work lists. i.284. G.5i8.t.(i3.) BARBER, Samuel. Vanessa. Opera in four acts MARTIN, Frank. [In terra pax.] s.n.. ...Vocal score. New York: Schirmer, [1957?] [1944?] fol. pp. 195. fol. pp. 257. Facsimile of the composer's autograph. Page i A pre-publication facsimile of a copyist's bears the imprint of Universal Edition, Vienna. MS., with numerous differences from the first With a MS. signature and MS. performance edition. markings, in the composer's autograph. The H.29i2.a. full score has never been published. JANACEK, Leos. Osud. Opera o tfech I.574.C. dejstvich. Prag: Dilia, 1958. fol. pp. 437, 290. GRAINGER, Percy. Marching song of demo- U. cracy dished up by the composer for wind band. S.n.: s.L, [1948.] fol. pp. 28. MARTIN, Frank. Mystere de la Nativite... Facsimile of the composer's autograph, with a Vocal score. [Zurich: Universal Edition^ signed presentation inscription to R. F. [i960.''] fol. pp. 241. Goldman in the composer's autograph. This Pre-publication facsimile of the composer's arrangement for wind band has never been autograph differing both from the privately published. printed facsimile and the normal commercial edition. STRAVINSKY, Igor. (Edipus Rex. Opera- I.574.d. oratorio en deux actes, etc. London: Boosey (^ MARTINU, Bohuslav. [Griechische Passion. Hawkes, [1949.] 8°. pp. 144. Opera.] London: Universal Edition, [i960.] With MS. performance markings for the title fol. pp. 393. role in Peter Pears's autograph. The title-page of a copyist's MS., never put on sale. bears his signature and a signed dedication to title-page. him in the composer's autograph. H.2373.C. K.I I.e. 14. WILLIAMSON, Malcolm. Organ concerto. STRAVINSKY, Igor. The rake's progress, an London: Weinberger, [1965.] fol. pp. 43. opera in 3 acts... Vocal score, etc. London: Boosey ^ Hawkes, [1951.] 4°. pp. 240. Facsimile of the composer's autograph, never 309 put on sale. With MS. corrections in the TippETT, Sir Michael. Triple concerto. composer's autograph and with performance London: Schott, [1980.] fol. pp. 135. markings in the autograph of Sir Adrian Boult, who conducted the first performance from this A pre-publication score with extensive copy. annotations, corrections and additions in the autograph of Norman Del Mar. With a postcard in the composer's autograph inserted, MARTIN, Frank. Polyptique pour violon solo discussing the scoring of a particular passage. et deux petits orchestres a cordes. [Zurich: Together with a provisional first edition, of Universal Edition], [1973.] fol. pp. 141. which only a few copies were issued, showing the work in an intermediate stage between the Facsimile of the composer's autograph. This pre-publication copy and the normal com- work remains unpublished in any form. mercial first edition. g.1486. U.

TiPPETT, Sir Michael. The ice break. Vocal MARTINU, Bohuslav. The Rock, Wien: score. [London: Schott], [1977.] fol. pp. 403. Universal Edition, 1982. fol. pp. 56. A pre-publication facsimile of a copyist's MS., Never put on sale. with many differences from the first edition. f.546. U.

II. EDITIONS WITH COVERS DESIGNED BY MODERN ARTISTS In 1986 James Fuld and Frances Barulich published a short bibliography of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century editions of music whose covers or wrappers had been designed by well-known contemporary artists.* The article was a fascinating, if admittedly incomplete, first attempt to throw light on this hitherto undocumerited area of music bibliography. The Music Library had already acquired some of these items incidentally, so to speak. But many of them, especially those published in France, fell outside the normal scope of the Library's collecting policy for foreign material. An attempt was therefore made to acquire at least a representative selection of such publications, as far as funds allowed, and during the period under review fifteen items were bought. The artists represented include Leon Bakst, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Eugene Delacroix, Raoul Dufy, Fernand Leger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Most of the items have been placed at the same press-mark, K.6.d.5.

III. OPERA FULL SCORES O. W. Neighbour recorded summarily the acquisition of well over 200 opera full scores, and explained succinctly why such scores are very much rarer than might be supposed.^ During the years under review this collecting policy has continued, and full scores of

310 Ernesto Halffter, Alarche joyeuse, [1925.^]. Cover design by Salvador Dali; one ot a number of editions with covers designed by modern artists. K.6.d.5.(i.). about 140 operas have been acquired. All the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century scores, and a very few of the more interesting scores from later periods, have been given entries in the first section of this report (see Jacquet de la Guerre 1694, Campra 1703, Colasse 1706, Rebel and Francoeur 1735, Laruette 1759, Trial 1771, Gretry 1786, Donizetti 1844, Weber 1849, Gounod 1867, Bizet [1880?], Offenbach [1883?], Hellmesberger 1899, Messager 1914, Kodaly 1933, Stravinsky 1949, Janacek 1958, and Martinu i960).

IV. FIRST EDITIONS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY VIENNESE DANCE

Thanks to the help of one particular antiquarian music dealer, together with the purchase of odd items from other dealers, the Music Library was able to add to its collections eighty-six first editions of works by Johann Strauss the elder, Johann Strauss the younger, Josef and Eduard Strauss, Josef Lanner and Carl Ziehrer. Amongst these are the rare Opus I, Tduberl-Walzer, 1829, by the elder Johann Strauss (see Section I) and a number of copies with attractive pictorial title-pages, such as the portrait of Jenny Lind on the cover of Johann Strauss the younger's Lind-Gesange, 1846 (see Section I). With these acquisitions, the Library is well on the way to possessing a complete archive of first editions of the works by these composers.

V. POPULAR AND EPHEMERAL BRITISH PUBLICATIONS Among its other tasks, the Music Library as part of the national library has always seen itself as having a responsibility to document British musical life by collecting as complete an archive as possible of British pubUcations and of other appropriate published material, such as foreign compositions setting texts by British writers or related in some way to British composers or performers. This involves the acquisition, quite cheaply, of much popular and relatively ephemeral music, especially of nineteenth-century songs, salon music, arrangements of favourite arias from popular operas and the like. Individually, such items would certainly not figure in any list of notable acquisitions. But collectively they make a significant contribution to the history of certain aspects of British music, and even to British social and economic history. It seems therefore worth recording that during the period in question the Music Library purchased over 800 such items from one dealer alone, and the total acquired from all sources must certainly be double this quantity. The Music Library was also able to buy a collection of 2,085 sets of parts of dance band and light orchestral music formerly in use in the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool.

312 1 O. W. Neighbour, 'Notable Acquisitions Department of Manuscripts in 1981 and is now 1964-1985: Music Library', British Library Add. MS. 62000. Journal, xi (1985), pp. 176-95. 4 J. J. Fuld and Frances Barulich, 'Harmonizing 2 Ibid., p. 176. the Arts: Original Graphic Designs for Printed 3 The three proof sets are Add. MSS. 69442- Music by World-famous Artists', Notes, xliii, 69444. A further set of proofs corrected by Elgar no. 2 (1986), pp. 259-71. (as is Add. MS. 69442) had been acquired by the 5 Op. cit., pp. 193-5.

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