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Author

Schmitt, Aloys, 1788-1866

Title

Grand waltz [in E major], / composed by Aloys Schmitt of Frankfurt..

Varying form of title

Spine title: Waltzes

Imprint

London, : Wessel & Stodart, importers & publishers of foreign music, (by special appointment) to H.R.H the Duchess of Kent, N^o. 6, Frith Street, near Soho Square., [1827]

Physical description

1 piano score ([1] p., pages 86-87, [1] p.) ; 26 cm

Note

Caption title.

Note

The waltz is in E major, the trio in A major.

Note

On series title page: "Ent. Stat. Hall." [Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

Note

Series title: La salle d'Apollon, a collection of new and elegant German waltzes and gallops, for the piano forte, composed by the most esteemed foreign authors. On series title page: a vignette depicting 3 people, one with a lyre.

Note

At foot of series title page: La lyre d'Appollon [sic] a collection of select foreign marches and polonoises, printed uniformly with and intended as a companion to the Salle d'Apollon.

Note

Series title from caption at head of page 86: La salle d'Apollon, n^o. 22.

Note

32 numbers in the series 'La salle d'Apollon' were available by the end of November 1827; see: John Bull, November 25, 1827, page [1].

Note

Christian Rudolph Wessel (ca. 1796-1885) was trading at 6, Frith Street by May 1822 (see, for example, The Morning Herald, May 31, 1822, page [1]). Stodart had joined the business by October 1822 (see: The Morning Herald, October 23, 1822, page [1]). Between 1823 and October 1827, Wessel and Stodart traded from 1, Soho Square. Their business returned to 6, Frith Street in October 1827; see: John Bull, October 14, 1827, page [1]. The partnership between Benjamin Stodart and Christian Rudolph Wessel was dissolved, by mutual consent, on 30th June, 1831; see: London Gazette, issue number 18822, July 12, 1831, page 1399. Note: William Stodart, sometimes said to have been associated with C. R. Wessel, was a piano maker trading from an address in Golden Square.

Note

Plate no.: (W. & S. N^o. 132)

Provenance

Bequeathed to the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle by Brigadier Tim Hackworth, military knight of Windsor and a direct descendant of Joseph Corfe (1740-1820) and Arthur Thomas Corfe (1773-1863); subsequently donated by the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle to Salisbury Cathedral Library, with the agreement of the family of the late Brigadier Hackworth.

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”

Binding

19th-century red half-leather; boards covered with marbled paper; gilt tooling on spine and boards; marbled endleaves; title in gilt on spine: Waltzes.

Copy-specific note

On series title page: "Price 6^d. each.".

Copy-specific note

One of a bound collection of music prints of which 18 were published in the series: La salle d'Apollon, 2 in the series: La lyre d'Apollon.

Copy-specific note

Inscription at head of first upper endleaf: "Lythrum Strictum".

Copy-specific note

At head of 2nd upper endleaf: 2/33.

Copy-specific note

Inscription, in pencil, at head of verso of second upper endleaf: "Duetto Il Rival Salvar Tu Dei i Puritani" [referring to a duet in 'I Puritani' by Bellini; 'I Puritani' was first performed in 1835].

Copy-specific note

Frontispiece at start of this bound collection: a portrait of Paganini at foot of which: H. Dawe. Sculp. [and] Published for the proprietor by T. Bird, Cranbourne Street. Portrait engraved by Henry Edward Dawe (1790-1848). The publisher, T. Bird of Cranbourne Street [otherwise, Cranbourn or Cranburn Street] is recorded as a publisher of Dawe's engraving "My child! My child!" in April 1831; see: Morning Advertiser, April 21, 1831, page [1].

Copy-specific note

The binding is fragile; some pages have become loose.

Subject

Waltzes.

Subject

Piano music.

Added entry--name

Hackworth, Timothy William, 1933-2017 former owner.

Added entry--name

Wessel, Christian Rudolph, approximately 1796-1885 publisher.

Added entry--name

Stodart, Benjamin publisher.

Added entry--name

Dawe, Henry Edward, 1790-1848 engraver.

Added entry--name

Bird, T. publisher.

Added entry--name

College of St. George, Windsor Castle donor.

Added entry--name

Wessel & Co. (Music publisher) publisher.

Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title

La salle d'Apollon, a collection of new and elegant German waltzes and gallops, for the piano forte, composed by the most esteemed foreign authors.

Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title

La salle d'Apollon. N^o. 22.

Added entry--place

England London.

Series added entry--uniform title

La salle d'Apollon, a collection of new and elegant German waltzes and gallops, for the piano forte ; no. 22

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1001#$aSchmitt, Aloys,$d1788-1866

24510$aGrand waltz [in E major], /$ccomposed by Aloys Schmitt of Frankfurt..

24638$aWaltzes

260##$aLondon, :$bWessel & Stodart, importers & publishers of foreign music, (by special appointment) to H.R.H the Duchess of Kent, No. 6, Frith Street, near Soho Square.,$c[1827]

300##$a1 piano score ([1] p., pages 86-87, [1] p.) ;$c26 cm

500##$aCaption title.

500##$aThe waltz is in E major, the trio in A major.

500##$aOn series title page: "Ent. Stat. Hall." [Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

500##$aSeries title: La salle d'Apollon, a collection of new and elegant German waltzes and gallops, for the piano forte, composed by the most esteemed foreign authors. On series title page: a vignette depicting 3 people, one with a lyre.

500##$aAt foot of series title page: La lyre d'Appollon [sic] a collection of select foreign marches and polonoises, printed uniformly with and intended as a companion to the Salle d'Apollon.

500##$aSeries title from caption at head of page 86: La salle d'Apollon, no. 22.

500##$a32 numbers in the series 'La salle d'Apollon' were available by the end of November 1827; see: John Bull, November 25, 1827, page [1].

500##$aChristian Rudolph Wessel (ca. 1796-1885) was trading at 6, Frith Street by May 1822 (see, for example, The Morning Herald, May 31, 1822, page [1]). Stodart had joined the business by October 1822 (see: The Morning Herald, October 23, 1822, page [1]). Between 1823 and October 1827, Wessel and Stodart traded from 1, Soho Square. Their business returned to 6, Frith Street in October 1827; see: John Bull, October 14, 1827, page [1]. The partnership between Benjamin Stodart and Christian Rudolph Wessel was dissolved, by mutual consent, on 30th June, 1831; see: London Gazette, issue number 18822, July 12, 1831, page 1399. Note: William Stodart, sometimes said to have been associated with C. R. Wessel, was a piano maker trading from an address in Golden Square.

500##$aPlate no.: (W. & S. No. 132)

561##$aBequeathed to the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle by Brigadier Tim Hackworth, military knight of Windsor and a direct descendant of Joseph Corfe (1740-1820) and Arthur Thomas Corfe (1773-1863); subsequently donated by the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle to Salisbury Cathedral Library, with the agreement of the family of the late Brigadier Hackworth.

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”

563##$a19th-century red half-leather; boards covered with marbled paper; gilt tooling on spine and boards; marbled endleaves; title in gilt on spine: Waltzes.

590##$aOn series title page: "Price 6d. each.".

590##$aOne of a bound collection of music prints of which 18 were published in the series: La salle d'Apollon, 2 in the series: La lyre d'Apollon.

590##$aInscription at head of first upper endleaf: "Lythrum Strictum".

590##$aAt head of 2nd upper endleaf: 2/33.

590##$aInscription, in pencil, at head of verso of second upper endleaf: "Duetto Il Rival Salvar Tu Dei i Puritani" [referring to a duet in 'I Puritani' by Bellini; 'I Puritani' was first performed in 1835].

590##$aFrontispiece at start of this bound collection: a portrait of Paganini at foot of which: H. Dawe. Sculp. [and] Published for the proprietor by T. Bird, Cranbourne Street. Portrait engraved by Henry Edward Dawe (1790-1848). The publisher, T. Bird of Cranbourne Street [otherwise, Cranbourn or Cranburn Street] is recorded as a publisher of Dawe's engraving "My child! My child!" in April 1831; see: Morning Advertiser, April 21, 1831, page [1].

590##$aThe binding is fragile; some pages have become loose.

650#0$aWaltzes.

650#0$aPiano music.

7001#$aHackworth, Timothy William,$d1933-2017$eformer owner.

7001#$aWessel, Christian Rudolph,$dapproximately 1796-1885$epublisher.

7001#$aStodart, Benjamin,$epublisher.

7001#$aDawe, Henry Edward,$d1790-1848$eengraver.

7001#$aBird, T.,$epublisher.

7102#$aCollege of St George, Windsor Castle,$edonor.

7102#$aWessel & Co. (Music publisher),$epublisher.

7403#$aLa salle d'Apollon, a collection of new and elegant German waltzes and gallops, for the piano forte, composed by the most esteemed foreign authors.

7403#$aLa salle d'Apollon.$nNo. 22.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.

830#3$aLa salle d'Apollon, a collection of new and elegant German waltzes and gallops, for the piano forte ;$vno. 22