Author
Cramer, J. B. (Johann Baptist), 1771-1858
Title
Air Saxon avec [11] variations[,] introduction et final pour le forte piano / par J. B. Cramer..
Varying form of title
Caption title: Saxon air
Imprint
A Paris : chez Sieber, editeur et md. de musique, rue des Filles St. Thomas no. 21, entre la rue Vivienne et celle de Richelieu, à la Flûte Enchantée., [18--]
Physical description
1 piano score ([2], 14 p.) ; 32 cm
Note
For piano solo, in B-flat major.
Note
In ink on title page: "Lettre A."
Note
Signature stamped at foot of title page: "Sieber".
Note
Plate no.: 470.
Provenance
Stamped in gold letters on the upper board of this bound collection: "E. H.", probably signifying Edward Hardy (1811-1869); Edward Hardy was a great-grandfather of Brigadier Tim Hackworth.
Provenance
Inscription, in ink, at head of 3rd upper endleaf of this bound collection: "Florence Edith Agnes Hardy"; Florence Edith Agnes Hardy (1854-1901) was a daughter of Edward Hardy; she married Henry Mason on 19th April, 1873; she was a maternal great-aunt of Brigadier Tim Hackworth.
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; half-bound in green cloth; boards covered with a different green cloth; initials "E. H." tooled in gilt on upper board; marbled endleaves. Lower portion of upper board has been cut away.
Copy-specific note
On title page: "Prix 4f. 50c."
Copy-specific note
At head of title page: an inscription that has faded all but completely. Occasional fingerings written onto the score. Ink blots on page 5. An e-flat entered in ink on page 10 correcting an earlier accidental; cautionary accidentals entered in pencil on page 12.
Copy-specific note
Partially illegible inscriptions in pencil on page 13: "Music", "ugly frightful ... ...", and an illegible inscription at foot of the page.
Copy-specific note
Some pages have been repaired.
Copy-specific note
One of a bound collection of pieces and arrangements for the piano.
Copy-specific note
At head of 2nd upper endleaf: 2/1.
Subject
Variations (Piano).
Subject
Piano music.
Added entry--name
Hardy, Edward, 1811-1869 former owner.
Added entry--name
Hardy, Florence Edith Agnes, 1854-1901 former owner.
Added entry--name
Hackworth, Timothy William, 1933-2017 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sieber, Jean-Georges, 1738-1822 publisher.
Added entry--name
College of St. George, Windsor Castle donor.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
B16357
UKSbSC
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