Author
Kirmair, Friedrich Joseph, approximately 1770-1814
Title
Air with variations for the piano forte. No. 4 / composed by Kirmair..
Varying form of title
Caption title: Piede snello ardito cor
Imprint
London, : Mayhew & Co. music sellers to H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, No. 17, Old Bond Street., [182-]
Physical description
1 piano score ([2], 4 p.) ; 32 cm
Note
Theme, 6 variations and a coda for piano solo, the theme being 'Schnelle Füsse, rascher Muth, schützt vor Fein des List und Wuth' from the Finale to Act 1 of Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 by Mozart.
Note
No. 4 on title page: No. is printed; the figure '4' is entered by hand, in ink.
Note
At foot of title page: London, Mayhew & Co. ... & to be had at Ellard's Music Warehouse 27, Sackville Strt. Dublin.
Note
Includes metronome marks, the first of which is marked: Mælzel's metronome.
Note
Plate no.: Kirmairs Var: No. 4.
Provenance
Inscription (perhaps, in part, lost) at head of title page: "Susan Disney Roebuck March 28". Susan Disney Roebuck is probably identical with Susanna Hussey Roebuck who was baptized on September 8, 1816 in the Parish of Heavitree, Exeter, Devon, she being the daughter of Henry Disney Roebuck (died 1836) and Anna Maria Hussey Roebuck. Susan Disney Roebuck married John George Hacket (died 1847) on September 20, 1842 at St. David's Church, Exeter. A widow for most of her life, Susan Hussey Hacket died, aged 82, on April 6, 1899 at Leamington, Warwickshire.
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: "Price 2s/-".
Copy-specific note
Inscription, in ink, at foot of page [1]: "23 October".
Copy-specific note
Inscription, in pencil, at start of the score: "4 crotchets" in relation to counting.
Copy-specific note
Fingerings marked, in pencil, in some detail through the score.
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
Roebuck, Susan Disney (Susanna Hussey Disney), 1816-1899 former owner.
Added entry--name
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 Zauberflöte, K. 620. Schnelle Füsse, rascher Muth; arr.
Added entry--name
College of St. George, Windsor Castle donor.
Added entry--name
Mayhew & Co. publisher.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Piede snello ardito cor, by Mozart.
Added entry--place
England London.
B16576
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