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First French edition of Haydn's Schöpfung
La Création du Monde. Oratorio en trois parties. Traduit de l'Allemand, mis en vers français par Joseph A. Ségur. Arrangé pour être exécuté au Théâtre des Arts, par D. Steibelt (Exécuté le 3 Nivose an 9e) (1801. V.S.T.). Prix 48F. Plate no. I.
Paris, Erard, Lyon, Garnier, [1800]. Folio (335 x 260 mm). [II], 324 p. engraved music, [26] p. manuscript music ("Choro"), 4 p. (Trombone), 4 p. (Contra Fagotti) engraved music.
With an engraved title page (Billet sculp), frontispiece by Choffard after Raphael and an addtional engraved portrait of Haydn by L. Benoist with the imprint of Janet & Cotelle.
Beautiful treecalf, gold tooled. On the covers a border of a decorative roll an on the front cover a large red morocco shield "La création du monde oratorio en trois parties musique du célébre Haydn - a L.A.J. Génnevoise". Flat spine divided by rolls in 7 compartments. Edges coloured yellow. In its pull off case decorated with marbled paper.
First edition of the French orchestral score, in the same year as the first Vienna edition. The première in Paris was on 24 December 1800 (3. Nivove IX) under the direction of Daniel Steibelt. Napoleon was present here, and at his request the final chorus was omitted. This might explain why it lacks in the printed score, but in our copy the final chorus is added in manuscript. A printed separate Trombone and Contra fagotti part is bound up, which occurs in only a few copies. Hoboken points out that the date "le 3. Nivose an 9e" on the titlepage should be read as 1800 in the Vienna Style of dating and not as 1801.
A manuscript index of the parts is on the upper fly leaf.
-Provenance: L.A.J. Génnevoise. The only thing we could find is that he was a basso singer. The binding was made as a presentation copy to him.
-Literature: Hoboken II, XXI, 2a; RISM A I, H 2524.
- Condition: Box some wear; Damage to the title page due to the removing of a paste over impressum; Else a very fine copy of this rare score.
With an engraved title page (Billet sculp), frontispiece by Choffard after Raphael and an addtional engraved portrait of Haydn by L. Benoist with the imprint of Janet & Cotelle.
Beautiful treecalf, gold tooled. On the covers a border of a decorative roll an on the front cover a large red morocco shield "La création du monde oratorio en trois parties musique du célébre Haydn - a L.A.J. Génnevoise". Flat spine divided by rolls in 7 compartments. Edges coloured yellow. In its pull off case decorated with marbled paper.
First edition of the French orchestral score, in the same year as the first Vienna edition. The première in Paris was on 24 December 1800 (3. Nivove IX) under the direction of Daniel Steibelt. Napoleon was present here, and at his request the final chorus was omitted. This might explain why it lacks in the printed score, but in our copy the final chorus is added in manuscript. A printed separate Trombone and Contra fagotti part is bound up, which occurs in only a few copies. Hoboken points out that the date "le 3. Nivose an 9e" on the titlepage should be read as 1800 in the Vienna Style of dating and not as 1801.
A manuscript index of the parts is on the upper fly leaf.
-Provenance: L.A.J. Génnevoise. The only thing we could find is that he was a basso singer. The binding was made as a presentation copy to him.
-Literature: Hoboken II, XXI, 2a; RISM A I, H 2524.
- Condition: Box some wear; Damage to the title page due to the removing of a paste over impressum; Else a very fine copy of this rare score.
€ 2.500
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