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Moscheles, Ignaz
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Moscheles, Ignaz
- Autograph score of the Lied "Dem Liebessänger" for horn and piano, signed ("I. Moscheles"), apparently unrecorded and unpublished
- paper
a fair-copy manuscript, with autograph title-page ("für Horn und Klavier [added in pencil, possibly by Moscheles?: "auch Violoncell"] Lied "Wenn du willst in Menschenherzen" von I. Moscheles."), and autograph superscription ("Lied von I. Moscheles "Dem Liebessänger" "Wenn du willst in Menschenherzen"")
3 pages, including title-page, plus one blank, folio (34 x 26.3cm), 12-stave paper, no place or date [c.1845, or later?], edges frayed, a few tears, the leaves of the bifolium becoming detached, browning to edges; together with a separate autograph horn part, signed ("I. Moscheles") 1 page, 4to (30.8 x 22cm)
3 pages, including title-page, plus one blank, folio (34 x 26.3cm), 12-stave paper, no place or date [c.1845, or later?], edges frayed, a few tears, the leaves of the bifolium becoming detached, browning to edges; together with a separate autograph horn part, signed ("I. Moscheles") 1 page, 4to (30.8 x 22cm)
Literature
Not in: Thematisches Verzeichnisss im Druck erschienener Compositionen von Ignaz Moscheles (Leipzig: Kistner, 1862); Emil F. Smidak Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles (Aldershot, 1989; catalogue on pp.207-213); or the TNG work-list
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This unpublished work is musically related to a setting by Moscheles of Rückert's poem 'Dem Liebessänger', which was published in c.1845 in the Sechs Lieder, Op.117, and possibly represents a later arrangement of the same.