W.A. Mozart. First edition of "The Magic Flute", vocal score, Vienna: Artaria, [1791-1792]

MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS

Overtura dell'opera Die Zauberflöte per clavicembalo o fortf piano...[and: Arie...aus der neuen Opera Die Zauberflöte], Vienna: Artaria [...und Mainz], Compagni, [1791-1792]

FIRST EDITION, [vocal score], 23 (of 24) separate numbers, mostly first issues, oblong 4to (c.23.5 x 34cm), comprising the overture, arias, duets, ensembles, march and choruses, engraved throughout, publisher's numbers to titles and plates (94-116; lacking no. 105: 'Ach ich Fühl'), watermarks "GFA", "SOTO IPERIAL" & 3 crescent moons, later marbled wrappers with manuscript label ("Arien aus Mozart's Zauberflöte") and pencilled pagination (1-126), contemporary ownership inscription to item 15 (“Mensurati[paraph]”; together with, loosely inserted, manuscripts of 2 arias in early Viennese (?) copies, both signed

Die Zauberflöte was first performed on 2 September 1791, only a few months before Mozart's death on 5 December. The opera achieved great popularity, and three leading Viennese publishers scrambled to bring out the most popular numbers, Artaria leading the way. He advertised two items (publisher's numbers 94 & 95) on 23 November 1791 and had brought out a substantial proportion of the opera by the end of the year. He published 24 numbers in all, but not the complete opera, omitting parts of both finales.  He also brought out many reissues, attempting to undercut his rivals, and the chronology of the competing publications among the Viennese publishers is notoriously complex. Artaria's publications include the first editions of many individual numbers, although some were issued contemporaneously with Kozeluch's (see Hoboken and Haberkamp p.360).

This volume contains the following 23 numbers; the earliest is probably no.15, Sarastro's 'In diesen heil’gen Hallen' (Artaria's "N^o 95"), published in Mozart's lifetime, which bears the owner's inscription. 

1) Overtura [no.] 377, priced at 24^Xr, Haberkamp's 1st issue, [Hoboken 510], 1792

2) Aria Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja, Samlung von Arien N^ro 97, captioned ‘Aria’ above music, priced at 6^xr, 1st issue, [Hoboken 511], 1791

3) Das Bildnis ist bezabernd schön…N^ro 109…Cum Prov.S.C.M. 15^xr, captioned ‘Aria’ above the music, 1st issue, [Hoboken 513], 1792, with, loosely inserted, an early Viennese manuscript of the aria signed by the scribe, 4 pages, 10-stave paper watermarked "G A" and 3 crescent moons . 

4) Arie mit Recitativ Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren…N^ro 110...Cum Priv. S.C.M. 20^xr, [with: O zittre nicht], 1st issue, [Hoboken 515], 1792

5) Terzetto Du feines Täubchen nur herein…N^ro 102…10.x., 1st issue, [Hoboken 517], 1791

6) Duet Bey Männern welche Liebe Fühlen, Für das Klavier aus der neuen Opera Die Zauberflöte…N^o.94…10^xr, 2nd issue, [Haberkamp. p.370; Hoboken 519], 1791

7) Terzetto Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn…N^ro 103…10.x., 1st issue, [cf Hoboken 521], 1791 

8) Aria wie stark is nicht dein Zauber-ton…N^ro 107…10x, 1st issue, [Hoboken 523], 1791

9) Glockenspiel, und Coro, dunn Duetto zwischen Pamina und Papagena…N^ro 100…8.x., 1st issue, [Hoboken 525], 1791

10) Marsch für das Clavier…N^ro 106…16x, 1st issue, [cf Hoboken 527], 1791

11) Aria O Isis und Osiris…N^o 116…10^x, 1st issue, [Hoboken 529], 1792

12) Duetto Bewahret euch für Weiber Tücke…N^ro 101….6.x., 1st issue, [Hoboken 531]. 1791

13) Aria alles fühlt der Liebe freuden…N^ro 99…10 X, 1st issue, [Hoboken 533], 1791

14) Aria der Hölle Rache Kocht in meinem Herzen...N^ro 108...15^Xr, 1st issue, [Hoboken 535], 1792

15) Arie In diesen heil’gen Hallen Kennt Man die Rache nicht, Für das Klavier aus der neuen Opera Die Zauberflöte...N^o 95...10 x., ownership inscription to title, 1st issue (some fissures to the plates), [Hoboken 537], 1791

16) Aria Ein Mädchen, oder Weibchen...N^ro 98...10Xr. 2nd issue, bound out of sequence, [Haberkamp, p.375; Hoboken 545], 1791; with, loosely inserted, an early Viennese manuscript of the aria signed at the end ("F. Weißmayer"), 4 pages, 10-stave paper watermarked "A M" with 3 crescent moons. 

17) Aria Seit uns zum zweiten Mahl wilkomen...N^ro 96...10Xr, 1st issue, [Hoboken 539], 1791

18) missing

19) Terzetto Soll ich dich Theurer nicht mehr sehen Für das Klavier...N^ro 104...20.x., title as 1st issue, p.6 not re-engraved, but price altered, [Haberkamp. p.375; Hoboken 543], 1791 

20) Duetto Tamino mein! O welch ein Glück!...N^ro 114...Cum Priv. S.C.M. 10.x,  1st issue, [Hoboken 547], 1792

21) Duetto Wir wandelten durch Fueurgluthen...N^ro 113...Cum Priv. S.C.M. 10.X, 1st issue, [Hoboken 549], 1792

22) Aria Papagena! Weibchen! Täubchen! Meine Schöne!...N^ro 111...Cum Priv. S.C.M. 24^xr, 1st issue, [Hoboken 551], 1792

23) Aria Klinget. Glöckchen, Klinget...N^ro 115...Cum Priv. S.C.M. 10.X, 1st issue, [Hoboken 553], 1792

24) Duetto Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena!...N^ro 112...Cum Priv. S.C.M. 20X^r, 1st issue, [Hoboken 555], 1792, the final leaf trimmed by the binder

LITERATURE:

Haberkamp (1986), pp.360-375 (mostly 362-366); Katalog der Sammlung Anthony van Hoboken, volume 12 (1993), ed. K. Breitner, nos 510ff; Hirsch iv 192; RISM M 4776