ORPHEUS. A Collection of Glees, of the most admired German Composers … London, Novello, Ewer & Co. … [after 1867]. 
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42 vols, oblong 8vo (142 × 198 mm), each comprising four part-books, lettered A–D, and a piano reduction, loose as issued in the original printed wrappers; entirely uncut and unopened; wrappers to vol. 1 dust-soiled, loose and ragged, tear along spine of vol. 2, to vols 3 and 41 missing, to vols 4, 16, 20, 22, 33, 40, and 42 loose, section of lower cover of the final volume torn away, some dust-soiling, rubbing, and tears elsewhere.
A remarkable survival: a complete run, in the original printed wrappers, of all four series of this popular Victorian collection, ‘long known and appreciated as the only Collection of German Part-Songs in England’ (inside front wrapper). The run totals over 200 four-part songs; composers include Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, and Weber. The collection is born out of the German tradition of the Liedertafel (lit. ‘song-table’), ‘originally a small group of poets, singers and composers that came together to perform partsongs in an informal setting’ (New Grove) at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The publishing programme was originally Ewer’s (c.1835–58). When Novello acquired the business in 1867, and with it the copyright to Mendelssohn’s works, they decided to reissue the series, at a new price: ‘Moderate as the price has hitherto been, the new Proprietors have resolved to place these admired Compositions still further within the reach of all who love Choral Part-Music; and it will in future be issued therefore as 2s. instead of 3s. 6d. a Book’ (ibid.). Of the Novello edition, Library Hub Discover locates copies at Sheffield (Books 1–12) and Bodley (a complete run of 42 books, as here). WorldCat adds those at UCLA (Books 1–21), Illinois (details unknown), Melbourne (Books 1–36), and the Newberry (Books 1–16).
800,- EUR
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Sachgebiete: Musik/Noten, Deutschland
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