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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Parish Alvars.
Muenzer [after Kriehuber, c.1842]
Trimmed inside platemark; paper tone.
Elias Parish Alvars (1808-49), harpist and composer. Born in Teignmouth, Devon, Alvars travelled widely in continental Europe and beyond to Russia and Turkey, studying and performing. Finally returning to England in 1842 Alvars played to Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace but found the establishment unsympathetic to his pioneering of the harp as a solo instrument, and returned to continental Europe. There his work excited contemporaries such as Berlioz, Liszt and Mendelssohn, the latter being particularly helpful in Alvars' career. In 1847 he settled in Vienna, where he remained until his death. Appointed 'chamber musician' to the emperor, he was known in the city as the 'Paganini of the harp'. He is still regarded as one of the greatest harpists of all time, and a pioneer in not just playing but also composing for the instrument.
[Ref: 37953] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Muenzer [after Kriehuber, c.1842]
Trimmed inside platemark; paper tone.
Elias Parish Alvars (1808-49), harpist and composer. Born in Teignmouth, Devon, Alvars travelled widely in continental Europe and beyond to Russia and Turkey, studying and performing. Finally returning to England in 1842 Alvars played to Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace but found the establishment unsympathetic to his pioneering of the harp as a solo instrument, and returned to continental Europe. There his work excited contemporaries such as Berlioz, Liszt and Mendelssohn, the latter being particularly helpful in Alvars' career. In 1847 he settled in Vienna, where he remained until his death. Appointed 'chamber musician' to the emperor, he was known in the city as the 'Paganini of the harp'. He is still regarded as one of the greatest harpists of all time, and a pioneer in not just playing but also composing for the instrument.
[Ref: 37953] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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[Nicolas-Charles Bochsa]
Kriehuber 1842. Gedr. bei Joh. Hofelich
Vienne chez Artaria & Comp.ie
Uncut sheet of paper with large margins. Facsimile signature.
Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789-1856), harpist and composer who led a colourful life. After becoming entangled in counterfeiting, fraud and forgery in France, Bochsa fled to London in 1817 and was convicted in his absence. In London, Bochsa helped found the Royal Academy of Music in 1821, but was forced to resign as the secretary of the Academy in 1826 when his criminal conviction became known. He worked as director of the Kings Theatre until causing another scandal in 1839 by eloping with Anna Bishop, wife of composer Henry Bishop. They travelled the world performing together. Bochsa was director of the Teatro San Carlo in Naples for two years, before travelling to Australia with Bishop. They arrived in Sydney at the time of the goldrush in December 1855, but only gave one concert before Bochsa died. Bishop organised an elaborate tomb for him in Camperdown Cemetery, Sydney.
For Bochsa's composition 'The Krakoviak' see ref. 21668. From the Morley Collection of Harp Music.
[Ref: 33179] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Kriehuber 1842. Gedr. bei Joh. Hofelich
Vienne chez Artaria & Comp.ie
Uncut sheet of paper with large margins. Facsimile signature.
Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789-1856), harpist and composer who led a colourful life. After becoming entangled in counterfeiting, fraud and forgery in France, Bochsa fled to London in 1817 and was convicted in his absence. In London, Bochsa helped found the Royal Academy of Music in 1821, but was forced to resign as the secretary of the Academy in 1826 when his criminal conviction became known. He worked as director of the Kings Theatre until causing another scandal in 1839 by eloping with Anna Bishop, wife of composer Henry Bishop. They travelled the world performing together. Bochsa was director of the Teatro San Carlo in Naples for two years, before travelling to Australia with Bishop. They arrived in Sydney at the time of the goldrush in December 1855, but only gave one concert before Bochsa died. Bishop organised an elaborate tomb for him in Camperdown Cemetery, Sydney.
For Bochsa's composition 'The Krakoviak' see ref. 21668. From the Morley Collection of Harp Music.
[Ref: 33179] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Louise Neumann. K.K. Hofschaupielerin.
A half-length, seated portrait of Austrian actress Louise Neumann (1818-1905).
[Ref: 46494] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A half-length, seated portrait of Austrian actress Louise Neumann (1818-1905).
[Ref: 46494] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Anna Zerr.
[n.d., c.1847.]
A portrait of German soprano Anna Zerr (1822-1881) who made her debut in Paris in 1839 and played the Queen of the Night in the Royal Opera House in 1851.
[Ref: 46495] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1847.]
A portrait of German soprano Anna Zerr (1822-1881) who made her debut in Paris in 1839 and played the Queen of the Night in the Royal Opera House in 1851.
[Ref: 46495] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)