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Marietta Alboni, Contralto.
Marietta Alboni, Contralto.
[n.d. c.1855.]
Lithograph on album page. 342 x 260mm. 13½ x 10½". Foxed, some spotting.
Marietta Alboni (1823-1894) was a renowned Italian contralto opera singer. Together with the charismatic Maria Malibran, she was considered the greatest deeper-voiced female singer of the nineteenth century. Rossini was taken by her abilities that he taught her the contralto roles in his operas. Her debut at the Teatro alla Scala took place in 1842 as Neocle in the Italian version of 'Le Siege de Corinthe', which was followed by roles in operas by Marliani, Donizetti, Salvi and Pacini. Whilst in London, 1848, Meyerbeer transposed the role of the page Urbain in 'Les Huguenots', from soprano to contralto and composed a new aria for her.
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Marietta Albony [facsimile.]
Marietta Albony [facsimile.]
Auguste Hüssener sc.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Engraving and stipple on album page. 279 x 214mm. 11 x 8½". Some spotting, time stained.
Marietta Alboni (1823-1894) was a renowned Italian contralto opera singer. Together with the charismatic Maria Malibran, she was considered the greatest deeper-voiced female singer of the nineteenth century. Rossini was taken by her abilities that he taught her the contralto roles in his operas. Her debut at the Teatro alla Scala took place in 1842 as Neocle in the Italian version of 'Le Siege de Corinthe', which was followed by roles in operas by Marliani, Donizetti, Salvi and Pacini. Whilst in London, 1848, Meyerbeer transposed the role of the page Urbain in 'Les Huguenots', from soprano to contralto and composed a new aria for her.
Harvard: 4.
[Ref: 23672]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Le Brindisi Valse Brillante pour Le Piano.
Le Brindisi Valse Brillante pour Le Piano. Dédiée a M.elle Alboni par Fréd. Burgmüller.
[Mayence anvers et Bruxelles, Chez les fils de B. Schott; c.1850.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 260 x 197mm. 10¼ x 7¾". Some spotting.
Marietta Alboni raising a glass in a toast. Marietta Alboni (1823-1894) was a renowned Italian contralto opera singer. Together with the charismatic Maria Malibran, she was considered the greatest deeper-voiced female singer of the nineteenth century. Rossini was taken by her abilities that he taught her the contralto roles in his operas. Her debut at the Teatro alla Scala took place in 1842 as Neocle in the Italian version of 'Le Siege de Corinthe', which was followed by roles in operas by Marliani, Donizetti, Salvi and Pacini. Whilst in London, 1848, Meyerbeer transposed the role of the page Urbain in 'Les Huguenots', from soprano to contralto and composed a new aria for her.
See Harvard: 20.
[Ref: 23673]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Madame Caradori Allan.
Madame Caradori Allan.
Published by Mr. Ainsworth, 27, Old Bond St. London. June, 1828. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Lithograph. 215 x 127mm. 8½ x 5".
Madame Maria Caterina Rosalbina Caradori-Allan (1800-1865) was a distinguished Italian soprano gracing the American stages. Plate to Eber's Seven Years of the Kings Theatre.
Harvard: 204-2.
[Ref: 15077]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Signor G. Ambrogetti.
Signor G. Ambrogetti.
A. Wivell del. C. Picart sculp.
[London, Published May 1, 1824, by Geo. Lawford, Saville Place, Burlington Gardens.]
Stipple. 202 x 153mm. 8 x 6". Trimmed. Repairs to the top corners.
Giuseppe Ambrogetti (b.1780) was a famous Italian baritone, particularly famous for his role in Da Ponte's Don Giovanni in London, in 1817.
V&A: S.3589-2009. ATN: 00476.
[Ref: 17427]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Dr. Arne.
Dr. Arne.
Engrav'd by J. Heath, from an Original Drawing by E.F. Burney, Esqr.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Engraving, sheet 310 x 215mm. 12¼ x 8½". Trimmed to plate and laid on to album page.
Thomas Augustine Arne (1710 - 1778), composer, in a small oval on the side of a pedestal supporting an urn, from which a flaming phoenix emerges. Probably a frontispiece to one of his works. Arne's most famous work is the patriotic song, 'Rule, Britannia!'. He is buried at St Paul's, Covent Garden, London. The portrait after Robert Dunkarton (1744 - 1811?).
[Ref: 13867]   £170.00   (£204.00 incl.VAT)
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Samuel Arnold Mus.D.
Samuel Arnold Mus.D.
S.J. Arnold pinx. Ridley Sculp.
[n.d. c.1795.]
Stipple, laid on album page. 146 x 112mm (5¾ x 4½").
Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), the English composer and organist. It is believed that his mother was Princess Amelia. He began writing music for the theatre in 1764. A few years later he became director of music at the Marylebone Gardens. In 1783 he became organist at the Chapel Royal, and in 1793 he became organist at Westminster Abbey, where he was eventually buried. He is also known for producing the first collected edition of the works of Handel between 1787 and 1797, published in 180 parts.
[Ref: 34592]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Samuel Arnold, Mus. Doct. Oxon.
Samuel Arnold, Mus. Doct. Oxon. Organist and Composer to His Majesty's Chapels Royal.
Engrav'd from an original picture by Russel, R.A. Crayon Painter to His Majesty, & to His R.H. the Prince of Wales.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Stipple, laid on album page. 166 x 112mm (6½ x 4½").
Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), the English composer and organist. It is believed that his mother was Princess Amelia. He began writing music for the theatre in 1764. A few years later he became director of music at the Marylebone Gardens. In 1783 he became organist at the Chapel Royal, and in 1793 he became organist at Westminster Abbey, where he was eventually buried. He is also known for producing the first collected edition of the works of Handel between 1787 and 1797, published in 180 parts.
[Ref: 34593]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Auber.
Auber. Auber [facsimile.]
Lith. de Delpech.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. 215 x 127mm (8½ x 5").
Daniel Auber (1782-1871), the French opera composer. He was successful writing many comic operas; the Rue Auber leads up to the Paris Opera House, and the nearest RER station is called Auber, to remember his importance and success.
[Ref: 34594]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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D.F.E. Auber.
D.F.E. Auber.
Erwin Hanfsteangel.,4, Rue Frochot. [n.d. c.1863.]
Photograph. Image 222 x 158mm. 8¾ x 6¼". Cut.
Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871) was a French composer. He was the son of a print-seller, and although he was expected to continue in the family business, his father allowed him to learn how to play many musical instruments. Auber attempted various compositions at a young age and one of his violin concertos was played at the Paris Conservatoire, which encouraged him to undertake a resetting of an old comic opera, Julie (1811). His opera "le Séjour militaire" was badly received in Paris, which forced him to stop for several years, however his failure in business and the death of his father in 1819, compelled him once more to turn to music. His second opera was just as unsuccessful, yet he persevered and the following year he was rewarded by his opera in three acts, "La Bergère Châtelaine". He then went on from success to success culminating particularly with "La muette de Portici" in 1828, which quickly became one of Europe's favourite operas of the time, and was the foundation work of the new genre, Grand Opera, which was consolidated by Rossini's Guillaume Tell the following year. In 1829 he was elected a member of the Institute and a year later, named director of the court concerts. His opera "Le Philtre", was taken and translated into Italian, and set by Donizetti as "l'elisir d'amore", one of the most successful comic operas of all time. He was made a member of the Legion of Honour in 1825 and attained the rank of commander in 1847. Napoleon III made him his Imperial Maître de Chapelle in 1857. Manon Lescaut of 1856 marked the beginning of his slowdown in compositions, which his opera "le premier jour de bonheur" as the last in 1868. He died during the upheaval of the Paris Commune in 1871.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17203]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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A. Bazzini [facsimile autograph.]
A. Bazzini [facsimile autograph.]
Gez. u.lith. v.Jab.
Druck v. J. Hesse in Berlin. [n.d., c.1860.]
Scarce Sepia tinted lithograph heightened in white, image 290 x 245mm. 11½ x 9¾".
Antonio Joseph Bazzini (1818 - 1897), Italian violinist, composer and teacher; bow in hand, violin tucked under left arm. One of the finest concert violinists of the 19th century, he contributed to a portion of the Messa per Rossini, a Requiem Mass composed to commemorate the first anniversary of Gioachino Rossini's death. As a composer his most enduring work is his chamber music which has earned him a central place in the Italian instrumental renaissance of the 19th century.
[Ref: 19541]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Beethoven showing Goethe around a garden.]
[Beethoven showing Goethe around a garden.]
[Illegible pencil signature]
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching. 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾"), very large margins. Serval wormholes filled, laid on archival tissue.
In 1809 Ludwig van Beethoven was commissioned to write incidental music for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play 'Egmont'; he set his 'Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt' for choir and orchestra in 1815.
[Ref: 60804]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Ludwig van Beethoven.]
[Ludwig van Beethoven.]
Werner E.A. Hoffmann [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 300 x 260mm (11¾ x 10¼"). Small tear near platemark at top.
The head of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827).
[Ref: 59821]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Ludewig van Beethoven.
Ludewig van Beethoven.
[Anonymous printmaker, after Joseph Stieler]
London: D'Almaine & Co. 20, Soho Square. [n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph on india. Sheet 367 x 262mm (14½ x 10¼"). Damage to right-hand edge of paper.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), one of the world's most famous and influential German composers, whose work reflects the shift from Classical to Romantic sensibilities in Western art music. This print is described by the Beethoven-Haus Bonn as based on Joseph Stieler's famous portrait of Beethoven, although with several changes.
See Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Sammlung H. C. Bodmer, HCB BBi 10/27.
[Ref: 28659]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Hector Berlioz.
Hector Berlioz.
G. Coubert pinx. A. Gilbert sculp.
[Published in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts.] [n.d. c.1859.]
Etching, with large margins. Plate 178 x 133mm. 7 x 5¼".
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), the French Romantic composer. It was through mediations of Francis Wey, a great friend of Berlioz, that the musician agreed to sit for a portrait at Courbet's studio in 1850. Courbet must have been delighted at such an opportunity. Berlioz, then aged about forty-five years old, was an important figure on the artistic scene, and was a good friend of Victor Hugo, whom Courbet admired. However, the meeting was not a success. Berlioz was a secretive man, easily offended. Courbet, on the other hand, prided himself on his musical ability, and took advantage of the composer's presence to demonstrate his talents as a singer.
The original oil is in the Musee d'Orsay, Paris.
[Ref: 24812]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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H. Berlioz [facsimile signature].
H. Berlioz [facsimile signature].
[n.d. c.1860.]
Photogravure, stamp Trongel?. Sheet 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"). Pencil mss.
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), the French Romantic composer.
[Ref: 56653]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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M.rs. Billington in the character of S.t. Cecilia, Engraved by M.r. Cardon from the original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
M.rs. Billington in the character of S.t. Cecilia, Engraved by M.r. Cardon from the original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Published by John Bull, Southampton Street, Strand, May 1.st. 1812.
Stipple. Sheet: 135 x 210mm, (5¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Half portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1765-1818), a British opera singer. After a painting by Johsua Reynolds on which Hayden is reported to have stated, 'You have made her listening to the angels; you should have made the angels listening to her.'
[Ref: 35524]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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John Blow, Doctor of Music.
John Blow, Doctor of Music.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Engraving and etching, laid on album page. 140 x 84mm (5½ x 3¼"). Cut.
John Blow (1648-1708), the English baroque composer and organist, appointed to Westminster Abbey in 1669. His pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II. It is thought that his Venus and Adonis influenced Henry Purcell's later opera Dido and Aeneas. In 1687 he became choirmaster at St Paul's Cathedral and in 1699 he was appointed to the newly created post of Composer to the Chapel Royal.
NPG: D31306.
[Ref: 34597]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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[Nicolas-Charles Bochsa]
[Nicolas-Charles Bochsa]
Kriehuber 1842. Gedr. bei Joh. Hofelich
Vienne chez Artaria & Comp.ie
Lithograph, rare, printed area 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). 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)
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[In ink below image:] Adrian Boieldieu. French operatic Composer. Born 1775: Died 1834.
[In ink below image:] Adrian Boieldieu. French operatic Composer. Born 1775: Died 1834.
[n.d. c.1875]
Photographic reproduction. Sheet 235 x 160mm. 9¼ x 6¼". Image laid on separate sheet, as issued.
François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834) was a French composer mainly of operas. He started writing in 1793 to texts written by his father, which brought him immediate success. His career progressed as he moved to Paris and onto St Petersburg, with constant success. He became professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoir and in 1817 he succeeded Mehul as one of the forty members of the Académie française; and in 1820 he received the Légion d'honneur.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17198]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[In ink below image:]  Boieldieu. 1775=1834.
[In ink below image:] Boieldieu. 1775=1834.
[n.d. c.1825]
Rare lithograph. 177 x 174mm. 7 x 6¾". Trimmed.
François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834) was a French composer mainly of operas. He started writing in 1793 to texts written by his father, which brought him immediate success. His career progressed as he moved to Paris and onto St Petersburg, with constant success. He became professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoir and in 1817 he succeeded Mehul as one of the forty members of the Académie française; and in 1820 he received the Légion d'honneur.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17212]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Proof][Dr Boyce]
[Proof][Dr Boyce]
[Drawn from the life & Engrav'd by J. K. Sherwin engraver to His Majesty & His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.]
[Publish'd as the Act directs Decr. 1ft 1788.]
Scratched letter proof etching, sheet 300 x 245mm (11½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
William Boyce (1711-1779), organist, composer, and music editor, seated beside a classically-ornamented table on which also lies a volume lettered 'Dr Boyce..'. His left arm rests on sheet music, quill in his right hand. Curtain drape behind to left, column at right, church organ in background beyond. Master of the king's musick from 1757, Boyce composed music for state occasions following the death of Handel. This included music for the funeral of George II and the wedding of George III and Queen Charlotte. Boyce also had an interest in the history and science of music, and published an important three-volume work of church music, 'Cathedral Music', which was influential in the repertoire of church music over the next century.
See reference 37958.
[Ref: 61688]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Marietta Brambilla [facsimile signature.]
Marietta Brambilla [facsimile signature.]
Gedr. bei Joh. Hofelich. Kriehuber 839.
Eigenthum und Verlag von Pietro Mechetti qm. Carlo. Kais König Hof-Kunst-und Musikalienhandlung. [n.d. c.1839.]
Lithograph. Purple-rim border, on album page. Facsimile autograph. 394 x 280mm. 15½ x 11".
Marietta Brambilla (1807-1875) was an Italian alto. She was part of the famous family of singers, well known for the many interpretations of the works of Rossini. She was the first perfomer of Maffio Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia and Pierotto in Linda in Chamounix, both by Donizetti. She performed many times at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.
Harvard: 2.
[Ref: 23661]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Mad.lle Brambilla.
Mad.lle Brambilla.
Published by Mr. Ainsworth, 27, Old Bond St. London. June, 1828. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Lithograph. 215 x 127mm. 8½ x 5".
Madamoiselle Brambill (fl.1840), vocalist. Plate to Eber's Seven Years of the Kings Theatre.
Harvard: 152-3
[Ref: 15080]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Minna Brandes Sängerin auf dem Theater in Hamburg..
Minna Brandes Sängerin auf dem Theater in Hamburg..
Schade gemalt von Sintzenich gestochen.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Rare stipple. 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to plate along upper and lower edges.
Charlotte Wilhelmina Franziska Brandes (1765-1788) was a German singer, pianist, actress and composer. Born in Berlin, she studied music in Weimar and piano and voice in Dresden. She had an amazing three octave range as a singer and performed successfully in courts and opera. In 1782 she moved to Hamburg and was designated as a singer in the Hamburg Theatre.
[Ref: 20944]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Louis Brassin.
Louis Brassin.
L. Ghemar.
Imp. Simonan & Toovey, Bruxelles. [n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph. 470 x 350mm. 18½ x 13¾". Crease upper left-hand corner. Some tears into sheet margin.
Louis Brassin (1840-1884) was a Belgian pianist, composer and music educator. He is best known now for his piano transcription of the Magic Fire Music from Wagner's Die Walküre, the second of Wagner's four opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. At the age of seven, Brassin entered the Leizig Conservatory.
[Ref: 19947]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr Charles Bridgeman.
Mr Charles Bridgeman.
G.T. Payne del et sculp.
Printed by S.H. Hawkins. [n.d. c.1818.]
Rare Mixed-method engraving. Plate 229 x 184mm. 9 x 7¼".
Possibly Charles Bridgeman (1778-1873), organist of All Saint's Church, Hertford.
[Ref: 20066]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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John Bull Mus. Dcot. Cantab. Instaur. Oxon. MDXCII.
John Bull Mus. Dcot. Cantab. Instaur. Oxon. MDXCII. from an Original Paintng in the Music School Oxford. by J.W. Childe.
Illman sculp.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate, surface soiling.
John Bull (c. 1563-1628), composer, organist, virginalist and organ builder, drawn by Childe after a portrait painted by an unknown artist in 1589, when Bull was aged 27. A favourite of Elizabeth, Bull was appointed Gresham Professors of Music, but had to flee England when incurring the displeasure of James I, settling in Antwerp. The original portrait is now in the Faculty of Music and Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, University of Oxford.
[Ref: 59857]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Madame Camporese.
Madame Camporese.
Published by Mr. Ainsworth, 27, Old Bond St. London. June, 1828. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Lithograph. 215 x 127mm. 8½ x 5".
Violante Camporese (1785 - 1839), soprano singer and actress renowned for charging extremely high fees in comparison to he contemporaries. Plate to Eber's Seven Years of the Kings Theatre.
Harvard: 202-2.
[Ref: 15079]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Signora Giustiniani.
Signora Giustiniani. (Nata Camporese.)
F.W. Wilkin pinxt. M. Gauci sculpt.
Published as the Act directs by Mr. F.W. Wilkin 106 New Bond Street, London.__April 1826.
Lithograph on india laid paper, india 320 x 255mm. 12½ x 10". A fine, and rare untrimmed impression.
Violante Camporese (1785 - 1839), soprano singer and actress. After Francis William Wilkin (c.1792 - 1842) by Maxim Gauci a Lithographer born in Malta, father of Paul Gauci and William Gauci who settled in London in 1809 building up a very fine business and reputation which the sons then continued.
Harvard: pg.202, 3.
[Ref: 16647]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Madame Caradori, as Zora in Pacini's opera. La Schiava in Bagdad.
Madame Caradori, as Zora in Pacini's opera. La Schiava in Bagdad.
Drawn on Stone by R.J. Lane from a Sketch by J. Hayter.
Published by S. Robinson Chapter House Court St. Pauls. Printed by Engelmann G.C.& Co. [n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph. 202 x 127mm. 8 x 5".
Caterina Rosalbina Maria de Munck [Maria Caradori-Allan] 1800-1865. A distinguished Italian soprano. Her chief attributes seem to have been clearness, beauty, polish, invention, and taste. She sang with sweetness, delicacy, and variety, and was one of the best singers in the 1840s.
[Ref: 12941]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Joannes Carestini.
Joannes Carestini.
George Knapton Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit 1735
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square
Rare & fine mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Slight printer's crease mainly in inscription area, crease top left corner.
Half-lengh portrait in oval of Giovanni Carestini (c.1704-c.1760), the leading castrato in Handel's company in 1734. Described by music historian Charles Burney as 'a powerful and clear soprano', Handel's 'Alcina' and 'Ariodante' were written to take full advantage of Carestini's talents, giving the castrato arias in Italian in otherwise English performances. The painting by artist and connoisseur George Knapton (1698-1778) is only known through this engraving.
CS 55.
[Ref: 61537]   £450.00  
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Madame Castellan.
Madame Castellan.
E Ratti del. Auguste Hussener sc.
Verlag v. Baumgärtner's BCCHH Leipzig.
Etching and stipple with gold-leaf border, on album page. 292 x 222mm. 11½ x 8¾".
Jeanne Anais Castellan (1819-c.1858) was a French soprano. She studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Giulio Bordogni, Adolphe Nourrit and Laure Cinti-Damoreau. She began her stage career in Italy, appearing at Varese in 1837, and later at Turin, Bergamo, Rome, Milan and Florence, where in 1840 she married the singer Enrico Giampetro. She made her London debut at a Philharmonic concert in 1844, and appeared and her first London role was Lucia, a year later. She chose the same role for her debuts at the Theatre-Italien, Paris (1847), and Covent Garden (1848). At the Paris Opera in 1849 she sang Berthe in the premiere of Giacomo Meyerbeer's 'Le Prophete', and the following year she was particularly successful at Covent Garden in 'Mose' and 'Nabucco'.
Harvard: 1.
[Ref: 23668]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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M.me A Castellan.
M.me A Castellan.
St. Petersbourg chez M. Bernard. Moscow chez P. Lehnhold. [n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph on album page. 347 x 267mm. 13¾ x 10½". Foxed.
Jeanne Anais Castellan (1819-c.1858) was a French soprano. She studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Giulio Bordogni, Adolphe Nourrit and Laure Cinti-Damoreau. She began her stage career in Italy, appearing at Varese in 1837, and later at Turin, Bergamo, Rome, Milan and Florence, where in 1840 she married the singer Enrico Giampetro. She made her London debut at a Philharmonic concert in 1844, and appeared in her first London role of Lucia, a year later. She chose the same role for her debuts at the Theatre-Italien, Paris (1847), and Covent Garden (1848). At the Paris Opera in 1849 she sang Berthe in the premiere of Giacomo Meyerbeer's 'Le Prophete', and the following year she was particularly successful at Covent Garden in 'Mose' and 'Nabucco'.
[Ref: 23667]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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M.me A. Castellan-Giampietro.
M.me A. Castellan-Giampietro.
E. frohbergerfff. 1845.
Lithograph on album page. 470 x 318mm. 18½ x 12½". Foxed.
Anaide Castellan-Giampietro (1821-1868), a Parisian singer, a student of Bordogni and Nourrit before having major success in Paris, London and throughout Italy. After her marriage to tenor Enrico Giampietro in 1840, they travelled to Mexico where they lived and performed for several years before a triumphant return to Europe in 1844. In London that year, she won an Imperial invitation to St. Petersburg after the visiting Emperor Nicholas I heard her sing.
[Ref: 23687]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Drawn from Life. Angelica Catalani.
Drawn from Life. Angelica Catalani.
W. Derby pinx.t. Thomson sculp.
Published in th European Magazine, with a Memoir, June 1, 1822.
Stipple with very large margins. Fine. On india. Plate: 125 x 215mm (5 x 8½"). Some slight foxing.
Half portrait of the Italian opera singer Angelica Catalani (1780-1849), whose powerful voice had a range of three octaves.
[Ref: 35526]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[Angelica Catalani.]
[Angelica Catalani.]
[S. De Wilde. Engraved by T. Cheesman.]
[British, c.1800.]
Stipple on india paper, proof before all letters. 195 x 120mm, 7¾ x 4¾". A fine impression, with full margins, uncut.
Oval bust portrait of Angelica Catalani (c.1780 - 1849), Italian dramatic soprano. Her hair is dressed up with curls around her forehead, tied with ribbon and rose, and she wears an empire-line gown and a shawl. After Samuel De Wilde (1751 - 1832).
Harvard: p.217, 10.
[Ref: 19549]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Angelica Catalani.
Angelica Catalani.
Painted by I. Naish. Engraved by G.S. Facius.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple. Sheet size: 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed inside platemark. Glued to backing sheet.
A portrait of Angelica Catalani (1782 - 1849) in Egyptian costume. Half-length in oval, three-quarters to right but looking to front, wearing headdress, drop earrings and a dress with decorative bands at the neck, including a 6 leaf clover on her breasts. Catalini was an Italian opera singer, a soprano of nearly three octaves in range. Its unsurpassed power and flexibility made her one of the greatest bravura singers of all times. She also worked as a singing teacher. Her pupils included Laure Cinti-Damoreau and Fanny Corri-Paltoni.
[Ref: 34359]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Madame Catinka de Dietz.
Madame Catinka de Dietz. Pianiste de L.L.M.M. la Reine de Baviere et la Reine des Francais.
M Alophe [facsimile in image.]
Im. Lemercier a Paris. Journal des Artistes. [n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. 305 x 222mm. 12 x 8¾".
Madame Catinka de Dietz (1813-1901) made her debut in Paris in 1836 at the Salle Pleyel. He career revolved around placements at different royal courts until in 1840 she became pianist to the queen of Bavaria. The following year she played at the French court and was appointed pianist to the queen of the French in 1845. She composed salon pieces, played regularly for Queen Victoria, and was reported to have written an oratorio for which Queen Victoria accepted the dedication. Her pianistic style was Classical, firmly within the Kalkbrenner tradition.
[Ref: 19949]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Cathinka de Dietz. Pianiste de la Reine Bavière. [Facsimile autograph.]
Cathinka de Dietz. Pianiste de la Reine Bavière. [Facsimile autograph.] Le Ménestrel. Journal de Musique.
J.J. Cutier [facsimile in image.]
Imp. Petit & Bertauts. [n.d. c.1845.]
A rare lithograph. 319 x 241mm. 12½ x 9½".
Madame Catinka de Dietz (1813-1901) made her debut in Paris in 1836 at the Salle Pleyel. He career revolved around placements at different royal courts until in 1840 she became pianist to the queen of Bavaria. The following year she played at the French court and was appointed pianist to the queen of the French in 1845. She composed salon pieces, played regularly for Queen Victoria, and was reported to have written an oratorio for which Queen Victoria accepted the dedication. Her pianistic style was Classical, firmly within the Kalkbrenner tradition.
[Ref: 19955]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Melle Catinka de Dietz.
Melle Catinka de Dietz. Pianiste de S.M. la Reine de Bavière. L'Artiste.
Staal del et lith.
Lith de Grégoire et Deneux à Paris. [n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph. Publisher's stamp. 318 x 240mm. 12½ x 9½". Nicks to edges of sheet.
Madame Catinka de Dietz (1813-1901) made her debut in Paris in 1836 at the Salle Pleyel. He career revolved around placements at different royal courts until in 1840 she became pianist to the queen of Bavaria. The following year she played at the French court and was appointed pianist to the queen of the French in 1845. She composed salon pieces, played regularly for Queen Victoria, and was reported to have written an oratorio for which Queen Victoria accepted the dedication. Her pianistic style was Classical, firmly within the Kalkbrenner tradition.
[Ref: 19954]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Catinka von Dietz.
Catinka von Dietz. Kammervirtuosin J.M. de Königin von Baiern.
C. Lang [facsimile in image.]
Lith v. Gutsch & Rupp. [n.d. c.1840.]
A rare lithograph. 235 x 164mm. 9¼ s 6½".
Madame Catinka de Dietz (1813-1901) made her debut in Paris in 1836 at the Salle Pleyel. He career revolved around placements at different royal courts until in 1840 she became pianist to the queen of Bavaria. The following year she played at the French court and was appointed pianist to the queen of the French in 1845. She composed salon pieces, played regularly for Queen Victoria, and was reported to have written an oratorio for which Queen Victoria accepted the dedication. Her pianistic style was Classical, firmly within the Kalkbrenner tradition. From a portrait by Gustave Staal.
[Ref: 19951]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Nocturne.
Nocturne.
L. Balestrieri Pinx & Sculps.
Imp. Eug. Delatre, Paris. Copyright 1904 by L. Balestrieri, Paris.
Etching. Pt stamp verso H. Levasseur. 410 x 700mm (16 x 27½").
A dark scene with Frédéric Chopin playing the piano. Drawn and engraved by Lionello Balestrieri (1872-1958), an artist who moved in musical circles, coming to know Puccini, Giordano and Cilea.
[Ref: 53097]   £460.00  
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Gioacchino Conti Gizziello.
Gioacchino Conti Gizziello.
Ch. Lucy Pinxit. Alex. VanHaeken Fe. 1736.
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Gioacchino Conti (1714-61), Italian soprano castrato opera singer, nicknamed Gizziello in honour of his teacher, Domenico Gizzi. This portrait was published when he was in London (1736-7), while he was engaged by George Frideric Handel.
CS 5, only state. See reference 61535 for one with margins.
[Ref: 61684]   £450.00  
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Arcangelus Corellius.
Arcangelus Corellius.
J. Cole Sc. [after Hugh Howard]
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving, fine dark image. 255 x 191mm. 10 x 7½". Repaired tears.
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music. Corelli began in Paris from where he went on to travel and accepted many invitations from nobility, including his stay at the palace of Cardinal Ottoboni. He is remembered for his precision and stylistic playing which he passed onto his pupils. His compositions for the instrument mark and epoch in the history of chamber music, influencing Johann Sebastian Bach. One of several engravings based on the famous portrait of Corelli by Hugh Howard (Oxford, Music Faculty collection).
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17217]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Arcange Corelli
Arcange Corelli Né à Fusignari dans le Boulonnois, Mort à Rome le 19 Jan. 1713. Agé près de 60 ans.
H. Howard pinx. Mathey Sculpsit.
A Paris chez Odieuvre M.d d'Est, rue d'Anjou la dern. P. Cochere à gauche entrant par la rue Dauphine. CPR [n.d., c.1720].
Engraving. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with large margins.
A portrait of Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Italian violinist and composer who was a major influence on the work of Bach, based on the famous portrait by Hugh Howard (now in the Music Faculty collection of Oxford University).
[Ref: 56654]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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François Cramer Esqr. [in underneath:] 1772 - 1848.
François Cramer Esqr. [in underneath:] 1772 - 1848.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Engraving. 235 x 160mm. 9¼ x 6¼". Cut and laid on separate sheet.
Franz or François Cramer (1772-1848) was an English violinist and conductor who was the Master of the King's Musick from 1834 until his death; he was appointed this post by King William IV, and following the King's death in 1837, he continued as Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17196]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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François Cramer Esq.r.
François Cramer Esq.r. From the original picture in the possession of M.r Marshall, Oxford. This Portrait is dedicated with respect to the Conductors of the Music Meetings of the Choirs of Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester by their most obedient Serv.t James Wyatt.
Published by James Cyatt, Carver & Gilder, Oxford, June 6th 1826. To be had of C. Lonsdale, 26 Old Bond Street, London.
Engraving. 355 x 270mm (14 x 10¾"). Trimmed close to plate.
Franz or François Cramer (1772-1848), an English violinist and conductor who was the Master of the King's Musick from 1834 until his death. He was appointed to this post by King William IV and, following the King's death in 1837, he continued as Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria.
[Ref: 53829]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Francois Cramer.]
[Francois Cramer.]
[Jos.h. Slater del.t Is.c W. Slater lith.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. Image 170 x 153mm. 6¾ x 6". Cut, scuffed.
Francois Cramer (1772-1848) was an English violinist and conductor who was Master of the King's Musick from 1837 until his death. He was the brother of Johann Baptist Cramer. He was apppointed Master of the King's Musick in 1834, by King William IV, and continued as Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17210]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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J.B. Cramer.
J.B. Cramer.
Lith. de Benard et Frey.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 180 x 130mm (7 x 5¼"). Bit dusty.
Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858], pianist and composer. Born in Mannheim, Cramer moved to London as a child, where he was taught by 'founder of modern piano playing' Muzio Clementi, and Beethoven later described Cramer as the finest pianist of his day. Like Clementi, he also turned to music publishing in later life.
[Ref: 31889]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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