John christopher 1712 1795 smith (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Oblong folio. Modern half light tan leather with marbled boards, dark tan leather title label to spine gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto dedication to Lady Walpole, verso blank), 2ff. (subscribers list, printed on rectos only), 59, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout. Subscribers include composers Pietro Castrucci, Willem de Fesch, Maurice Greene, Geo: Frederick Handel Esqr., Chas. Jennings, John Frederick Lampe, Johann Christoph Pepusch, and Peter Prelleur. Provenance Noted collector André Meyer, with his handstamp, "Provenant de la collection musicale d'André Meyer Décéde en Mai 1974 F. Meyer Octobre 84," to recto of rear free endpaper and "Collection André Meyer 1884 - ? 10 5.1974" in pencil to verso. Binding slightly worn. Minor internal wear, browning, and soiling; occasional stains; small tears repaired. First Edition. BUC p. 959. RISM S3680 and SS3680 (2 copies in the U.S., at NYPL Lincoln Center and the Library of Congress). Smith, an English composer of German birth, was the son of Johann Christoph Schmidt (John Christopher Smith Sr., d. 1763), Handel's first copyist in London; the younger Smith became Handel's secretary, musical assistant, and amanuensis in Handel's later years when blindness hampered the great composer's writing and conducting activities. "Smith, according to Burney, was a 'studious and cultivated man, and much esteemed by many of the first people in the kingdom.' " Barbara Small in Grove Music Online Smith's harpsichord suites, replete with fashionable galant melodies, ornaments, and syncopation as well as athletic effects like hand-crossing and rapid exchanges of the hands, were clearly influenced by Handel, Rameau, and Domenico Scarlatti. He succeeds at creating imaginative and original keyboard works, with his influences serving as a jumping off point. This is the first publication we have seen with Handel as a subscriber. Elegantly printed.…

Oblong folio. Disbound. Contemporary half mid-tan calf with marbled boards, title in contemporary brown ink to upper. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 41, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout. With "Anna Sophia Egerton" in contemporary manuscript to front pastedown. Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; upper detached. Title detached; occasional minor soiling to margins and scattered foxing and stains. First Edition, first issue. Smith & Humphries 1377. BUC p. 959. RISM S3679 (giving precedence to the second issue). Smith, an English composer of German birth, was the son of Johann Christoph Schmidt (John Christopher Smith Sr., d. 1763), Handel's first copyist in London; the younger Smith became Handel's secretary, musical assistant, and amanuensis in Handel's later years when blindness hampered the great composer's writing and conducting activities. "Smith, according to Burney, was a 'studious and cultivated man, and much esteemed by many of the first people in the kingdom.' " Barbara Small in Grove Music Online Smith's harpsichord suites, replete with fashionable galant melodies, ornaments, and syncopation, as well as athletic effects like hand-crossing and rapid exchanges of the hands, were clearly influenced by Handel, Rameau, and Domenico Scarlatti. He succeeds at creating imaginative and original keyboard works, with his influences serving as a jumping off point. A handsomely printed edition of Smith's lively and creative contribution to galant keyboard literature. …

Oblong folio. Modern half dark brown calf with marbled boards, spine in decorative compartments gilt, dark red title label gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 41, [i] (blank) pp. With figured bass in contemporary manuscript ink to pp. 10-11 (the Allegro of Lesson II); occasional pencil markings. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. Moderately browned; some signs of wear; occasional foxing and staining; title worn and archivally reinforced with tissue to verso of outer margin; paper repairs to lower outer corners of final two leaves with outer margin of final leaf archivally reinforced. In very good condition overall. First Edition, first issue. Smith & Humphries 1377. BUC p. 959. RISM S3679 (giving precedence to the second issue). Smith, an English composer of German birth, was the son of Johann Christoph Schmidt (John Christopher Smith Sr., d. 1763), Handel's first copyist in London; the younger Smith became Handel's secretary, musical assistant, and amanuensis in Handel's later years when blindness hampered the great composer's writing and conducting activities. "Smith, according to Burney, was a 'studious and cultivated man, and much esteemed by many of the first people in the kingdom.' " Barbara Small in Grove Music Online Smith's harpsichord suites, replete with fashionable galant melodies, ornaments, and syncopation, as well as athletic effects like hand-crossing and rapid exchanges of the hands, were clearly influenced by Handel, Rameau, and Domenico Scarlatti. He succeeds at creating imaginative and original keyboard works, with his influences serving as a jumping off point. A handsomely printed edition of Smith's lively and creative contribution to galant keyboard literature. …