"Detailed theoretical and practical instruction on playing the piano-forte," issued in four parts.

Two separate works bound together. The Kirnberger work includes 3 Abtheilungen, paged separately, containing musical examples. The 2nd and 3rd Abtheilungen are bound in reverse order.

Excerpts of Verdi's opera Rigoletto arranged for piano by Franz Liszt.

Franz Liszt's arrangement for piano of Richard Wagner's Summ' und brumm' du gutes Rädchen, from Der Fliegende Holländer.

A first deluxe issue of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, signed by the composer, and numbered 24 out of a limited release of 50 copies. The autograph and number appear on the page facing the title page.

Collection of hymns with notated melodies, and lyrics in German.

"A collection of the best and most popular songs and songs of the German people, accompanied by the pianoforte."

Incidental music for chorus and solo voices with orchestra, to the poem by Lord Byron; this volume includes the poem in German translation (12 p.) preceding the score.

Issues for the ninth year of the magazine Signale für die musikalische Welt.

A piano method book by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, with three parts bound in one volume.

A first-edition printing of Schubert's Gretchen am Spinnrade, made during his lifetime. The edition is dedicated to Mortiz Reichsgrafen von Fries

This is ca. 1820 vocal score of Handel's oratorio Saul. The orchestra reduction for piano is credited to J.F. [Johann Friedrich] Naue. The hand-written date 1738 that appears at the top of the t.p. underneath Saul corresponds to the year when Handel composed the oratorio. The music parts for the soloists (soprano alto tenor, bass) and the chorus appear at the top of the piano reduction staff.

By the time of Mozart and Da Ponte’s collaboration on Don Giovanni, the Don Juan legend had been represented in musical entertainments and on the popular stage a number of times. Although it was an unusual topic for Viennese court opera, the retelling of the Don Juan story was immensely appealing for the Italian troupe in Prague. Don Giovanni did eventually make its way to Vienna, but the opera did not meet the same success it had received in Prague.

By the time of Mozart and Da Ponte’s collaboration on Don Giovanni, the Don Juan legend had been represented in musical entertainments and on the popular stage a number of times. Although it was an unusual topic for Viennese court opera, the retelling of the Don Juan story was immensely appealing for the Italian troupe in Prague. Don Giovanni did eventually make its way to Vienna, but the opera did not meet the same success it had received in Prague.

Piano-vocal score for Verdi's Rigoletto. The libretto, by Francesco Maria Piave, is based on Victor Hugo's Le roi s'amuse.

Though the cover of this volume is in French, the title page gives the same information in German. This latter language also receives pride of place in the text underlay: Most songs are solely in German but, when lyrics are given in two languages, German is immediately below the musical staves with either Italian or French in italics below the German. Songs use one to three voices with the voice part sometimes integrated into the top staff of the piano part with text underlay indicating when to sing. Several songs are set for three-part Männerchor or four-part chorus with piano accompaniment. In strophic settings, only the first stanza of poetry appears in the score; the rest are included as addenda at the end of the piece. The volume concludes with a table of contents given the name and first line of each song in all languages used for each entry.

This volume contains fifteen sacred and secular songs for one to four voices with piano accompaniment. Contrary to the title page, the titles of each song are given either in German or German and Italian. When both languages are present in the text underlay, the Italian text sits directly below the staves with German below the Italian. Most songs either give "Singstimme" or a voice part for the vocal staves; some give names of characters, possibly indicating a theatrical or semi-dramatic performance context. Songs for one voice tend to be strophic while part songs are through-composed. Authors such as Gellert, Metastasio, and Shakespeare figure among the authors (most anonymous) of the texts. As with the other binlingual pieces in this volume, the scene "Arianna a Naxos" is set in Italian and German. The interaction of the soprano voice and piano accompaniment as well as the structural alternation between arioso/aria and recitative reveals this piece to be a solo cantata. The volume concludes with a four-page catalog of all of Breitkopf und Härtel's publications in Leipzig complete with price in thalers for each piece and a table of contents. The positioning of the Inhalt at the end of the volume reflects …

Piano-vocal arrangement of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito, with German and Italian lyrics.

1789 edition of Musikalischer Almanach für Deutschland.

1783 edition of Musikalischer Almanach für Deutschland.

1782 edition of Musikalischer Almanach für Deutschland.

A music theory book, giving basic instructions for singing scales, intervals and chants.

This is a ca. 1774 score of the opera "Alceste" by Anton Schweitzer based on a libretto by Christoph Wieland. The work premiered in Weimar in 1773. The plot was based on the Greek legend of Alcestis, on the subject of female virtue and conjugal love. The library's copy contains an engraved illustration that portrays a domestic scene. The score does not indicate the musical instruments and the music, which is notated in two, three or four staves, contains the German text underlaid with indication of the character who sings.

This collection opens with a brief letter of dedication from Leyding to his friend Johann Jakob Dusch followed by a preface. The table of contents lists the songs in the order in which they appear in this volume. All of the songs are written in two staves - the top with soprano clef; the bottom, with bass clef. The first stanza of each poem is manually underlaid below the top staff. The full text of the poem is printed either below the music or on the following page. The vocal line use either single or double voices.