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      • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Missa Kyrie und Gloria aus h-Moll-Messe
        Apr. 18, 2023

        Bach, Johann Sebastian: Missa Kyrie und Gloria aus h-Moll-Messe

        Est: €1,800 - €2,500

        Erster Druck des ersten Teils der H-Moll-Messe -- (Bach, Johann Sebastian. Hohe Messe in H-moll nach dem Autographum gestochen. Kyrie und Gloria). Gestochener Notendruck. Plattennummer: "6". 95 S. 32,5 x 26 cm. Späteres Halbleinen (berieben und leicht fleckig) mit hs. RSchild. (Zürich, Hans Georg Nägeli, 1833). -- MGG I, 1000. RISM A/I B 430. – Erster Druck der vollständigen Partitur der ersten beiden Stücke "Kyrie" und "Gloria" der berühmten H-Moll-Messe von Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Die ohne Titel erschienenen Seiten 1-95 sind als erster Teil der Messe bei Hans Georg Nägeli in Zürich erschienen, der zweite Teil folgte dann 1845 bei Nikolas Simrock (1751-1832) in Bonn. -- -- Das Autograph der H-Moll-Messe war aus den Händen des Komponisten an den "Hamburger Bach", den Sohn Carl Philipp Emanuel gegangen, der eine Bearbeitung des "Credo" für eine Aufführung im Jahr 1786 unternahm. Nach dem Tode des Erben konnte der Musikschriftsteller, Verleger und Komponiste Hans Georg Nägeli (1773-1836) aus Zürich das Autograph erwerben, um einen ersten Druck zu veranlassen, der dann tatsächlich in zwei Teilen erst 1833 und 1845 erscheinen konnte. -- -- Bach hatte das Magnum Opus nach dem Tode des Kurfürsten Friedrich August I. komponiert. Zu dieser Zeit durfte für circa sechs Monate keine Musik aufgeführt werden, sodass das Stück in seiner Vollendung Kurfürst Friedrich Augus II. gewidmet wurde. Im Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis hat die "Missa" keine eigene Nummer und wurde von Bärenreiter im Jahre 2005 unter dem Namen "Missa, BWV 232,I Fassung von 1733" aufgelistet. – Vorsatz mit fehlender rechter Ecke und hs. Titel, durchgehend leicht gebräunt und etwas stockfleckig, die ersten Blätter stärkerem Braunfleck, gelegentlich etwas unfrisch, aber insgesamt in sehr guter Erhaltung. Überaus selten, die Berliner Staatsbibliothek besitzt ein Exemplar unter der Signatur "DMS 241907"

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      • Music.- Bach (Johann Sebastian) Grosse Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelium Matthaei...Vollständiger Klavierauszug von Adolph Bernhard Marx, first edition of the vocal score, Berlin, Schlesinger, …
        Jan. 26, 2023

        Music.- Bach (Johann Sebastian) Grosse Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelium Matthaei...Vollständiger Klavierauszug von Adolph Bernhard Marx, first edition of the vocal score, Berlin, Schlesinger, …

        Est: £1,000 - £1,500

        Music.- Bach (Johann Sebastian) Grosse Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelium Matthaei...Vollständiger Klavierauszug von Adolph Bernhard Marx, first edition of the vocal score, engraved throughout, with 3pp. list of subscribers and contents leaf, publisher's ink stamp to title, contents leaf slightly frayed at margins, some annotation in pencil, occasional very light offsetting, the odd spot or patch of light soiling but still a crisp copy, modern cloth-backed boards, corners bumped, endpapers renewed, oblong 4to, Berlin, Schlesinger, 1830. ⁂ Published in the wake of the famous performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion by Mendelssohn in March 1829, before which the work was virtually unknown outside of Leipzig. The score is arranged by Mendelsohn's great friend, the German musical theorist Adolph Bernhard Marx. This copy with the plate number 1571 missing on p.42 and 176, but correct on p.143 and p.157.

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      • CARICATURE MIXED MEDIA PAINTING SIGNED BY ARTISTS
        Dec. 24, 2022

        CARICATURE MIXED MEDIA PAINTING SIGNED BY ARTISTS

        Est: $100 - $150

        A vintage caricature mixed media painting on paper, Bach and His Twenty One Kids, 1952. Signed by the artist, Daddy and Janie Baron, and dated lower right. Framed. Additionally signed, titled and dated on the back. This artwork is related to Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 to 1750, was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. One of a kind artwork.

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      • Music.- Bach (Johann Sebastian) 371 vierstimmige Choralgesange, third [but fourth] edition, 1831.
        Nov. 10, 2022

        Music.- Bach (Johann Sebastian) 371 vierstimmige Choralgesange, third [but fourth] edition, 1831.

        Est: £100 - £150

        Music.- Bach (Johann Sebastian) 371 vierstimmige Choralgesange, third [but fourth] edition, spotting, ink stamps to title, ink gift inscription to endpaper, armorial bookplate to pastedown, hinges cracked, contemporary half calf, upper joint cracked, extremities rubbed, oblong folio, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Hartel, plate no. 5089, 1831.

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      • Hilgenfeldt, Carl Ludwig und Bach, Johann Sebastian: Johann Sebastian Bach's Leben
        Apr. 05, 2022

        Hilgenfeldt, Carl Ludwig und Bach, Johann Sebastian: Johann Sebastian Bach's Leben

        Est: €200 - €300

        MUSIK, THEATER UND TANZ -- Bach, Johann Sebastian. - Hilgenfeldt, Carl Ludwig. Johann Sebastian Bach's Leben, Wirken und Werke. 1 Bl., 182 S., 2 Bl. und 3 Bl. mit Notenbeilagen und 1 Falttabelle. 26 x 20 cm. Halbleinen d. Z. (etwas berieben, leicht fleckig). Leipzig, Hofmeister, (1850). -- Erste Ausgabe, die anlässlich des 100. Todestages von Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) erschien. "Mir ist bei Bach, als ob die ewige Harmonie sich mit sich selbst unterhielte, wie sich's in Gottes Busen kurz vor der Schöpfung mag zugetragen haben" (Goethe, verso Titel). – Etwas, teils auch etwas stärker braun- und stockfleckig. Leicht gebräunt. Vorderer fliegender Vorsatz mit langen hs. Ausführungen in Sepia-Tinte.

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      • Music.- Bach (Johann Sebastian) Sechs Praeludien und Sechs Fugen fur Orgel oder Pianoforte mit Pedal, Vienna & Pest, Im Kunst und Industrie Comptoir, 1830.
        May. 07, 2020

        Music.- Bach (Johann Sebastian) Sechs Praeludien und Sechs Fugen fur Orgel oder Pianoforte mit Pedal, Vienna & Pest, Im Kunst und Industrie Comptoir, 1830.

        Est: £100 - £150

        NO RESERVE Music.- Bach (Johann Sebastian) Sechs Praeludien und Sechs Fugen fur Orgel oder Pianoforte mit Pedal, Vienna & Pest, engraved throughout, ink signature and inscription of Ernst Pauer in lower corner of title (partially trimmed), Im Kunst und Industrie Comptoir, [c.1830s]; bound with 5 other works for Clavecin by J.S. Bach, one also with signature of Pauer and dated in another hand 1837, later half cloth over marbled boards, oblong folio ⁂ Ernst Pauer (1826-1905) was a renowned Austrian pianist, composer and teacher. His mother was from the famous Viennese Steicher family of piano makers and for 5 years he was a pupil of Mozart's son F.X.W. Mozart. He performed daily piano recitals at the 1862 International Exhibition in London and in 1876 became principal piano teacher at the Royal College of Music.

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      • Johann Sebastian Bach (German, 1685-1750) Composer Facsimile Score & Report
        Nov. 20, 2019

        Johann Sebastian Bach (German, 1685-1750) Composer Facsimile Score & Report

        Est: $100 - $300

        Johann Sebastian Bach (German, 1685-1750) Composer, Germany Baroque Era Facsimile of Score of "Das Wohltemperierte Klavier" (The Well-Tempered Clavier) Volume 1 Facsimile of Report to City Council Of Leipzig Ink on Paper Circa 18th Century 1) Score 12 3/8 in. x 7 3/4 in. x 3/8 in. 2) Report 13 1/4 in. x 8 7/8 in. x 1/2 in. Condition: Good to Fair, For inquiries, condition report and additional images please email info.hillgallery@gmail.com Provenance: John and Johanna Bass Collection; Bass Museum of Art after 1979. Museum Inventory No. 1979.485 & 1979.488 Collection of the Bass Museum of Art - Miami Beach, Florida. Proceeds to benefit the John and Johanna Bass Acquisitions Fund. Shipping: Hill Auction Gallery in house USA continental shipping $45 plus insurance. Gallery will refer a local shipper for international buyers. Purchaser pick up available upon request.

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      • Johann Sebastian Bach (German, 1685-1750) Composer 1st Ed Mass in A Major Score
        Nov. 20, 2019

        Johann Sebastian Bach (German, 1685-1750) Composer 1st Ed Mass in A Major Score

        Est: $500 - $800

        Johann Sebastian Bach (German, 1685-1750) Composer, Germany Baroque Era First Edition Full Score of "Mass in A Major" for Four Voices Ink on Paper 13 3/8 in. x 10 3/4 in. x 1/2 in. Condition: Good to Fair. For inquiries, condition report and additional images please email info.hillgallery@gmail.com Provenance: John and Johanna Bass Collection; Bass Museum of Art after 1979. Museum Inventory No. 1979.414 Collection of the Bass Museum of Art - Miami Beach, Florida. Proceeds to benefit the John and Johanna Bass Acquisitions Fund. Shipping: Hill Auction Gallery in house USA continental shipping $45 plus insurance. Gallery will refer a local shipper for international buyers. Purchaser pick up available upon request.

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      • Johann Sebastian Bach (German, 1685-1750) Composer 1st Ed Score Canata 4 Voices
        Nov. 20, 2019

        Johann Sebastian Bach (German, 1685-1750) Composer 1st Ed Score Canata 4 Voices

        Est: $600 - $900

        Johann Sebastian Bach (German, 1685-1750) Composer, Germany Baroque Era First Edition Full Score of "Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott" Canata for Four Voices Ink on Paper 13 3/8 in. x 10 5/8 in. x 3/8 in. Condition: Good to Fair. For inquiries, condition report and additional images please email info.hillgallery@gmail.com Provenance: John and Johanna Bass Collection; Bass Museum of Art after 1979. Museum Inventory No. 1979.413 Collection of the Bass Museum of Art - Miami Beach, Florida. Proceeds to benefit the John and Johanna Bass Acquisitions Fund. Shipping: Hill Auction Gallery in house USA continental shipping $45 plus insurance. Gallery will refer a local shipper for international buyers. Purchaser pick up available upon request.

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      • Bach (Johann Christian). Six Sonatas, for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, circa 1778-80
        Jul. 24, 2019

        Bach (Johann Christian). Six Sonatas, for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, circa 1778-80

        Est: £200 - £300

        Six Sonatas, for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte: With an Accompagnament for a Violin, Humbly Dedicated to the Right Honble Lady Mellbourne, and Composed by John Cristian Bach, Music Master to Her Majesty, Opera X, printed and sold by J. Welcker, No. 10 in the Hay Market, circa 1778-80, stipple-engraved illustration to partly-folding title (small split to lower inner margin without loss), [3], 37, [1]pp., engraved throughout, bound with Six Sonatas for the Harpsichord or Piano-Forte, with an Accompaniment for a German-Flute or Violin, Dedicated to Miss Greenlands... , Opera XVI, printed for the proprietor by John Welcker, No. 80 Hay Market, circa 1780-84, [3], 37, [1]pp., engraved throughout, title-page soiled, bound with Webbe (Samuel), Six Sonatas for the Forte Piano or Harpsichord, printed by Welcker in Gerrard Street, St Ann's, Soho, circa 1780, [3], 22pp., engraved throughout, bound with eight other miscellaneous short musical pieces mostly for harpsichord or piano forte, engraved throughout, without title-pages, pieces include 'Royal Shepherd', 'Royal Merchant' and 'The New Overture to the Fairy Prince', ownership signature of D. Coates to front free endpaper, contemporary plain boards with remains of leather backstrip, hinges cracked, worn, oblong folio (Qty: 1)

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      • Bach, Johann Sebastian
        Feb. 20, 2016

        Bach, Johann Sebastian

        Est: - €100

        Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 - 1750). Brustbild des jungen Komponisten. Anonyme Bleistiftzeichnung auf Bütten, 19. Jh. Blgr. 13 x 8 cm. Unter Passep. mont. - Geringe Altersspuren, schöne Zeichnung.

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      • Bach, Johann Sebastian
        Nov. 20, 2014

        Bach, Johann Sebastian

        Est: £2,000 - £3,000

        Bach, Johann Sebastian

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      • Bach, Johann Sebastian
        May. 20, 2014

        Bach, Johann Sebastian

        Est: £3,000 - £5,000

        first edition, second issue, of the St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, oblong 4to (25 x 33.5cm), 190 pages, engraved throughout, subscribers' list and index, plate number 1571 (corrected on pp.143 and 157), publisher's stamps to title, ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, modern pencil annotation to p.112, nineteenth-century moiré cloth, small tear to front free endpaper repaired, some spotting and browning, including to title,This is a clean crisp copy, with strong impressions from the plates, showing it to be an early issue; it contains two corrected plate numbers which were wrongly printed in the first issue, as well as the index, which Fuld calls for in the first edition. The St. Matthew Passion, one of Bach's supreme masterpieces, was first published in the wake of the famous performance in Leipzig by Mendelssohn on 11 March 1829, the most important event in the Bach revival of the nineteenth century. The arrangement for the vocal score was made by Mendelssohn's friend A.B. Marx.

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Nov. 30, 2011

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £2,000 - £3,000

        CLAVIER SONATEN MIT OBLIGATER VIOLINE, [VIOLIN SONATAS BWV 1014-1019], ZURICH, H.G. NÄGELI, [C.1802-1804] first edition, piano score and part for violin, 95 & 24 pages, oblong 4to, (c.23 x 32cms), engraved throughout, including separate title-pages, plate no. 6 at corners, modern half calf and boards, lacking series title, some foxing, early annotations to top margins identifying the sonatas, [Hoboken 121; RISM B 454; Schmieder p.741]

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Nov. 30, 2011

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £2,000 - £2,500

        LE CLAVECIN BIEN TEMPÉRÉ OU PRELUDES ET FUGUES DANS TOUS LES TONS ET DEMITONS...I [...II] PARTHIE, (THE "48", BOOKS 1 & 2); BWV 846-893), VIENNA: HOFFMEISTER & COMP (AND LEIPZIG: BUREAU DE MUSIQUE), [1801] 2 volumes, 87 & 97 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate numbers 53 and 91, contemporary green half calf, green-gilt titles to covers and spine, early ownership inscription ("Bischoff"), some foxing, [Hoboken 96 & 99; RISM B 501]

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Nov. 30, 2011

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £2,000 - £3,000

        JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH'S WERKE. HERAUSGEGEBEN VON DER BACH-GESELLSCHAFT [BY M. HAUPTMANN, J. RIETZ, H. KRETZSCHMAR ET AL.], LEIPZIG: BREITKOPF & HÄRTEL, 1851-1899 first complete edition, 60 volumes, folio (35 x 27cm), engraved music throughout, engraved frontispiece portrait by Lichling after Hausmann, twentieth-century blue cloth gilt, without the later supplementary volume containing Wolfgang Graeser's edition of Die Kunst der Fuge, browning to some volumes, [Heyer (1969), pp. 15ff.]

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Nov. 30, 2011

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £2,000 - £3,000

        TWO NÄGELI EDITIONS OF DIE KUNST DER FUGE AND THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS Die Kunst der Fuge von Johann Sebastian Bach [BWV 1080] [in open score or keyboard score], Zurich: Hans Georg Nägeli, [1802], 183 pages, oblong 4to (24 x 33.3cm), engraved title and music, series title after title, modern half calf retaining contemporary manuscript label to upper cover, modern slipcase--Variationen für das Clavier von Johann Sebastian Bach [BWV 988], Hans Georg Nägeli, [1809], 63 pages, oblong 4to (26.5 x 35.4cm), engraved throughout, ties, unbound and uncut, modern cloth folder, without series title, a few small tears to final leaf repaired [BWV 988, p.715 (and cf. Hoboken 113); cf. Hoboken 146 [BWV 1080]]

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Nov. 30, 2011

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £2,000 - £3,000

        PRELUDES ET FUGUES POUR LE FORTE-PIANO DANS TOUS LES TONS MAJEURS QUE MINEURS...I. PARTIE, [THE "48" BOOK 2; BWV 870-893], PARIS & BONN: N. SIMROCK [1801] First edition of "Das Wohltemperierte Clavier", Book 2, 97 pages, oblong 4to (23.5 x 27cms), engraved throughout, plate no.138 (missing on p.7), nineteenth-century cloth-backed card wrappers, staining to title, hinge strengthened, light overall browning [Hoboken 97 (and plate 13); Fuld, p.117; RISM B 497]

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Nov. 30, 2011

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £10,000 - £15,000

        MANUSCRIPT PART-BOOKS PREPARED FOR MENDELSSOHN'S PERFORMANCES OF THE ST MATTHEW PASSION IN 1829, INCORPORATING HIS CUTS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE SCORE comprising eight nineteenth-century manuscript volumes, for the Soprano (3), Tenore (3) and Basso (2) parts from Chorus I, with individual title pages ("Passions=Musik von J.S. Bach/ Soprano Coro 1υmo / Nυo. 1 [...18...19]" etc), each marked "von J.S. Bach" and numbered on the title-page in a contemporary hand, the music in various professional hands, containing 35 numbered sections, written in brown ink on six staves per page, with cues for the endings of recitatives underlined in red ink, each part including an additional Chorale in the 'Zweiter Theil' (No. 19υa, "Wer hat dich so geschlagen") in the hand of Mendelssohn's scribe Eduard Henschke, on a new leaf stitched into place, [c.1829] 8 volumes, oblong 4to (c.20 x 24cms), laid paper with chain lines but no discernible watermark, the inserted leaves for the Chorale 19υa on different paper, up to 30 pages each, early pagination in pencil (not counting the additional leaf), unbound, soprano part no.1 lacking 2 leaves, numbers 34-35 in the tenor parts misnumbered, some staining to titles

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Jun. 08, 2011

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £5,000 - £6,000

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN. GROSSE PASSIONS MUSIK NACH DEM EVANGELIUM JOHANNIS ... VOLLSTÄNDIGER KLAVIERAUSZUG VON L. HELLWIG. [VOCAL SCORE]. BERLIN: T TRAUTWEIN, [1830] First edition of the "St John Passion" , BWV 245, 101 pages, oblong 4to (c.24 x 33cms), engraved music, plate number 365, modern half calf gilt, retaining the original C19 manuscript priced title-label, early bookseller's stamp to title and cover, foxing to last leaf, [RISM BB 438; BWV p.436; not in Hoboken or Hirsch]

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
        Jun. 08, 2011

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN

        Est: £2,000 - £3,000

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN GROSSE PASSIONSMUSIK NACH DEM EVANGELIUM MATTHAEI ...VOLLSTÄNDIGER KLAVIERAUSZUG VON ADOLPH BERNHARD MARX, [VOCAL SCORE] BERLIN: SCHLESINGER, 1830 first edition, second issue of the "St Matthew Passion" , 190 pages, oblong 4to (c.26 x 33 cms), subscribers' list and index (4 pages), engraved throughout, plate number 1571, contemporary half red roan, black-gilt label to spine, gilt title to cover, corners worn, but sound, [Hoboken 27; RISM BB 436; Fuld, p.171]

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Dec. 01, 2010

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £6,000 - £8,000

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN. GROSSE PASSIONSMUSIK NACH DEM EVANGELIUM MATTHAEI...PARTITUR [FULL SCORE], BERLIN: IN DER SCHLESINGER'SCHEN BUCH- UND MUSIKHANDLUNG, 1830 first edition of the "St. Matthew Passion" , 324 pages, folio ( c .34.2 x 25.4cm), printed 4-page subscribers' list, libretto by Picander, engraved title and music, plate number 1570, publisher's and booksellers' stamps to title ("T. Boosey & C. o ", one of the original subscribers), contemporary cloth boards, original label to spine ("Bach Passionsmusik"), some foxing, joints weak, covers and spine worn with some loss

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Jun. 09, 2010

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £30,000 - £50,000

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN. IMPORTANT EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN MANUSCRIPT OF THE FRENCH SUITES FOR KEYBOARD BWV 812-815 & 817, THE "CHROMATIC FANTASIA & FUGUE" BWV 903 AND OTHER PIECES with the title page "Suiten und Fugen von J.S. Bach", the music notated in dark brown ink on six two-stave systems per page, with many important additional passages (including alternative movements) added in brown ink on the free staves and three inserted leaves, in another early hand, evidently that of a Bach scholar, the manuscript also annotated with various musicological and bibliographical information throughout, 73 pages in all, folio (c.35 x 21cms), 14-stave paper, the inserted leaves on 16-stave paper, both with the same watermark of a double C interlaced crowned (cf Nostitz no 752), contemporary manuscript price & numbering to title ("17...R...mk 8"), early annotation to title in pencil ("aus dem Nachlass von Carl Phil. Em: Bach"), no place or date [Hamburg], before 1788, light browning to title, and on the inserted leaves

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Jun. 09, 2010

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £8,000 - £10,000

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN MANUSCRIPT OF THE FRENCH SUITE NO.5, BWV 816, with the title page "G Dur 1 Clavier Suite bestehend in Allemanden, Couranten, Gavotten etc: von Johann Sebastian Bach. hochfürst[lichen] Anholt Cöthnischen würck[lichen] Capellmeister und Directore Chori Musici Lipsiensis", comprising seven movements, the Gavotte placed third (Allemande, Courante, Gavotte, Sarabande, Bourée, Loure, Gigue), notated for keyboard in dark brown ink on six two-stave systems per page, with a few later annotations in light brown ink, the title-page possibly in a different hand from the music 11 pages, folio (c .32 x 23.5cms), 12-stave paper, title and music annotated in another early hand, including the price ("[Mk]1.8"), [Hamburg, second half of the eighteenth-century (before 1785)], original stitching, browning to leading edge of title page

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Jun. 09, 2010

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £1,500 - £2,000

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN. MAGNIFICAT À CINQUE VOCI [IN E-FLAT MAJOR] DUE VIOLINI, DUE OBOE, TRE TROMBI, TAMBURI, BASSON, VIOLA E BASSO CONTINUO [BWV 243A] [FULL SCORE], BONN: SIMROCK, [1811] first edition, 53 pages, folio (29.7 x 23.7cm), engraved throughout, plate number 770, late nineteenth-century half cloth, old repair to leading edge of last leaf, some very light damp-staining to upper margins of last ten leaves

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Dec. 08, 2009

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £2,000 - £3,000

        VIERSTIMMIGE CHORALGESÄNGE GESAMMLET VON CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH. ERSTER (-ZWEYTER) THEIL. .BERLIN AND LEIPZIG: FRIEDRICH WILHELM BIRNSTIEL, 1765-1769. first editions, 2 parts in one volume, [4], 50, [4], 53-104 pages, oblong folio (21 x 32.5 cms), typeset music, contemporary calf-backed speckled boards, red edges

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Nov. 30, 2006

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £1,000 - £1,500

        JOH. SEB. BACH'S MOTETTEN IN PARTITUR ERSTER [...ZWEITES] HEFT [SCORE], LEIPZIG: BEY BREITKOPF UND HÄRTEL [1802-1803] first edition of the motets bwv 225-229 and anh. iii 159, 2 volumes in one, 48 and 50 pages, folio (33.5 x 25.5cm), type-set music, modern paper-covered boards, two small holes on title of first volume repaired, some light spotting, pp.47/48 of first volume misbound LITERATURE RISM B 447; BWV, pp.367ff. NOTE The first edition of some of Bach's finest choral works, including the great Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225.

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Nov. 30, 2006

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £5,000 - £7,000

        THE FIRST EDITION OF THE B-MINOR MASS (PART TWO), TOGETHER WITH A LATER EDITION OF PART ONE THE FIRST EDITION OF THE B-MINOR MASS (PART TWO), TOGETHER WITH A LATER EDITION OF PART ONE 1) Die hohe Messe in H-moll...nach dem Autographum gestochen...I Lieferung [score], Bonn: N. Simrock & Zürich: H.G. Nägeli, [1853] 2) Die hohe Messe in H-moll...nach dem Autographum gestochen...II Lieferung [score], Bonn: N. Simrock & Zürich: H.G. Nägeli, [1845], first edition of part two of the b-minor mass 2 volumes in one, 93 and 95 pages, folio (c.32.6 x 25.7cm), plate numbers 5414 and 4377, engraved music, blue and black lithographed titles, priced at 60 francs, music-seller's blind stamp to titles, ownership inscription of William Sterndale Bennett to front free endpaper, cloth boards, rebacked and recornered in morocco, creasing to a few leaves, a few tiny tears to margins, a few pages trimmed to plate, some slight damp-staining to margins PROVENANCE formerly belonging to the English composer William Sterndale Bennett. LITERATURE Hoboken 18 and RISM B 431 (II Lieferung); BWV, p.384 NOTE Sterndale Bennett was a protogé of Mendelssohn, who of course played a role in the Bach revival of the early nineteenth century. The first part of the Mass, corresponding to the Lutheran mass, had been engraved and published by Nägeli in 1833, but the second part appeared much delayed only in 1845. Simrock's later edition of the First Part appeared in 1853.

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        May. 19, 2006

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £6,000 - £8,000

        GROSSE PASSIONSMUSIK NACH DEM EVANGELIUM MATTHAEI...PARTITUR [FULL SCORE], BERLIN: IN DER SCHLESINGER'SCHEN BUCH- UND MUSIKHANDLUNG, 1830 BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN. GROSSE PASSIONSMUSIK NACH DEM EVANGELIUM MATTHAEI...PARTITUR [FULL SCORE], BERLIN: IN DER SCHLESINGER'SCHEN BUCH- UND MUSIKHANDLUNG, 1830 first edition of the "st. matthew passion", 324 pages, folio (c.34.2 x 25.4cm), printed 4-page subscribers' list, libretto by Picander, engraved title and music, plate number 1570, publisher's blind stamp and booksellers' labels to title, nineteenth-century half calf, splitting to joints, some damp-staining LITERATURE BWV 244; Hirsch, iv 677; Fuld, p.171; Hoboken 26; RISM BB 436a NOTE This is the first edition of the full score of one of the great masterpieces of Western music. This impressive publication was by subscription, prompted by the famous performance of the work by Mendelssohn on 11 March 1829. Mendelssohn's name is included in the subscribers' list, as are those of Meyerbeer and Spohr. This copy is one of three allocated to the London dealer and publisher T. Boosey, whose stamp appears on the title-page.

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        May. 19, 2006

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £10,000 - £15,000

        EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT SCORE OF THE KYRIE AND GLORIA OF THE MASS IN B MINOR, BWV 232, DERIVED FROM AN EARLY COPY OF BACH'S AUTOGRAPH the title-page inscribed "Nro: 1 Missa a 5 Voci. 2 Soprani. Alto. Tenore. Basso. 3 Trombe. Tamburi. 2 Traversi. 2 Oboi. 2 Violini. 1 Viola. e Continuo" (the composer not identified), the note "Manuscrit - Prix 36fr." apparently entered later on the title-page, the score written in a single scribal hand of evidently German provenance in brown ink on up to eighteen staves per page, the staves drawn by hand with a rastrum, with many corrections, cancellations and additions in another eighteenth-century hand in a lighter brown ink, some corrections also in pencil 84 leaves, folio (c.36 x 22.5cm), manuscript label to upper cover ("Messe Solemnelle Sans nom d'auteur un Partition") and spine ("Auteur anonim Messe Solennelle"), eighteenth-century pencil gathering numbers ('1' -'11'), contemporary paper-covered boards, no place or date [German, probably Berlin, provenance, c.1770 or shortly after], covers worn, some worming NOTE This is a new and unrecorded pre-publication source for one of Bach's greatest works, showing details evidently derived directly from the autograph manuscript . This score predates the first edition by up to sixty years. It was copied from a known early source for the Mass, the Berlin manuscript Am. B. 3 (in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), dated 1769, which was itself copied by Bach's pupil J. P. Kirnberger directly from the autograph score (then in the possession of C.P.E. Bach). Quite a number of details are absolutely identical between Am.B. 3 and the present manuscript. The B minor Mass was not published until 1833. Some entries in the manuscript are of particular significance as they show a direct line of descent from Bach's autograph: namely, the marking 'Nro: 1' on the title-page and the alteration of the designation 'Traversi' to 'Traverso' at the beginning of the 'Domine Deus'. Moreover, as in Kirnberger's copy, the title page and head title in the present manuscript make no reference to the identity of the composer. The numerous textual corrections to the manuscript - affecting note pitches, rhythm, phrasing etc. - are an additionally intriguing feature, and merit further investigation. The Kyrie and Gloria were composed by Bach as a self-contained Missa and presented, in the form of a set of parts, to the Elector Friedrich August II in Dresden in 1733. The addition of other movements, to form the mighty Mass in B minor, took place at the end of the following decade. This manuscript, which long predates Nägeli and Simrock's 1833 published score of the Kyrie and Gloria (see lot 6 in the sale in these rooms on 22 May 2003), is not listed by Schmieder among the manuscript sources for BWV 232. The reception history of the B minor Mass is indeed little known and intriguing. Although the work did not appear in print until the 1830s, manuscript copies of it were in circulation among the increasingly large circle of admirers of Bach's music. Beethoven, for example, is known to have had a copy. Bach's original conception, as a two-movement mass for German Protestant consumption, is contained in this manuscript. It is particularly interesting that this German manuscript appears to have been sold in France at a later date, adding a whole new aspect to the Rezeptionsgeschichte of Bach's music. We are most grateful for the kind assistance of Professor Christoph Wolff and Dr Peter Wollny in preparing our description of this lot.

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
        Dec. 01, 2005

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN

        Est: £40,000 - £60,000

        . THE LOST MANUSCRIPT OF THE TRANSPOSED CONTINUO PART OF THE CANTATA 'ES IS EIN TROTZIG UND VERZAGT DING', BWV 176, FROM THE ORIGINAL SET OF PERFORMING MATERIALS FOR THE PREMIERE IN LEIPZIG ON 27 MAY 1725, BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN. in the hand of an unidentified copyist (Anon. I Id), extensively and thoroughly revised and annotated by Johann Sebastian Bach, including the addition of continuo figuring throughout, phrase and expression marks, tempo and dynamic indications (some evidently added at a later date), pauses, corrections to notes, at least one movement cue and Bach's personal motto at the end ("Fine S[oli]D[eo] G[loria]"); notated in brown ink, on twelve-stave paper, with (incorrect) note of authenticity at the foot of the final page: "Handschrift von Joh: Sebast. Bach Zeuge dessen F.W. Jähns, Königl Preuss: Musikdirektor" 4 pages, large folio, (32.5 x 21.5cms), Leipzig, shortly before 27 May 1725; paper strengthened at right-hand edge, a little paper-loss through ink deterioration, otherwise in good condition NOTE This is an important Bach rediscovery. The manuscript was last recorded as being auctioned by Otto Haas in London in 1935. It was formerly in the possession of Edward Speyer, the friend of Elgar, who died in 1934. The manuscript was not available for scrutiny by scholars and appears as among the 'lost' sources in the Neue Bach Ausgabe (I/15, 1965) and in the Kritischer Bericht (1968). Other original parts for this cantata, formerly in the possession of Bach's eldest son Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, were sold in these rooms on 11 November 1982 (Lot 6). Those parts included three untransposed continuo parts, none of which had figuring in Bach's hand, though they (and most of the other parts) had been reviewed by the composer. The autograph full score (which was once owned by Bach's second son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach), survives in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Mus. Ms. Bach P 81. There are a number of extremely interesting features about this new manuscript. First, the extent of Bach's work on the manuscript: Bach's annotations are present in practically every bar. While he often added his own personal motto at the end of the full scores of his cantatas, it is very unusual for him to do this at the foot of the separate parts. Perhaps its inclusion reflects the amount of work Bach himself devoted to this instrumental part. Secondly, uniquely, this part has the word "Coro" at the head of the manuscript (This is not present in the autograph full score). This word does not appear to be in either Bach's or the copyist's hand. The cantata was performed at least once later in Bach's career in Leipzig: there are markings in his later hand on this manuscript, notably the piano and forte marks. The other instrumental parts contain similar annotations. Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding was composed for Trinity Sunday 1725. It is scored for four-part chorus, two oboes, oboe da caccia, strings and bass. It is in six movements, an opening chorus, two recitatives, two arias and chorale. We should like to acknowledge the assistance of Dr Peter Wollny in the cataloguing of this manuscript.

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        May. 20, 2005

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £30,000 - £50,000

        Zweyter Theil der Clavier Ubung bestehend in einem Concerto nach Italienischen Gusto und einer Overture nach Französischer Art vor ein Clavicymbel mit zweyen Manualen...verfertiget von Johann Sebastian Bach, [Nuremberg:] In Verlegung Christoph Weigel Junioris, [1736] Condition Note: first edition, second issue, of the Italian Concerto BWV 971 and the French Overture [Partita in B minor] BWV 831, upright 4to (c.32.6 x 22cm), 27 pages, engraved music, a few later pencil annotations, early nineteenth-century gilt papered boards, title supplied in an early nineteenth-century manuscript facsimile, damp-staining, small tear to lower right-hand corner of p.17, slightly affecting engraved surface, last leaf torn and laid down We are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described in our catalogue. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Hoboken 93; BWV, p.634; RISM B 487 and BB 487; G. Kinsky, Die Originalausgaben der Werke Johann Sebastian Bachs (Vienna, etc., 1937), pp.29-33; Neue Bach Ausgabe, V /ii, 'Kritischer Bericht' (1981) by W. Emery & C. Wolff, pp. 13ff. G. Herz, Bach-Quellen in Amerika/Bach Sources in America (1984) CATALOGUE NOTE we have no record of the second part of the clavier-übung, containing some of bach's greatest works for keyboard, being offered for sale at auction during the last thirty years. Editions of Bach's works published during his lifetime are, in any event, of the greatest rarity; only some nine or ten were published at all. Clavier-Übung II is considerably rarer than Clavier-Übung I: of the fifteen copies located by the Neue Bach Ausgabe, only one is in America (Yale University) and there are none there in private hands. No autographs survive for either the Italian Concerto or the French Overture. Taken as a whole, the four parts of the Clavier-Übung represent the apogee of Bach's writing for the keyboard, whether for harpsichord, as in the case of Clavier-Übung I (1731), II (1735) and IV (1741-2), or for organ, as in Clavier-Übung III (1739). With the Concerto in the Italian Style, BWV 971, from the second part of the Clavier-Übung, Bach provided an example of the most up-to-date and fashionable style of writing in music. As Christoph Wolff in TNG observes, 'it embodies the ultimate stage in the process of transcribing instrumental concertos for keyboard, and stands in contrast to [the] Overture in the French Manner BWV 831 which, more markedly than the partitas, represents what was specifically French in harmony, rhythm, ornamentation and melodic invention'. In order to correct the very large number of errors contained in the first edition, a second issue was prepared which, according to Walter Emery, appeared before November 1736. The main differences concern the correction of the word 'verferdiget' (to 'verfertiget') in the title-page, and the re-engraving of pages 20-22, containing the courante, the two gavottes and the two passepieds. An indication that these alterations were made at Bach's instigation is provided by a copy of the first issue with Bach's manuscript corrections in the British Library.

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        May. 20, 2005

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £1,500 - £2,000

        Grosse Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelium Matthaei [vocal score], Berlin, Schlesinger, 1830 Condition Note: first edition, oblong 4to (c.24.5 x 33cms), [1], [1 (blank)], 190 pages, engraved throughout, list of subscribers (3 pages), plate number 1571 (corrected on p.157), publisher's stamp to title, modern quarter vellum, some performance markings in pencil (including for organ), ownership inscripion neatly cut from top outer corner of the title, affecting the engraved surface We are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described in our catalogue. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES RISM B 436; Hoboken 27 CATALOGUE NOTE The first edition of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, one of his supreme masterpieces, was published in the wake of the famous performance by Mendelssohn on 11 March 1829, the most important event in the Bach revival of the nineteenth century. The arrangement for the vocal score was made by Mendelssohn's friend A.B. Marx.

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Dec. 05, 2003

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £1,200 - £1,500

        DETAILED DESCRIPTION Exercices pour le Clavecin...Oeuvre ["I/ Partie 4"], Vienna, Hoffmeister: & Leipzig, au Bureau de musique, [1801] second edition of Partita no.4 in D, BWV 828, 19 pages, oblong 4to (c.24 x 33.5cms), title completed in manuscript ("I/ Partie 4"), engraved throughout, plate no.71, some staining and light foxing, spine reinforced

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Dec. 05, 2003

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £1,500 - £2,000

        DETAILED DESCRIPTION Studio o sia Tre [6] Sonate per il Violino solo senza Basso, Simrock: Bonn, [1802] first edition, 43 pages, 4to (c.28.5 x 24.2cm), engraved title and music, plate number 169, stitching holes, manuscript annotation to title, modern boards, trimmed by the binder, slightly affecting the engraved surface in a few places, some offsetting

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      • BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.
        Dec. 05, 2003

        BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN.

        Est: £1,800 - £2,000

        DETAILED DESCRIPTION Johann Sebastian Bachs vierstimmige Choralgesaenge gesammlet von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Erster Theil, Berlin and Leipzig: Birnstiel, 1765 first edition, 50 pages, oblong folio (c.20.4 x 32.4cm), preface, errata list at end, type-set music, book-seller's label on upper paste-down, a few manuscript annotations, manuscript label to cover, contemporary half calf, some staining and browning, tiny paper flaw to upper margin of preface, thumbed

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