Shelfmark
Ibb5.5.33(07)
Author
Uniform title
[Winterreise. Post; arranged]
Title
Homage to Schubert. No. 14, Postman's horn is sounding near / adapted by S. Heller.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Postman's horn is sounding near
Varying form of title
Caption title: Poste
Varying form of title
Post
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Wessel & Co. Importers & Publishers of foreign music ... No. 67, Frith Street, Corner of Soho Square, [between 1846 and 1856?]
Physical description
1 score (5 p.) ; 35 cm.
Series statement
(The triumvirate or Homage to Schubert : Wessel & Co.'s collection of the admired "Lieder ohne Worte" or "Songs without words" transcribed for the piano forte from the vocal compositions of Francois Schubert by Stephen Heller, Frans. Liszt and Charles Czerny ; no. 14)
Language
Staff notation.
Note
Title from caption.
Note
Publication date range based on information in Charles Humphries and William C. Smith, Music publishing in the British Isles (London, 1954).
Note
Arranged for piano; originally for voice and piano.
Note
Includes publisher's catalogue on p. [1], titled "A catalogue of easy piano-forte music, waltzes & quadrilles, published by Wessel & Co."
Note
Title on series title page: "The triumvirate or Homage to Schubert. No. 14 of Wessel & Co.'s collection ... by Stephen Heller, Frans. Liszt and Charles Czerny. No. 14. The Postman's horn is sounding near (Die Post)".
Provenance
Ms. inscription in black ink on the caption, reading: "Louisa Deare".
Provenance
Hand-coloured decorative bookplate on front pastedown, inscribed "Louisa" with the letter "s" crossed out.
Binding
19th century half brown calf over marbled paper boards; gilt roll decoration on leather edges; gilt fillets, titling, and ornamentation on spine; blank endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Bound with a collection of 29 19th century piano works by composers such as Czerny, Oesten, Hünten, Herz, Jullien, Burgmüller, Benedict, and Donizetti. Contents include waltzes, galops, opera transcriptions, and salon music, published between ca. 1830 and 1876.
Subject
Piano music, Arranged.
Genre/Form
Scores.
Genre/Form
Arrangements (Music)
Added entry--name
Deare, Louisa former owner.
Added entry--name
Heller, Stephen, 1813 - 1888 arranger.
Added entry--name
Wessel & Co. (Music publisher) publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B54386