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Kozeluch, Leopold (1747-1818)

Six piano sonatas and two piano concertos.

London, 1780s - 1790s. Early editions. Engraved. Quarto. Disbound but retains original leather spine. Music in excellent condition; particularly crisp and clean for age. Spine cracked and chipping. Additional condition notes below.
A crisp volume containing early editions of six piano sonatas and two piano concertos by the Czech composer-pianist, who was one of Vienna's most popular musicians at the close of the eighteenth century:

1. Three Sonatas for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte. Op. 1. Longman & Broderip: London, [c. 1783]. 37 pp.

2. Three Sonatas for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte. Op. 2. Longman & Broderip: London, [c. 1783]. 34 pp.

3. Trois Sonates pour le Clavecin ou le Piano Forte, accompangèes d'un Violon et d'un Violoncelle. Opera III. Longman & Broderip: London, [c. 1785]. 33 pp. Sonata I with occasional light bleed through and some penciled fingerings; Sonata II, pp. 14-17 with marginal stains and pp. 19-24 with marginal tears at bottom (some repaired; just affecting bass line on pp. 19-20); Sonata III, p. 33 with tears at vertical plate lines (music remains legible).

4. A Favorite Concerto, for the Harpsichord or Piano-Forte with Accompaniments, No. 3. (Parts indicated). J. Bland: London, [1795]. 17 pp. Pl.n. "Kozeluch's 3d Con." Uneven right margin, p. 17 (not affecting).

5. A Favorite Concerto, for the Harpsichord or Piano-Forte with Accompaniments, No. 6 (the 6 is handwritten). (Parts indicated). Birchall & Andrews: London, [1790]. 17 pp. (paginated 52-68). Unidentifiable initials in a contemporaneous hand on title page.

6. Three Grand Sonatas for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte. Op. 14 or 17. J. Bland: London. [c. 1800]. 28 pp. Pl.n. "Kozeluch, Op: 14".

7. Three Sonatas for the Piano-Forte or Harpsichord with accompaniments for the Violin and Violoncello. Op. XXVII. Longman & Broderip: London. 35 pp.

8. Three Sonatas for the Harpsichord or Piano-forte, Composed & Dedicated to Mr. Clementi. Op. 35. J. Bland: London, [1791]. 25 pp. Signed by former (original?) owner on title page (not affecting).

That Kozeluch was held in high regard by his contemporaries is evidenced by the many ways in which his career shadowed that of Mozart: he was offered Mozart's old court organist appointment in Salzburg in 1781 (but refused it for fear of being similarly mistreated there) and, upon Mozart's death, his Kammer Kappellmeister and Hofmusik Compositor positions at the Viennese court. Kozeluch accepted the latter two and held them until his own death in 1818.
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