Quintett für Pianoforte 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello Clara Schumann geb. Wieck zugeeignet ... Op. 44. Eigenthum der Verleger. Pr: 3 Thlr ... 6899 ... Eingetrugen in das Vereinsarchiv. [Parts]

  • Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 6899 ], 1843
By SCHUMANN, Robert 1810-1856
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 6899 ], 1843. Folio. Sewn. 1f. (recto lithographic title with decorative border printed in purple, verso:blank), 3-31, [i] (blank) pp. String parts in plain paper wrappers with manuscript titling to uppers. 10 ,10, 10, 10 pp., each with early owner's signature of "J. Henrigues." Engraved throughout.

Publisher's small circular stamp to lower margin of title.

Some wear and minor marginal staining; soiling, creasing, and minor fraying to lower outer corners of piano part; one corner with old paper repair. First Edition, probable later issue. Scarce. Hofmann pp. 102-03. McCorkle p. 194. Hoboken 15, 84.

The Piano Quintet "... remains one of Schumann's most enduringly popular compositions. ... [It] was hailed in Berlin where Clara appeared during the 1846-1847 season of the Singakademie, as 'one of the most important works of its kind since Beethoven." Daverio: Robert Schumann. Herald of a "New Poetic Age," p. 256.

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