Neue Lieder geselliger Freude. Herausgegeben von Joh. Friedr. Riechardt. Erstes Heft [of 2]

  • Leipzig: Gerhard Fleischer dem Jüngern, 1799
By REICHARDT, Johann Friedrich 1752-1814
Leipzig: Gerhard Fleischer dem Jüngern, 1799. Octavo. Later marbled boards with original publisher's light green wrappers with titling with decorative border to upper bound in.

1f. (recto blank, verso frontispiece), 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. ("Inhalt des ersten Hefts"), 1f. (recto part-title, verso blank), [3]-76 pp. text to 25 songs interleaved with music to each, most folding. Some leaves printed on light green paper.

Frontispiece engraving by C.F. Stoelzel after "Schnoor v. K" dated 1799.

Bookplate with musical motif and initials "MS" to free front endpaper with manuscript inscription "an Barbara Wolff zur Erinnerung au ihren alter Lehrer MS ..."

Binding slightly worn, rubbed, browned, and bumped; minor warping, edges dusty. Minor internal wear, browning, and soiling.

A very good, crisp copy overall. First Edition. RISM Recueils Imprimés XVIIIe Siècle p. 255. A second volume was published in 1804.

Reichardt composed approximately 1,500 songs on texts by many contemporary poets; those represented in the present volume include Baggesen, Bevisch, Bornhard, Ebendenselben, Gabler, Goethe, Haug, Himmel, Kunzen, Mahlmann, Naumann, Rust, Schulz, Stollberg, Tiedge, Voss, and Zelter.

"The songs ... cover a range of styles probably unsurpassed until Schubert, whom he influenced considerably." E. Eugene Helm, revised by Günter Hartungcover in Grove Music Online

A charming work.

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