Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn and others
19^th-century manuscript compilation of vocal works by Mozart, Haydn, Spohr, Kreutzer and others, n.p. [Germany], n.d. [later 19^th century]
Including Mozart’s hugely popular ‘An Chloe’, pieces from Haydn’s Creation oratorio and a treatise on tuning pianos.

c.51 pieces scored for voice and piano on three three-stave systems per page. 174 pages, 240 x 310mm, ruled with 9-10 staves per page, titles and text in German, Italian and French. German quarter calf gilt, marbled boards.

Provenance:
(1) Antiquariat Holger Carlsen, Germany; acquired May 2016.

(2) Schøyen Collection, MS 5576.

Opening with the Mozart works, comprising K numbers: 473, 476, 519, 523, 524, 284d, 619, 295b, 468, 579, 518 and 441. Followed by 10 recitatives and arias from Die Schöpfung (Hob.XXI:2); then works by Louis Spohr, Conradin Kreutzer, Heinrich Proch, Anton Schmid and others, along with a treatise entitled 'Anleitung zum Stimmen des fortespianos'.