Brown 14 - Chopin Early Editions

V A RIA TI O N S , B rown 1 4
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VARIATIONS IN E MAJOR
(‘Der Schweitzerbub’)
Brown 14
Paris: Richault (10869) 1851
Vienna: Haslinger (8148) 1851
London: Cocks (9728) 1852
Composed 1824
Brown 14
Chominski & Turlo 117
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Vienna: Haslinger (8148) [= 1851]
B14-Ha-1
M27.C54 V3
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VARIATIONS | sur | un Air national allemand | pour le | Pianoforte |
composées | par | FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN. | Oeuvre posthume. | Propriété des Editeurs. |
N"o 8148. « Enrégistré dans l’Archive de l’Union. » Prix 45 x C.M. |
VIENNE, | chez Charles Haslinger quondam Tobie, | Marchand de Musique etc. de la Cour Imp. et Royale. |
Leipsic, chez B. Hermann. | Londres, chez R. Cocks & C o. « Milan, chez Jean Ricordi. »
Paris, chez Simon Richault.
6 leaves (340 x 265 mm): pp. [1] engr title page, [2, 3] blank, 4–11 engr music, [12] blank.
caption title: p. 4, ‘Chopin Fr. Oeuvre posthume. «’.
footline: p. 4, ‘(8148.) | Eigenthum und Verlag der k.k. Hof- Kunst- und Musikalienhandlung des
Tobias Haslinger in Wien.’; pp. 5–11, ‘T.H. 8148.’.
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stamps: none.
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1. Date: first-edition inference (date code fe).
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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel (C.XIII.34) 1880
B14-BH-1
M27.C54 V32
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Friedr. Chopin’s | Werke. | Band XIII. | Nachgelassene Pianoforte Werke |
No.
M Pf
[list of Band XIII Nr. 1–33]
34. Variationen (Schweizerbub). E dur.
— 60
[list of Band XIII Nr. 35]
Band XIII in 2 brosch. Bänden. Bd. I. Nr. 1–26. Pr. M 5.70. n. Eleg. geb. Pr. M 7.70. n. |
Bd. II Nr. 27–35. Pr. M 4.80. n. Eleg. geb. Pr. M 6.80. n. | Verlag von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig.
4 leaves (338 x 270 mm): pp. [1] lith title page [series title in red], 2–7 lith music, [8] advt.
caption title: p. 2, ‘Chopin’s Werke. « VARIATIONEN ÷ über ein Deutsches Nationallied ÷
für das Pianoforte ÷ von ÷ FRIEDRICH CHOPIN. ÷ Nachgelassenes Werk » Band XIII. N o. 34. |
Componirt 1824.’.
footline: p. 2, ‘Stich und Druck von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. « C.XIII.34. » Ausgegeben 1880.’;
pp. 3–7, ‘C.XIII.34.’.
advt: p. [8], ‘FRIEDRICH CHOPIN’S WERKE. | Erste kritisch durchgesehene Gesammtausgabe |
Verlag von BREITKOPF & HÄRTEL in Leipzig.’. Chopin works are listed in 14 volumes.
At the foot is ‘(IV)’.
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stamps: publisher, style BH/L.
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1. Date: Note the explicit publication date in the footline.
2. This score is from Breitkopf & Härtel’s collected edition of 1878–80, edited by Bargiel, Brahms,
Franchomme, Liszt, Reinecke, and Rudorff (Chominski & Turlo, pp. 257–58).