Trois Nocturnes POUR LE PIANO dédiés à son

15–1a-Sm
Trois NocturnesPOURLE PIANOdédiés à son amiFerdinand HillerPARFrédéric Chopin.Op. 15. «A PARIS, Chez
MAURICE SCHLESINGER Rue Richelieu 97.M. S. 1529.
Contents
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7 leaves: p. [i] engr ITP, pp. [ii, 1] blank, pp. 2–11 engr text, p. [12] blank.
p. 2: F. CHOPIN. Op: 15. «TROIS NOCTURNES.
p. 2: 1  NOCTURNE.; p. 6: 2  NOCTURNE.; p. 9: 3  NOCTURNE.
p. 2: F. Chopin. Op: 15. « M. S. 1529. » Maurice Schlesinger rue de Richelieu N 97.; pp. 3–5, 7–10: M.S. 1529.; p.
6: » M. S. 1529.; p. 11: Maurice Schlesinger rue de Richelieu N 97. « M. S. 1529.
Comments
Special impression within album containing eight separately paginated works. PD: 20/12/1833. Description identical
to 15–1-Sm. Both copies of volume contain same version of Chopin’s Nocturne – hence their classification together
here. Prices of individual works in the E-VALm copy appear to have been removed from the plates although traces
remain on all constituent ITPs. In the GB-Lbl copy, however, the prices were crudely rubbed out after printing.
Copies
E-VALm
GB-Lbl
Im 84 – 330 x 255 mm (v). Copy within album containing 69 leaves: pp. [iiv] flyleaves, p. [v] engr ATP: ‘Album des PianistesMorceaux INÉDITS
composés par M.M. CHOPIN, JOHN CRAMER,JACQUES HERZ, HILLER, KALKBRENNERMOSCHELES, PIXIS,F. HÜNTEN.Orné du portrait
de M. F. Chopin.7 annéeparis, Chez Maurice Schlesinger, Editeur, R. Richelieu, 97.’, pp. [vi, vii] blank, p. [viii] lith portrait of Chopin (signed
‘Vigneron. 1833. « » Lith. de Engelmann.’, accompanied by imprint ‘F. CHOPIN.Paris, Maurice SchlesingerRue Richelieu, 97.’); then follow: Chopin,
‘Trois Nocturnes’ Op. 15 (7 leaves; see description above); F. Kalkbrenner, ‘Les Soupirs, deux Romances’ Op. 121 (7 leaves: p. [i] engr ITP, pp. [ii, 1]
blank, pp. [2–11] engr text, p. [12] blank; plate number M.S. 1536.); I. Moscheles, ‘Impromptu’ Op. 89 (6 leaves: p. [i] engr ITP, p. [ii] blank, pp. [1–9]
engr text, p. 10 [blank]; plate number M.S. 1527. except pp. 8 & 9: M. S. 1327.); J. P. Pixis, ‘Second Caprice dramatique sur des motifs de Ludovic
d’Hérold et Halévy’ Op. 125 (10 leaves: p. [i] engr ITP, p. [ii] blank, pp. [1–17] engr text, p. [18] blank; plate number M.S. 1501.); F. Hiller, ‘La
Sérénade, Prélude, Romance et Final’ Op. 11 (7 leaves: p. [i] engr ITP, pp. [ii, 1] blank, pp. [2–12] engr text; plate number M.S. 1506.); J. B. Cramer,
‘Fantaisie sur des motifs favoris d’Euryanthe de Weber’ (7 leaves: p. [i] engr ITP, p. [ii] blank, pp. [1–11] engr text, p. [12] blank; plate number M.S.
1502.); F. Hünten, ‘Fantaisie sur trois Motifs favoris de l’Opéra Ludovic’ Op. 57 (8 leaves: p. [i] engr ITP, pp. [ii, 1] blank, pp. [2–13] engr text, p. [14]
blank; plate number M.S. 1512.); J. Herz, ‘Grand Rondo brillant sur deux Thèmes favoris de Ludovic’ Op. 25 (11 leaves: p. [i] engr ITP, pp. [ii, 1] blank,
pp. [2–19] engr text, p. [20] blank; plate number M.S. 1530.); pp. [ixxii] flyleaves. ATP: dedication ‘Siostrze mojej Kochanej Ludwice Jędrzejewiczowej
Paryż 1844. F. Chopin.’. Cover (white silk over card decorated with gold ornamental motifs): p. [i] ‘Albumdes Pianistes’, pp. [ii–iv] blank.
Tyson P.M.118.(1.) – 320 x 250 mm (v). Copy within album containing 63 leaves only (description identical to E-VALm copy except original cover,
flyleaves, ATP and lith portrait of Chopin missing). Shelfmark of entire album is Tyson P.M.118.(1.–8.); ‘(1.)’ in shelfmark above refers specifically to
Nocturne. Personal stamp ‘ANNETTE’ on second of four non-original flyleaves.