Celebrated Symphonies and Overtures of Joseph Haydn and George Frideric Handel.

HANDEL, George Frideric and Joseph Hayden.

$2,500.00

Item Number: 112946

London: I. Walsh, William Randall, C.S. Thompson, G. Walker, et al. Ossenbach sul Meno: Giovanni Andre, c. 1740-1815.

Rare collection of late 18th and early 19th century sheet music of the Celebrated Symphonies and Overtures of Joseph Haydn and George Frideric Handel. Quarto, bound in a variety of marbled wrappers and boards with some disbound. The collection includes Sei Quartetti concertanti per due Violini, Viola e Violoncello al Signor Giuseppe Haydn (Ossenbach Sul Meno: Giovanni Andre) Alexander’s Feast or The Power of Musick: An Ode Wrote in Honour of St. Cecilia By Mr. M. Dryden Set to Musick by Mr. Handel (London: J. Walsh), Six Overtures fitted to the Harpsicord or Spinnet Composed by Mr. Handel (London: J. Walsh), and Haydn’s Celebrated Symphonies Composed for and Performed at Mr. Saloman’s and The Opera Concerts adapted for the Piano Forte No. 5 (London: G. Walker), among others. In very good to near fine condition. A remarkable collection.

Born the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti, German, later British, composer George Frideric Handel is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era, with works such as Alexander's Feast, Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks remaining steadfastly popular. Austrian composer Joseph Hadyn's rivalling contributions to musical form earned him the epithets "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet". His earlier works were heavily influenced by Handel and he was a friend and mentor of Mozart, a tutor of Beethoven, and the older brother of composer Michael Haydn.