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[Viotti, Giovanni Battista. (1755-1824)] Libon, Philippe. (1775-1838). Trente Caprices Pour un Violon seul...Op. 15 - Dedicated to Viotti. Paris: Bezzosi [sic; recte "Besozzi"]. Disbound upright folio. Engraved. 12.75 x 9.75 inches (32.3 x 24.6 cm). 32 pp. PN 20. Hand stamp "Besozzi" to title (confirming that the publisher's name is misprinted). Some foxing, gutter damp stained, ink stain to title; else in very good condition.
A collection of virtuosic studies, dedicated to Giovanni Battista Viotti, for solo violin with increasing degree of difficulty; the final "caprice" is a fugue. The composer was born in Spain (as Felipe Libon), studied with Viotti in London and held positions in Portugal and Spain before he settled in Paris in 1800. The publisher styles himself "1ere Flûte de la Chapelle du Roi et du Théâtre Royal de l'Opéra Comique," which allows to identify him as Henri Besozzi (1775-after 1814), son of the much better known Gaetano Besozzi (1725/27-1798). The Besozzis were a large family of musicians of Italian origin. Little is known about Henri Besozzi and even less about his publishing business.
[Viotti, Giovanni Battista. (1755-1824)] Libon, Philippe. (1775-1838). Trente Caprices Pour un Violon seul...Op. 15 - Dedicated to Viotti. Paris: Bezzosi [sic; recte "Besozzi"]. Disbound upright folio. Engraved. 12.75 x 9.75 inches (32.3 x 24.6 cm). 32 pp. PN 20. Hand stamp "Besozzi" to title (confirming that the publisher's name is misprinted). Some foxing, gutter damp stained, ink stain to title; else in very good condition.
A collection of virtuosic studies, dedicated to Giovanni Battista Viotti, for solo violin with increasing degree of difficulty; the final "caprice" is a fugue. The composer was born in Spain (as Felipe Libon), studied with Viotti in London and held positions in Portugal and Spain before he settled in Paris in 1800. The publisher styles himself "1ere Flûte de la Chapelle du Roi et du Théâtre Royal de l'Opéra Comique," which allows to identify him as Henri Besozzi (1775-after 1814), son of the much better known Gaetano Besozzi (1725/27-1798). The Besozzis were a large family of musicians of Italian origin. Little is known about Henri Besozzi and even less about his publishing business.