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Czerny, Carl. (1791 - 1857). Signed Contract for a Thalberg Arrangement . Signed contract for his arrangement of Thalberg's Opus 70. Vienna, 24 October, 1855. 1 p. 4to. Czerny accepts the sum of 440 francs from C.A. Spina « pour l’arrangement à 4 mains de l’Œuvre 70 de Mr S. Thalberg » and " « cède la propriété de cet arrangement pour tous les pays à Mrs Heugel et Comp. éditeurs de musique à Paris (au ménestrel) ». Usual folds, small tear affecting one letter, edges worns, else fine.



Sigismund Thalberg (1812-1871) wrote a number of transcriptions of vocal numbers from works of Beethoven, Bellini, Stradella, Pergolesi, and Mozart for his Op. 70 "The Art of Singing Applied to the Piano." The present agreement concerns the arrangement of these famous works for piano four hands from the highly influential Austrian pianist, composer and teacher.



Czerny studied with Muzio Clementi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Antonio Salieri and Ludwig van Beethoven and gave the 1812 Vienna premiere of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor". Later, he was himself one of the most importnt teachers of the 19th century, and his students included not only Thalberg, but also Stephen Heller, Alfred Jaëll, Theodor Leschetizky, Theodor Kullak, Theodor Döhler, and most notably, Franz Liszt.

Czerny, Carl. (1791 - 1857) Signed Contract for a Thalberg Arrangement

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Czerny, Carl. (1791 - 1857). Signed Contract for a Thalberg Arrangement . Signed contract for his arrangement of Thalberg's Opus 70. Vienna, 24 October, 1855. 1 p. 4to. Czerny accepts the sum of 440 francs from C.A. Spina « pour l’arrangement à 4 mains de l’Œuvre 70 de Mr S. Thalberg » and " « cède la propriété de cet arrangement pour tous les pays à Mrs Heugel et Comp. éditeurs de musique à Paris (au ménestrel) ». Usual folds, small tear affecting one letter, edges worns, else fine.



Sigismund Thalberg (1812-1871) wrote a number of transcriptions of vocal numbers from works of Beethoven, Bellini, Stradella, Pergolesi, and Mozart for his Op. 70 "The Art of Singing Applied to the Piano." The present agreement concerns the arrangement of these famous works for piano four hands from the highly influential Austrian pianist, composer and teacher.



Czerny studied with Muzio Clementi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Antonio Salieri and Ludwig van Beethoven and gave the 1812 Vienna premiere of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor". Later, he was himself one of the most importnt teachers of the 19th century, and his students included not only Thalberg, but also Stephen Heller, Alfred Jaëll, Theodor Leschetizky, Theodor Kullak, Theodor Döhler, and most notably, Franz Liszt.