Liszt, Franz. (1811–1886) [Moscheles, Ignaz. (1794–1870)]. Etudes d’exécution transcendante pour le Piano - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY TO MOSCHELES. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. [1852]. First edition. Upright folio (26 x 32 cm), 2 volumes in one. 54, 55 pp. Engraved. [PN] 8484-8485. Inscribed on the title page "I. Moscheles / son affectionné / F Liszt / Weymar 21 Nov 52.“ Red cloth binding, embossed in gilt ("Etudes pour le Piano / Liszt"). Pagination in ink added upper right corner through the second volume, a few markings in pencil possibly in the hand of Moscheles, scattered light foxing, overall in fine condition.
The Transcendental Études S. 139 are revisions of the composer's earlier Douze Grandes Études. This third and final version is dedicated to Carl Czerny, Liszt's piano teacher, and himself a prolific composer of études. The present copy is inscribed to the important Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso Ignaz Moscheles, who visited Liszt in Weimar in November of 1852 during Liszt's "Berlioz weeks," in which both he and Berlioz lead performances. An extraordinary association copy.
The Transcendental Études S. 139 are revisions of the composer's earlier Douze Grandes Études. This third and final version is dedicated to Carl Czerny, Liszt's piano teacher, and himself a prolific composer of études. The present copy is inscribed to the important Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso Ignaz Moscheles, who visited Liszt in Weimar in November of 1852 during Liszt's "Berlioz weeks," in which both he and Berlioz lead performances. An extraordinary association copy.
Liszt, Franz. (1811–1886) [Moscheles, Ignaz. (1794–1870)]. Etudes d’exécution transcendante pour le Piano - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY TO MOSCHELES. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. [1852]. First edition. Upright folio (26 x 32 cm), 2 volumes in one. 54, 55 pp. Engraved. [PN] 8484-8485. Inscribed on the title page "I. Moscheles / son affectionné / F Liszt / Weymar 21 Nov 52.“ Red cloth binding, embossed in gilt ("Etudes pour le Piano / Liszt"). Pagination in ink added upper right corner through the second volume, a few markings in pencil possibly in the hand of Moscheles, scattered light foxing, overall in fine condition.
The Transcendental Études S. 139 are revisions of the composer's earlier Douze Grandes Études. This third and final version is dedicated to Carl Czerny, Liszt's piano teacher, and himself a prolific composer of études. The present copy is inscribed to the important Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso Ignaz Moscheles, who visited Liszt in Weimar in November of 1852 during Liszt's "Berlioz weeks," in which both he and Berlioz lead performances. An extraordinary association copy.
The Transcendental Études S. 139 are revisions of the composer's earlier Douze Grandes Études. This third and final version is dedicated to Carl Czerny, Liszt's piano teacher, and himself a prolific composer of études. The present copy is inscribed to the important Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso Ignaz Moscheles, who visited Liszt in Weimar in November of 1852 during Liszt's "Berlioz weeks," in which both he and Berlioz lead performances. An extraordinary association copy.