G. Rossini, "La gazza ladra" and 3 volumes of ballets, overtures and dances arranged for piano, c.1820

Property of the Trustees of the Sandys Trust removed from Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

ROSSINI, GIOACHINO

La gazza ladra [a mixed edition], Milan: Ricordi (Naples, Girard and others), c.1817-1822; with  Meyerbeer, Mozart, etc, 1820s

a largely complete score of 16 separate numbers arranged for piano solo, including [#1] Gran Sinfonia (first edition, plate no.333), [#2] Introduzione, (no.269, Girard?), [#3] Cavatina (no.355/554); [#5] Cavatina (no.743), [#4] Cavatina (no.270), [#6] Coro (271), [#5] Coro (272), [#7] Duetto (273), [#8] Cavatina (274), [#9] Terzetto/ Maestoso (357), [#10] Finale Pmo (275); [#11] Duetto Forse un dì (795), [#13] Duetto Ebben per mia memoria (793), [#12] Aria (276), [#15] Coro e Quintetto (277), [#17] Finale IIdo (278), 16 items in one, oblong 4to, title pages for the Ricordi editions ("Ca di Sa Margherita No 1118"), [numbers follow Gossett (1970), pp 358ff & 579; IT\ICCU\MUS\0309597]—together with 2- and 4-hand arrangements of overtures by Meyerbeer (Emma von Resburgo), Spontini (La vestale), Cherubini, Paer, Handel, Winter, Mozart and Mercadante (4 numbers from Elisa e Claudio); ballet music by Gallenberg, Carafa, Gioja and Carlini, Naples: Girard, and Viennese waltzes and Ländler, Vienna: Artaria,

4 volumes, oblong 4to, engraved music, contemporary vellum- or calf-backed boards, red-gilt & green-gilt labels of Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire (1788-1845) and his daughters “The Ladies Hill” (ie Lady Charlotte and Lady Mary Hill), see also Lot 69.