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MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS Overtura dell'opera Die Zauberflöte per clavicembalo o fortf piano...[and: Arie...aus der neuen Opera Die Zauberflöte], Vienna: Artaria [...und Mainz], Compagni, [1791-1792] FIRST EDITION, [vocal score], 23 (of 24) separate numbers, mostly first issues, oblong 4to (c.23.5 x 34cm), comprising the overture, arias, duets, ensembles, march and choruses, engraved throughout, publisher's numbers to titles and plates (94-116; lacking no. 105: 'Ach ich Fühl'), watermarks "GFA", "SOTO IPERIAL" & 3 crescent moons, later marbled wrappers with manuscript label ("Arien aus Mozart's Zauberflöte") and pencilled pagination (1-126), contemporary ownership inscription to item 15 (“Mensurati[paraph]”; together with, loosely inserted, manuscripts of 2 arias in early Viennese (?) copies, both signed Die Zauberflöte was first performed on 2 September 1791, only a few months before Mozart's death on 5 December. The opera achieved great popularity, and three leading Viennese publishers scrambled to bring out the most popular numbers, Artaria leading the way. He advertised two items (publisher's numbers 94 & 95) on 23 November 1791 and had brought out a substantial proportion of the opera by the end of the year. He published 24 numbers in all, but not the complete opera, omitting parts of both finales. He also brought out many reissues, attempting to undercut his rivals, and the chronology of the competing publications among the Viennese publishers is notoriously complex. Artaria's publications include the first editions of many individual numbers, although some were issued contemporaneously with Kozeluch's (see Hoboken and Haberkamp p.360). This volume contains the following 23 numbers; the earliest is probably no.15, Sarastro's 'In diesen heil’gen Hallen' (Artaria's "No 95"), published in Mozart's lifetime, which bears the owner's inscription. 1) Overtura [no.] 377, priced at 24Xr, Haberkamp's 1st issue, [Hoboken 510], 1792 2) Aria Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja, Samlung von Arien Nro 97, captioned ‘Aria’ above music, priced at 6xr, 1st issue, [Hoboken 511], 1791 3) Das Bildnis ist bezabernd schön…Nro 109…Cum Prov.S.C.M. 15xr, captioned ‘Aria’ above the music, 1st issue, [Hoboken 513], 1792, with, loosely inserted, an early Viennese manuscript of the aria signed by the scribe, 4 pages, 10-stave paper watermarked "G A" and 3 crescent moons . 4) Arie mit Recitativ Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren…Nro 110...Cum Priv. S.C.M. 20xr, [with: O zittre nicht], 1st issue, [Hoboken 515], 1792 5) Terzetto Du feines Täubchen nur herein…Nro 102…10.x., 1st issue, [Hoboken 517], 1791 6) Duet Bey Männern welche Liebe Fühlen, Für das Klavier aus der neuen Opera Die Zauberflöte…No.94…10xr, 2nd issue, [Haberkamp. p.370; Hoboken 519], 1791 7) Terzetto Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn…Nro 103…10.x., 1st issue, [cf Hoboken 521], 1791 8) Aria wie stark is nicht dein Zauber-ton…Nro 107…10x, 1st issue, [Hoboken 523], 1791 9) Glockenspiel, und Coro, dunn Duetto zwischen Pamina und Papagena…Nro 100…8.x., 1st issue, [Hoboken 525], 1791 10) Marsch für das Clavier…Nro 106…16x, 1st issue, [cf Hoboken 527], 1791 11) Aria O Isis und Osiris…No 116…10x, 1st issue, [Hoboken 529], 1792 12) Duetto Bewahret euch für Weiber Tücke…Nro 101….6.x., 1st issue, [Hoboken 531]. 1791 13) Aria alles fühlt der Liebe freuden…Nro 99…10 X, 1st issue, [Hoboken 533], 1791 14) Aria der Hölle Rache Kocht in meinem Herzen...Nro 108...15Xr, 1st issue, [Hoboken 535], 1792 15) Arie In diesen heil’gen Hallen Kennt Man die Rache nicht, Für das Klavier aus der neuen Opera Die Zauberflöte...No 95...10 x., ownership inscription to title, 1st issue (some fissures to the plates), [Hoboken 537], 1791 16) Aria Ein Mädchen, oder Weibchen...Nro 98...10Xr. 2nd issue, bound out of sequence, [Haberkamp, p.375; Hoboken 545], 1791; with, loosely inserted, an early Viennese manuscript of the aria signed at the end ("F. Weißmayer"), 4 pages, 10-stave paper watermarked "A M" with 3 crescent moons. 17) Aria Seit un