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Price: $600.00 |
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MUSICAL QUOTATION MINT CONDITION, LIGHT FOXING TO THE LITHOGRAPH |
HENRI HERZ - PIANIST |
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Autographed 3 bar 6.5” x 10” musical quotation in waltz time, Paris 16 October, 1856 on a staved album leaf. We offer with an original 8” x 10” period lithograph printed by Breitkopf und Härtel of Leipzig from an original drawing by Grevedon and lithograph by Remy. Herz (1803-1888) won first prize at the Conservatoire in 1818 and had embarked on a highly successful touring career playing his own virtuosic variations on many popular operas and themes of the day. He also wrote several piano concertos as well as chamber works and many solo pieces. 14 years later, he reached the United States and displaced the bombastic Leopold de Meyer with his keyboard elegance. His travels are documented in an autobiographical work entitled, Mes voyages en Amérique published in Paris, 1866. Herz was also a highly successful teacher, at times working 14 or more hours per day with his pupils and with his brother ran a piano manufacturing company. A superb and rare pairing suitable for framing!
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