Continental, 19th century. A volume of scarce German and Austrian editions of piano sheet music by composers Johann Sebastian Bach (German, 1685-1720), George Frideric Handel (German, 1685-1759), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian, 1756-1791), Franz Schubert (Austrian, d.1828), Carl Maria von Weber (German/British, 1786-1826), Johann Wenzel Tomaschek (Bohemian, 1774-1850), Carl Ludwig Heinrich Berger (German, 1777-1839), Ignaz Moscheles (Czech/ German, 1794-1870), Wilhelm Taubert (German, 1811-1891), Ferdinand Hiller (German, 1811-1885), Stephen Heller (Hungarian, 1813-1888), Sigismond Thalberg (Swiss, 1812-1871), Franz Liszt (Austrian, 1811-1886), and Robert Schumann (German, 1810-1856), owned, signed, and annotated by Boston pianist Otto Dresel (American/ German, 1826-1890). Volume comprising Fugue in A Minor and Chromatische Phantasie und Fuge in D Minor by Bach, both with fingering by Carl Reinecke, published in Leipzig by Breitkopf & Hartel in 1870; Fantasie in C Minor by Bach, published in Leipzig by C. F. Peters; Fantasie and Fugue in G Minor by Bach, edited by Franz Liszt, published in Stuttgart before 1879; Praeludium, Fuge und Allegro by Bach, edited by Carl Tausig, published in Berlin by T. Trautwein; Suiten fur Pianoforte by Handel, with fingering by G. Ad. Thomas, published in Leipzig by Kistner; Celebre Fantaisie in F minor by Mozart, arranged for piano by Theodor Kullak, published in Berlin by Schlesinger; Otto Dresel's own Transcriptions for the Piano with Two Minuets from Mozart's Symphony in G Minor, published in Boston by G.D. Russell & Company in 1864; Polonaise Opus 61 Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5 and Military Marches Opus 51 No. 1, Funeral Marches Opus 40 No. 5, Opus 40 Nos. 2, 3 and 6 by Schubert, arranged as solos by Dresel, published in Boston by G.D. Russell and Company in 1866; Konzertstück Opus 79 by Weber, edited by Hans von Bülow, published in Leipzig by Bartholf Senff; Six Rhapsodies Opus 41 by Thomaschek, published in Leipzig by C.F. Peters; Opus 7 in C Minor by Berger, published in Leipzig by Hofmeister before 1868; Opus 70 No.9 Etude by Moscheles, published in Boston by G.D. Russell and Company; Opus 95 by Moscheles, published in Leipzig by Kistner; Romance et Tarantelle Brillante by Moscheles, published in Leipzig by Hofmiester; La Nayade Opus 49 by Taubert, published in Berlin by Schlesinger; Deuz Impropmtus Brillans by Hiller, published in Leipzig by C. F. Peters before 1867; Trois Caprices Opus 20 No. 1 by Hiller, published in Leipzig by Hofmeister; Grande Valse Opus 29 No. 3 by Hiller, published in Leipzig by Hofmeister; Agitato Opus 66 by Hiller, published in Boston by G. D. Russell; Impromptu by Hiller, published in Leipzig by Kistner before 1867; Scherzo Opus 21 by Heller, published in Vienna by Pietro Mechetti; Tarantelle Opus 53 by Heller, published by Schlesinger; Valse Opus 62 No. 1 by Heller, published in Boston by Henry Tolman & Company; Scherzo Opus 31 by Thalberg, published in Berlin by Schlesinger before 1868; Polonaise Brillante Opus 72 edited by Liszt, published in Berlin by Schlesinger; Ave Maria by Schubert, edited by Liszt, published in Boston by Russell & Tolman; La Poste by Schubert, edited by Liszt, published in Boston by Oliver Ditson; Grandes Etudes de Paganini, edited for piano by Liszt, published in Leipzig by Breitkopf & Hartel before 1866; Fantasiestucke Opus 1 by Schumann, edited by Julius Schaeffer, published in Leipzig by Breitkopf & Hartel. Editions contained in a book with brown paper binding inscribed to front “Dresel / 328 Beacon Street”. Approximately 12.25” x 10.125” x 1.75”. Provenance: By descent from The Cawley Family, Boston, Massachusetts, to the Estate of Dr. Woody Cobbs and Mrs. Honor Cobbs, Atlanta, Georgia.

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