Andante for the piano forte, op. 42 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Andante for the piano forte, op. 42
  • Uniform Title Andante, piano, op. 42, G♭ major

Creator

  • Composer: Meyer, Leopold von, 1816-1883
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: Cramer, Beale & Co.
    Place of Publication: London, England
    Additional Info: 201 Regent Street & 67 Conduit Street. Plate no. 3843.

Date

  • Creation: 184X

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Musical score of "Andante for the piano forte", part of opus 42 by Leopold von Meyer.
  • Physical Description: 11 p. of music ; 35 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Piano music.
  • Keyword: music scores

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Collection

  • Name: Virtual Music Rare Book Room
    Code: VRBR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Music Library
    Code: UNTML

Rights

  • Rights Statement: VRBR - Virtual Music Rare Book Room

Resource Type

  • Musical Score/Notation

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • UNT Catalog No.: b3812600
  • OCLC: 501019287
  • Call Number: M22 .M58
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc39264

Note

  • Display Note: Title as it appears in the t.p.: Andante for the piano forte, op.42, composed and dedicated to G.A. Osborne by his friend Léopold de Meyer.
  • Display Note: The Austrian composer and pianist von Meyer, had a successful performance career in Russia, eastern Europe and Vienna and also achieved success in London and Paris. He visited the United States on October 1845 and his histrionic performance style and bravura showpieces were received with wide acclaim.
  • Display Note: This piece was dedicate to George Alexander Osborne (1806-1893), an Irish pianist and composer whose concerts in Paris attracted the most fashionable audiences and eminent musicians of the period, among them Chopin and Berlioz.
  • Display Note: "Andante for the piano forte" is part of a bound collection of piano pieces composed by von Meyer that also includes fantasies on famous nineteenth-century operas, variations, national airs, marches, valses, an etude and nocturnes. These are the titles of all the piano pieces by von Meyer in the order in which they appear in the library's collection: Lucrezia Borgia: introduction and brilliant variations for the piano forte; Variations sur un theme de Semiramis de Rossini, op.37; Fantaisie sur L'Elixir d'amore, op.32; Fantaisie sur Norma de Bellini, op. 40; Fantaisie sur un air de Bellini; Le carnaval de Venise, varié pour le piano, op.31; Grande fantaisie orientale sur deux themes arabes, op.38; Fantaisie sur Les Hirondelles de Felicien David; Airs russes: fantaisie pour le piano forte, op.43; Marche marocaine Machmudier: air guerrier national [sic] des turcs [sic]; Grande march [sic] triomphale D'Isly, op.30; Hortense: notturno for the piano forte; Andante for the piano forte, op.42; Bajazeth: air nationale des turques; Grande etude de bataille, op.35; Quatre morceaux pour le piano forte: no.1 Le depart et le retour (deux noturnes); no.2 Airs russes, op.20; no.3 Valses brillantes; no.4 Grand gallop de bravoure.
  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Omniscan creationAppVersion: 11 creationHardware: Zeutschel OS 10000
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