FREISCHÜTZ - FIVE WALTZES
Freyschütz Walzer für das Piano=Forte: Nos. 182, 183, 184, 185, 186.
B. Schott Söhnen.: Mainz, [c 1822]. Pl.n: 1726 [No. 184 only]. Octavo. 3 pp. (each waltz). Disbound. Some spotting throughout but overall crisp copies in good condition. (No. 185 with an uneven edge to p. 3, not affecting.).A set of five unattributed waltzes based on music from Weber's Der Freischütz. All but one title page with a small vignette related to the opera. These were published just one year after the opera's premiere, a testament to the work's immense popularity.
MUS-14864$150Published in or about 1822, based on plate number (which is printed only on Waltz No. 184).