Stabat Mater, Op. 38

Description

Autograph manuscript (96 pages) of Sigismond Neukomm's 'Stabat mater', Op. 38 for four-part choir (SATB) arranged into two choruses. The title page reads 'Stabat mater / composé par quatre voix / en deux choeurs [inserted later] / sans accompagnement / et dedié / à / Son Excellence Monsieur / le Comte de Palmella / Ministre-Secrétaire d'Etat / de Sa Majesté Tres Fidelle / par / son très humble et très obéissant / serviteur le Chevalier / Sigismond Neukomm.'The manuscript includes annotations by the composer that do not appear in the published edition. he work was published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1823. The “Comte de Palmella” was Pedro de Sousa Holstein (1781-1850), a Portuguese statesman who had represented his country at the Congress of Vienna, which is probably where he first met the composer.

Provenance

Purchased by W. T. Freemantle as lot 182 in the Puttick and Simpson sale of 30-31 July, 1873. T

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