Salon music

[musiclife217]

Musiclife, thank you so much, I like playing drawing-room music and this is delightful.

You are all very welcome!

[Phillip210]

Musiclife, thank you so much, I like playing drawing-room music and this is delightful.

I second that - there is a lot of music in this collection that was unfamiliar to me.

[musiclife217]

Musiclife, thank you so much, I like playing drawing-room music and this is delightful.

I second that - there is a lot of music in this collection that was unfamiliar to me.

This was the 3rd of three volumes. I will see what I can do about the others!

[fredbucket]

The Bavarian Library has released a number of scans of the music of Franz Hünten. I've uploaded them here since it is not clear from the BSB entries what pieces they are...

Hünten - op. 6 Sechs angenehme und leichte Piecen.pdf

Hünten - op. 7 Rondo alla Pollacca.pdf

Hünten - op. 9 Variationen über Wenn mir dein Auge strahlet.pdf

Hünten - op. 10 Grosse Variationen über Es kann ja nicht immer so bleiben.pdf

Hünten - op. 12 Elegante und leichte Variationen über den Alexandermarsch.pdf

Hünten - op. 13 Variationen über Nur noch ein Walzer.pdf

Hünten - op. 15 rondoletto (bsb).pdf

Hünten - op. 27 Variationen über e Tyroler Arie.pdf

Hünten - op. 29 Fantasie über e Thema aus Semiramis von Rossini.pdf

Hünten - op. 32 Variationen über e Schweizer Arie.pdf

Regards
Fred

[FW190]

Without any context:

William Charles Levey (1837-1894)
Christmas Time - Lancers on Old English Tunes
Published by Ashdown & Parry, London, n.d. [~1860-1880]

Levey.-.Christmas-Time-Lancers-(pno-AP-Edition).pdf

and

Emilie Côlie (?)
Our Christmas Galop
Published for the author by Hutchings & Romer, London, n.d. [~1860-1880]

Colie.-.Our-Christmas-Galop-(pno-Hutchings&Romer-Edition).pdf

[Jean-Séb]

Nice cover for the first one and very seasonal. Thank you.

[Timtin]

Biographical details about Esteban Marti seem virtually non-existent!

Marti Bonjour Pierrette.pdf

[Phillip210]

Biographical details about Esteban Marti seem virtually non-existent!

Marti Bonjour Pierrette.pdf

Thank you very much for that. The music supplements to 'l'Illustration' seem to have some interesting content - it would be great to see them systematically digitised by some institution just as the 'Album Musica' supplements have been by the BnF.

[Jean-Séb]

Gallica has a caricature of Esteban-Marty by Faïno, dedicated to a certain Marie-Rose Vaultier
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8422310n
and you find a few words of information here :
http://194.254.96.55/cm/?for=fic&clecomp=359
Several articles mention that he has been a pupil of Massenet.

[FW190]

John Urich (1849-1939)
Two songs without words.
Published by Hutchings, London, n.d. [~1880]

Some information about this guy.

Urich.-.Songs-without-words-No.1-Wanderlied-(pno-Hutchings-Edition~1880).pdf

Urich.-.Songs-without-words-No.2-Morgenlied-(pno-Hutchings-Edition~1880).pdf