Nouvelle méthode de harpe, en deux Parties - Bochsa, Nicholas-Charles 1789-1856 (Paris Dufaut Dubois, 1860)
Nicolas-Charles Bochsa was a harpist and composer who worked mainly in Paris and London. He was became involved in a forgery in Paris and fled to London to escape prosecution. In 1839 he ran off with opera singer Anna Bishop, the wife of the composer Henry Bishop. Together they toured in North America and Europe. They also went to Australia, where Bochsa died after giving only one concert. Anna Bishop was heartbroken, and commissioned an elaborate tomb for him in Camperdown Cemetery Sydney. His 'Nouvelle méthode' is the first truly comprehensive treatise on harp-playing.
The binding matches 09L18 (containing harp music by Benigne Henry, Cousineau and Xavier Desarges) also from the collection of Mme De Villaines.
Ex libris Mademoiselle De Villaines (gilt lettering on front cover)
La 1re Contient tous les principes généraux du doigté et donne l'explication générale de la Harpe. La 2me est composée de Leçons progressives, Préludes, sonates, fugues et divers morceaux dans tous les genres et dans tous les mouvemens, Terminée par la maniere d'éxécuter sur la harpe, des passages propres au Piano, et d'accompag[n]er la partition. Dédiée à Son Excellence Monsieur le Comte De Montesquieu Fezensac Grand Chambellan de France, Président du Corps Législatif. Par N.CH. Bochsa Fils, Harpiste de la Musique particuliere de S.M. l'Empereur et Roi, et Membre de la Societé des Arts et de l'amitiée. Œuvre 60
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Method; Harp; Fingering; Instrumental music; France