Webb, John; Neukomm, Sigismond. David, an Oratorio, in Two Parts, The Words by the Rev. John Webb, A. M., The Music by the Chevalier Sigismond Neukumm, Author of Mount Sinai. Boston: Re-Published by the Handel and Haydn Society, Shipley & Wright, Printers, 1835. First American Edition. [10985]
Large oblong, 10 x 12 inches, half leather with marbled paper boards, red leather title label bordered in gilt to front, spine is chipped and worn, boards edge-worn, outer joints cracked. 234 pages, complete, light foxing. Good. Hardcover.
This musical society was founded in 1815 and continues today. It sought to cultivate a correct taste for sacred music and to introduce Handel, Hayden and other musical geniuses to the American public. In the 1830s, the society presented David, an oratorio by Haydn's pupil Sigismund von Neukomm, 55 times.
