SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitrii (1906-1975). Op. 35. Kontsert dlia fortepiano s orkestrom. Partitura. [Opus 35. Concert for piano with orchestra. Orchestral score.] Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe muzykal'noe izdatel'stvo, 1935. 4° (300 x 225mm). (A few leaves repaired in the inside margin, paper browned, some leaves detached, a few small marginal losses.) Original grey cloth, upper side printed in brown and black (fading at extremities, some spotting). Provenance: Dmitrii Shostakovich (presentation inscription) -- pencilled annotation in another hand.

SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitrii (1906-1975). Op. 35. Kontsert dlia fortepiano s orkestrom. Partitura. [Opus 35. Concert for piano with orchestra. Orchestral score.] Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe muzykal'noe izdatel'stvo, 1935. 4° (300 x 225mm). (A few leaves repaired in the inside margin, paper browned, some leaves detached, a few small marginal losses.) Original grey cloth, upper side printed in brown and black (fading at extremities, some spotting). Provenance: Dmitrii Shostakovich (presentation inscription) -- pencilled annotation in another hand.

PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER, in Russian: 'A memento from D. Shostakovich. 23 October 1939. Moscow'. Shostakovich's First Piano Concertopremiered on 15 and 17 October 1933, and was first published in 1934. Shostakovich, in his late 20s, was enjoying the first flush of fame and popularity, which gave him the confidence to write this 'challenge to the traditional Russian concerto style' full of prankish humour (Grove). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 17, p. 266.