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281. h.3979.b.

Reference (shelfmark):
h.3979.b.
Title:
GABRIEL PIERNÉ: ‘Quintette en trois parties’; 1919. The opening bars of the ‘Quintette en trois parties pour piano, 2 violons, alto et violoncelle’, op.41, written in the composer’s autograph on the verso of the title page of the published score (Paris: J. Hamelle, ©1919), beneath a dedication to the performers at the work’s première (Gaston Poulet, Victor Gentil, S. Jarecki and Louis Ruyssen), dated 22 Feb. 1919. The score and first violin part are both heavily annotated. Purchased, June 19...
Scope & Content:
includes: verso of title page Henry Constant Gabriel Pierné, composer and conductor: Gaston Poulet, conductor and violinist: S. Jarecki, musician: Louis Ruyssen, musician: Victor Gentil, musician: Dedication, with musical quotation, of the 'Quintette en trois parties' by Henry Constant Gabrie...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

282. Hirsch 199.-M.1356a

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch 199.-M.1356a
Title:
The Hirsch Collecton
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts from the music library of the industrialist and collector Paul Hirsch (1881-1951). Administrative context: Hirsch's music library in Frankfurt am Main, Germany was one of the finest private libraries of its kind. Hirsch began to assemble his collection in 1896, focussing in particu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1160-1925
Extent:
76 items

283. Hirsch II.231.(2.)

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch II.231.(2.)
Title:
Scope & Content:
FRIEDRICH, Freiherr VON FLOTOW (b.1812, d.1883): ‘Martha’, abridged version of the opera in 4 acts to a libretto by W. Friedrich, in a French version by J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges; late 19th cent. Full score, in ink. Copy in several hands on pages ruled with 22 or 24 staves, with performance ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 item

284. Hirsch II.767.(2.)

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch II.767.(2.)
Title:
Scope & Content:
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (b.1683, d.1764): excerpts from ‘Castor et Pollux’, opera in 5 acts to a libretto by Pierre-Joseph Bernard; 18th cent. Short score, in ink. French text. Copy in a single hand, on pages ruled with 12 staves. First performed at the Paris Opéra, 24 Oct. 1737. The ornamentation ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

285. Hirsch II.794.

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch II.794.
Title:
Scope & Content:
FRANÇOIS FRANCOEUR (b.1698, d.1787) and François Rebel (b.1701, d.1775): ‘Pirame et Thisbé, tragedie’, opera in 5 acts with a prologue to a libretto by J.-L.-I. de La Serre, after Ovid; circa 1730. Vocal score, in ink. Copy. French. First performed at the Opéra in Paris, 17 October, 1726 and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1730
Extent:
1 item

286. Hirsch II.920.

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch II.920.
Title:
Scope & Content:
GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo; 2nd half of the 19th century. Full score, in ink. Copy in several hands on pages ruled with between 10 and 24 staves. Comprises the complete three-act version in Italian together with t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 19th century
Extent:
4 items

287. Hirsch III.1012.

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch III.1012.
Title:
Scope & Content:
FRENCH SONGS; mid 18th cent. In ink. Copy, in a single hand, on hand-ruled staves. Words and melodies only, the latter in treble or soprano clef. The words of additional verses appear after the music in many cases. A pencil note concerning Michel Bouvard de Fourqueux, in the hand of Paul Hi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

288. Hirsch IV.1692.a.

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch IV.1692.a.
Title:
Scope & Content:
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY (b.1632, d.1687): ‘Recueil des plus beaux endroits des Opéra’, Tome II; circa 1697. Vocal score, in ink, with a printed table of contents bearing the imprint of le Sieur Foucault, Paris (ff. ii v–iii) and an engraved portrait of Lully by N. Bonnart (f. iv v). Copy, in a sin...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1697
Extent:
1 item

289. K.4.g.2.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.4.g.2.
Title:
THOMAS CREQUILLON: ‘Dont vient cela belle je vous supply’; after 1541. The solution to the canon printed in the Superius book of Tylman Susato’s collection Vingt et Six Chansons musicales (Anuers: Par Thilman Susato, [1541?]), written in a contemporary italic hand and pasted into the printed book (f. 1*). This set of part-books was previously the first item in a set of bound volumes comprising K.4.g.2., K.4.f.5., K.4.g.1., a fourth item not in the British Library, K.4.g.3. and K.4.d.16. Each...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1* Thomas Crequillon, composer: Solution to the canon 'Dont vient cela': after 1541: Fr: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
after 1541
Extent:
1 item

290. K.7.f.16.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.7.f.16.
Title:
FRENCH SONGS; first half of 19th cent. With pianoforte accompaniment (except to no. 13), in score. Bound before and after a collection of printed editions of duets for musettes and vielles by Tolou, Boismortier, Chedeville and Naudot: nos. 1-13 are inserted at the beginning of the volume, nos. 14-24 at the end. Ownership inscription of ‘E. Vernier, Elève du Conservatoire de Paris’ (f. 1). The binding, which predates the MS. additions, is stamped ‘Mr du Moustier de Ste Marie, Capitaine des Cu...
Scope & Content:
Auguste Panseron, composer: Étienne Nicolas Méhul, French composer: Amédée Rousseau, alias de Beauplan; composer: Loïsa Puget, composer: Antonin Louis Clapisson, composer: Edouard Bruguière, composer: J[oseph?] Meifred, composer: Auguste Nourrit, musician: H. Romagnesi, composer: Hippolyte Monpo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1st half of 19th century
Extent:
1 item

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