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1. Egerton MS 2380

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2380
Title:
ORIGINAL letters, etc., of, and relating to, Franz Joseph Haydn, the composer, viz.:- 1. [Franz] Joseph Haydn to Williain Forster, music printer of London; Estoras [Esterhaz], 8 Api-. 1787-28 Feb. 1788. Fr. and Germ. f. 1. 2. Charles Jerningham to W. Forster; Cawsey [Cossey, co. Norfolk], 24 Aug. 1781, f. 11. 3. Acquittance from Haydn, as "Maestro di Capella" of Prince Esterliazy, to William Forster for £70 for the copyright of symphonies, etc.; Esterhaz, 1786. Fr. Signed f. 12. 4. B...
Scope & Content:
William Forster, Music printer of London: Letters from, and papers relating to, F. J. Haydn: 1787-1797.: Fr. and Germ. includes: ff. 1-12 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Letters and acquittance to W. Forster: 1787-1788.: Fr. and Germ. f. 11 Charles Jerningham: Letter to W. Forster: 1781. f. 17 J...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
17 Aug 1781-25 Jan 1788
Extent:
1 item

2. Egerton MS 2508

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2508
Title:
Ferdinando Paer: 'I Fuorusciti di Firenze', opera. Volume I.
Scope & Content:
'I Fuorusciti: Drama giocoso'; with the alternative German title 'Die Wege-lagerer: heroisch-komische Oper'; in 2 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, trumpets, bassoons, drums, and strings, and a bass, occasionally figured, for pianoforte, in ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Italian
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

3. Egerton MS 2508-2509

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2508-2509
Title:
Ferdinando Paer: 'I Fuorusciti di Firenze', opera
Scope & Content:
'I Fuorusciti: Drama giocoso'; with the alternative German title 'Die Wege-lagerer: heroisch-komische Oper'; in 2 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, trumpets, bassoons, drums, and strings, and a bass, occasionally figured, for pianoforte, in ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Italian
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
2 volumes

4. Egerton MS 2509

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2509
Title:
Ferdinando Paer: 'I Fuorusciti di Firenze', opera. Volume II.
Scope & Content:
'I Fuorusciti: Drama giocoso'; with the alternative German title 'Die Wege-lagerer: heroisch-komische Oper'; in 2 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, trumpets, bassoons, drums, and strings, and a bass, occasionally figured, for pianoforte, in ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Italian
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 volume (268 folios)

5. Egerton MS 2513

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2513
Title:
" HORTUS musicus, conseriptus à Friderico Jacobo Lauen, anno 1711, d. 19 Martii " ; German songs, many set to music, for a single voice, without accompaniment. Paper; ff. 41. Belonged in 1821 to Heinrich August Hoffmann von Fallersleben. Obl. Duodecimo.
Scope & Content:
Poetry: Songs: 1711.: Germ. Friedrich Jacob Lauen: German songs: 1711.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1711
Extent:
1 item

6. Egerton MS 2727

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2727
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Christus am Oelberge', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'Christus am Oelberge': a short Oratorio, for 3 solo voices (Christ, a Seraph, and Peter), and Choruses of Disciples and Soldiers, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons, trombones, drums and strings, in score, by Ludwig van Beethoven, in whose hand are a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
after 1800
Extent:
1 volume (155 folios)

7. Egerton MS 2735

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2735
Title:
The overture to a cantata, and compositions for pianoforte, by Franz Liszt
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-8. 'Zur Beethoven-Cantate Vorspiel,' by F[ranz] L[iszt]: the unpublished overture to the Cantata 'Zur Säcular-Feier Beethovens,' begins 'Sternenschimmernde eisesflimmernde Winter,' which appeared in 1870. Written for oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, harp, drums (timpani and Pos...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1870-1882
Extent:
1 volume (26 folios)

8. Egerton MS 2746

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2746
Title:
A collection of compositions by Robert Alexander Schumann and Wilhelm Richard Wagner, as well as a letter, apparently by Wagner
Scope & Content:
1. March in G minor {deleted: B-flat}, no. 2 [of op. 76, by Robert Alexander Schumann]; 1st half of 19th cent. Autograph. ff. 1-2. 2. Sketch of the people's chorus (melody and bass only) from Act ii of 'Rienzi' [1839], by Wilhelm Richard Wagner; 1838-1839. Autograph. ff. 3, 3b. 3. Largo maesto...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (5 folios)

9. Egerton MS 2795

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2795
Title:
Portion of a sketch-book of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven containing chiefly sketches of the quartets (op. 130-133). There are also several in 3/8 time.
Scope & Content:
Sketches (chiefly the violin part) of the following quartets for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello, and a canon, by Beethoven. 1. In B flat (op. 130). First movement, ff. l-3b, 5, 5b, 8, etc.;— and possibly the Danza Tedesca. ff. 6-8, passim. 2. In C sharp minor (op. 131). 'Adagio.' f. 4;— an...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 volume (16 folios)

10. Egerton MS 3042

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3042
Title:
FORAN SYDENS KLOSTER: a setting, for soprano, alto, and chorus of women's voices, of words from Bjornstjerne Bjomson's 'Arnljot Gelline', with orchestral accompaniments (alternative piano part in red ink), in full score, by Edvard [Hagerup] Grieg (1843-1907), Op. 20. Autograph. This MS. was probably used for the first printed edition of E. W. Fritzsch, Leipzig, 1876. The work was written after Grieg's return from Rome in 1870 and dedicated to F[erencz] Liszt. German and English translations ...
Scope & Content:
Franz Liszt, composer: E. H. Grieg's 'Foran Sydens Kloster' dedicated to: circ. 1871. Friedrich Franz von Holstein, author and composer: German translation of words of Grieg's 'Foran Sydens Kloster': circ. 1875. Edvard Hagerup Grieg, composer: 'Foran Sydens Kloster': circ. 1871. Emma Dahl, co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item