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1. Add MS 14396

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A collection of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Xaver Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn and Sigismond Neukomm.
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ff. 1-13v. Franz Xaver Mozart: "Ich bin der erste Buffo", op. 13. Aria, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, clarinets, drums, and strings, in score, composed in 1808 for a private performance of his father's "Der Schauspieldirektor." Autograph. It was written for the com...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Add MS 29801

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Two sketch-books of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, containing the first ideas and rough notes of many of his completed works. Autograph.
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ff. 1-37. 'Beethoven. Skizzenbuch. B': consisting almost exclusively of 'Skizzen zu den 'Ruinen von Athen,' with a few (ff. 11, 11b) 'zu 'König Stephan.' Both these works were produced at Pesth, 9 February, 1812. Three leaves have been lost. About 1811].{c.f. letter of Dr. F. Kaiser (18/6/1962; ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1781-1811
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 29802

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Franz Schubert: Die Verschworenen, oder Der Häusliche Krieg. Orchestral score.
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'Die Verschworenen,' oder 'Der häusliche Krieg ': Opera in one act, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets (clarini), drums, trombones, and strings, in score, by Franz Peter Schubert, April, 1823. Autograph, signed and dated April 1823. At the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1823
Extent:

1 volume (209 folios)

4. Add MS 29803

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Title:
Cadenza by Beethoven, Canzonetta by Rossini, and Nocturne by Johann Nepomuk Kafka
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ff. 1-2b. Cadenza [by Beethoven] to the rondo in Mozart's pianoforte concerto in D minor [No. 466 in Köchel's Catalogue]. Autograph. Followed by Breitkopf und Härtel's printed edition of the same. f. 5. 'Mi lagnerò tacendo della mia sorte': Canzonetta, apparently no. 10 of a series by Rossini,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Add MS 29997

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Sketches of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, including C sharp minor quartet, Op. 131, composed in 1826.
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Sketches of musical compositions in the hand of Beethoven. The volume may be divided into two portions, of which the former (ff. 2-5) contains what appear to be sketches of the C-sharp minor quartet, op. 131; and the latter, miscellaneous sketches, most of them apparently dating from the end of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

1 volume (42 folios)

6. Add MS 32181

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A collection of music by Franz Xaver Süssmayr and part of a requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-19 passim. Songs, with pianoforte or harpsichord accompaniment, in score or compressed score, by Franz Xaver Süssmayr; late 18th cent. Autograph. 1. 'Je t'aime autant'; sung by [P. J.] Garat. f. 1. 2. 'Te bien aimer': reply to the above, f. 2. 3. 'Le petit ménage,' begins 'La fortune at se...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (252 folios)

7. Add MS 41634

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PERABO COLLECTION. Vol. VII. Music by Johann Michael Haydn and Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, viz.:- (1) 'Messa de Requiem', in Bb, for four voices, two violins, viola, two oboes, two horns, two fagotti, tromboni, two clarini and drums, and figured bass for organ with violoncello, by Gi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 42064

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'FANTASIO': a comic opera in three acts, with overture and orchestral accompaniments, etc., in score, by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880). Mainly autograph. Libretto by Paul de Musset, based on the play by Alfred de Musset, his brother. French. Published in 1872 and first performed in Paris at the Opéra-Comique, 18 Jan. 1872, and then in Vienna, 21 Feb. 1872, in a German translation made by Eduard Mautner and Richard Genée (Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, 2nd ed., 1955, col. 1020). This score is s...
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Jacques Offenbach, composer: Comic opera 'Fantasio' by: 1872. Paul Edmé de Musset, Author: Libretto to comic opera 'Fantasio' by: 19th cent. Louis Charles Alfred de Musset, poet: Comic opera 'Fantasio' based on the play by: 19th cent. Eduard Mautner, Austrian writer and poet: German translati...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 47861 A

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Title:
Meyerstein Bequest. Vol. XXI.
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Autograph music:- (1) Sketch for the mazurka in C, op. 56, no. 2, by Fryderyk Chopin; circ. 1843. Two leaves (ff. 1-2), 215 mm × 280 mm, formerly one bifolium, the music being written on the first recto. The sketch contains most of the thematic material, written in sections each ending with a ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1772-1853
Extent:

52 folios

10. Add MS 58037

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Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Sospiri' for strings, harp (or pianoforte) and harmonium (or organ), op. 70
Scope & Content:
Score. 'W. H. Reed freundschaftlichst zugeeignet'. On f. ii is typed 'This short orchestral piece has the violin part written for Reed'. Annotated in pencil.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
[1914]
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 9 folios)