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Carl Maria von Weber: ‘Oberon’, opera in three acts (libretto by James Robinson Planché after C.M. Wieland): sketches for part of Overture and of Act III
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Autograph short or condensed score. Written in ink on systems of two, three or four staves. As follows: f. 1r. ‘O Araby, dear Araby’ [no. 16]. Headed ‘Song Fatima’. f. 1v. ‘Mourn thou poor heart’ [no. 19]. Headed ‘Cavatina’. With annotations in red crayon and in pencil. f. 1v. Overture, eight ba...
Anton Webern: Six Pieces for Large Orchestra, op. 6, [1909]: fair copy made by the composer for presentation to Arnold Schoenberg
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of between five and 32 staves. Bar lines ruled in pencil, with corrections, additions and marginal notes in pencil. The pieces occupy the following folios: ff. 1-2v. I.; tempo direction ‘Etwas bewegte Achtel’. Unpitched rhythmic sketches in penci...
Hugo Wolf: ‘Ernst ist die Frühling’ (words Heinrich Heine), song for voice and piano; 13, 16 Oct. 1878
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Autograph. Written in ink on systems of three staves, on a single leaf; the single system on the verso contains the concluding five bars. Headed ‘Neue Gedichte / aus dem Liederstrauss v. H. Heine’, numbered ‘X’ beneath the title, signed at top right, and dated ‘Wien am 13, 16 Octob. 1878’ at top...
Hugo Wolf: ‘Gesang Weylas’ (words Eduard Mörike), song for voice and piano
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Autograph. Written in ink on systems of three staves, on a single leaf; the single system on the verso contains the concluding four bars. Headed ‘Gesang Weyla’s’. Without time signature, tempo direction ‘Langsam u[nd]. feierlich.’; tempo direction and dynamic markings and phrasing are all added ...
Carl Michael Ziehrer: Musical quotation on an album leaf
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Autograph. Unidentified; 4 bars in G major in 3/4 time. Written in ink, on a single stave drawn free-hand, on the recto of a single leaf. Signed ‘C M. Ziehrer / Wien 21/12 897’ [line over]. Later annotations in pencil include numbers from Hinterberger catalogues 18 and XX.
Franz Schubert: 'Auflösung', D.807 (words, J. Mayrhofer) and 'Blondel zu Marien', D.626 (words, anon), for voice and piano, from Franz Schubert's nachgelassene musikalische Dichtungen für Gesang und Pianoforte. Lieferung 34. Wien: Bey A. Diabelli & Comp., [1842]. Auflösung. [D 807.] Gedicht von J. Mayrhofer. Blondel zu Marien. [D 626. Text anon.] In Musik gesetzt für eine singstimme mit Begleitung des Piano Forte ... Nachlass No 34. Wien: bei Ant. Diabelli und Comp., [1842?] [Franz Sch...
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Printed score. Publication advertised in the Wiener Zeitung of 23 June 1842. The manuscript copy of Blondel zu Marien in the Witteczek-Spaun Collection, now in the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna, names Grillparzer as the author of the text, but this may be a later addition. Nottebohm, The...
Franz Schubert: Mirjams Siegesgesang [D 942]. Gedicht von Grillparzer. Sopran Solo mit Chor, mit Begleitung des Pianoforte ... 136tes Werk. Dem Herrn Hofrathe Joseph Witeczek hochachtungsvoll gewidmet von den Verlegern Ant. Diabelli & Co. Wien: bei Ant. Diabelli u. Comp.
Sketchbook of Josef Teltscher, including drawings of Beethoven on his deathbed
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The notebook includes sketches, portraits (with some sitters named) and drawings finished to varying degrees, in pencil, with colour added to some. The items in pencil alone include two views of Beethoven's deathbed, and one very rough sketch of the scene. The notebook is listed in Zweig MS 214 ...
