ZWEIG COLLECTION PROVENANCE PAPERS Vols. I, II. Record cards kept by Zweig; n.d. Many in Zweig's hand, some typewritten. The cards are printed to provide spaces for name of writer or composer, physical description of the manuscript, contents, notes and and details of acquisition. It is not known when Zweig began to keep records in this form; dates of acquisition entered on the cards are 1908-1940. Not all manuscripts in the collection are represented by cards. Two volumes
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION PROVENANCE PAPERS; n.d., circa 1920 - 1961
Scope & Content:
Papers presented with the Stefan Zweig Collection of musical, literary and historical autograph manuscripts (Zweig MSS. 1 - 206) and relating to the acquisition of manuscripts in the Collection by Zweig and his heirs. Mainly German. Comprising Zweig's own record cards, correspondence and relat...
ZWEIG COLLECTION PROVENANCE PAPERS Vol. III. Copies of the record cards for music manuscripts, in a variety of hands, some annotated by Zweig; n.d., but with annotations up to 1955. Includes entries for some items not represented in vol. I and II above. Formerly kept in a red loose-leaf folde...
ZWEIG COLLECTION PROVENANCE PAPERS Vol. IV. Large folio folders, printed with similar categories to the record cards and completed by Zweig; n.d. Relating to Spontini (Zweig MS. 86), Freud, Gide, Goethe, de Latude, Montesquieu, Mme Roland, Romain Rolland, Verhaeren, and Vildrac. Apparently inten...
ZWEIG COLLECTION PROVENANCE PAPERS Vols. V - XIV. Correspondence, receipts, off-prints, photographs of items from the collection made before presentation to the British Library, and miscellaneous papers; n.d., ** - 1955. Included are a number of former wrappers to manuscripts in the Collection. Ten volumes
ZWEIG COLLECTION PROVENANCE PAPERS Vol. VII. Papers rel. to music manuscripts: Wagner, Weber. Contents of the section relating to Wagner (ff. 2-146) are as follows:- ff. 149. 1. ff. 2-30. Descriptions of Zweig MSS. 99-108, 110-114, 118-122 and 124-5 written at or for the firm of Heinrich Hi...