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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 29997
Title:: Sketches of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, including C sharp minor quartet, Op. 131, composed in 1826.
Scope & Content:: 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)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32184-32237
Title:: Original compositions, for the most part unpublished, by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:: In the case of works in full scores, the music for wind instruments will generally be found at the end of the volume.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:: 18th century-19th century
Extent:: 54 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32237
Title:: A collection of compositions, vocal and instrumental, most of them unfinished and some only sketched in pencil, in the hand of Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:: passim. Fragments or sketches of airs, etc., most of them without accompaniment, from dramatic works, almost entirely in the hand, and presumably the composition, of J. N. Hummel; about 1797-1828. I. From an Opera in which the principal characters are Lisette, Johann (as the Marquis Ventil), Wer...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 18th century-19th century
Extent:: 1 volume (114 folios)

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