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1. Zweig MS 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 48
Title:
Ruggero Leoncavallo: ‘Cortège de Pulcinella’, ‘marche humoristique’ for orchestra
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in violet ink on systems of 24 staves. Scored for piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion (tambourine, castanets), 3 trombones, tuba, harp and strings. Calligraphic title-page (f.1) in French, perhaps in another han...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
[1903]
Extent:
1 volume (iii + 12 folios)

2. Zweig MS 72

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 72
Title:
Jacques Offenbach: ‘La belle Hélène’, operetta in three acts (libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy)
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 15 to 24 staves. With corrections and additions in ink, some on inserted leaves, and a few pencil annotations also in autograph. Repeated passages are usually not entered in full and are instead indicated by numbered or lettered bars. In some nu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and German
Date Range:
[1864]
Extent:
1 volume (iii + 205 folios)

3. Zweig MS 74

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 74
Title:
Maurice Ravel: ‘Boléro’, ballet for orchestra, 1928: version for piano duet
Scope & Content:
Autograph score. Written in ink, on systems of five staves (centre stave blank). Headed ‘Bolero’, with tempo direction ‘Tempo di bolero moderato assai [crotchet] = 76’ (f. 1r). The Secondo part is marked ‘Sordina’ at the beginning, and ‘senza sord.’ two bars after cue no. 4 (f. 2v). There are ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1929?]
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)

4. Zweig MS 215

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 215
Title:
Autograph book of Ignaz Moscheles
Scope & Content:
Autograph book of the pianist and composer Ignaz Moscheles. Most entries are written directly into the volume and are by musicians contributing musical quotations or complete short pieces. In addition, a number of items, including letters and drawings, are inserted. Includes inserted items dated...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1764-1869
Extent:
1 volume (159 folios)