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11. Zweig MS 111

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 111
Title:
Richard Wagner: Transcriptions of ‘La tombe dit à la rose’ and ‘Extase’ from Zweig MS 110
Scope & Content:
Written in dark blue ink. The hand is the same at that in Zweig MSS 105 and 107, ff. 2-11. As follows: ff. 1r, 2r. Texts of the two poems. f. 3r. Transcription of ‘La tombe dit à la rose’. On systems of three staves, but the accompaniment not filled in. ff. 3v-4v. Transcription of ‘Extase’...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

12. Zweig MS 112

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 112
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Descendons gaiement la courtille’ (text Dumersan?) (WWV 65), chorus for insertion in the vaudeville La descente de la courtille by Marion Dumersan and Dupeutys
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Draft in piano vocal score. Written in ink on systems of two and three staves. Two-part chorus, written on a single stave labelled ‘Choeur.’ against the first system on f. 1r, the other two staves designated ‘Orchestre.’. Indications of orchestration are also given in this system. Tem...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1841?]
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

13. Zweig MS 106

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 106
Title:
Richard Wagner: Overture in C, ‘Polonia’ (WWV 39), 1836: piano reduction, with sketch for song ‘Les adieux de Marie Stuart’ (words J.P. de Béranger) for voice and piano (WWV 61); [early 1840]
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink on systems of two staves. As follows: ff. 1r-4r. Overture, headed ‘Polonia. Ouverture.’ (f. 1r); tempo directions ‘Sostenuto - Tempo 1mo (f. 1r) - Allegretto - Allo: molto vivace (f. 1v) - Allegretto (f. 3v) - Presto’ (f. 4r). Copying instructions for bars or sections t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

14. Zweig MS 113

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 113
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Oui, dès ce moment’, duet from Fromental Halévy’s opera Le Guitarrero, arranged by Wagner for quartet of flute or first violin, second violin, viola and ‘cello (WWV 62D)
Scope & Content:
Autograph score. Written in black ink on systems of four and five staves. Where the flute part is not written out separately the top line of the system is designated ‘Fl: ou 1er V.’ On a single leaf, paginated 43, 44. Against the beginning of the music (f. 1r) is written ‘No: 13. / Duo et Final....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and German
Date Range:
[1841]
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

15. Zweig MS 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 27
Title:
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major for piano, op. 60
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink, on systems of two staves. Tempo direction ‘Allegretto’. Headed by the composer ‘Barcarolle / pour le piano / dedié a Madame la Baronne de Stockhausen / par F Chopin. Op. 60 / Leipsic Haertel. Paris Brandus (Schl.) - Londres Wessel.’ (f. 1r); ‘fine’ at end (f. 4r). With...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1846]
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

16. Zweig MS 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 32
Title:
Léo Delibes: ‘Lakmé’, opera in three acts (libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille), 1883: duet ‘J’ai marché sous les hautes fougères’ for Gèrald and Frédéric
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Vocal score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. Corrections in ink throughout. Tempo direction (at bar 3) ‘Moderato’. Comprising an additional scene, replacing spoken dialogue, headed (f. 1r) ‘No.18 (Nouveau) Scène (G)’, with a note that the first bar replaces the last bar of t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
25 Aug 1883
Extent:
1 volume (7 folios)

17. Zweig MS 110

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 110
Title:
Richard Wagner: Sketches for ‘La tombe dit à la rose’ (WWV 56), ‘Extase’ (WWV 54) and ‘Attente’ (WWV 55), for voice and piano (all to words by Victor Hugo)
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink on systems of one or two staves. Folio 1r has many trial strokes with a rastrum. As follows: f. 1r. Vocal line and text of ‘La tombe dit à la rose’; written with the page inverted. Interspersed with untexted sketches on a single stave for ‘Attente’, using the page the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1839]
Extent:

1 volume (2 folios)

18. 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)

19. Zweig MS 125

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 125
Title:
Richard Wagner: Drafts of fourteen letters, with one fair copy, to various recipients, mostly written from Paris
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink on paper of various sizes, some leaves little more than slips. All but the fair copy (no. [8.]) unsigned; all but one of the remainder undated. As follows: [1.] f. 1r. To [Léon Pillet, director of the Paris Grand Opéra]; [Paris, Sept./Oct. 1840]. French. Written in b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and German
Date Range:
1839-1842
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

20. Zweig MS 94

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 94
Title:
Igor Stravinsky: ‘Pulcinella’, ballet with song in one act (music after Pergolesi and others, scenario Serge Diaghilev, Leonide Massine and the composer), for small orchestra and soprano, tenor and bass soloists: notebook containing drafts and sketches
Scope & Content:
Autograph. In short, condensed and full score. Written in black ink and pencil, with additions and annotations in red ink and blue crayon, on systems of two to twelve staves; staves are ruled individually as required on each page. Where pages contain more than one system the music is often writt...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
25 Sep 1919-11 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 volume (121 pages + xxxiii folios)