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Language German Name Beethoven, Ludwig, composer, 1770-1827 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 31766

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Ludwig van Beethoven: The Pastoral Symphony Sketchbook A musical sketchbook chiefly made up of notes for the 6th (Pastoral) Symphony (Op. 68), here called 'Sinfonia caracteristica oder Erinnerungen an das Landleben'. On f. 2 is the note 'Man überlässt es dem Zuhörer sich selbst die Situationen auszufinden'. Of other works, notes appear at intervals, namely: of the 3rd Sonata for Piano and Violoncello (Op. 69) beginning with the second subject of the first movement (at the 37th bar) (f. 31v)...
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ff. 60. Sketch-book [by Beethoven], containing chiefly sketches for the Pastoral symphony. It is dated at the beginning 1808, and evidently belongs to the first half of that year. According to Gustav Nottebohm, who has given an account of the MS. in his Zweite Beethoveniana (pp. 252, 369, etc.),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1808
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Paper; ff. 60. Oblong folio

2. Add MS 32229

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Volume IV of a collection of orchestral compositions by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
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ff. 1-87b. Compositions by Hummel for pianoforte, with flute (marked 'obligato' in no. 1), 2 oboes (in no. 2 only), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets and drums (in no. 2 only), and strings, including a violoncello in no. 1 (where all the string parts are marked 'obligati'); about 1830...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (157 folios)

3. Add MS 37767

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Original draft of Ludwig van Beethoven's violin and pianoforte Sonata in G [op. 30, no. 3, composed in 1802].
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ff. 20. Original draft of the violin and pianoforte sonata in G, in score, 'da Louis van Beethoven'; originally published by the Bureau d'Arts et d'Industrie at Vienna, in 1803, as Op. 30, no. 3, and dedicated to Alexander I, Emperor of Russia. It is here described (? by the publisher) as 'Sonat...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1802
Extent:
1 volume (folio 20)

4. Add MS 38071

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COLLECTION of letters, receipts, autographs, etc., of musicians, artists, actors, and others, comprising, besides others included in the index, the following:- 1. Renunciation by Haydn of rights in the first six "Salomon" overtures, or symphonies; 13 Aug. 1795. Signed. Germ. f. 5. 2. Wrapper...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 47843

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MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. I (ff. 140). Letters and papers of musicians. Autograph unless otherwise stated. Contents:- (1) Letter (f. 2) from Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach to -, criticising an aria and suggesting amendments; Hamburg, 20 Nov. 1780. German. Belonged to Julian Marshall and Edward Spey...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1760-1999
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 60501

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BOULT PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 25). Items given to Boult: 1. f. 3. Letter from Brahms to Max Brode; n.d. 2. ff. 12-14. Letters from Massenet, Saint-Saens and Theodor Lesche-tizky (Leszetycki); 1899-1905. 3. f. 16. Menu signed by Mahler, Humperdinck and others; 1899. 4. f. 18. Humorous letter...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1899-1960
Extent:
1 item

7. Egerton MS 3092

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Egerton MS 3092
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EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 329). Letters to F. G. Edwards from:-(1) Sir John Stainer; 1886-1901. ff. 1-152;-(2) Edward John Hopkins, Mus.D.; 1895-1900. ff. 153-226;-(3) John Alexander Fuller- Maitland, chiefly relating to Edwards's contributions to the second edition of Grove's Dictionary of...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1886-1905
Extent:
1 item

8. Egerton MS 3097 B

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Egerton MS 3097 B
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EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol. XIII (2). (ff. 39.) Miscellaneous letters, locks of hair, and photographs, mainly of eminent musicians, including:- (1) Fragment of a letter from Ludwig van Beethoven to Frau Nanette Streicher; n.d. Printed by A. C. Kalischer, Beethovens sämtliche Briefe, no. 575, and with...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1818-1901
Extent:
1 item

9. MS Mus. 309

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MS Mus. 309
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MS Mus. 309. RENSBURG MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. iii. Autograph album of Miss Netta Rensburg, daughter of Henry Rensburg; 1843, 1872-1904. An album containing letters and signatures of musicians, often with musical excerpts. ff. i + 231. 266 x 210mm. Limp red morocco binding with gilt lettering ‘N. L. R...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1843-1904
Extent:
1 item

10. MS Mus. 1036

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MS Mus. 1036
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MS Mus. 1036. ‘Dolores’ Manuscripts. Vol. iii. Songs composed by ‘Dolores’, autograph fragments and unidentified pieces in the hand of ‘Dolores’, and songs by other composers in various hands; mid to late 19th cent. All pieces are for solo voice and piano except where otherwise indicated. f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

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