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1. Add MS 31766

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Title:
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)...
Scope & Content:
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
Extent:

Paper; ff. 60. Oblong folio

2. Add MS 32181

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Title:
A collection of music by Franz Xaver Süssmayr and part of a requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-19 passim. Songs, with pianoforte or harpsichord accompaniment, in score or compressed score, by Franz Xaver Süssmayr; late 18th cent. Autograph. 1. 'Je t'aime autant'; sung by [P. J.] Garat. f. 1. 2. 'Te bien aimer': reply to the above, f. 2. 3. 'Le petit ménage,' begins 'La fortune at se...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (252 folios)

3. Add MS 41634

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Scope & Content:
PERABO COLLECTION. Vol. VII. Music by Johann Michael Haydn and Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, viz.:- (1) 'Messa de Requiem', in Bb, for four voices, two violins, viola, two oboes, two horns, two fagotti, tromboni, two clarini and drums, and figured bass for organ with violoncello, by Gi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 47861 A

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Title:
Meyerstein Bequest. Vol. XXI.
Scope & Content:
Autograph music:- (1) Sketch for the mazurka in C, op. 56, no. 2, by Fryderyk Chopin; circ. 1843. Two leaves (ff. 1-2), 215 mm × 280 mm, formerly one bifolium, the music being written on the first recto. The sketch contains most of the thematic material, written in sections each ending with a ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1772-1853
Extent:

52 folios

5. Add MS 48085

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Title:
Papers relating to the German Protestant states, 1563-1580
Scope & Content:
Copies of papers concerning foreign affairs, chiefly with reference to the German Protestant states between 1563 and 1580. Alarmed by divisions between Lutherans and Calvinists in Germany, Queen Elizabeth I sent three missions to that country in 1577, with the aim of establishing a Protestant Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1563-1580
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 49014

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Title:
JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. XXVI. Papers relating to the Battle of Jutland; 1915-1936.
Scope & Content:
JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. XXVI (ff. 301). Papers relating to the Battle of Jutland, etc.; 1915-1936. 1. ff. 1-21. Grand Fleet Battle Orders in force on the eve of the battle; 1915. Typewritten extracts. 2. ff. 22-37. Further Correspondence between His Majesty's Government and the United States G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1915-1936
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 49035

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Title:
JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. XLVII. Personal and official letters received by Jellicoe before and during the First World War; 1900-1916.
Scope & Content:
Vol. XLVII (ff. 207). 1900-1916. includes: f. 2 Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth: Letter to Lord Jellicoe: 1907. ff. 4-7b, 24, 89 Reginald McKenna, PC; MP: Correspondence, etc., with Lord Jellicoe: 1908-1922: Mostly signed. ff. 8, 13-22b, 31, 55 Ernst Adolph Julius Guido von Usedom, G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1900-1916
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 58037

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Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Sospiri' for strings, harp (or pianoforte) and harmonium (or organ), op. 70
Scope & Content:
Score. 'W. H. Reed freundschaftlichst zugeeignet'. On f. ii is typed 'This short orchestral piece has the violin part written for Reed'. Annotated in pencil.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
[1914]
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 9 folios)

9. Add MS 58054

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Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Ecce Sacerdos magnus' for chorus and orchestra and 'Sospiri, (Seufzer) Adagio für Violine mit Begleitung für pianoforte', op. 70
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-30. 'Ecce Sacerdos magnus' for chorus and orchestra; 1888. Full score (ff. 1-15) and orchestral parts (ff. 17-30). The title and choral part in the score are cut from the printed vocal score. Vocal score published as part of A. E. Tozer (ed.), 'Modern Church Music for Catholic Choirs', ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Latin
Date Range:
1888-1914
Extent:
1 volume (i + 40 folios)

10. Add MS 62162

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Title:
NORTHCLIFFE PAPERS. Vol. X. Proceedings of the Committee for Propaganda in Enemy Countries; 1918.
Scope & Content:
Vol. X (ff. 101). Minutes, etc.; 1918. Committee for Propaganda in Enemy Countries: Proceedings: 1917, 1918, n.d.: Partly Fr. and Germ.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 item

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