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1. Add MS 14396

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Add MS 14396
Title:
A collection of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Xaver Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn and Sigismond Neukomm.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-13v. Franz Xaver Mozart: "Ich bin der erste Buffo", op. 13. Aria, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, clarinets, drums, and strings, in score, composed in 1808 for a private performance of his father's "Der Schauspieldirektor." Autograph. It was written for the com...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Add MS 16027-16028

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Add MS 16027-16028
Title:
Franz Joseph Haydn: 'Ritter Roland', opera
Scope & Content:
'Ritter Roland': Opera in 3 Acts, in score, by Franz Joseph Haydn, translated into German, probably for the performance at Vienna in January, 1792, from 'Orlando Paladino' [1782]. In the present copy the recitativi secchi are omitted, but some passages wanting in the original (Add MS 32172) are h...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1792?
Extent:
2 volumes

3. Add MS 29801

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Add MS 29801
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Two sketch-books of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, containing the first ideas and rough notes of many of his completed works. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-37. 'Beethoven. Skizzenbuch. B': consisting almost exclusively of 'Skizzen zu den 'Ruinen von Athen,' with a few (ff. 11, 11b) 'zu 'König Stephan.' Both these works were produced at Pesth, 9 February, 1812. Three leaves have been lost. About 1811].{c.f. letter of Dr. F. Kaiser (18/6/1962; ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1781-1811
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 29802

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Add MS 29802
Title:
Franz Schubert: Die Verschworenen, oder Der Häusliche Krieg. Orchestral score.
Scope & Content:
'Die Verschworenen,' oder 'Der häusliche Krieg ': Opera in one act, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets (clarini), drums, trombones, and strings, in score, by Franz Peter Schubert, April, 1823. Autograph, signed and dated April 1823. At the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1823
Extent:

1 volume (209 folios)

5. Add MS 29997

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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)

6. Add MS 30975-30978

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Add MS 30975-30978
Title:
Vincenzo Bellini: Die Puritaner. Opera in 3 acts.
Scope & Content:
'Die Puritaner: Heroische Oper, in iii Acten,' a German version of 'I Puritani di Scozia' [1835]; with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes (piccolo, etc.), oboes, clarinets, horns, trumpets, bassoons, trombones, drums, cymbals, bells, harp, a 'Kanonenschüsse Ma[s]chine,' triangle...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

4 volumes (249, 206, 158, 166 folios)

7. Add MS 31308

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Add MS 31308
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Johann Gottlieb Naumann: 'Achilles in Scyro', opera
Scope & Content:
'Achilles in Scyro': Opera in 3 Acts, by [Johann Gottlieb] Naumann [1762]; translated from the Italian into German by Bock. The symphonies and accompaniments are for flutes, horns, oboes, bassoons, mandoline, and strings, in score. Characters: Achille, Ullisse, Deidamia, Arcade, Licomede, Teagen...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
after 1762
Extent:
1 volume (160 folios)

8. Add MS 31773

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Add MS 31773
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'Der Freyschütz': Romantic Opera in 3 Acts, with wind, brass, percussion, and strings, in score, by Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. ff. 116. Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber,; composer: Der Freyschütz : opera: 19th cent. 'Der Freyschütz': Romantic Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons, trumpets, drums, trombones, and strings, in score...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1st half 19th century
Extent:
1 of two volumes (116 folios)

9. Add MS 31774

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Add MS 31774
Title:
'Der Freyschütz': Romantic Opera in 3 Acts, with wind, brass, percussion, and strings, in score, by Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber.
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. ff.208 Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber,; composer: Der Freyschütz : opera: 19th cent. 'Der Freyschütz': Romantic Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons, trumpets, drums, trombones, and strings, in score...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1st half 19th century
Extent:
1 of two volumes (208 folios)

10. Add MS 31792

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Add MS 31792
Title:
'Elisabetta, Regina d' Inghilterra: Dramma per Musica in due Atti,' in score, by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini; with Italian and German versions.
Scope & Content:
" ELISABETTA Regina d'Inghilterra". Vol. I. ff. 309. xixth cent. Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, composer: Elizabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra opera: 19th cent. 'Elisabetta, Regina d' Inghilterra: Dramma per Musica in due Atti,' in score, by Rossini [1815]. In a German hand, the Italian text being ac...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1st half 19th century
Extent:
1 of two volumes (309 folios)