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1. Add MS 29801

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Add MS 29801
Title:
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

2. Add MS 32184-32237

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Add MS 32184-32237
Title:
Original compositions, for the most part unpublished, by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
In the case of works in full scores, the music for wind instruments will generally be found at the end of the volume.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
54 volumes

3. Add MS 32188

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Add MS 32188
Title:
A collection of mostly vocal compositions by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-32b, 35, 68. I. Words and melodies of some Scotch songs sent by George Thomson, of Edinburgh, to Johann Nepomuk Hummel, for the latter to write accompaniments to them; 1822 (see below). Nos. 1-3 were sent in 1831; the others, in 1829. For the accompaniments, see Add MS 32189, ff. 110-132b....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (96 folios)

4. Add MS 32190

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Add MS 32190
Title:
A collection of compositions, including choruses, canons, songs, numbers from operas, and cantatas by, or in the hand of, Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-36, 93-114. Compositions by, or in the hand of, Johann Nepomuk Hummel; early 19th cent. 1. Numbers and sketches of numbers, apparently from one or more Italian operas, in the hand, and probably the composition, of Hummel. They are in vocal score, with an occasional bass for pianoforte, and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (152 folios)

5. Add MS 32237

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Add MS 32237
Title:
A collection of compositions, vocal and instrumental, most of them unfinished and some only sketched in pencil, in the hand of Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
passim. Fragments or sketches of airs, etc., most of them without accompaniment, from dramatic works, almost entirely in the hand, and presumably the composition, of J. N. Hummel; about 1797-1828. I. From an Opera in which the principal characters are Lisette, Johann (as the Marquis Ventil), Wer...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (114 folios)