A collection of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Xaver Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn and Sigismond Neukomm.
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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...
Two sketch-books of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, containing the first ideas and rough notes of many of his completed works. Autograph.
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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; ...
Franz Schubert: Die Verschworenen, oder Der Häusliche Krieg. Orchestral score.
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'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 ...
Sketches of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, including C sharp minor quartet, Op. 131, composed in 1826.
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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 ...
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.),...
A collection of music by Franz Xaver Süssmayr and part of a requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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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...
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...
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 ...