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Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 22
Title:: Johannes Brahms: Letter to Peter Joseph Simrock
Scope & Content:: No place; dated ‘Juli 61’ (f. 1r). Numbers ‘524/1’ and ‘913’ added in pencil on f. 1r appear to be by dealers or previous owners.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: Jul 1861
Extent:: 1 volume (2 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 23
Title:: Johannes Brahms: Letter to Peter Joseph Simrock
Scope & Content:: Autograph. ‘Lilienthal 136, Baden-Baden’ (f. 2r); n.d., but endorsed ‘No. 1092. Baden-Baden d. 2/10.65. Brahms’ in another hand (f. 2v). Pencil numbers ‘524/2’ and ‘914’, in sequence with those on Zweig 22, added at foot of f. 1r.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: [1865]
Extent:: 1 volume (2 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 24
Title:: Hans von Bülow: Letter to C. Kerfack
Scope & Content:: Autograph. Written in ink; signed and dated on f. 1v. With envelope (f. 3) addressed by von Bülow, where Kerfack is described as ‘Generalagent der Londoner "Union"‘, [Berlin]; closed with seal impression depicting an eagle bearing a shield. The letter relates to Zweig MS 26. In the letter von ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: 2 Nov 1864
Extent:: 1 volume (3 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 25
Title:: Ferruccio Busoni: ‘Indianisches Erntelied’ (Indian Harvest Song), for piano
Scope & Content:: Autograph. Written in ink on systems of two and three staves. Music on ff. 2r and 3r only; f. 2r. headed ‘Indianische Erntelied / Erster Versuch einer Verwerthung für das Clavier’. Tempo direction ‘Allegretto vivace’ (f. 2r). Against the end of the last system on f. 3r is the date ‘12 April 1911...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: 12 Apr 1911
Extent:: 1 volume (4 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 30
Title:: Josef Danhauser: Drawing of Beethoven on his deathbed, 1827
Scope & Content:: Copy. In pencil. Shows Beethoven’s head turned to the left and resting on a pillow, a cover drawn up beneath his chin. With copy of Danhauser’s signature and the date 1827 diagonally to the left. Below is the faint pencil inscription ‘Beethoven / Den 28ten März an seinem / Todtenbette gezeichnet...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: [after 1844]
Extent:: 1 volume (1 folio)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 35
Title:: Edvard Grieg: ‘Peer Gynt’ Suite no. 2, op. 55
Scope & Content:: Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of up to 18 staves. Contains the four numbers first performed by Grieg at Kristiania, 14 Nov. 1891, but with the revised ending to no. 3. As follows: ff. 3v-8r. ‘Der Brautraub (Ingrids Klage)’, tempo directions ‘Allegro furioso - Andante - Allegro ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: French, German, and Norwegian
Date Range:: [1891-1892]
Extent:: 1 volume (i + 31 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 40
Title:: Joseph Haydn: Piano trio in E flat minor (Hob. XV:31)
Scope & Content:: Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. In two movements, as follows: ff. 1v-5r. ‘Andante’; instrumental lines marked ‘Violino’, ‘Cembalo o p:f:’ and ‘Violoncello’ (f. 1v). Headed ‘In Nomine Domini’ and ‘di me giuseppe Haydn m[anu] p[ro]pria / 795 [line over]’ on f. 1v. ff...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1794-1795
Extent:: 1 volume (9 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 43
Title:: Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no. 2 (Piano Concerto), op. 36, no. 1, for piano and 12 solo instruments: draft of the first and last movements
Scope & Content:: Autograph. The last movement incomplete. In short and condensed score. Written in pencil and ink on systems of two to six staves. No tempo directions. In a small notebook, the two movements written from opposite ends of the volume. At some stage Hindemith wrote in titles for both movements, and ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: [1924]
Extent:: 1 volume (30 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 44
Title:: Nicolò Jommelli: Aria ‘Per voi Donzellette sospiro’, for bass voice and orchestra
Scope & Content:: Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 10 staves. In D; accompaniment scored for 2 violins, 2 oboes, 2 flutes, 2 horns, viola [?] (marked to play with the bass throughout), and unfigured bass. In 3/4 time; the end is followed by a single bar of the vocal line in 2/4, with the text ‘B...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German and Italian
Date Range:: between 1754-1768
Extent:: 1 volume (2 folios)

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