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6181. Zweig MS 95

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 95
Title:
Giuseppe Verdi: ‘Luisa Miller’, opera in three acts (libretto Salvatore Cammarano, after Schiller): album leaf with an extract from Act III
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Passage of 9 bars for Luisa (soprano), from the final section of her duet with her father, comprising the lines beginning ‘Andrem, raminghi e poveri’. Written, on the recto of the leaf only, in ink on sytems of two staves giving the vocal line and accompaniment. Marked ‘and[ant]e’ aga...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Italian
Date Range:
1849
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

6182. Zweig MS 103

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 103
Title:
Richard Wagner: Music for ‘Beim Antritt des neuen Jahr 1835’, allegorical festival play in one act by Wilhelm Schmale (WWV 36): autograph draft of Overture and two choral numbers, nos. 3 and 5
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Short (piano) score, and piano vocal score. Written in ink, the Overture on systems of two staves, the vocal numbers on systems of up to five staves. Contents: ff. 1r-2v. Overture; headed (f. 1r) ‘No: 1: Ouverture’. Tempo directions ‘Sostenuto - Allegro assai’ (f. 1r). f. 3r and v. [N...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1834]
Extent:
1 volume (5 folios)

6183. Zweig MS 104

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 104
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Das Liebesverbot’ or ‘Die Novize von Palermo’ (WWV 38), comic opera in two acts (libretto by the composer, after Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure), 1834-6: incomplete draft of Overture, sketches for nos. 6, 7 and 11, and unidentified sketches
Scope & Content:
Autograph short score. Written mostly in ink on one stave or systems of two staves, partly in pencil (f. 3v), and with annotations in red ink (f. 2r, v). Trial stave rulings in lower margin of f. 1r. The identifiable sketches, using cue numbers from the published full score, are as follows: ff...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1835]
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

6184. Zweig MS 105

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 105
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Das Liebesverbot’: modern transcription of texted passages from Zweig MS 104
Scope & Content:
Comprising sketch for Isabella’s aria from No. 6, Finale to Act I, from Zweig MS 104, ff. 5r, 6v. Written in dark blue ink on single staves and systems of two staves. The hand is the same as that in Zweig MSS 107, ff. 2 - 11, and 111.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

6185. Zweig MS 107

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 107
Title:
Richard Wagner: Papers and transcriptions relating to Zweig MS 106
Scope & Content:
Written in dark blue or black ink. As follows: f. 1r. Note on Zweig MS 106, and attestation that it is in Wagner’s hand, signed Wilhelm Tappert; 1 Dec. 1889. ff. 2r-6v, 7. Score of Overture, with I and II violins, cello and bass parts only; a shortened [or incomplete] version, apparently sco...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and German
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

6186. Zweig MS 108

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 108
Title:
Richard Wagner: Overture in D, ‘Rule Britannia’ (WWV 42): draft of overture with sketches for incidental music to the play Die letzte Heidenverschwörung in Preussen (J. Singer) (WWV 41)
Scope & Content:
Written in ink on systems of two staves. Trial stave rulings on ff. 1v and 2r. Contents as follows: ff. 1r, 2v, 2r (lower half). Overture. Tempo directions (f. 1r) ‘Maestoso moderato - Allegro maestoso’. Incomplete, consisting of bars 1-74 (f. 1r) and 164-256 (f. 2v, 2r lower portion), using b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1836]-1837
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

6187. Zweig MS 108-109

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 108-109
Title:
Richard Wagner: Overture in D, ‘Rule Britannia’ (WWV 42): short and full scores, with sketches for incidental music to the play Die letzte Heidenverschwörung in Preussen (J. Singer) (WWV 41)
Scope & Content:
Autograph. In Mein Leben Wagner describes this work as ‘a further step in the direction of a type of composition calculated to make the most overwhelming effect; at the close ... a large military band was to be added to an already overmanned orchestra ...’. This is born out by his annotation ‘Hi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1836]-1837
Extent:
2 volumes

6188. Zweig MS 109

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 109
Title:
Richard Wagner: Overture in D, ‘Rule Britannia’ (WWV 42): full score
Scope & Content:
Written in ink; on systems of 22 staves throughout, with the exception of f. 2r, where the ophicleide part is written separately from the bass trombone, requiring 23 staves. Tempo directions ‘Maestoso e moderato (f. 1r) - Allegro maestoso (f. 4r) - Piu vivace (f. 14v) - Maestoso’ (f. 19v). Heade...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 volume (21 folios)

6189. Zweig MS 113

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 113
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Oui, dès ce moment’, duet from Fromental Halévy’s opera Le Guitarrero, arranged by Wagner for quartet of flute or first violin, second violin, viola and ‘cello (WWV 62D)
Scope & Content:
Autograph score. Written in black ink on systems of four and five staves. Where the flute part is not written out separately the top line of the system is designated ‘Fl: ou 1er V.’ On a single leaf, paginated 43, 44. Against the beginning of the music (f. 1r) is written ‘No: 13. / Duo et Final....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and German
Date Range:
[1841]
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

6190. Zweig MS 114

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 114
Title:
Richard Wagner: Correspondence relating to Zweig MS 112
Scope & Content:
As follows: f. 1. Postcard from Wilhelm Tappert to Albert Cohn, Berlin, confirming the authenticity of Zweig MS 112, and with notes on the work’s composition; Berlin, 18 June 1886. f. 2r. Letter from the book dealer Albert Cohn to an unidentified correspondent (‘Ew. Hochgeboren’) about a Wag...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1886-1887
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

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