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.
Letter from Ludwig van Beethoven to Dr. Johann Bihler
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[Baden, Summer, 1813]. Written in ink, addressed ‘Hr. von Bihler’ on the verso. An irregularly trimmed leaf, with bottom right hand corner, which presumably carried Beethoven’s signature, cut away.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Letter to Maria Anna Thekla Mozart, 23 December 1778
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Dated Kaisheim, 23 Dec. 1778. Written principally on the recto, with the postscript (Mozart. Briefe und Aufzeichnungen, lines 30-32) on the verso. The bottom right corner, with most of the word ‘C[ousin]’ and Mozart’s signature after the letters ‘W: A’, torn away.
Richard Wagner: ‘Der fliegende Holländer’ (WWV 63). Revised ending to Overture
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 18 and 19 (f. 4r and v) staves. Headed ‘Zum fliegender Holländer Schluss der Ouvertüre (pag: 42 der autographirten Partitur nach der _ [underlined pause sign])’, with further references to pp. 42 and 43 of the original full score at top left and...
Richard Wagner: ‘Der fliegende Holländer’ (WWV 63). Revised ending to Act III
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 18 (f. 1r) and 20 staves (f. 1v). Headed ‘Schluss des dritten Actes’, and with extensive instructions for the copyist relating this score to the autograph full score and to Zweig MS 116. At the end (f. 1v) are detailed stage directions for the n...
Richard Wagner: ‘Das Liebesverbot’. Draft libretto
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Written in brown ink, with corrections and additions (ff. 1r, 2v, 3r, 6v, 8v, 9r) in red ink. Incomplete, lacking Act I, scene i, and the end of the last scene of Act II. Portions of a number of leaves are torn or cut away. Of these, the following affect the text: lower fore-edge ff. 1, 2, and l...