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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Zweig MS 1-218 Language Italian Name Spontini, Gasparo Luigi Pacifico, composer, 1774-1851

1. Zweig MS 86

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 86
Title:
Gaspare Spontini: ‘Olympie’, opera in three acts, second version (libretto by Dieulafoy and Briffaut after Voltaire, revised by E.T.A. Hoffman), 1821: chorus ‘Ciel! Il expire’ with following recitative for the Hièrophante and Cassandra, from Act III, scene viii
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of up to 16 staves. Tempo direction ‘Andante un poco sostenuto’ (f. 1r). Staves extended into the right margin by the composer on f. 2r. The recitative is given in a shorter version than that found in the published score, and the parts for the two ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and Italian
Date Range:
[1839]
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

2. Zweig MS 87

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 87
Title:
Gaspare Spontini: Credo in G for two voices and obbligato solo organ
Scope & Content:
Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. Title on f. 1r: ‘Credo a / Due Voci con / L’organo solo obbligato / Di / Gaspare Spontini’, with, also in the composer’s hand at top right, ‘Originale’. Scored for organ (written on the single uppermost stave), Canto (in soprano clef), A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1793?-1795?
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)

3. Zweig MS 215

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 215
Title:
Autograph book of Ignaz Moscheles
Scope & Content:
Autograph book of the pianist and composer Ignaz Moscheles. Most entries are written directly into the volume and are by musicians contributing musical quotations or complete short pieces. In addition, a number of items, including letters and drawings, are inserted. Includes inserted items dated...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1764-1869
Extent:
1 volume (159 folios)