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21. Zweig MS 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 28
Title:
Domenico Cimarosa: ‘Giovinotti mentre in volto’, rondo for soprano and strings
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of five staves. Headed ‘Rondo’ in left upper margin of f. 1r. Tempo direction ‘And[ant]e’; the name of the character singing given as ‘Candida’ (f. 1r). Scored for violins, viola and unfigured bass; vocal part in the soprano clef. ‘Del Sig[no]r D. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

22. Zweig MS 40

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)

23. 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)

24. Zweig MS 94

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 94
Title:
Igor Stravinsky: ‘Pulcinella’, ballet with song in one act (music after Pergolesi and others, scenario Serge Diaghilev, Leonide Massine and the composer), for small orchestra and soprano, tenor and bass soloists: notebook containing drafts and sketches
Scope & Content:
Autograph. In short, condensed and full score. Written in black ink and pencil, with additions and annotations in red ink and blue crayon, on systems of two to twelve staves; staves are ruled individually as required on each page. Where pages contain more than one system the music is often writt...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
25 Sep 1919-11 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 volume (121 pages + xxxiii folios)

25. Zweig MS 36

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 36
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Aria ‘E troppo bella troppo amorosa la Pastorella’, part of the cantata ‘Ho fuggito Amore anch’io’ (HWV 118), for voice and basso continuo
Scope & Content:
Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of two staves: vocal line in the alto clef and figured bass. In D; tempo direction ‘allegro’ (f. 1r). Annotations by Vincent Novello in the upper margin of f. 1r record that the manuscript formerly belonged to Domenico Dragonetti and attest to its authe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1st half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 2 folios)

26. Zweig MS 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 41
Title:
Joseph Haydn: Variations in G on the anthem ‘Gott erhalte den Kaiser’, for keyboard; theme and Variation I
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink on systems of two staves, on the recto of a single leaf. The theme occupies the bottom four staves, and Variation I the upper eight staves. No key signature is given, and tempo directions and expression marks are also absent. On the verso is a note of authenticity, in I...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1797-1799]
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

27. 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)

28. Zweig MS 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 34
Title:
Christoph Willibald Gluck: [‘I lamenti d’amore’], cantata beginning ‘Misero! e che farò! e come, e con qual cor i figli abbraccerò’ for soprano and strings (words, Raniero de Calzabigi), arranged by the composer from the aria for Admeto (tenor) ‘Misero! e che farò’ from act III of his opera ‘Alceste’
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of five staves. In C minor. Tempo directions ‘Andante un poco - Recit. - lento - presto - lento - presto - moderato - andante - Presto - Lento - Presto - Lento - Presto’. The music and text begin as in the first printed edition of the opera, though...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1767?]
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)

29. Zweig MS 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 18
Title:
Luigi Boccherini: Thematic catalogue of 58 works ceded to the publisher Ignace Pleyel, with notarial certificate; Madrid, 14 November 1796
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink; on paper with legal stamps, showing the seal of Charles IV and the year, at the top of ff. 1r and 2v. As follows: f. 1r and v. Thematic catalogne, headed ‘Catalogo delle opere da me Luigi Boccherini cedute in tutta Proprietá al Sig[no]r Ignazio Pleyel’ (f. 1r), with,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Spanish
Date Range:
14 Nov 1796
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

30. Zweig MS 57

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 57
Title:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’, opera in four acts (libretto, Lorenzo da Ponte), 1786: draft of part of Cherubino’s Act I aria ‘Non so più cosa son’ (K492, no. 6)
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Fragmentary draft in score. Written in ink on systems of ten staves. Tempo direction ‘Allegro vivace’ (f. 1r). Contains the opening 34 bars; all strings are scored in for the first 6 bars (f. 1r), thereafter only the vocal and bass lines are entered. Mozart’s headings ‘Atto 1mo’, ‘Ari...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1785-1786]
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)