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1. Zweig MS 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 3
Title:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale preludes ‘Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist’ (BWV 631a) and ‘Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend’ (BWV 632), for organ, both from the ‘Orgel-Büchlein’
Scope & Content:
Copy in the hand of Christian Gottlob Meissner. Written in brown ink on systems of two staves, using soprano and bass clefs. On a single leaf, with BWV 631a on the recto and BWV 632 on the verso; the titles are given in the upper margins, that of BWV 632 followed by ‘Canon:’ perhaps in another h...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
[c 1730]
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

2. Zweig MS 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 4
Title:
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Flute part, in D, to an unidentified concerto in three movements
Scope & Content:
Apparently not autograph; in an unidentified hand. Written in ink on single staves on either side of a single leaf. Headed ‘Concerto:’, and ‘Flaut Traversiere’. The first movement, in 2/4 time but with no tempo direction, is of 147 bars; movement II, ‘adagio’, 3/4, 40 bars; movement III (occupyi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
[c 1740?]
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

3. Zweig MS 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 6
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in A major for cello and piano, op. 69: sketches for movements III and IV
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink, with some pencil on ff. 1v and 2r. The sketches are mostly on single staves, with piano or ‘cello indicated above at relevant points on ff. 1v, 2r and v. The number 350 added later in pencil at the bottom right of f. 1. For accompanying note of provenance see Zweig MS ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
[1807-1808]
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

4. Zweig MS 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 26
Title:
Frédèric Chopin: Mazurka in F sharp minor for piano, op. 59, no. 3
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink on systems of two staves. Tempo direction ‘Vivace’. Headed ‘Nro 3.’ in upper margin of f. 1r; ‘fine’ written at the end (f. 2r). With many autograph corrections and alterations in ink. Engraver’s markings have been added in pencil beneath the systems. The line and pag...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
[1845]
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

5. Zweig MS 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 33
Title:
Gaetano Donizetti: early version of the overture to Il diluvio universale, in D major/minor, in a version for piano duet
Scope & Content:
Incomplete, 270 bars; the last page (f. 4v), though completely full, does not contain the conclusion of the work. Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. Tempo direction ‘Larghetto - Allegro’. The name Donizetti added in lighter ink in the upper margin of f. 1r. ‘N 3’ add...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1830?]
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

6. Zweig MS 54

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 54
Title:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: March for orchestra in C (K408, no. 1/383e)
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of seven staves. Headed ‘Marcia’, and signed ‘di Wolfgango Amadeo Mozart m[anu] p[ropria]’ at top right, on f. 1r. Tempo direction ‘Maestoso’. ‘No. 1’ beneath the title is presumably a later addition; other additions are the date 1782 (altered from...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
[1782?]
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

7. Zweig MS 77

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 77
Title:
Arnold Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces, op. 16, 1909: copy, written out by the composer and Erwin Stein
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink, on systems of up to 30 staves. Incomplete, comprising nos. I, III, IV and bars 1-16 only of no. V. No. I written jointly by Schoenberg and Stein, the remaining numbers entirely in the hand of the composer. As follows: ff. 1-6r. No. I; tempo marking (f. 1r)...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1909-1910
Extent:
1 volume (17 folios)

8. Zweig MS 93

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 93
Title:
Igor Stravinsky: [Z har-ptitsa] - ‘L’Oiseau de feu’, ballet in two scenes (scenario M. Fokine after a Russian national fairy tale), 1910: album-leaf quotation from the ‘Berceuse’
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on 14 staves, on one side of a single leaf. Six bars, beginning at cue no. 184 in the published full score; a stave is marked for the second harp, which plays during this passage, but no notes are entered, and in the last two bars of the extract the second vi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
2 Dec 1910
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

9. Zweig MS 99

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 99
Title:
Richard Wagner: Overture in E minor to Ernst Raupach’s König Enzio (WWV 24)
Scope & Content:
Autograph draft in piano score. Written in ink on systems of two staves, with additions in red ink (f. 2v). Tempo directions ‘Sostenuto - Allegro’ (f. 1r); ‘Fine’ at end (f. 2v). The draft of the Overture ends on the fourth system on f. 2v; below this are brief sketches for the Concert Overture ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
[1831-1832]
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

10. Zweig MS 100

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 100
Title:
Richard Wagner: Entracte tragique in D (WWV 25, no. 1)
Scope & Content:
Complete autograph draft in short score. Written in ink on systems of two staves; with a very few indications of orchestration. On a single leaf, headed ‘Entreacte tragique No: 1.’ (recto). Top left corner of the leaf torn away, removing tempo direction on the recto and affecting text on the ver...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1832
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)