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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:: Not applicable
Date Range:: [1807-1808]
Extent:: 1 volume (2 folios)

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)

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:: Not applicable
Date Range:: [1831-1832]
Extent:: 1 volume (2 folios)

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)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 101
Title:: Richard Wagner: Entracte tragique in D (WWV 25, no. 1)
Scope & Content:: Fragmentary autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 11 staves. Incomplete, the first 52 bars only, occupying the whole of ff. 1-3r. Headed ‘No. 1’ and ‘Entreacte tragique No: 1.’ (f. 1r). Tempo direction ‘Allegro’ (f. 1r). Numbered 57-9 in ink over pencil (see description of Zweig MS ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1832
Extent:: 1 volume (6 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 102
Title:: Richard Wagner: Symphony in C (WWV 29): piano duet version of part of movement I
Scope & Content:: Autograph score. Incomplete, breaking off after 116 bars of the Allegro. Written in ink on systems of four staves. ‘Sinfonia’ at head of f. 1r. Tempo directions ‘Sostenuto e maestoso (f. 1r) - Allegro con brio’ (f. 1v). The last two bars are written in the ‘primo’ part only, and the lower two sy...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: [1832-1833?]
Extent:: 1 volume (2 folios)

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