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Subject Concertos Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 28970

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Title:
A concerto by Giovanni Battista Yiotti
Scope & Content:
Concerto in C (Andante, Allegro vivace, Andante sostenuto, Allegro piuttosto vivo), for violin, with flute, oboes, horns, bassoons, and strings, in score, by [Giovanni Battista] Yiotti. Autograph. An arrangement by J. B. Cramer for pianoforte and strings was published in 1813 as a 'New Concerto.'
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1813?
Extent:
1 volume (76 folios)

2. Add MS 29295

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Title:
A collection of sketches of compositions, in the hand of Charles Weichsel
Scope & Content:
passim. Sketches of compositions in the hand of C[harles] Weichsel, with extracts from the works of [Ludwig] Spohr (ff. 119b-123, 132), [Joseph] Mayseder (ff. 124-127b), [Friedrich Ernst] Fesca (ff. 125b, 128b, 130b), and [Louis Charles] Maucourt (f. 132b), most of them apparently written for th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (170 folios)

3. Add MS 29801

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Two sketch-books of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, containing the first ideas and rough notes of many of his completed works. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-37. 'Beethoven. Skizzenbuch. B': consisting almost exclusively of 'Skizzen zu den 'Ruinen von Athen,' with a few (ff. 11, 11b) 'zu 'König Stephan.' Both these works were produced at Pesth, 9 February, 1812. Three leaves have been lost. About 1811].{c.f. letter of Dr. F. Kaiser (18/6/1962; ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1781-1811
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 29803

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Title:
Cadenza by Beethoven, Canzonetta by Rossini, and Nocturne by Johann Nepomuk Kafka
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ff. 1-2b. Cadenza [by Beethoven] to the rondo in Mozart's pianoforte concerto in D minor [No. 466 in Köchel's Catalogue]. Autograph. Followed by Breitkopf und Härtel's printed edition of the same. f. 5. 'Mi lagnerò tacendo della mia sorte': Canzonetta, apparently no. 10 of a series by Rossini,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Add MS 29907

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Title:
Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach: Harpsichord concertos "Concerto per il Clavicembalo, 2 Violini, Viola e Basso," f. 2; "Concerto per l'organo a Cembalo obligato, 2 Violini, Viola e Basso," f. 32; "Concerto per il Clavicembalo ed accompagnato per due Violini, Viola, e Basso," f. 58. At f. 88 is a printed sonata entitled "La bataille de Bergen," by the same. Paper; xviiith cent. Oblong Folio.
Scope & Content:
Concertos for harpsichord, with 2 violins, viola, and basso or violoncello, in parts, by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach. Nos. 1 and 3 are described as 'per il Clavicembalo '; no. 2, 'per l'Organo a [? = o] Cembalo obligato.' 1. Allegretto, Adagio, Allegro assai; in F. f. 2. 2. Allegro ma non troppo,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of 18th century
Extent:

1 volume (87 folios)

6. Add MS 29997

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Title:
Sketches of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, including C sharp minor quartet, Op. 131, composed in 1826.
Scope & Content:
Sketches of musical compositions in the hand of Beethoven. The volume may be divided into two portions, of which the former (ff. 2-5) contains what appear to be sketches of the C-sharp minor quartet, op. 131; and the latter, miscellaneous sketches, most of them apparently dating from the end of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

1 volume (42 folios)

7. Add MS 30310

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Title:
Compositions by George Frederic Handel, in full score. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-12b. Cantata, begins 'Lungi dal mio bel Nume'; for a treble voice, with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. [By Handel.] 'Roma. Il dì 3 di Marzzo, 1708.' Autograph. No. 25 of the Händel-Gesellschaft's edition of the Cantatas. HWV 127a. At f. 8 begins a transcript of the song in a lat...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

1 volume (62 folios)

8. Add MS 30387

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Title:
Dance and other music in lute notation, composed by Silvio Leopold Weis and Sigismund Weis, of Prague, in 1717-1724
Scope & Content:
Passim. Collection of solos for Lute. 1717-1724. The 'Weis' whose name is put to so many of them is probably Sylvius Leopold Weiss, but a few may be by his brother Sigismund, who was also a lutist, and by whom there is a composition on f. 33b. Probably other pieces besides those ascribed to them...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1717-1724
Extent:

1 volume (159 folios)

9. Add MS 31305

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A volume containing directions for the Viola d'Amore, as well as a concerto and sinfonia by Antonio Vivaldi
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1. "ANWEISUNG zum Spiel der Viola d'Amore ": an anonymous book of directions, composed in 1795. f. 1. 2. Concerto in D minor for viola d'amore and lute, with violins and basses ('sordini'), the bass being also figured for harpsichord, in score, by Antonio Vivaldi. Apparently copied (in 1880) f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1795-1880
Extent:
1 volume (31 folios)

10. Add MS 31310

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Title:
A collection which includes a magnificat, a song, a cantata, a madrigal, and a concerto
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-20. ‘Magnificat’ with ‘Gloria Patri,’ in F; for 2 choirs of 4 voices each, with accompaniments for 2 orchestras, consisting of trumpets, oboes, and strings, in score, by [G. A.] Fioroni; 18th cent. Apparently autograph. ff. 21-36. ‘Mein Odem ist schwach‘: a short sacred composition, cons...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)