PRELUDE and Fugue in G : no. 15 of "Das wohltemperirte Klavier," part ii., by Johann Sobastian Bach. Autograph. Paper; f. 1. circ. 1744. Oblong folio. Bound up with 35021. Johann Sebastian Bach, composer: Prelude and fugue: circ. 1744.
Music, etc., viz.:-(a) Italian cantata, by Handel; 18th cent. f. 1;-(b) Signature of Haydn; circ. 1791. f. 5;-(c) "Quatuor énigmatique," by Charles Simon Catel; 1811. Autograph. f. 6 b; -(d) Canon by Beethoven; 1825. Autogr. f. 8;-(e) First violin part of overture "Polonia," by Wagner; [1833]. A...
Music, viz.:- (a) Miserere à 9, by Pergolesi. Apparently autograph. f. 1;-(b) "Già la morte in manto nero": aria, with instrumental accompaniment, by G. Scolari. f. 26;-(c) Orchestral fragment, etc., said to be "Original von Mozart." f. 42;-(d) Canons by J. G. Albrechtsberger. Apparently autogr....
COLLECTION of letters, receipts, autographs, etc., of musicians, artists, actors, and others, comprising, besides others included in the index, the following:- 1. Renunciation by Haydn of rights in the first six "Salomon" overtures, or symphonies; 13 Aug. 1795. Signed. Germ. f. 5. 2. Wrapper...
COLLECTION of engraved portraits of musicians, etc., viz. 1. Christopher Hitzenauer., "Brunoviensis" [? of Braunau, in Bohemia]; he flourished at Lauingen in Bavaria, 1585. 3½ in. x 2.5/8 in. f. 1. 2. Johann Andreas Herbst, "Francofurti Musics Director": engraved by Hieronynius Ammon (?), af...
