Search

Project / Collection Stefan Zweig Collection Name Schumann, Robert Alexander, composer, 1810-1856 Level [40] File

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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[c 1730]
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

2. Zweig MS 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 27
Title:
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major for piano, op. 60
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink, on systems of two staves. Tempo direction ‘Allegretto’. Headed by the composer ‘Barcarolle / pour le piano / dedié a Madame la Baronne de Stockhausen / par F Chopin. Op. 60 / Leipsic Haertel. Paris Brandus (Schl.) - Londres Wessel.’ (f. 1r); ‘fine’ at end (f. 4r). With...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1846]
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

3. Zweig MS 85

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 85
Title:
Robert Schumann: ‘Beim Abschied zu singen’ (text E. von Feuchtersleben), for chorus and wind ensemble, op. 84
Scope & Content:
Autograph draft in short score. Written in ink on systems of two staves. Tempo direction ‘Langsam’. Text begins ‘Es ist bestimmt in Gothes Rath’. Headed ‘Lied zum Abschied’ at top left and dated ‘7 Mai 47.’ at top right of f. 1r. With indication of instrumentation above the first system on f. 1r...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
7 May 1847
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

4. Zweig MS 215

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 215
Title:
Autograph book of Ignaz Moscheles
Scope & Content:
Autograph book of the pianist and composer Ignaz Moscheles. Most entries are written directly into the volume and are by musicians contributing musical quotations or complete short pieces. In addition, a number of items, including letters and drawings, are inserted. Includes inserted items dated...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1764-1869
Extent:
1 volume (159 folios)