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1. Add MS 38069

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 38069
Title:
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

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

3. 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)

4. Zweig MS 101

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)

5. Zweig MS 102

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)

6. Zweig MS 103

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 103
Title:
Richard Wagner: Music for ‘Beim Antritt des neuen Jahr 1835’, allegorical festival play in one act by Wilhelm Schmale (WWV 36): autograph draft of Overture and two choral numbers, nos. 3 and 5
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Short (piano) score, and piano vocal score. Written in ink, the Overture on systems of two staves, the vocal numbers on systems of up to five staves. Contents: ff. 1r-2v. Overture; headed (f. 1r) ‘No: 1: Ouverture’. Tempo directions ‘Sostenuto - Allegro assai’ (f. 1r). f. 3r and v. [N...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1834]
Extent:
1 volume (5 folios)

7. Zweig MS 104

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 104
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Das Liebesverbot’ or ‘Die Novize von Palermo’ (WWV 38), comic opera in two acts (libretto by the composer, after Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure), 1834-6: incomplete draft of Overture, sketches for nos. 6, 7 and 11, and unidentified sketches
Scope & Content:
Autograph short score. Written mostly in ink on one stave or systems of two staves, partly in pencil (f. 3v), and with annotations in red ink (f. 2r, v). Trial stave rulings in lower margin of f. 1r. The identifiable sketches, using cue numbers from the published full score, are as follows: ff...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1835]
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

8. Zweig MS 105

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 105
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Das Liebesverbot’: modern transcription of texted passages from Zweig MS 104
Scope & Content:
Comprising sketch for Isabella’s aria from No. 6, Finale to Act I, from Zweig MS 104, ff. 5r, 6v. Written in dark blue ink on single staves and systems of two staves. The hand is the same as that in Zweig MSS 107, ff. 2 - 11, and 111.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

9. Zweig MS 106

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 106
Title:
Richard Wagner: Overture in C, ‘Polonia’ (WWV 39), 1836: piano reduction, with sketch for song ‘Les adieux de Marie Stuart’ (words J.P. de Béranger) for voice and piano (WWV 61); [early 1840]
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink on systems of two staves. As follows: ff. 1r-4r. Overture, headed ‘Polonia. Ouverture.’ (f. 1r); tempo directions ‘Sostenuto - Tempo 1mo (f. 1r) - Allegretto - Allo: molto vivace (f. 1v) - Allegretto (f. 3v) - Presto’ (f. 4r). Copying instructions for bars or sections t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

10. Zweig MS 107

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 107
Title:
Richard Wagner: Papers and transcriptions relating to Zweig MS 106
Scope & Content:
Written in dark blue or black ink. As follows: f. 1r. Note on Zweig MS 106, and attestation that it is in Wagner’s hand, signed Wilhelm Tappert; 1 Dec. 1889. ff. 2r-6v, 7. Score of Overture, with I and II violins, cello and bass parts only; a shortened [or incomplete] version, apparently sco...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and German
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)