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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 31384-31823 Subject Symphonies Level [40] File

1. Add MS 31579

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Add MS 31579
Title:
Chamber music, in parts, by Benedetto Marcello.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-15 Concerto in D for violin, with 2 violins, viola, and violoncello, and a bass (occasionally figured for harpsichord), in parts, by Benedetto Marcello, who describes himself as 'Nob[ile] Ven[eziano].' Autograph. The first violin part is in duplicate. ff. 16-49b 'Sinfonie a Quatro,' in p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1st half 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (49 folios)

2. Add MS 31707

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Add MS 31707
Title:
'Symphony in E flat', in score, by Franz Joseph Haydn.
Scope & Content:
ff. 40. 'Sinfonie in E flat' ['Mit dem Paukenwirbel'], for 2 trumpets (clarini), drums, 2 horns, 2 clarinets, 2 oboes, flutes, bassoons, 2 violins, viola, violoncellos, and basses, in score, by Haydn, 1795. Autograph. Folios 23, 23b, and 26, are said to have been supplied — evidently late in life...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1795
Extent:
1 volume (40 folios)

3. Add MS 31708

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Add MS 31708
Title:
Symphonies, in score, by Haydn.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. ff. 1-152b Symphonies, for horns, oboes, flutes, bassoons, clarinets, and drums (in no. 1), and strings, in score, by Haydn. 'All revised by the Composer, and performed at Salomon's Concerts [started in 1786?], under Haydn's direction.' 1. 'Sinfonia in C' ['L'ours ']. f. 2. 2. 'Sinfonia...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (165 folios)

4. Add MS 31709

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Add MS 31709
Title:
Compositions, in full score, by Haydn.
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. ff. 85. Compositions, in full score, by Haydn. [Published about 1785, as Sei Sinfonie a grand orchestra, opera xxxv.] For a further description see Add MS 32174, where they are given in somewhat different order, above (p. 24). 1. In G minor. f. 2. 2. In D. f. 13. 3. In G. f. 26. 4. In...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (85 folios)

5. Add MS 31710

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Add MS 31710
Title:
Symphonies, for wind and strings, in score, by Haydn.
Scope & Content:
Vol. III. ff. 175. Symphonies for horns, flutes (trumpets, clarinets, and drums in no. 2), oboes, bassoons, and strings, in score, by Haydn. 'Revised by the Composer, and performed at Salomon's Concerts, under Haydn's direction.' 1. In Bflat ['La Reine de France']. f. 2. 2. In Eflat (Adagio, A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (175 folios)

6. Add MS 31766

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Add MS 31766
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: The Pastoral Symphony Sketchbook A musical sketchbook chiefly made up of notes for the 6th (Pastoral) Symphony (Op. 68), here called 'Sinfonia caracteristica oder Erinnerungen an das Landleben'. On f. 2 is the note 'Man überlässt es dem Zuhörer sich selbst die Situationen auszufinden'. Of other works, notes appear at intervals, namely: of the 3rd Sonata for Piano and Violoncello (Op. 69) beginning with the second subject of the first movement (at the 37th bar) (f. 31v)...
Scope & Content:
ff. 60. Sketch-book [by Beethoven], containing chiefly sketches for the Pastoral symphony. It is dated at the beginning 1808, and evidently belongs to the first half of that year. According to Gustav Nottebohm, who has given an account of the MS. in his Zweite Beethoveniana (pp. 252, 369, etc.),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1808
Extent:

Paper; ff. 60. Oblong folio