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George Frideric Handel: Oratorio ‘Joseph and his Brethren’ (words James Miller, after the book of Genesis), 1743: recitative ‘With Songs of ardent gratitude, and Praise’
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of two staves: vocal line in the alto clef and figured bass. Headed ‘Joseph’ in the upper margin, the music followed by ‘Segue il Coro Alleluja we will rejoice’, and with ‘Fine dell oratio. [sic] Joseph’ in the lower margin. Joseph and his Brethren wa...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String quartet in D minor (K173), movement IV only
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. No tempo direction. Version comprising 84 bars, shorter than that finally published. Names of the instruments are indicated in ink against the first system (f. 1r) [by J.A. André]. Other later annotations in ink to f. 1r are: heading [in...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for violin and piano in F (K377/374e)
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of three staves. Mozart’s title ‘Sonata III’ is at the head of the music (f. 1r). The instruments marked ‘Violino’ and ‘Cembalo’ against the first system of each movement. Three movements, as follows: ff. 1r-3r. ‘All.[egr]o’. The upper system on f. 2v c...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: March for orchestra in C (K408, no. 1/383e)
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of seven staves. Headed ‘Marcia’, and signed ‘di Wolfgango Amadeo Mozart m[anu] p[ropria]’ at top right, on f. 1r. Tempo direction ‘Maestoso’. ‘No. 1’ beneath the title is presumably a later addition; other additions are the date 1782 (altered from...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for horn and orchestra in E flat (K447)
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of six staves. Three movements, as follows: ff. 1r-5v. ‘All[egr]o’; this and the heading ‘Concerto per il Corno Solo’ on f. 1r are apparently not in Mozart’s hand. ff. 6r-7v. ‘Larghetto’. Headed ‘Romance’, and signed at top right ‘di Wolfgango ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Song ‘Das Veilchen’ (words, Goethe), for voice and piano (K476)
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of three staves. In G; tempo direction ‘Allegretto:’. Vocal line written in the soprano clef (apparently written over a treble clef); the parts labelled ‘Singstim[m]e.’ and ‘Klavier:’ against the first system (f. 1r). The heading ‘Das veilchen.’ ‘von gö...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’, opera in four acts (libretto, Lorenzo da Ponte), 1786: draft of part of Cherubino’s Act I aria ‘Non so più cosa son’ (K492, no. 6)
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Autograph. Fragmentary draft in score. Written in ink on systems of ten staves. Tempo direction ‘Allegro vivace’ (f. 1r). Contains the opening 34 bars; all strings are scored in for the first 6 bars (f. 1r), thereafter only the vocal and bass lines are entered. Mozart’s headings ‘Atto 1mo’, ‘Ari...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three- and four-part canons for voices, ‘Difficile lectu mihi Mars’ (K559) and ‘O du eselhafter Peierl’ (K559a)
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Autograph. Written in ink on either side of a single leaf. Each comprising a single vocal line in the soprano clef. Annotations include, in the right margin of the recto, ‘Originalhandschrift von Mozart’, in an unidentified hand. K559 is entered in Mozart’s own Verzeichnüss (Zweig MS 63) with ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Five contredanses for flute, strings (2 violins, cello and bass) and drum (K609)
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of four or six staves. Headed by Mozart ‘Contredanses’ (f. 1r), with the nos. 1-5 at the head of the individual dances. No.1: f. 1r; no. 2: f. 1v; no. 3: f. 2r and v; no. 4: ff. 2v, 3r; no. 5: f. 3v. No. 4 is in ‘da capo’ form, with three alternati...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet in E flat, for two violins, two violas and cello (K614)
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of five staves. Movement I (ff. 1r-6v), ‘All[egr]o di molto’; movement II (ff. 7r-10v) ‘Andante’; movement III (ff. 11r-12v) ‘Menuetto: Allegretto’ and ‘Trio’; movement IV (ff. 13r-18v) ‘All[egr]o’. Headed by Mozart ‘Quintetto:’ (f. 1r) and with hi...
