Johannes Brahms: ‘Zigeunerlieder’, for four voices and piano (words translated from Hungarian folk-songs by Hugo Conrat), op. 103
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Autograph score. Written in black ink, with frequent corrections, on systems of up to six staves. With additional annotations by the composer in pencil and blue crayon, mostly intended for the copyist. The songs are unnumbered, the order in which they are written, relative to the numbers in the ...
Johannes Brahms: Canon for four voices ‘Ans Auge des Liebsten’ (words Friedrich Rückert), op. 113, no. 9: on an album leaf
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Autograph. Written in black ink. Headed ‘à 4’ and signed at foot ‘Wien, Jan: 1873. Joh[anne]s Brahms’. In C; the two parts together on a single line preceded by bass and tenor clefs. The date of composition of this work is not known.
Autograph. ‘Lilienthal 136, Baden-Baden’ (f. 2r); n.d., but endorsed ‘No. 1092. Baden-Baden d. 2/10.65. Brahms’ in another hand (f. 2v). Pencil numbers ‘524/2’ and ‘914’, in sequence with those on Zweig 22, added at foot of f. 1r.
Autograph. Written in ink; signed and dated on f. 1v. With envelope (f. 3) addressed by von Bülow, where Kerfack is described as ‘Generalagent der Londoner "Union"‘, [Berlin]; closed with seal impression depicting an eagle bearing a shield. The letter relates to Zweig MS 26. In the letter von ...
Ferruccio Busoni: ‘Indianisches Erntelied’ (Indian Harvest Song), for piano
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Autograph. Written in ink on systems of two and three staves. Music on ff. 2r and 3r only; f. 2r. headed ‘Indianische Erntelied / Erster Versuch einer Verwerthung für das Clavier’. Tempo direction ‘Allegretto vivace’ (f. 2r). Against the end of the last system on f. 3r is the date ‘12 April 1911...
Domenico Cimarosa: ‘Giovinotti mentre in volto’, rondo for soprano and strings
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of five staves. Headed ‘Rondo’ in left upper margin of f. 1r. Tempo direction ‘And[ant]e’; the name of the character singing given as ‘Candida’ (f. 1r). Scored for violins, viola and unfigured bass; vocal part in the soprano clef. ‘Del Sig[no]r D. ...
Domenico Cimarosa: Fragment, apparently from a duet or trio in D
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on a single system of ten staves on either side of a single leaf. In common time, with the text ‘a vostr’ordine potete entrar’ (recto), ‘Quando mi trova gia maritata sara da ridere col mio Papa’ (verso). Although three lines are left for the vocal parts, only...
Josef Danhauser: Drawing of Beethoven on his deathbed, 1827
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Copy. In pencil. Shows Beethoven’s head turned to the left and resting on a pillow, a cover drawn up beneath his chin. With copy of Danhauser’s signature and the date 1827 diagonally to the left. Below is the faint pencil inscription ‘Beethoven / Den 28ten März an seinem / Todtenbette gezeichnet...
Claude Debussy: Fantaisie for piano and orchestra: solo piano part, with reduction of orchestral accompaniment for a second piano
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Autograph. In score. Written in black ink on systems of four and five staves, one stave for the most part left blank; some clefs and key signatures in Part I (ff. 3v-8r) are in red ink. With a few annotations and corrections in pencil on. ff. 10r and v, 11r, 16r. Contents as follows: f. 3r. Ti...
