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STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CCII. Arthur Rimbaud: Une Saison en Enfer (Brussels, 1873). Printed. Dedicated on verso of title-page to Stefan Zweig from O. Van den Daele, Mons, 8 Oct. 1908. See also Zweig 181 and Chris Michaelides 'Stefan Zweig's copy of Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer (1873) in Th...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CCIII. Les Simulachres & historiees faces de la Mort (Lyon, Soubz l'escu de Coloigne: [Melchior et Gaspar Trechsel fratres], 1538). Printed. Containing Holbein's 'Dance of Death' designs. Bookplate 'From the Library of John Charrington, The Grange, Shenley'. G...
Franz Schubert: 'Auflösung', D.807 (words, J. Mayrhofer) and 'Blondel zu Marien', D.626 (words, anon), for voice and piano, from Franz Schubert's nachgelassene musikalische Dichtungen für Gesang und Pianoforte. Lieferung 34. Wien: Bey A. Diabelli & Comp., [1842]. Auflösung. [D 807.] Gedicht von J. Mayrhofer. Blondel zu Marien. [D 626. Text anon.] In Musik gesetzt für eine singstimme mit Begleitung des Piano Forte ... Nachlass No 34. Wien: bei Ant. Diabelli und Comp., [1842?] [Franz Sch...
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Printed score. Publication advertised in the Wiener Zeitung of 23 June 1842. The manuscript copy of Blondel zu Marien in the Witteczek-Spaun Collection, now in the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna, names Grillparzer as the author of the text, but this may be a later addition. Nottebohm, The...
Franz Schubert: Mirjams Siegesgesang [D 942]. Gedicht von Grillparzer. Sopran Solo mit Chor, mit Begleitung des Pianoforte ... 136tes Werk. Dem Herrn Hofrathe Joseph Witeczek hochachtungsvoll gewidmet von den Verlegern Ant. Diabelli & Co. Wien: bei Ant. Diabelli u. Comp.
Stefan Zweig Collection: Giorgio Vasari: account of the life of the painter Luca Signorelli
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Incomplete copy from Le Vite dei piu Eccellente Architetti, Pittori e Scultori Italiani (1550). Italian. With a typewritten English translation (ff. 3-7), and the relevant pages removed from a later printed edition (ff. 8-11). Presented by the Trustees of the Stefan Zweig Collection, 27 Sept. 19...
Sketchbook of Josef Teltscher, including drawings of Beethoven on his deathbed
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The notebook includes sketches, portraits (with some sitters named) and drawings finished to varying degrees, in pencil, with colour added to some. The items in pencil alone include two views of Beethoven's deathbed, and one very rough sketch of the scene. The notebook is listed in Zweig MS 214 ...
Ludwig van Beethoven: Letter to Stephan von Breuning
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Autograph. Written in pencil on light brown course paper. Originally folded in two. The letter reads: f. 1r: Wenn du vieleicht / über die Glacis heute / spazieren gehst findest / du mich swischen 4 / u. 5 uhr. f. 1v: Für Herrn / Hof-Sekretär / von Breuning.
Autograph. Written on both sides in ink and pencil. Folio 1r has accounts for 23, 24, 26 and 27 July. The items are listed in ink with the price marked next to them, and the total is marked below in pencil. Folio 1v has the list for 25 July and other accounts marked in pencil, upside-down. Folio...
Beethoven's last laundry list, with the quantity listed next to each item. Written in pencil on the right column of the recto and the upper left column of the verso. Laundry items listed include: 'Hemden 12, Leintücher 10, Handtüchen 8'. Marked on verso in red crayon 'das letzte Wäschzettel' and...
Announcement of Beethoven's death in the form of an invitation to his funeral
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[27 March 1827]. Printed. Printed on thin paper. Invitation reads: 'Einladung / zu / Ludwig van Beethoven's / Leichenbegängniss, / welches am 29. März um 3 Uhr Nachmittags Statt finden wird. / Man versammelt sich in der Wohnung des Verstorbenen im Schwarzspanier-hause Nr. 200, / am Glacis vor de...
