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Project / Collection Additional Manuscripts Subject Duets for 2 instruments Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 29801

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Add MS 29801
Title:
Two sketch-books of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, containing the first ideas and rough notes of many of his completed works. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-37. 'Beethoven. Skizzenbuch. B': consisting almost exclusively of 'Skizzen zu den 'Ruinen von Athen,' with a few (ff. 11, 11b) 'zu 'König Stephan.' Both these works were produced at Pesth, 9 February, 1812. Three leaves have been lost. About 1811].{c.f. letter of Dr. F. Kaiser (18/6/1962; ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1781-1811
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 31577

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Add MS 31577
Title:
Harpsichord compositions predominantly by Handel; also including pieces by Johann Christoph Pepusch, William Babell, Jean Baptiste Loeillet, and Francesco Mancini.
Scope & Content:
passim. Collection of pieces for the Harpsichord by composers of the first half of the 18th century. Except where the contrary is stated, they are by Hendell (sc. Handel), and are taken from his Suites de Pieces, vols, i and ii (published respectively in 1720 and 1733), to which the volumes and ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (50 folios)

3. Add MS 32184-32237

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Add MS 32184-32237
Title:
Original compositions, for the most part unpublished, by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
In the case of works in full scores, the music for wind instruments will generally be found at the end of the volume.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
54 volumes

4. Add MS 32236

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Add MS 32236
Title:
A collection of compositions for organ, orphica, and pianoforte, as well as a fragment of an aria
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-10b. Compositions for Organ, by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, written on two 5-line staves; 18th-19th cent. 1. Capriccio in E flat minor. f. 1b. 2. Prelude, Largo and Fugue; in C minor. f. 3b. 3. Un poco Andante, in A flat. f. 5b. 4. Fugue in E flat. f. 8b. 5. Ricercare in G. f. 9b. ff. 11 -14b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (189 folios)