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Project / Collection Egerton Manuscripts Subject String quartets Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Egerton MS 2379

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2379
Title:
A collection of quartets, sonatas, divertimenti, symphonies and other pieces of orchestral music
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-54b. Six Quartets (op. 50), for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello, in parts, by Haydn; about 1787. In the hand of his amanuensis, J. Radnitzky, and evidently those sent to William Forster for publication in London, and called by him op. 44. At the beginning is pencilled, presumably in the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1784-c 1787
Extent:
1 volume

2. Egerton MS 2456

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2456
Title:
A mass and an extract of a quartet
Scope & Content:
Short Mass in F, consisting of the ‘Kyrie‘ and ‘Gloria’; for 4 voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, horns, and strings, and a figured bass for organ, in score, by Giovanni Paisiello; before 1849. Adagio from Beethoven's posthumous Quartet in B flat (op. 130); about 18...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

3. Egerton MS 2795

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2795
Title:
Portion of a sketch-book of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven containing chiefly sketches of the quartets (op. 130-133). There are also several in 3/8 time.
Scope & Content:
Sketches (chiefly the violin part) of the following quartets for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello, and a canon, by Beethoven. 1. In B flat (op. 130). First movement, ff. l-3b, 5, 5b, 8, etc.;— and possibly the Danza Tedesca. ff. 6-8, passim. 2. In C sharp minor (op. 131). 'Adagio.' f. 4;— an...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 volume (16 folios)