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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Zweig MS 1-218 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

31. Zweig MS 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 27
Title:
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major for piano, op. 60
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink, on systems of two staves. Tempo direction ‘Allegretto’. Headed by the composer ‘Barcarolle / pour le piano / dedié a Madame la Baronne de Stockhausen / par F Chopin. Op. 60 / Leipsic Haertel. Paris Brandus (Schl.) - Londres Wessel.’ (f. 1r); ‘fine’ at end (f. 4r). With...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1846]
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

32. Zweig MS 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 28
Title:
Domenico Cimarosa: ‘Giovinotti mentre in volto’, rondo for soprano and strings
Scope & Content:
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. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

33. Zweig MS 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 29
Title:
Domenico Cimarosa: Fragment, apparently from a duet or trio in D
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

34. Zweig MS 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 30
Title:
Josef Danhauser: Drawing of Beethoven on his deathbed, 1827
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[after 1844]
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

35. Zweig MS 31

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 31
Title:
Claude Debussy: Fantaisie for piano and orchestra: solo piano part, with reduction of orchestral accompaniment for a second piano
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1889-1890
Extent:
1 volume (19 folios)

36. Zweig MS 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 32
Title:
Léo Delibes: ‘Lakmé’, opera in three acts (libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille), 1883: duet ‘J’ai marché sous les hautes fougères’ for Gèrald and Frédéric
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Vocal score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. Corrections in ink throughout. Tempo direction (at bar 3) ‘Moderato’. Comprising an additional scene, replacing spoken dialogue, headed (f. 1r) ‘No.18 (Nouveau) Scène (G)’, with a note that the first bar replaces the last bar of t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
25 Aug 1883
Extent:
1 volume (7 folios)

37. Zweig MS 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 33
Title:
Gaetano Donizetti: early version of the overture to Il diluvio universale, in D major/minor, in a version for piano duet
Scope & Content:
Incomplete, 270 bars; the last page (f. 4v), though completely full, does not contain the conclusion of the work. Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. Tempo direction ‘Larghetto - Allegro’. The name Donizetti added in lighter ink in the upper margin of f. 1r. ‘N 3’ add...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1830?]
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

38. Zweig MS 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 34
Title:
Christoph Willibald Gluck: [‘I lamenti d’amore’], cantata beginning ‘Misero! e che farò! e come, e con qual cor i figli abbraccerò’ for soprano and strings (words, Raniero de Calzabigi), arranged by the composer from the aria for Admeto (tenor) ‘Misero! e che farò’ from act III of his opera ‘Alceste’
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of five staves. In C minor. Tempo directions ‘Andante un poco - Recit. - lento - presto - lento - presto - moderato - andante - Presto - Lento - Presto - Lento - Presto’. The music and text begin as in the first printed edition of the opera, though...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1767?]
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)

39. Zweig MS 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 35
Title:
Edvard Grieg: ‘Peer Gynt’ Suite no. 2, op. 55
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of up to 18 staves. Contains the four numbers first performed by Grieg at Kristiania, 14 Nov. 1891, but with the revised ending to no. 3. As follows: ff. 3v-8r. ‘Der Brautraub (Ingrids Klage)’, tempo directions ‘Allegro furioso - Andante - Allegro ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, German, and Norwegian
Date Range:
[1891-1892]
Extent:
1 volume (i + 31 folios)

40. Zweig MS 36

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 36
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Aria ‘E troppo bella troppo amorosa la Pastorella’, part of the cantata ‘Ho fuggito Amore anch’io’ (HWV 118), for voice and basso continuo
Scope & Content:
Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of two staves: vocal line in the alto clef and figured bass. In D; tempo direction ‘allegro’ (f. 1r). Annotations by Vincent Novello in the upper margin of f. 1r record that the manuscript formerly belonged to Domenico Dragonetti and attest to its authe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1st half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 2 folios)