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Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 22
Title:: Johannes Brahms: Letter to Peter Joseph Simrock
Scope & Content:: No place; dated ‘Juli 61’ (f. 1r). Numbers ‘524/1’ and ‘913’ added in pencil on f. 1r appear to be by dealers or previous owners.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: Jul 1861
Extent:: 1 volume (2 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 23
Title:: Johannes Brahms: Letter to Peter Joseph Simrock
Scope & Content:: 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.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: [1865]
Extent:: 1 volume (2 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 24
Title:: Hans von Bülow: Letter to C. Kerfack
Scope & Content:: 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 ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: 2 Nov 1864
Extent:: 1 volume (3 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Zweig MS 25
Title:: Ferruccio Busoni: ‘Indianisches Erntelied’ (Indian Harvest Song), for piano
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: 12 Apr 1911
Extent:: 1 volume (4 folios)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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