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1. Zweig MS 209

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 209
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Kitchen accounts
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
before 1827
Extent:

2 folios

2. Zweig MS 210

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 210
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Laundry list
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1827
Extent:
1 folio

3. Zweig MS 208

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 208
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Letter to Stephan von Breuning
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
between 1805 and May 1813
Extent:
1 folio

4. Zweig MS 212

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 212
Title:
Itemised receipt of expenses for Beethoven’s funeral
Scope & Content:
“Quittung über die Beiträge zur Leichenbegängnies des Wohlgebohrnen berühmten Tondichters sellig Herrn Ludwig von Beethovens”. In the hand of the “bürgerlich-magistratischen Konductsansagers” Andreas Zeller. The document is listed in Zweig MS 214 (f. 15, item M) which includes a transcription of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
31 Mar 1827
Extent:

2 folios

5. Zweig MS 214

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 214
Title:
Provenance notes relating to the Beethoven relics in Zweig MS 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213 (19th-20th century) and 'Lebensreliquien Beethovens': typewritten account of the above [1939/1940]
Scope & Content:
19th- and 20th-century papers relating to the Beethoven relics owned by Zweig, including a detailed typewritten inventory of these. f. 1: large brown envelope with annotations in pencil, blue crayon and ink. 'Belege für Beethoven dinge in Wien' is marked in Stefan Zweig's hand. Another heading ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1800-1940
Extent:

19 folios

6. Zweig MS 211

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 211
Title:
Announcement of Beethoven's death in the form of an invitation to his funeral
Scope & Content:
[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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 folio

7. Zweig MS 213

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 213
Title:
List of those contributing to a collection for Beethoven's servants after his death, with receipts from two servants
Scope & Content:
April-May 1827. Written in ink. The documents are listed in Zweig MS 214 (f. 16, item N) which includes a detailed description by Zweig and identification of most donors listed in the 'Ansuchen' document. f. 1: Donation request ('Ansuchen'). Written in ink in the hand of Tobias Haslinger who a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1827
Extent:

4 folios

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