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Subject Symphonies

11. Add MS 31708

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Add MS 31708
Title:
Symphonies, in score, by Haydn.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. ff. 1-152b Symphonies, for horns, oboes, flutes, bassoons, clarinets, and drums (in no. 1), and strings, in score, by Haydn. 'All revised by the Composer, and performed at Salomon's Concerts [started in 1786?], under Haydn's direction.' 1. 'Sinfonia in C' ['L'ours ']. f. 2. 2. 'Sinfonia...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (165 folios)

12. Add MS 31709

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Add MS 31709
Title:
Compositions, in full score, by Haydn.
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. ff. 85. Compositions, in full score, by Haydn. [Published about 1785, as Sei Sinfonie a grand orchestra, opera xxxv.] For a further description see Add MS 32174, where they are given in somewhat different order, above (p. 24). 1. In G minor. f. 2. 2. In D. f. 13. 3. In G. f. 26. 4. In...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (85 folios)

13. Add MS 31710

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Add MS 31710
Title:
Symphonies, for wind and strings, in score, by Haydn.
Scope & Content:
Vol. III. ff. 175. Symphonies for horns, flutes (trumpets, clarinets, and drums in no. 2), oboes, bassoons, and strings, in score, by Haydn. 'Revised by the Composer, and performed at Salomon's Concerts, under Haydn's direction.' 1. In Bflat ['La Reine de France']. f. 2. 2. In Eflat (Adagio, A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (175 folios)

14. Add MS 31766

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Add MS 31766
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: The Pastoral Symphony Sketchbook A musical sketchbook chiefly made up of notes for the 6th (Pastoral) Symphony (Op. 68), here called 'Sinfonia caracteristica oder Erinnerungen an das Landleben'. On f. 2 is the note 'Man überlässt es dem Zuhörer sich selbst die Situationen auszufinden'. Of other works, notes appear at intervals, namely: of the 3rd Sonata for Piano and Violoncello (Op. 69) beginning with the second subject of the first movement (at the 37th bar) (f. 31v)...
Scope & Content:
ff. 60. Sketch-book [by Beethoven], containing chiefly sketches for the Pastoral symphony. It is dated at the beginning 1808, and evidently belongs to the first half of that year. According to Gustav Nottebohm, who has given an account of the MS. in his Zweite Beethoveniana (pp. 252, 369, etc.),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1808
Extent:

Paper; ff. 60. Oblong folio

15. Add MS 32039-32045

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Add MS 32039-32045
Title:
Compositions of Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, grandson of J. S. Bach.
Scope & Content:
Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
7 volumes

16. Add MS 32042

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Add MS 32042
Title:
A sonata and a symphony by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-9b. Grand sonata (Allegro, Andante con moto, Rondo, Finale), in E flat, for Pianoforte, by W. [Friedrich Ernst] Bach, London, 1778, 'first performed at Bach's Concert, Hannover Square.'; 1778 (?) Autograph. ff. 10-25b. 'Sinfonia' in C (introductory movement without title, in common time, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (25 folios)

17. Add MS 32043

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Add MS 32043
Title:
A collection of compositions by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-20. Five movements in various keys at the beginning of which is written 'Divertimento per 4 mani. W. [Friedrich Ernst] Bach.' Whether the title refers to the whole, or only to the first two movements, is not certain. They are Allegro assai and Andante with Variations in F. ff. lb, 5b; — Al...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)

18. Add MS 32147

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Add MS 32147
Title:
A collection of compositions by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and Carli Zoeller
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-8b. 'Sinfonia' in D minor (Adagio merging into Fugue), for flutes and strings, in score, by W. F[riedmann] Bach. Copied from the original at Berlin. ff. 9-24. 'Sestetto' (Allegro non troppo, Andante, Rondo), in E flat, for 2 horns, clarinet, violin, viola and violoncello, in parts, by W. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1883?
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

19. Add MS 32171

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Add MS 32171
Title:
A collection of short symphonies, the violin part of a sonata, and a concerto
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-11b. Two short symphonies for 1st and 2nd violin, viola, and bass, in parts, by [Christoph] Nichelmann; 18th cent. The first may possibly be autograph. 1. Allegro, Andante, Presto; in F. f. 1. 2. Allegro, Adagio, Presto; in G. f. 7. ff. 12-16b. Sonata [in E flat], 'Per il Clavicembalo co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (42 folios)

20. Add MS 32174

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Add MS 32174
Title:
A collection of numbers from operas, string quartets, cantatas, and a symphony
Scope & Content:
passim. Numbers from operas, with oboes, flutes and bassoons (in nos. 1, 2), horns and strings; 1782, etc.. 1, 2. Instrumental numbers, without titles, viz. the overtures to 'L' Isola disabitata,' 1779 (ff. 33-71 passim), and to 'La Vera Costanza,' 1779 (ff. 35-72 passim), written by Franz Josep...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)