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81. Zweig MS 112

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 112
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Descendons gaiement la courtille’ (text Dumersan?) (WWV 65), chorus for insertion in the vaudeville La descente de la courtille by Marion Dumersan and Dupeutys
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Draft in piano vocal score. Written in ink on systems of two and three staves. Two-part chorus, written on a single stave labelled ‘Choeur.’ against the first system on f. 1r, the other two staves designated ‘Orchestre.’. Indications of orchestration are also given in this system. Tem...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1841?]
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

82. Zweig MS 113

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 113
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Oui, dès ce moment’, duet from Fromental Halévy’s opera Le Guitarrero, arranged by Wagner for quartet of flute or first violin, second violin, viola and ‘cello (WWV 62D)
Scope & Content:
Autograph score. Written in black ink on systems of four and five staves. Where the flute part is not written out separately the top line of the system is designated ‘Fl: ou 1er V.’ On a single leaf, paginated 43, 44. Against the beginning of the music (f. 1r) is written ‘No: 13. / Duo et Final....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and German
Date Range:
[1841]
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

83. Zweig MS 114

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 114
Title:
Richard Wagner: Correspondence relating to Zweig MS 112
Scope & Content:
As follows: f. 1. Postcard from Wilhelm Tappert to Albert Cohn, Berlin, confirming the authenticity of Zweig MS 112, and with notes on the work’s composition; Berlin, 18 June 1886. f. 2r. Letter from the book dealer Albert Cohn to an unidentified correspondent (‘Ew. Hochgeboren’) about a Wag...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1886-1887
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

84. Zweig MS 115

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 115
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Der fliegende Holländer’ (WWV 63). Copyists’ full score of Overture, with autograph corrections and annotations; 1853, 1860
Scope & Content:
Overture; 1853, 1860. Full score. Written in ink on systems of 16 and 18 staves. In the hand of Adam Bauer, on 16 staves (ff. 1-27) and Carl Mehner, on 18 staves (ff. 28-34). The first section (ff. 1-27) extensively annotated and corrected throughout in red ink by Wagner, with his instructions t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1853-1860
Extent:
1 volume (i + 34 folios)

85. Zweig MS 116

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 116
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Der fliegende Holländer’ (WWV 63). Revised ending to Overture
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 18 and 19 (f. 4r and v) staves. Headed ‘Zum fliegender Holländer Schluss der Ouvertüre (pag: 42 der autographirten Partitur nach der _ [underlined pause sign])’, with further references to pp. 42 and 43 of the original full score at top left and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1860]
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

86. Zweig MS 117

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 117
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Der fliegende Holländer’ (WWV 63). Revised ending to Act III
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 18 (f. 1r) and 20 staves (f. 1v). Headed ‘Schluss des dritten Actes’, and with extensive instructions for the copyist relating this score to the autograph full score and to Zweig MS 116. At the end (f. 1v) are detailed stage directions for the n...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1860]
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

87. Zweig MS 118

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 118
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Die Feen’ (WWV 32), opera in three acts (libretto, the composer after Carlo Goldoni), 1833-4: draft of dialogue
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in brown ink, with corrections and additions also in autograph. Headed ‘Feen: Dialoge’ (f. 1r). The scenes are Act I, sc. 2 and 4 (ff. 1-3v), Act II, sc. 3 (ff. 3v-4v), and Act III, sc. 5, incomplete (f. 4v). Lacking Act III, sc. 3 of those scenes with dialogue. The leaves are...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1834]
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

88. Zweig MS 119

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 119
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Das Liebesverbot’. Draft libretto
Scope & Content:
Written in brown ink, with corrections and additions (ff. 1r, 2v, 3r, 6v, 8v, 9r) in red ink. Incomplete, lacking Act I, scene i, and the end of the last scene of Act II. Portions of a number of leaves are torn or cut away. Of these, the following affect the text: lower fore-edge ff. 1, 2, and l...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1834]
Extent:
1 volume (10 folios)

89. Zweig MS 120

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 120
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Das Liebesverbot’. French translation, with draft of a letter to Giacomo Meyerbeer
Scope & Content:
Translation of libretto as ‘La défense d’amour / ou / La novice de Palerme’. With draft of letter to Giacomo Meyerbeer; [1839, 1840]. Autograph. As follows: ff. 1-30r. Libretto; [1839]. French. Title and list of dramatis personae on f. 1; text (ff. 1v-30r) has marginal diagrams relating to met...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and German
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 volume (30 folios)

90. Zweig MS 121

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 121
Title:
Richard Wagner: Notes and drafts, comprising translation into French of prose sketch for the opera ‘Die hohe Braut’, translations into French of text of three numbers from the opera ‘Der fliegende Holländer’, and notes on the ‘cornet à 3 pistons’
Scope & Content:
Autograph. As follows: ff. 1r, 3r and v. ‘Die hohe Braut’ (WWV 40), opera in 5 acts (libretto Wagner after Heinrich Koenig), [1835-1842]: translation of prose sketch; 1840. French. Written in brown ink, with autograph corrections and additions. ff. 2r, 1v. ‘Der fliegende Holländer’ (WWV 63),...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and German
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)