Published by John E. West in ‘Old English Organ Music’, no. 24, as no. 2 of ‘Two Pieces’ by Attwood, with the title ‘Cathedral Fugue’. Dated 7 July 1826.
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley: Copy of his Three Piano Pieces, composed in 1927, with autograph signature, dated 1929, so probably made for Jan Smeterlin, who performed them in that year.
Vincenzo Bellini: ‘Coro d’Armigeri’ from Beatrice di Tenda
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Leaf from the 'Coro d’Armigeri' in Act 1 of Beatrice di Tenda, in score. The first 4 bars correspond to bars 4–7 on p. 229 of Act 1 in the published score (Roma: Nella stamperia di Pietro Pittarelli e co., ca. 1840), and the indication that 28 bars are to be repeated also agrees (the 28 bars star...
Choral song no. 2 for SATB from Abt’s Fünf Chor Gesänge, op. 152. Signed: ‘Franz Abt. Braunschweig, 16/7/61.’ Written in ink on a single sheet with 8 pre-printed staves, blue decorative floral borders and caption at the bottom middle reading: ‘Aus dem Album von Carl Gurckhaus’. Single leaf from ...
Grand March for piano. With Bishop’s inscription on the title page: ‘Composed for & presented to the Royal Society of Musicians, London’. Dated: May 1827. Published in 1867 in an organ arrangement by W. J. Westbrook.
Ernest Bloch: ‘Night’ and ‘Trois Paysages’ for string quartet
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1. ‘Night. A poem for string quartet’. Published as Night in 1925 by Carl Fischer. 2. Trois Paysages (I. North - II. Alpestre - III. Tongatabou. Published as Paysages (Landscapes) in 1925 by Carl Fischer. Signed and dated by the composer, December 1923. Placed in one folder by the composer, ...
Hector Berlioz: ‘Quel contretemps facheux le Cardinal’, recitative from Benvenuto Cellini
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Leaf containing a discarded recitative from Benvenuto Cellini, ‘Quel contretemps facheux le Cardinal’. Full score. Undated. Autograph score in ink. 28 staves. Signed by the composer.