Ludwig van Beethoven: [Ariette] ‘Der Kuss’, song with piano accompaniment (words Christian Felix Weisse), op. 128
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of three staves; voice line in the treble clef. In A, marked ‘Allegretto’ and headed ‘Mit Lebhaftigkeit jedoch nicht in zu geschwindem Zeitmass, u[nd] scherzend vorgetragen’. Dated by Beethoven ‘1822 in decemb.’ at the head of f. 1r, and with his commen...
Ludwig van Beethoven: Three-part canon ‘Kurz ist der Schmerz’ (words Friedrich von Schiller, from Die Jungfrau von Orleans), WoO 166
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Autograph. Written in ink on the recto of a single leaf; staves drawn freehand by Beethoven. The music on five single staves with the text beneath. Dated ‘Wien am / 3ten März / 1815’ at the foot, with the signed dedication ‘Mögten sie doch lieber Spohr / überall, wo sie wahre Kunst und / wahre K...
Frédèric Chopin: Mazurka in F sharp minor for piano, op. 59, no. 3
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Autograph. Written in ink on systems of two staves. Tempo direction ‘Vivace’. Headed ‘Nro 3.’ in upper margin of f. 1r; ‘fine’ written at the end (f. 2r). With many autograph corrections and alterations in ink. Engraver’s markings have been added in pencil beneath the systems. The line and pag...
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major for piano, op. 60
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Autograph. Written in ink, on systems of two staves. Tempo direction ‘Allegretto’. Headed by the composer ‘Barcarolle / pour le piano / dedié a Madame la Baronne de Stockhausen / par F Chopin. Op. 60 / Leipsic Haertel. Paris Brandus (Schl.) - Londres Wessel.’ (f. 1r); ‘fine’ at end (f. 4r). With...
George Frideric Handel: ‘Floridante’, opera in three acts (libretto Paolo Antonio Rolli): final chorus ‘Quando pena la costanza’ from Act III
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of nine staves. No tempo direction. Headed ‘Coro’ (f. 1r) and with ‘Fine dell’ Opera à Londres ce 28 de Novembre 1721’ at the end (f. 4r). Part of Handel’s composition score of the opera. The discovery of this hitherto missing conclusion to the c...
George Frideric Handel: Oratorio ‘Joseph and his Brethren’ (words James Miller, after the book of Genesis), 1743: recitative ‘With Songs of ardent gratitude, and Praise’
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of two staves: vocal line in the alto clef and figured bass. Headed ‘Joseph’ in the upper margin, the music followed by ‘Segue il Coro Alleluja we will rejoice’, and with ‘Fine dell oratio. [sic] Joseph’ in the lower margin. Joseph and his Brethren wa...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String quartet in D minor (K173), movement IV only
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. No tempo direction. Version comprising 84 bars, shorter than that finally published. Names of the instruments are indicated in ink against the first system (f. 1r) [by J.A. André]. Other later annotations in ink to f. 1r are: heading [in...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for violin and piano in F (K377/374e)
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of three staves. Mozart’s title ‘Sonata III’ is at the head of the music (f. 1r). The instruments marked ‘Violino’ and ‘Cembalo’ against the first system of each movement. Three movements, as follows: ff. 1r-3r. ‘All.[egr]o’. The upper system on f. 2v c...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: March for orchestra in C (K408, no. 1/383e)
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of seven staves. Headed ‘Marcia’, and signed ‘di Wolfgango Amadeo Mozart m[anu] p[ropria]’ at top right, on f. 1r. Tempo direction ‘Maestoso’. ‘No. 1’ beneath the title is presumably a later addition; other additions are the date 1782 (altered from...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for horn and orchestra in E flat (K447)
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of six staves. Three movements, as follows: ff. 1r-5v. ‘All[egr]o’; this and the heading ‘Concerto per il Corno Solo’ on f. 1r are apparently not in Mozart’s hand. ff. 6r-7v. ‘Larghetto’. Headed ‘Romance’, and signed at top right ‘di Wolfgango ...
