Autograph. Written in ink; signed and dated on f. 1v. With envelope (f. 3) addressed by von Bülow, where Kerfack is described as ‘Generalagent der Londoner "Union"‘, [Berlin]; closed with seal impression depicting an eagle bearing a shield. The letter relates to Zweig MS 26. In the letter von ...
Ferruccio Busoni: ‘Indianisches Erntelied’ (Indian Harvest Song), for piano
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Autograph. Written in ink on systems of two and three staves. Music on ff. 2r and 3r only; f. 2r. headed ‘Indianische Erntelied / Erster Versuch einer Verwerthung für das Clavier’. Tempo direction ‘Allegretto vivace’ (f. 2r). Against the end of the last system on f. 3r is the date ‘12 April 1911...
Domenico Cimarosa: ‘Giovinotti mentre in volto’, rondo for soprano and strings
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of five staves. Headed ‘Rondo’ in left upper margin of f. 1r. Tempo direction ‘And[ant]e’; the name of the character singing given as ‘Candida’ (f. 1r). Scored for violins, viola and unfigured bass; vocal part in the soprano clef. ‘Del Sig[no]r D. ...
Domenico Cimarosa: Fragment, apparently from a duet or trio in D
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on a single system of ten staves on either side of a single leaf. In common time, with the text ‘a vostr’ordine potete entrar’ (recto), ‘Quando mi trova gia maritata sara da ridere col mio Papa’ (verso). Although three lines are left for the vocal parts, only...
Josef Danhauser: Drawing of Beethoven on his deathbed, 1827
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Copy. In pencil. Shows Beethoven’s head turned to the left and resting on a pillow, a cover drawn up beneath his chin. With copy of Danhauser’s signature and the date 1827 diagonally to the left. Below is the faint pencil inscription ‘Beethoven / Den 28ten März an seinem / Todtenbette gezeichnet...
Claude Debussy: Fantaisie for piano and orchestra: solo piano part, with reduction of orchestral accompaniment for a second piano
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Autograph. In score. Written in black ink on systems of four and five staves, one stave for the most part left blank; some clefs and key signatures in Part I (ff. 3v-8r) are in red ink. With a few annotations and corrections in pencil on. ff. 10r and v, 11r, 16r. Contents as follows: f. 3r. Ti...
Léo Delibes: ‘Lakmé’, opera in three acts (libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille), 1883: duet ‘J’ai marché sous les hautes fougères’ for Gèrald and Frédéric
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Autograph. Vocal score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. Corrections in ink throughout. Tempo direction (at bar 3) ‘Moderato’. Comprising an additional scene, replacing spoken dialogue, headed (f. 1r) ‘No.18 (Nouveau) Scène (G)’, with a note that the first bar replaces the last bar of t...
Gaetano Donizetti: early version of the overture to Il diluvio universale, in D major/minor, in a version for piano duet
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Incomplete, 270 bars; the last page (f. 4v), though completely full, does not contain the conclusion of the work. Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. Tempo direction ‘Larghetto - Allegro’. The name Donizetti added in lighter ink in the upper margin of f. 1r. ‘N 3’ add...
Christoph Willibald Gluck: [‘I lamenti d’amore’], cantata beginning ‘Misero! e che farò! e come, e con qual cor i figli abbraccerò’ for soprano and strings (words, Raniero de Calzabigi), arranged by the composer from the aria for Admeto (tenor) ‘Misero! e che farò’ from act III of his opera ‘Alceste’
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of five staves. In C minor. Tempo directions ‘Andante un poco - Recit. - lento - presto - lento - presto - moderato - andante - Presto - Lento - Presto - Lento - Presto’. The music and text begin as in the first printed edition of the opera, though...
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of up to 18 staves. Contains the four numbers first performed by Grieg at Kristiania, 14 Nov. 1891, but with the revised ending to no. 3. As follows: ff. 3v-8r. ‘Der Brautraub (Ingrids Klage)’, tempo directions ‘Allegro furioso - Andante - Allegro ...
