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3611. Zweig MS 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 10
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: [Ariette] ‘Der Kuss’, song with piano accompaniment (words Christian Felix Weisse), op. 128
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

3612. Zweig MS 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 11
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Three-part canon ‘Kurz ist der Schmerz’ (words Friedrich von Schiller, from Die Jungfrau von Orleans), WoO 166
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

3613. Zweig MS 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 26
Title:
Frédèric Chopin: Mazurka in F sharp minor for piano, op. 59, no. 3
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1845]
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

3614. Zweig MS 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 27
Title:
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major for piano, op. 60
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1846]
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

3615. Zweig MS 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 37
Title:
George Frideric Handel: ‘Floridante’, opera in three acts (libretto Paolo Antonio Rolli): final chorus ‘Quando pena la costanza’ from Act III
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1721
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

3616. Zweig MS 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 38
Title:
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’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1743-1744
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

3617. Zweig MS 52

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 52
Title:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String quartet in D minor (K173), movement IV only
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1773]
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

3618. Zweig MS 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 53
Title:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for violin and piano in F (K377/374e)
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1781]
Extent:
1 volume (iv +8 folios)

3619. Zweig MS 54

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 54
Title:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: March for orchestra in C (K408, no. 1/383e)
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1782?]
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

3620. Zweig MS 55

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 55
Title:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for horn and orchestra in E flat (K447)
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1787?]
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

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