Joseph Haydn: Variations in G on the anthem ‘Gott erhalte den Kaiser’, for keyboard; theme and Variation I
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Autograph. Written in ink on systems of two staves, on the recto of a single leaf. The theme occupies the bottom four staves, and Variation I the upper eight staves. No key signature is given, and tempo directions and expression marks are also absent. On the verso is a note of authenticity, in I...
Michael Haydn: String quartet in B flat, ‘Divertimento Notturno’ (Perger 125)
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Incomplete, lacking the last 100 bars of the final ‘Rondeau’. Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. Headed in upper margin of f. 1r ‘Divertimento notturno. à 4. 2 Violini, Viola e Basso.’, with the signature ‘di G. Michele Haydn m[anu] p[ropr]ia’. Comprising the followi...
Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no. 2 (Piano Concerto), op. 36, no. 1, for piano and 12 solo instruments: draft of the first and last movements
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Autograph. The last movement incomplete. In short and condensed score. Written in pencil and ink on systems of two to six staves. No tempo directions. In a small notebook, the two movements written from opposite ends of the volume. At some stage Hindemith wrote in titles for both movements, and ...
Nicolò Jommelli: Aria ‘Per voi Donzellette sospiro’, for bass voice and orchestra
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 10 staves. In D; accompaniment scored for 2 violins, 2 oboes, 2 flutes, 2 horns, viola [?] (marked to play with the bass throughout), and unfigured bass. In 3/4 time; the end is followed by a single bar of the vocal line in 2/4, with the text ‘B...
Johann Ludwig Krebs: Chorales ‘Treuer Gott ich muss dir klagen’ in G, for oboe d’amore and organ, and ‘Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern’ in E, for oboe d’amore [or oboe?] and organ
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Both incomplete. Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. A single leaf, originally part of a bifolium, with the page nos. ‘1’ at top left of the recto and ‘4’ at top right of the verso, apparently not in the composer’s hand. Contents: Recto. The first 18½ bars of ‘Treuer Got...
Conradin Kreutzer: Extract from an orchestral work featuring a theme from Rossini’s opera Tancredi
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Incomplete, comprises 22 bars on 2 pages, on either side of a single leaf, numbered ‘2’ at top right of recto. Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 12 staves. Not from the beginning of the work, so lacking title, tempo direction and key- and time-signatures, but headed, in another ...
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of thirteen staves. Tempo directions: ‘Introduction Andante’ (f. 1r), ‘All[egr]o’ (f. 1v), ‘Trio’ (f. 2r) and ‘Finale’ (f. 3r). Scored for 3 violins, bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn, post-horn, trombone, tympani and cymbals (‘Schellen’)....
Ruggero Leoncavallo: ‘Cortège de Pulcinella’, ‘marche humoristique’ for orchestra
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Autograph full score. Written in violet ink on systems of 24 staves. Scored for piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion (tambourine, castanets), 3 trombones, tuba, harp and strings. Calligraphic title-page (f.1) in French, perhaps in another han...
Gustav Mahler: ‘Urlicht’, song for voice and orchestra (words from Des Knaben Wunderhorn by L.A. von Arnim and Clemens Brentano)
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 16 to 18 staves. Music begins f. 2r; tempo directions ‘Sehr feierlich aber [corrected in pencil from ‘und’] schlicht!’ (f. 2r) - ‘Rit.’ (f. 4v), then, added in pencil ‘Drängend!’ (f. 5r) - ‘Molto rit! Wieder langsam wie am Anfang!’ (f. 5v). Bar ...
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Duet ‘Ich wollt’ meine Lieb’ ergösse sich’ (words, Heinrich Heine), op. 63, no. 1, for two soprano voices and piano
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. Tempo direction: ‘And[an]te con moto’. The first two verses are indicated by repeat signs with the words, marked ‘Strophe I’ and ‘II’, written separately one under each of the two vocal lines. Music occupies ff. 1v and 2r. Attestation of...
