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Richard Wagner: Notes and drafts, comprising translation into French of prose sketch for the opera ‘Die hohe Braut’, translations into French of text of three numbers from the opera ‘Der fliegende Holländer’, and notes on the ‘cornet à 3 pistons’
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Autograph. As follows: ff. 1r, 3r and v. ‘Die hohe Braut’ (WWV 40), opera in 5 acts (libretto Wagner after Heinrich Koenig), [1835-1842]: translation of prose sketch; 1840. French. Written in brown ink, with autograph corrections and additions. ff. 2r, 1v. ‘Der fliegende Holländer’ (WWV 63),...
Richard Wagner: ‘Rienzi’ (WWV 49), grand opera in 5 acts (libretto, the composer after Edward Bulwer-Lytton), 1837-1840: instructions for staging for the Dresden performances
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Autograph. Written in brown ink on both sides of a single leaf, with autograph deletions and additions. Arranged under headings of acts and vocal numbers. Numbered in pencil 160 at the head and 327 at the foot of the recto. The memorandum in this manuscript is principally concerned with ways o...
Richard Wagner (1813-1833): Letter to [C.F.] Peters, Bureau de Musique, Leipzig; Leipzig, 6 August 1831
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Autograph. Written in brown ink. Text on f. 1r; address, to ‘Herrn Herr Peter’s (Bureu [sic] de Musique)’, f. 2v. Dated by Wagner at head of f. 1r, and signed ‘Richard Wagner stud: mus:’. Fragment of seal attached to upper edge of f. 2v. Annotated by the recipient (f. 2v) in ink; later annotatio...
Richard Wagner: Letter to Baron Ferdinand von Biedenfeld; Dresden, 17 January 1849
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Autograph. Written in brown ink in italic script. Text on f. 1r and v; address f. 2v. Signed and dated by Wagner at foot of f. 1v. Weimar and Dresden postage franks, cancellation [?] ‘26’ in red crayon, and remnants of seal, all on f. 2v. Numbered 23 in pencil at top left of f. 1r. In this we...
Richard Wagner: Drafts of fourteen letters, with one fair copy, to various recipients, mostly written from Paris
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Autograph. Written in ink on paper of various sizes, some leaves little more than slips. All but the fair copy (no. [8.]) unsigned; all but one of the remainder undated. As follows: [1.] f. 1r. To [Léon Pillet, director of the Paris Grand Opéra]; [Paris, Sept./Oct. 1840]. French. Written in b...
Carl Maria von Weber: Incidental music to ‘Preciosa’ (play by P.A. Wolff): no. 7, song ‘Einsam bin ich nicht alleine’, for voice [and guitar]
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Not autograph; in an unidentified hand. Written in ink on systems of two staves, on the recto of a single leaf. In D major in 6/8 time; tempo marking ‘larghetto’. On the verso are unidentified verses, headed ‘Sängers [?] Abendlied’, with two lines of music, one above [guitar accompaniment?] and ...
Carl Maria von Weber: ‘Oberon’, opera in three acts (libretto by James Robinson Planché after C.M. Wieland): sketches for part of Overture and of Act III
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Autograph short or condensed score. Written in ink on systems of two, three or four staves. As follows: f. 1r. ‘O Araby, dear Araby’ [no. 16]. Headed ‘Song Fatima’. f. 1v. ‘Mourn thou poor heart’ [no. 19]. Headed ‘Cavatina’. With annotations in red crayon and in pencil. f. 1v. Overture, eight ba...
Anton Webern: Six Pieces for Large Orchestra, op. 6, [1909]: fair copy made by the composer for presentation to Arnold Schoenberg
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of between five and 32 staves. Bar lines ruled in pencil, with corrections, additions and marginal notes in pencil. The pieces occupy the following folios: ff. 1-2v. I.; tempo direction ‘Etwas bewegte Achtel’. Unpitched rhythmic sketches in penci...
Hugo Wolf: ‘Ernst ist die Frühling’ (words Heinrich Heine), song for voice and piano; 13, 16 Oct. 1878
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Autograph. Written in ink on systems of three staves, on a single leaf; the single system on the verso contains the concluding five bars. Headed ‘Neue Gedichte / aus dem Liederstrauss v. H. Heine’, numbered ‘X’ beneath the title, signed at top right, and dated ‘Wien am 13, 16 Octob. 1878’ at top...
Hugo Wolf: ‘Gesang Weylas’ (words Eduard Mörike), song for voice and piano
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Autograph. Written in ink on systems of three staves, on a single leaf; the single system on the verso contains the concluding four bars. Headed ‘Gesang Weyla’s’. Without time signature, tempo direction ‘Langsam u[nd]. feierlich.’; tempo direction and dynamic markings and phrasing are all added ...
