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51. Zweig MS 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 24
Title:
Hans von Bülow: Letter to C. Kerfack
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
2 Nov 1864
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

52. Zweig MS 89-92

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 89-92
Title:
Richard Strauss: Opera in three acts, ‘Die schweigsame Frau’ (libretto, Stefan Zweig, after Ben Jonson), op. 80
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Vocal score, the orchestral part in short and compressed score on up to five staves. Written in blue-black ink. Includes full stage directions and spoken dialogue; the scenes within each act, which mostly follow one another without a break, are not always indicated. Staves are frequen...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1933-1935
Extent:
4 volumes

53. Zweig MS 111

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 111
Title:
Richard Wagner: Transcriptions of ‘La tombe dit à la rose’ and ‘Extase’ from Zweig MS 110
Scope & Content:
Written in dark blue ink. The hand is the same at that in Zweig MSS 105 and 107, ff. 2-11. As follows: ff. 1r, 2r. Texts of the two poems. f. 3r. Transcription of ‘La tombe dit à la rose’. On systems of three staves, but the accompaniment not filled in. ff. 3v-4v. Transcription of ‘Extase’...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

54. Zweig MS 123

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 123
Title:
Richard Wagner (1813-1833): Letter to [C.F.] Peters, Bureau de Musique, Leipzig; Leipzig, 6 August 1831
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1831
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

55. Zweig MS 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 16
Title:
Vincenzo Bellini: ‘Bianca e Fernando’, opera in two acts (libretto Felice Romani, after D. Gilardoni), 1828: autograph sketch for ‘O contento desiato’, the final section of Filippo’s aria in Act I
Scope & Content:
Vocal line only, written in ink on a single stave, with the words beneath for the opening section and at the end. The role is for basso cantante, and though here originally written without clef or key signature, is notated in G in the bass clef; a soprano C clef has been inserted before it in a ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1828
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

56. Zweig MS 112

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 112
Title:
Richard Wagner: ‘Descendons gaiement la courtille’ (text Dumersan?) (WWV 65), chorus for insertion in the vaudeville La descente de la courtille by Marion Dumersan and Dupeutys
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Draft in piano vocal score. Written in ink on systems of two and three staves. Two-part chorus, written on a single stave labelled ‘Choeur.’ against the first system on f. 1r, the other two staves designated ‘Orchestre.’. Indications of orchestration are also given in this system. Tem...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1841?]
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

57. Zweig MS 19

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 19
Title:
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat, op. 83, 1881: reduction of tutti passages from movements II, III and IV, for the published solo piano score (issued July 1882)
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Written in ink on systems of two staves on both sides of a single leaf. The passages concerned are, on the recto: movement II, bars 200-203, apparently the conclusion of a passage begun on another leaf; movement III, bars 1-22; movement IV, bars 39-47; and on the verso:- movement IV, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1882]
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

58. Zweig MS 83

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 83
Title:
Franz Schubert: ‘Mirjams Siegesgesang’ (words Franz Grillparzer), for soprano solo, choir and piano (D 942)
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in dark brown ink; mostly on systems of 6 staves: soloist and chorus sopranos parts on the same stave and marked ‘solo’ or ‘tutti’, systems of 3 staves for passages for soprano solo and piano only. Tempo directions ‘All[egr]o giusto (f. 2r) - Allegretto (f. 4r) - Al...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
Mar 1828
Extent:
1 volume (18 folios)

59. Zweig MS 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 44
Title:
Nicolò Jommelli: Aria ‘Per voi Donzellette sospiro’, for bass voice and orchestra
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Italian
Date Range:
between 1754-1768
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

60. 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)