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1. Zweig MS 108-109

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 108-109
Title:
Richard Wagner: Overture in D, ‘Rule Britannia’ (WWV 42): short and full scores, with sketches for incidental music to the play Die letzte Heidenverschwörung in Preussen (J. Singer) (WWV 41)
Scope & Content:
Autograph. In Mein Leben Wagner describes this work as ‘a further step in the direction of a type of composition calculated to make the most overwhelming effect; at the close ... a large military band was to be added to an already overmanned orchestra ...’. This is born out by his annotation ‘Hi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1836]-1837
Extent:
2 volumes

2. Zweig MS 108

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 108
Title:
Richard Wagner: Overture in D, ‘Rule Britannia’ (WWV 42): draft of overture with sketches for incidental music to the play Die letzte Heidenverschwörung in Preussen (J. Singer) (WWV 41)
Scope & Content:
Written in ink on systems of two staves. Trial stave rulings on ff. 1v and 2r. Contents as follows: ff. 1r, 2v, 2r (lower half). Overture. Tempo directions (f. 1r) ‘Maestoso moderato - Allegro maestoso’. Incomplete, consisting of bars 1-74 (f. 1r) and 164-256 (f. 2v, 2r lower portion), using b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1836]-1837
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

3. Zweig MS 109

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 109
Title:
Richard Wagner: Overture in D, ‘Rule Britannia’ (WWV 42): full score
Scope & Content:
Written in ink; on systems of 22 staves throughout, with the exception of f. 2r, where the ophicleide part is written separately from the bass trombone, requiring 23 staves. Tempo directions ‘Maestoso e moderato (f. 1r) - Allegro maestoso (f. 4r) - Piu vivace (f. 14v) - Maestoso’ (f. 19v). Heade...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 volume (21 folios)