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Add MS 50139

Record Id:
032-002083378
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002083378
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000039.0x0003c8
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 50139
Title:

KEYBOARD MUSIC, partly sets of variations by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, two also being for violin; 18th cent. For the bibliography of the Mozart items, see L. Köchel, Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis . . . Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts, 6th ed., Wiesbaden, 1964. As follows:- (1) Anonymous sonata, in A, in one movement. ff. 1-5;- (2) Six sonatas by Norbert Hadrava. ff. 6-39;-

(3) Ten variations on 'Unser dummer Pöbel meint' (f. 40), K.455, composed by Mozart in Vienna, 1784. First published Vienna, 1785. ff. 40-53;- (4) Six variations for piano and violin on 'Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant', K.360, composed by Mozart in Vienna, 1781. First published Vienna, 1786. Piano part (ff. 54-59) and separate violin part (ff. 82-84);- (5) Twelve variations for piano and violin on 'La Bergère Célimène', K.359, composed by Mozart in Vienna, 1781. First published Vienna, 1786. Piano part only. ff. 60-67;- (6) 'Partitta', in four movements, by 'Floriano Urban' (f. 68). ff. 68-81. Presented, with 50138, by

Dr Cecil Bernard Oldman, C.B., C.V.O.

Paper; ff. ii+84. 212 x 294mm. (ff. 82-84, 226 x 302mm.). Circa 1786. On the left hand margins of ff. 1, 6, 40, 68, the title-pages of (1), (2), (3) and (6), is written, in a single hand, 'Mr. [Sir Alexander] Muir Mackenzie [of Delvine]. Vienna. 1786'. These notes are partially obscured by the present binding. The title-page of each piece has been numbered in the top right hand corner. The pieces are not in the order of this numerical sequence, which is incomplete. Bound in quarter leather and marbled boards. On the spine are two labels: 'H' and 'No. 21'.

Scope & Content:

includes:

  • ff. 1-5 Music: Sonata in A, in one movement,: bef. 1786.
  • ff. 6-39 Herbert Hadrava, composer: Keyboard sonatas: bef. 1786.
  • ff. 40-53 Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart, alias Wolfgang Amadeus; composer: Ten keyboard variations, K.455: 1781: Copy, bef. 1786.
  • ff. 54-67, 82-84 Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart, alias Wolfgang Amadeus; composer: Six variations for piano and violin K.360, 1781: bef. 1786: Copy.
  • ff. 60-67 Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart, alias Wolfgang Amadeus; composer: Piano part of twelve variations for piano and violin, K.359: 1781: Copies, bef. 1786.
  • ff. 68-81 Floriano Urban, composer: Partita for keyboard,: bef. 1786: Copy.

Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
032-002083378
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
18th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet; of Delvine: Owned, in 1786.

Dr Cecil Bernard Oldman, CB; Principal Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Presented, in 1959.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Hadrava, Herbert, composer, fl before 1786
Mackenzie, Alexander Muir, 1st Baronet, of Delvine
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, composer, 1756-1791
Oldman, Cecil Bernard, Principal Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, 1894-1969,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000045949886,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/26696686
Urban, Floriano, composer