Add MS 37763-37765

Original drafts of ten of Mozart's quartets, for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello, in score. In three volumes. They are respectively numbered, probably by Stumpff, 28-33, 37, 34-36. The K. (followed by a number) given below, stands for Kochel's Thematic Catalogue, from which also the dates in square brackets are taken. Add MS 37763. Vol. i (ff. 68). 'Six Quartetts dedicated to Haydn [1 Sept., 1785]'; originally published by Artaria as Op. 10. They are preceded by some lines on Mozart, begins 'A ray had flash'd,' by J. A. Sturnpff.

1. In G. 'Di Wolfgango Arnadeo Mozart... li 31 di Decembre 1782 in Vienna.' [K. 387.] f. 1. 2. In D minor. [June, 1783 — K. 421.] f. 14. 3. In B-flat. [9 November 1784 — K. 458.] f . 23. 4. In E-flat. [? 1783 — K. 428.] f. 34. 5. In A. [10 January 1785 — K. 464.] f. 45. 6. In C. [14 January 1785 — K. 465.] f. 57. Add. 37764. Vol. ii (ff. 1-1). 'Quartett in D major.' [19 August, 1786 — K. 499.] Add. 37765. Vol. iii (ff. 40). 'Three Quartetts dedicated to the King of Prussia.' Originally published by Artaria, in December, 1791, as Op. 18. 1. In D. 'Di Wolfgango Amadeo Mozart' [June, 1789 — K. 575]. f. 1. 2. In F. [June, 1790 — K. 590.] f. 15. 3. In B-flat. [May, 1790 — K. 589.] f. 29.