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Zweig MS 214
- Record Id:
- 040-002558311
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001945746
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022506363.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100158970826.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Zweig MS 214
- Title:
- Provenance notes relating to the Beethoven relics in Zweig MS 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213 (19th-20th century) and 'Lebensreliquien Beethovens': typewritten account of the above [1939/1940]
- Scope & Content:
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19th- and 20th-century papers relating to the Beethoven relics owned by Zweig, including a detailed typewritten inventory of these.
f. 1: large brown envelope with annotations in pencil, blue crayon and ink. 'Belege für Beethoven dinge in Wien' is marked in Stefan Zweig's hand. Another heading with a list of artists' names below has been crossed out. With the pencil mark DEP.8730, 3-6.
f. 2: provenance note concerning Beethoven's violin formerly in Zweig's collection (Zweig MS 214, f. 13, item G).
f. 3: provenance note concerning Beethoven's compass ('Magnetnadel') formerly in Zweig's collection (Zweig MS 214, f. 13, item E).
f. 4: provenance note concerning Beethoven's cream-spoon 'Obersschöpfer' formerly in Zweig's collection (Zweig MS 214, f. 13, item F).
f. 5: provenance note concerning Beethoven's money box [?] formerly in Zweig's collection (Zweig MS 214, f. 12, item C).
f. 6: another provenance note relating to Beethoven's violin [?] (Zweig MS 214, f. 13, item G
f. 7: transcription and notes of Beethoven's last laundry list (Zweig MS 210) in Zweig's hand (Zweig MS 214, f. 15, item K).
f. 8: note relating to Zweig MS 213 with transcriptions of names contributing to the collection for Beethoven's servants after his death (Zweig MS 214, f. 15, item M).
ff. 9-19: 'Lebensreliquien Beethovens'. Typewritten inventory and extensive notes of Zweig's possessions from Beethoven's household and documents relating to his funeral; with annotations in Zweig's hand. The inventory lists 15 items (A-P), including Beethoven's writing desks, money box, two miniature portraits, a violin, a lock of his hair and other. Only papers and documents listed in this inventory have remained in the Zweig Collection at the British Library (Zweig MS 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213). Dimensions: 341 x 210 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Stefan Zweig Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001945746
036-002480651
040-002558311 - Is part of:
- Zweig MS 1-218 : Stefan Zweig Collection: Music, literary and historical manuscripts
Zweig MS 207-215 : Stefan Zweig Collection: Manuscripts formerly on loan to the British Library as Music Loan 95
Zweig MS 214 : Provenance notes relating to the Beethoven relics in Zweig MS 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213 (19th-20th century) and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001945746[0005]/036-002480651[0008]/040-002558311
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Zweig MS 1-218
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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19 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100158970826.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- German
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1940
- Date Range:
- 1800-1940
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Various formats. Largest size: 341 x 210 mm; smallest size: 113 x 87 mm
- Custodial History:
- Following Beethoven's death most items listed in the 'Lebensreliquien Beethovens' were purchased by Beethoven's friend Stefan von Breuning and remained in the possession of the Breuning family until 1929, when they were acquired by Zweig through Heinrich Hinterberger. The relics not in the possession of the Breuning family were acquired by Zweig from various antiquarian dealers (see Custodial history of individual items and bibliography).
- Former Internal References:
- Music Loan 95.7
Music Loan 95.8 - Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Zweig_MS_214
- Publications:
- Gerhard von Breuning, Aus dem Schwarzspanierhause: Erinnerungen an L. van Beethoven aus meiner Jugendzeit (Wien: Verlag von L. Rosner, 1874); Stephan Ley, Beethoven als Freund der Familie Wegeler-v. Breuning nach den Familien-Sammlungen und -Erinnerungen (Bonn: Verlag von Frierdrich Cohen, 1927); Drei Begräbnisse und ein Todesfall: Beethovens Ende und die Erinnerungskultur seiner Zeit (Verlag Beethoven-Haus Bonn, 2002); Oliver Matuschek, Ich kenne den Zauber der Schrift: Katalog und Geschichte der Autographensammlung Stefan Zweig mit kommentiertem Abdruck von Stefan Zweigs Aufsätzen über das Sammeln von Handschriften (Vienna: Inlibris, 2005); Oliver Matuschek, Three Lives: A Biography of Stefan Zweig, translated from the German by Allan Blunden (London: Pushkin Press), 2011.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)