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MS Mus. 1208

Record Id:

040-002897823

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002897820

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100024111261.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MS Mus. 1208

Title:

Rosemary Brown Collection: Beethoven, vol. 2

Scope & Content:

Manuscripts of piano music purportedly received from the spirit of Beethoven by Rosemary Brown between January 1978 and October 1995, together with undated manuscripts.

1. ff. 1-41v. String quartet in E flat, for Amadeus Quartet. Dated Jan. 1978 (f. 1).
2. ff. 42-53. ‘Tema con Variazioni’. Dated 27 Jan. 1978 (f. 42).
3. ff. 54-77. Sonata in D flat major, for John Lill. Dated 18 May 1978 (f. 54). Two separate 2nd movements. Copyist's (B. Ramsey) version exists.
4. ff. 78-88. Sonata in C sharp minor. Dated Winter 1979/80 (f. 79).
5. ff. 89-101v. Sonata in E major. Dated Feb. 1979 (f. 89). 1st movement complete with the rest in sketches.
6. ff. 102-105. Piece for cello, for Julian Lloyd Webber. Dated 21 Feb. 1979 (f. 102).
7. f. 106. Scherzo. Dated 8 Oct. 1979 (f. 106).
8. f. 107. Bagatelle in D major. Dated Aug. 1980 (f. 107).
9. ff. 108-111v. Bagatelle in C Major. Dated 4 Aug. 1980 (f. 111). Planned for publication by B. Ramsey.
10. ff. 112-114. Bagatelle in B minor. Dated 10 Sept. 1980 (f. 112). Planned for publication by B. Ramsey.
11. ff. 115-117v. Bagatelle in B flat minor. Dated 24 March 1981 (f. 115). Planned for publication by B. Ramsey.
12. f. 118. Untitled piece in C sharp minor. Dated 21 Sept. 1981 (f. 118).
13. f. 119. Untitled. Dated 28 Sept. 1981 (f. 119).
14. f. 120. Untitled piece in C major. Dated 15 Oct. 1981 (f. 120).
15. ff. 121-131. Piano Concerto in C Major. Dated Aug. 1983 (f. 121). Short score (1st movement) and sketches (2nd & 3rd mvmts.). 3rd movement dated 30 Aug. 1983 (f. 130).
16. ff. 132-140. Bagatelle in E major. Dated 17 Sept. 1983 (f. 133). Published in ‘Music from Other Spheres’, Volume 5, 1990.
17. f. 141. Sonatina. Dated 26 Sept. 1983 (f. 141).
18. ff. 142-150v. Sonata in G minor. Dated Jan. 1984 (f. 142).
19. ff. 151-162v. Sonata in F minor. Dated 26 Dec. 1985 (f. 152). First movement and Rondo Scherzo, incomplete.
20. ff. 163-192. Sonata in C minor. Dated 13 Oct. 1986 (f. 164). Third C minor sonata. Cover marked ‘Australian’.
21. ff. 193-206. Sonata. Dated 31 May 1987 (f. 193). Incomplete. ‘Adagio’ in photocopy. Published in ‘Music from Other Spheres’, Volume 4, 1991.
22. ff. 207v-208v. Bagatelle in A major. Dated 28 Sept. 1987 (f. 207v). Published in ‘Music From Other Spheres’,Volume 2, 1990.
23. ff. 209-219. Spring Symphony. Dated 23 March 1989 (f. 209). Short score sketches. Together with short score notes ff. 213-219. Dated 22 March 1979 (f.213).
24. ff. 220-221v. Rachmaninoff, Prelude. Dated 22 March, 1967; 24 March 1967 (f. 221).
25. f. 222. Minuet. Dated 1 Dec. 1989 (f. 222).
26. f. 223. Bagatelle in E flat. Dated 10 Sept. 1991 (f. 223). Published in ‘Music from Other Spheres’, Volume 5, 1991.
27. ff. 224-225v. Bagatelle in A flat. Dated 18 Sept. 1991 (f. 224).
28. ff. 226-227v. Piece for cello. Dated 19 Oct. 1995 (f. 226).
29. ff. 228-229. Bagatelle in A flat. n.d. Planned for publication by B. Ramsey.
30. ff. 230-231. Bagatelle in A major. n.d. Planned for publication by B. Ramsey.
31. ff. 232-235. Bagatelle in D flat. n.d. Planned for publication by B. Ramsey.
32. ff. 236-237. Bagatelle in E flat. n.d. Planned for publication by B. Ramsey.
33. f. 238. Bagatelle in E minor. n.d. Planned for publication by B. Ramsey.
34. ff. 239-240v. Bagatelle in F minor. n.d. Planned for publication by B. Ramsey.
35. ff. 241-245. Bagatelle in F sharp minor. n.d. Planned for publication by B. Ramsey.
36. f. 246. Bagatelle in G minor. n.d. Planned for publication by B. Ramsey
37. ff. 247. Allegretto, for cello. n.d.
38. ff. 248-252. Andante. n.d.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002897820
040-002897823

Is part of:

MS Mus. 1207-1213 : Rosemary Brown Collection: manuscripts of piano music purportedly received from the spirits of deceased composers by Rosemary Brown

MS Mus. 1208 : Rosemary Brown Collection: Beethoven, vol. 2

Hierarchy:

032-002897820[0002]/040-002897823

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1207-1213

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (252 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1978

End Date:

1995

Date Range:

1978-1995

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Largest size 354 x 246mm.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Beethoven, Ludwig, composer, 1770-1827
Brown, Rosemary Isabel, née Dickeson, musical medium and pianist, 1916-2001