Music

FACSIMILE MANUSCRIPTS
Bologna Q15 : the making and remaking of a musical manuscript : introductory study and facsimile edition / by Margaret Bent. Lucca, Italy : Libreria musicale italiana ; Castello : printed by Genesi Gruppo Editoriale, c2008.
Col. fascim. of ms. Bologna Q15 in the Civico museo bibliografico musicale; inscribed by various copyists.
Contents: v. 1. Introductory study -- v. 2. Facsimile.
Acquired through the Allen B. Cagle Fund
ML96.4 .B64 2008 Music Library Locked Stacks

Chansonnier cordiforme.

Facsimile Manuscripts

Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284.
[Cantigas de Santa Marí¬a]
Cantigas de Santa María / Alfonso X el Sabio. Edición facsí¬mil del Códice T.I.1 de la Biblioteca de San Lorenzo el Real de El Escorial, Siglo XIII. [ Madrid] : Edilán, c1979.
"Volumen complementario" issued separately under title: El "Codice rico" de las Cantigas de Alfonso X el Sabio.
No. 1248.
M2112 .A4 C3 1979 FF, Rare Books, Special Collections
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.

Manuscripts

Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816.
Nina o sia la paza per amore del Sigr. D. Giovanni Paisiello. Atto Primo.
Manuscript, piano-vocal score. Late 18th – early 19th century.
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Books for Music Fund.
Special Collections, Green Library

Opera
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
[Fidelio (1814). Vocal score]
Fidelio : Oper in zwei Aufzügen / nach dem französischen bearbeitet von F. Treifschke ; in Musik gestzt von Lud. van Beethoven ; Clavierauszug. Bonn : Bei N. Simrock, [ca. 1815]

Facsim. Manuscripts
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
[Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 2, op. 21, F minor]
Concerto for piano & orchestra in F minor, opus 21.
Pelplin: Bernardiium Publishing House, 2005.
Deluxe facsimile edition of the partial autograph fair copy in the Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw, MS mus. 215. With commentary by Jan Ekiera and accompanying cd.
No. 108 of 500 copies.
Acquired through the Mary K. Abercrombie Book Fund.
Music Library Locked Stacks – In process
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.

Facsim. Manuscripts
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
[Orgelbüchlein]
Orgelbüchlein: BWV 599-644: Faksimile nach dem Autograph in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz; mit einer Einführung von Sven Hiemke. Laaber: Laaber-Verlag, c2004.
Acquired through the Allen B. Cagle Book Fund.
ML96.5 .B11 O6 2004 Music Library Miniature
Harmonia organica.

Manuscripts
Entretiens sur l'harmonie des sons : Entre Clelie, Polidore, Evariste, et Sylvain; ou l’on voit l’origine de la Musique de’s la Creation de L’Homme, les progrés parmis les Nations principales, et L’origine des trios genres d’instruments, pnuematiques, chromatiques, et crotales, avec la description de certaines maisons de plainsances du Boulonnois, et certains usages de son people par D.c. H. d. Q. France, 1741.
Acquired through the Susan & Ruth Sharp Book Fund.
Special Collections, Green Library – In Process

Manuscripts
Mattei, Stanislao, 1750-1825.
Cantata a quattro voci / composita dai Scolari del nuestro Maestro Mattei di Bologna. [s.l.]: ca. 1800.
Acquired through the Allen B. Cagle Book Fund.
Special Collections, Green Library – In process
Unpublished manuscript by Rossini and Donizetti’s teacher, scored for voice and piano. Includes five arias with recitatives.
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Correspondence to Arnold Weissberger.
[1954-1962].

Manuscripts
Cimarosa, Domenico, 1749-1801.
[Astuzie Femminili]
Le Astuzie Femminili, atto 1o [-2o]. ca.1800-1810.
Date suggested by watermarks of Carmine Gimini and Gio. Baccari.
Occasional minor corrections, alterations, performance markings, etc.
Provenance: Dell'Archivio di Casa San Clemente in Firenze (handwriting in ink).
Acquired through the Susan & Ruth Sharp Book Fund.
MLM 219.3 Atto 1 Special Collections, Green Library
MLM 219.3 Atto 2 Special Collections, Green Library

~Manuscripts~

A collection of autograph letters, postcards, etc., by various composers and musicians, including Clara Schumann (ALS Jan. 1866 to unknown addressee), Alma Mahler (4 ALS to unknown addressee, 3 refer to Mahler), Massenet (2 ALS, one to Delibes), d’Indy (musical quotation), Busoni, Goldmark, Ethel Smyth (to unidentified Capellmeister, concerning the problematic German translation of her opera, 3 May 1906), Hummel, Kienzl, Blech, Spitta, Siegfried Wagner, and others.
Special Collections, Green Library

~Manuscripts~

Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842.
Autographed letter signed, 1793 April 17.
1 letter (4 p.)
Written to an official (possibly of the Opéra or Conservatoire), reporting on progress in composing his opera Médée, and requesting permission to stay in the country to complete the piece rather than returning to Paris.
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Book Fund.
Special Collections, Green Library

~Facsimile manuscripts~

Talamo, Emilia.

~Manuscripts~

Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871.
[Fra Diavolo. Libretto]
Corrected manuscript of the libretto for the opera. Contains extensive deletions and autograph revisions by Scribe.
Acquired through the Lucien King Harris, and Ruth & Susan Sharp Book Funds.
Special Collections, Green Library

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
[Letter] 1914, 1er mai [to] Mon cher ami / Claude Debussy.
1914.

~Manuscripts~

Tarchi, Angelo, 1760-1814.
Scena e duetto : cantato in Genova / Angelo Tarchi.
[Genova], 1787.
Recitative and duet for the characters of Didone and Enea, probably a contribution to the pasticcio, performed in Genoa at the Teatro di San Agostina during the carnival of 1787.
Probably unpublished.
Special Collections, Green Library

~Facsimile manuscripts~

Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.
Variazioni per orchestra (1954).
Milano : Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, c1954.
Reproduced from holograph.

~Manuscripts~

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
[Sketches and manuscripts]
1870-1879.
9 p. of music ; 28 p. of music.
Collection of autograph sketches and manuscripts signed, including "Ronde de Lutins" and "O all ye works of the Lord," both incomplete, and a manuscript of "Funeral March of a Marionette," corrected by the composer and inscribed by him. With ownership stamp and inscriptions by Georgina Weldon and Greville Cooke.
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Book Fund
Special Collections, Green Library

Tarchi, Angelo.

~Manuscripts~

Bacon, Ernst, 1898-
Papers, 1926-1990.
.75 linear ft.
Organization/arrangement: Arranged primarily alphabetically, with a grouping of single letters from lesser known people at the end (dealer's arrangement).
Contents notes: Primarily incoming correspondence, with only 4 retained carbons of Bacon's outgoing letters including one to Charles Ives. There is a high concentration of letters from the 1930s-1940s.
Notes: Related materials: Ernst Bacon papers, 1933-1986 (M906)

~Manuscripts~

Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, and Lester Young, on the Verve label

Archives, libraries, museums

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Library resources

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.
New York: Garland Publishing, 1998-2002. 10 volumes.
Reference Room ML100 .G16 1998 ; Compact discs: MCD 4950 v. 1-9.
Green IC: ML100 .G16


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