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Notable Acquisitions, 2001-2002

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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

[Collection of eighteenth and early nineteenth-century manuscripts of operatic arias] / mostly by Cimarosa, Balfe, Martini, Mosca, Poniatowski, Mayr, Morlacci and others.
34 v. of music.
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Book Fund.
Special Collections, Green Library – In process

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
[Orfeo ed Euridice]
Orfeo ed Euritide [sic]: cantata. [ca. 1769]
T.p. has inscription "Parigi" in contemporary hand, but this is not the 1762 Italian version of the opera published in Paris in 1764. It is likely an unpublished version, based on the 1769 version, conducted by Gluck in Parma, for the wedding of the Archduchess Maria Amelia and Duke Ferdinand of Parma. As with the 1769 version, there are no divisions between the 3 acts, and the part of Orfeo is scored for soprano castrato instead of alto castrato. Includes an aria and recitative not listed in New Grove Opera.
Number of watermarks, including a rabbit or rat inside a circle, countermarked “G.T.”, and trefoil within a circle countermarked “M.T.”
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Fund.
MLM 375.2 Special Collections, Green Library

Musicians and composers: letters, 1937-1981.
A somewhat unrelated mix of letters, including two from Varese (about Toscanini, Barbirolli and other conductors working in New York, 1937); two from Ildebrando Pizzetti (to Piero Coppola), 1954; and one each from the following: Jacques Ibert (to Piero Coppola), 1947; Francisco DeLeone (to Fortune Gallo), 1942; Antonio Ciampi (to Ildebrando Pizzetti) 1954; Lutoslawski, 1967; Dallapiccola (discussing how to conduct the premiere of his THREE QUESTIONS FOR TWO ANSWERS), 1963; and Krenek, 1981 (with an autograph musical quotation and photograph signed).
Acquired through the Susan & Ruth Sharp Book Fund.
MISC 1233 Special Collections, Green Library

Recueil, ou, Collection de monologues, airs, pastorales, ariettes et brunettes : avec basse continüe, chiffrée pour le clavecin / mis en ordre, notté et déssiné par Silvestre, rüe de Tournelles au au [sic] d'or, a Paris, 1763. 1763.
Includes 77 songs about love, romance and related subjects for voice and harpsichord; some pieces are ascribed to [François] Couperin, Rameau and De La Borde; the others do not mention a composer, but may include Bernard de Bury (Ariette du Titon et l'aurore) and Pietro Antonio Fiocco (Le retour du printemps).
MLM 230.91 Special Collections, Green Library

Stevens, Denis, 1922-
[4 binders containing materials for "Music from historic houses" (1-13)].
Denis Stevens, noted British musicologist, visited the libraries in Queens House, Greenwich, Ingatestone, Knole, Chiswick House and other English homes. He made detailed notes of the early music holdings in their collections, which are essentially unknown.
In process –-Music Library Locked Stacks

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Letters to L. Arnold Weissberger, 1954-1962.
Several of the letters are about the ballet AGON which premiered in Los Angeles on June 17, 1907. This ballet marked his first work using the twelve-tone technique of Arnold Schoenberg instead of the neoclassic style which Stravinsky had previously used. All of Stravinsky's subsequent works were influenced by the twelve-tone technique use in AGON. Other items in the collection deal with such matters as publication of an article he had done about his RITE OF SPRING, going to Mexico and San Francisco to conduct concerts, printing and publishing of some of his works, contracts with various record companies, and a possible NBC film production, as well as other subjects. [Description from dealer description]
Weissberger was an attorney in New York who was Stravinsky's business manager for his musical affairs.
MISC 973 Special Collections, Green Library

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Typed Letter Signed to Paul Stoes, 1941 Sept. 8.
Discusses his recent correspondence with Pierre Monteux concerning his concert in San Francisco, and asks if Stoes has found him other engagements.
MISC 1230 Special Collections, Green Library

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Typed Letter Signed to Robert Sylvester of Unicord Records, 1955 Aug 1.
Discusses the copyright issue for the recording of Symphony Number 1, and his royalty payments.
MISC 1231 Special Collections, Green Library

Weigl, Joseph, 1766-1846.
[Amor marinaro. German]
Der Corsar : komische Oper in 2 akten : an den italienischen übersezt [sic] / der Musik ist von Jos. Weigl, K. K. Kapellmeister. ca. 1800?
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Book Fund.
MLM 1141.6 Special Collections, Green Library

Xenakis, Iannis, 1922-
[Manuscript IX for an ST composition]
(N.p., n.d.)
Acquired through the Susan & Ruth Sharp Book Fund.
Special Collections, Green Library – In Process

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Facsim. Manuscripts

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
[Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, c minor]
Fünfte Symphonie c-Moll Opus 67 : Faksimile nach dem Autograph in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Kulturbesitz / Ludwig van Beethoven ; mit einem Kommentar herausgegeben von Rainer Cadenbach. Laaber : Laaber, c2002.
Reproduced from the mss. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven. Mend-Stift. 8 and 20.
ML96.5 .B41 S9 OP.67 2002 FOLIO Music Library

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
[Selections]
Gli autografi del Museo teatrale alla Scala / Giuseppe Verdi. Milano : Museo teatrale alla Scala ; Parma : Istituto nazionale di studi verdiani, c2000.
Facsimiles of 8 Verdi autograph mss. of early works, each with modern transcription.
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Book Fund.
ML96.4 .V484 NO.1 Music Library Locked Stacks

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
[Traviata (Sketches)]
La traviata: schizzi e abbozzi autografi = autograph sketches and drafts / Giuseppe Verdi; a cura di Fabrizio Della Seta. Parma: Ministero per i beni e le attivitáa culturali, Comitato nazionale per le celebrazioni verdiane: Istituto nazionale di studi verdiani, c2000.
Contains a facsimile of the autograph sketches ([16] fascicles ([78] p.), facsimile of selected pages from the autograph full score ([2] p., 9 leaves of plates), and 1 volume containing an introduction, inventory, transcription, and index (211, [10] p., [1] leaf)
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Book Fund.
ML96.5 .V484 NO.3 F Music Library Locked Stacks

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Opera

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
[Marino Faliero. Vocal score]
Marino Falliero : tragedia lirica / del sigr. Bidèra ; posta in musica nel Teatro Reale Italiano in Parigi dal Cavaliere Gaetano Donizetti ... Milano : Presso Gio. Ricordi ..., [1851?]
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Book Fund.
ML1503. D68 M5 1851 Music Library Locked Stacks

Egk, Werner, 1901-
[Irische Legende. Libretto]
Irische Legende : Text zu einer Oper / Werner Egk ; mit 5 Originallithographien von Oskar Kokoschka. Freiburg im Breisgau : Verlagsanstalt Klemm, Erich Seeman, [1957]
500 copies printed.
ML50 .E35 I7 1957 Music Library Locked Stacks

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
[Orfeo ed Euridice]
Orfeo ed Euritide [sic]: cantata. [ca. 1769]
T.p. has inscription "Parigi" in contemporary hand, but this is not the 1762 Italian version of the opera published in Paris in 1764. It is likely an unpublished version, based on the 1769 version, conducted by Gluck in Parma, for the wedding of the Archduchess Maria Amelia and Duke Ferdinand of Parma. As with the 1769 version, there are no divisions between the 3 acts, and the part of Orfeo is scored for soprano castrato instead of alto castrato. Includes an aria and recitative not listed in New Grove Opera.
Number of watermarks, including a rabbit or rat inside a circle, countermarked “G.T.”, and trefoil within a circle countermarked “M.T.”
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Book Fund.
MLM 375.2 Special Collections, Green Library

Indy, Vincent d’, 1851-1931.
[Etranger. Vocal score]
L'âetranger : action musicale en deux actes / poáeme et musique de Vincent d'Indy ; partition pour chant et piano râeduite par l'auteur.
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Book Fund.
ML1503 .I42 E8 1902 Music Library Locked Stacks

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
[Croquefer. Vocal Score]
Croquefer, ou, Le dernier des paladins : opérette bouffe / paroles de MM. Tréfeu et Jaime ; musique de J. Offenbach ; partition arrangée au piano par Salomon ... Paris ... : Heugel et Cie. ..., [1857?]
M1503 .O32 C9 1857 Music Library Locked Stacks

Royer, Pancrace, 1705-1755.
Zaïde reine de Grenade: ballet heroique, représenté par la premiere fois, par lAcademie Royale de Musique Le Jeudy 3me. Septembre 1939. A Paris ... : De l'imprimerie de Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Ballard ..., 1739 ...
ML50.2 .R76 Z9 1739 Music Library Locked Stacks

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Printed Music

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
[Motets. Selections]
Joh. Seb. Bach’s Motetten in Partitur …; [1st ed.]
Leipzig: bey Breitkopf und Härtel, [1803].
Heft 1 includes the motet, Ich lasse dich nicht, erroneously attributed to J.S. Bach; now attributed to
Johann Christoph Bach.
Acquired through the Susan & Ruth Sharp Book Fund.
M2082 .B11 M89 1803 Music Library Locked Stacks

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
[Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, c minor]
Fèunfte Symphonie c-Moll Opus 67 : Faksimile nach dem Autograph in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Kulturbesitz / Ludwig van Beethoven ; mit einem Kommentar herausgegeben von Rainer Cadenbach. Laaber : Laaber, c2002.
Reproduced from the mss. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven. Mend-Stift. 8 and 20.
ML96.5 .B41 S9 OP.67 2002 FOLIO Music Library

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
[Marino Faliero. Vocal score]
Marino Falliero : tragedia lirica / del sigr. Bidáera ; posta in musica nel Teatro Reale Italiano in Parigi dal Cavaliere Gaetano Donizetti ...
Milano : Presso Gio. Ricordi ..., [1851?]
Acquired through the Lucie King Harris Book Fund.
ML1503. D68 M5 1851 Music Library Locked Stacks

Holmès, Augusta Mary Anne, 1847-1903.
[24 mélodies for voice and piano]
Several are inscribed to Georges Cain who did some of the illustrated title pages.
Acquired through the Mary K. Abercrombie Book Fund.
Music Library Locked Stacks – In Process

Obseqviale simul ac Benedictionale, iuxta ritum & normam Ecclesia & Episcopatus Constantiensis. Ingolstadt : Alexander u. Samuel Weissenhorn, 1560.
Acquired through the Susan & Ruth Sharp Book Fund.
Music Library Locked Stacks – In process

Psalteriuim Latinum.
Strasbourg : Joh. Prèuss, 1486.
Acquired through the von Schlegell Family Book Fund.
Music Library Locked Stacks – In process

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.
[Gurrelieder]
Gurre-Lieder: für Soli, Chor und Orchester. Wien : Universal-Edition, c1920.
Acquired through the Susan & Ruth Sharp Book Fund.
M1530 .S36 G9 1920B F Music Library Locked Stacks

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Printed Books

Delmotte, Henri Florent, 1798-1836.
[Notice biographique sur Roland Delattre. German]
Biographische notiz über Roland de Lattre: bekannt unter dem Namen Orland de Lassus / aus dem Französischen Übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen herausgegeben von S.W. Dehn; mit zwei Abbildungen. Berlin: Verlag von Gustav Crantz, 1837.
Bound with: Orlando di Lasso / von Ernst von Destouches. München : Verlag der J.J. Lentnerschen Buchhandlung, 1894.
ML410 .L3 D3415 1837 Music Library Locked Stacks

Destouches, Ernst von, 1843-1916.
Orlando di Lasso: ein Lebensbild: zum dritten Centenarium seines Todestages (14. Juni 1894); mit 5 Abbildungen. München : Verlag der J.J. Lentnerschen Buchhandlung, 1894.
Bound with: Biographische Notiz über Roland de Lattre. Berlin : G. Crantz, 1837.
ML410 .L3 D3415 1837 Music Library Locked Stacks

Hopkinson, Cecil.
Notes on Russian music publishers. [Bath, Eng.] Printed for private distribution to the members of the International Association of Music Libraries at the Fifth International Congress, Cambridge, June 29th-July 4, 1959.
Music Library Locked Stacks – In Process

Schilling, Gustav, 1803-1881.
Versuch einer Philosophie des Schönen in der Musik, oder, Aesthetik der Tonkunst: zugleich ein Supplement zu allen grösseren musikalischen Theorieen, und ein Hand- und Lesebuch für die Gebildeten aus allen Ständen zur Förderung eines guten Geschmacke in musikalischen Dingen. Mainz: Grossh. Hess. Hofmusikhandlung von B. Schott's Sohne, 1838.
ML3845 .S33 1838 Music Library Locked Stacks

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Last modified: December 2, 2005