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Six quintetti pour piano, avec accompagnement de deux violons, alto et violoncel - violin 2

Description: Violin 2 part for Boccherini's quintets for piano, 2 violins, viola, and cello, G. 407-412. This set contains parts for the two violins, viola, and cello. Parts for Daniel Steibelt's Op. 28 No. 1 and 2 -- two of the Trois quintetti pour piano-forte, deux violons, alto et bass -- were bound with this set of Six Quintetti subsequent to publication.
Date: 18XX
Creator: Boccherini, Luigi, 1743-1805
Partner: UNT Music Library

Sonate pour le piano-forte par John Field

Description: John Field's Sonata for Piano in B major, dedicated to Mademoiselle Alexandrine de Nekloudoff. Pages 7 and 8 of the music were bound upside-down and in reverse order.
Date: 185X
Creator: Field, John, 1782-1837
Partner: UNT Music Library

Spinner-Lied von Wagner

Description: Franz Liszt's arrangement for piano of Richard Wagner's Summ' und brumm' du gutes Rädchen, from Der Fliegende Holländer.
Date: 18XX
Creator: Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Partner: UNT Music Library

Valses brillantes

Description: This is a digital copy of "Valses brillantes" by Leopold von Meyer. This piece was issued as the third of four pieces published under the title "Repertoire de Léopold de Meyer." The Austrian composer and pianist von Meyer, had a successful performance career in Russia, eastern Europe and Vienna and also achieved success in London and Paris. He visited the United States on October 1845 and his histrionic performance style and bravura showpieces were received with wide acclaim. "Valses brillan… more
Date: 184X
Creator: Meyer, Leopold von, 1816-1883.
Partner: UNT Music Library

Variations sur un thême de Semiramis de Rossini, op.37

Description: This is a digital copy of "Variations sur un thême de Semiramis de Rossini, op.37" by Leopold von Meyer. The Austrian composer and pianist von Meyer, had a successful performance career in Russia, eastern Europe and Vienna and also achieved success in London and Paris. He visited the United States on October 1845 and his histrionic performance style and bravura showpieces were received with wide acclaim. This piece was dedicate to madame d'Obrescoff. Variations sur un thême de Semiramis de R… more
Date: 184X
Creator: Meyer, Leopold von, 1816-1883
Partner: UNT Music Library

114 Songs

Description: A collection of 114 songs set by Charles Ives, with lyrics by Ives and others. The back of the book contains a philosophical essay by Ives.
Date: 1922
Creator: Ives, Charles, 1874-1954
Partner: UNT Music Library

Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds Pierrot lunaire: für eine Sprechstimme, Klavier, Flöte (auch Piccolo), Klarinette (auch Bass-Klarinette), Geige (auch Bratsche) und Violoncell: Op. 21

Description: A first deluxe issue of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, signed by the composer, and numbered 24 out of a limited release of 50 copies. The autograph and number appear on the page facing the title page.
Date: 1914
Creator: Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951 & Giraud, Albert, 1860-1929
Partner: UNT Music Library

Brooklyn Academy of Music: a brief address and ten plates

Description: Architectural drawings for a planned new building for the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It is addressed first to subscribers, but also to the residents of Brooklyn, in an appeal for funding and support. The copy includes a cover letter dated October 12, 1905, addressed to Mr. Hosmer B. Parsons.
Date: 1905
Partner: UNT Music Library

Souvenir, Acis and Galatea, Masque of love, As produced at the Great Queen Street Theatre, March 10th, 1902

Description: A souvenir program for the performance of Handel's Acid and Galatea at the Great Queen Street Theatre in London on March 10, 1902. It includes a libretto and synopsis for Acis and Galatea, notated music for Purcell's Contre-dance, and numerous illustrations both from Acis and Galatea and Purcell's Masque of Love from his work Dioclesian. A synopsis of the Masque of Love by Christopher St. John appears at the end.
Date: 1902
Creator: Shaw, Martin, 1875-1958 & Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966
Partner: UNT Music Library

Liber responsorialis

Description: Liber responsorialis from the Solesmes Abbey, including chant settings for first-class feast days, hymns and the Divine Office.
Date: 1895
Creator: Catholic Church
Partner: UNT Music Library

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Description: This is the orchestral score of Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. The copy was presented to Edouard Colonne with the inscription by the composer on the title page, "à Monsieur E. Colonne en hommage d'infinie gratitude artistique, Claude Debussy, Oct. 1895." The score contains performance markings in pen, pencil and crayon; possibly by Colonne. In original green wrapper. Preserved in green cloth-and-marbled-paper chemise with matching slipcase.
Date: 1895
Creator: Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
Partner: UNT Music Library

Manon: opéra comique en 5 actes et 6 tableaux

Description: A deluxe folio edition (second edition, third issue) Massenet's Manon, with orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano. This printing was limited to 50 copies, of which this copy is number 19. The preliminary pages include a dedication to Mme C. Miolan-Carvalho and a listing of the cast of the premiere. Illustrative engravings by P. Avril precede each act, and each page of music has a green floral border by Barbizet. This copy also includes an autograph musical quotation from Manon in the han… more
Date: 1885
Creator: Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912 & Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897
Partner: UNT Music Library

A Method of Singing

Description: From Novello's Music Primers and Educational Series, a method intended to "explain ... the simple laws of sound and their bearing upon the technique of singing," according to the author's introduction.
Date: 1884
Creator: Stockhausen, Julius, 1826-1906
Partner: UNT Music Library

Evangelisches Gesangbuch

Description: Collection of hymns with notated melodies, and lyrics in German.
Date: 1869
Creator: Evangelical Synod of North America
Partner: UNT Music Library

Elverhöi: skuespil i fem acter af J.L. Heiberg: op. 100

Description: Incidental music for the play by J.L. Heiberg, with text in Danish. A note on the first endpage wishes "Glædelig Jul og Godt Nytår" (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year) to Uncle Harold.
Date: 1864
Creator: Kuhlau, Friedrich, 1786-1832
Partner: UNT Music Library

Manfred, dramatisches Gedicht in drei Abtheilungen, op. 115

Description: Incidental music for chorus and solo voices with orchestra, to the poem by Lord Byron; this volume includes the poem in German translation (12 p.) preceding the score.
Date: 1862
Creator: Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856
Partner: UNT Music Library
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