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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

The Day-spring, or, Union collection of songs for the sanctuary

Description: "Compiled by Sylvester Main from the already published works of the late I.B. Woodbury as well as from much choice manuscript music found in his portfolio at his death, together with copious contributions from the first living authors." The beginning of the collection includes brief instruction in the fundamentals of music and choral singing.
Date: 1859
Creator: Main, Sylvester,1817-1873 & Woodbury, I. B. (Isaac Baker), 1819-1858
Partner: UNT Music Library

The Musical Library, Vocal: Volumes 1 & 2

Description: This is a digital copy of volumes 1 and 2 of "The musical library," a bound collection of part songs and songs with piano accompaniment edited by William Ayrton. It includes arrangements of famous nineteenth-century tunes, madrigals, ballads, canzones, elegies, and opera arias by various composers.
Date: 1849
Creator: Ayrton, William, 1777-1858
Partner: UNT Music Library

The Musical Library, Vocal: Volumes 3 & 4

Description: This is a digital copy of volumes 3 and 4 of "The musical library," a bound collection of part songs and songs with piano accompaniment edited by William Ayrton. It includes arrangements of famous nineteenth-century tunes, madrigals, ballads, canzones, elegies, and opera arias by various composers.
Date: 1849
Creator: Ayrton, William, 1777-1858
Partner: UNT Music Library

Fantaisie pour le piano sur un air de Bellini

Description: Musical score containing the piano piece for "Fantaisie pour le piano sur un air de Bellini" by Leopold von Meyer.
Date: 1845
Creator: Meyer, Leopold von, 1816-1883
Partner: UNT Music Library

Richard Cœur de Lion : opéra comique en trois actes

Description: Richard Cœur-de-lion is probably Grétry’s most famous opéra-comique. However, it was banned during the French Revolution and subsequent rebellions in 1830 and 1848 due to its favorable depiction of royalty. Other than those exceptions, the work has remained popular due to its well-developed and compelling plot, its idealized representation of the Medieval community, as well as its musicodramatic structure in which a recurring romance melody is treated as a unifying plot point.
Date: 1838
Creator: Grétry, André Ernest Modeste, 1741-1813
Partner: UNT Music Library
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