The Hirsch Collecton (C 1160-1925) (Hirsch 199.-M.1356A) Table of Contents

British Library: Music Collections

The Hirsch Collecton (c 1160-1925) (Hirsch 199.-M.1356a) Table of Contents

The Hirsch Collecton (c 1160–1925)

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Key Details

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch 199.-M.1356a

Creation Date c 1160-1925

Extent and Format 76 items

Languages of Material English; French; German; Italian; Greek, Modern; Latin

Title The Hirsch Collecton (c 1160-1925)

Scope and Content Manuscripts from the music library of the industrialist and collector Paul Hirsch (1881-1951).

Administrative context: Hirsch's music library in Frankfurt am Main, Germany was one of the finest private libraries of its kind. Hirsch began to assemble his collection in 1896, focussing in particular on early printed editions of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, 19th-century opera and early theoretical works. Music manuscripts formed a small but significant part of his collection. By the 1920s, Hirsch was employing a librarian, and his library was open to the public two days a week. In 1936, fearing for his safety, as a Jewish citizen, Hirsch migrated to England. Incredibly, Hirsch and his family managed to transport the music collection out of Germany in several train wagons, the Nazi authorities not having recognised its enormous value.

Custodial history: On its arrival in England, Hirsch’s collection was housed initially at Cambridge University Library, where it became a working library for Cambridge students.

Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Paul Hirsch in 1946.

Related material: The books and printed scores from Hirsch’s music library (approximately 18,000 items) were acquired at the same time as the music manuscripts, and are catalogued separately. These all have the shelfmark prefix ‘Hirsch’ and can be found in the Library’s main catalogue.

Provenance

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Page 1 2021-09-16 Hirsch 199. (1874)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch 199.

Creation Date 1874

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content GUSTAV NOTTEBOHM: Thematisches Verzeichniss der im Druck erschienenen Werke von Franz Schubert; 1874. The author’s copy of the first edition (Vienna: Friedrich Schreiber), heavily annotated by Nottebohm, Eusebius Mandyczewski and Otto Erich Deutsch, the subsequent owners of the volume. With a letter from C. Tarangu (?) of the Societatea Filarmonică, Cernăuţi to Mandyczewski. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

pp. [vii]+288 + ff. iii. 257 x 164mm.

ff. iii + 153. 347 x 270mm. Half-leather on marbled boards.

includes:

• ff. i-ii Eusebius Mandyczewski, musicologist: C. Tarangu, of the Societatea Filarmonica, Cernauti: Letter to Eusebius Mandyczewski from C. Tarangu: 1927: Germ: Typewritten, signed.

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Custodial History Paul Adolf Hirsch, musicologist: Owned, in circa 1944-circa 1946.

Otto Erich Deutsch, musicologist: Owned, in circa 1929-circa 1944.

Eusebius Mandyczewski, musicologist: Owned, in circa 1882-circa 1929.

Martin Gustav Nottebohm, musicologist: Owned, in 1874-circa 1882.

Page 2 2021-09-16 Hirsch 1035. (Unspecified)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch 1035.

Creation Date Unspecified

Extent and Format 1 item

Scope and Content Index

includes:

• ff. i-iii Richard Synyer Hill, musicologist: Paul Adolf Hirsch, musicologist: Letter to Richard Synyer Hill from Paul Adolf Hirsch: 1941: Typewritten; carbon copy.

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Hirsch 2758. (Unspecified)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch 2758.

Creation Date Unspecified

Extent and Format 1 item

Scope and Content Index

includes:

• ff. i-v Paul Adolf Hirsch, musicologist: Arthur Henry Fox-Strangways, music critic: Dr G. Ophüls, musicologist: Letters to and from Paul Adolf Hirsch and Arthur Henry Fox-Strangways, rel. to Brahms-Texte by Dr. G. Ophüls: 1942: Partly autogr., partly typrewritten; carbon copy.

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Page 3 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.46. (c 1850)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.46.

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; Italian

Scope and Content VINCENZO BELLINI (b.1801, d.1835): ‘La Sonnambula’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Felice Romani, after A. E. Scribe and J. Aumer; circa 1850. Full score, in ink. Italian. Copy, in several hands, with performance markings in pencil and red and blue crayon, on pages ruled with 16 staves. Cuts in performance are marked with overlaid slips of paper, folded leaves and with pins (new removed). First performed in Milan, Carcano Theatre, 6 Mar. 1831. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Two volumes. 225 x 330mm. Marbled boards.

Vincenzo Bellini, composer: Auguste Eugène Scribe, dramatist: Felice Romani, librettist: Jean Aumer, dancer and choreographer: 'La Sonnambula', opera by Vincenzo Bellini, to a libretto by Felice Romani, after Auguste Eugène Scribe and Jean Aumer: circa 1850: Ital: Copy.

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Hirsch II.46.(1.) VINCENZO BELLINI (b.1801, d.1835): ‘La Sonnambula’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Felice Romani, after A. E.

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.46.(1.)

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 1 item

Title VINCENZO BELLINI (b.1801, d.1835): ‘La Sonnambula’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Felice Romani, after A. E. Scribe and J. Aumer; circa 1850: Act I.ff. 202. (c 1850)

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Page 4 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.46.(2.) VINCENZO BELLINI (b.1801, d.1835): ‘La Sonnambula’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Felice Romani, after A. E.

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.46.(2.)

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 1 item

Title VINCENZO BELLINI (b.1801, d.1835): ‘La Sonnambula’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Felice Romani, after A. E. Scribe and J. Aumer; circa 1850: Act II.ff. 126. (c 1850)

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Hirsch II.208. (c 1850)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.208.

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Belisar: Lÿrisches Tragödie in 3 Abteilungen’, to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after E. von Schenk, in a German translation by Dr Franck; circa 1850. Full score, in ink. Copy, in two different hands, on pages ruled with between 16 and 20 staves, the gatherings numbered throughout. Scored for voices, flute, piccolo, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, trombones, timpani and strings. Performance directions in pencil and red crayon in several hands; some cuts have been marked (vol. I, ff. 80v-84v, ff. 160r-161r and ff. 167r-169v; vol. II, ff. 8r-9r and ff. 31r-33r. With the ownership stamp of ‘Die K. K. Theater’s in Krakau’, and stamps of ‘C. G.’ and ‘GWM’ (apparently the impresarios Karl Gaudelius and Georg Wilhelm Megerle, who staged the work in Krakow in 1853-56 and 1854 respectively) and of ‘Emil Vaupel, Theater Direction’. Belisario was first performed at La Fenice, Venice, on 13 February 1836, and in Krakow on 8 June 1839. See J. Got, Das österreichische Theater in Krakau im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert (Vienna, 1984). Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Two volumes. 241 x 314mm. Half cloth, with paper labels on front boards and remains of paper labels on spines.

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer: Salvatore Cammarano, librettist: Edouard von Schenk, writer of plays: Dr Franck, translator: 'Belisario', opera by Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, to words by Salvatore Cammarano, after Edouard von Schenk, in a German translation by Dr Franck: circa 1850: Germ: Copy.

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Custodial History Emil Vaupel, theatre director: Owned, in mid-19th cent.

Georg Wilhelm Megerle, impresario: Probably owned, in 1854.

Karl Gaudelius, impresario: Probably owned, in 1853-56.

Page 5 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.208.(1.) GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Belisar: Lÿrisches Tragödie in 3 Abteilungen’, to a libretto by Salvatore

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.208.(1.)

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 1 item

Title GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Belisar: Lÿrisches Tragödie in 3 Abteilungen’, to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after E. von Schenk, in a German translation by Dr Franck; circa 1850: Act I.ff. i + 175. (c 1850)

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Hirsch II.208.(2.) GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Belisar: Lÿrisches Tragödie in 3 Abteilungen’, to a libretto by Salvatore

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.208.(2.)

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 1 item

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Page 6 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.212. (c 1850)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.212.

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 3 items

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Linda di Chamouny’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi, after Adolphe Philippe Dennery and G. Lemoine, in a German translation by Heinrich Proch; circa 1850. Full score, in ink. Copy on pages ruled with 20 staves. Scored for solo voices, choir and orchestra with ophicleide. Performance directions in pencil and red and blue crayon. Some cuts have been marked in crayon and with folds to the paper. A list of the orchestral and vocal parts copied for use in performance is found on the inside of the front cover of vol.1 (f. iii). With the ownership stamp of ‘Die K. K. Theater’s in Krakau’, and stamps of ‘C. G.’ and ‘GWM’ (apparently the impresarios Karl Gaudelius and Georg Wilhelm Megerle, who staged the work in Krakow in 1855 and 1854 respectively) and of ‘Emil Vaupel, Theater Direction’. Linda di Chamounix was first performed at Vienna, Kärntnertor, 19 May 1842, and in Krakow on 19 Apr. 1854. See J. Got, Das österreichische Theater in Krakau im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert (Vienna, 1984). Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Three volumes. 235 x 300mm. Half cloth, with paper labels on front boards and remains of paper labels on spines.

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer: Gustave Lemoine, dramatist: Adolphe Philippe, alias Eugène; called 'Adolphe d'Ennery', dramatist: Heinrich Proch, composer: Gaetano Rossi, librettist: 'Linda di Chamounix', opera by G. Donizetti, to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi, after Eugène Philippe and Gustave Lemoine, translated by Heinrich Proch: circa 1850: Germ: Copy.

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Custodial History Emil Vaupel, theatre director: Owned, in 19th cent.

Georg Wilhelm Megerle, impresario: Owned, in 19th cent.

Karl Gaudelius, impresario: Owned, in 19th cent.

Page 7 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.212.(1.) GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Linda di Chamouny’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi, after

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.212.(1.)

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 1 item

Title GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Linda di Chamouny’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi, after Adolphe Philippe Dennery and G. Lemoine, in a German translation by Heinrich Proch; circa 1850: Act I.ff. iii + 223. (c 1850)

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Hirsch II.212.(2.) GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Linda di Chamouny’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi, after

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.212.(2.)

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 1 item

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Page 8 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.212.(3.) GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Linda di Chamouny’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi, after

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.212.(3.)

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 1 item

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Hirsch II.213. (c 1850)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.213.

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; Italian; German

Scope and Content GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after Sir Walter Scott; circa 1850. Full score, in ink. Copy in several hands on pages ruled with between 10 and 20 staves (a 21st stave has been added by hand at the bottom of ff. 237-38). Italian text, with German translation underlaid in a different hand. Performance directions and minor alterations to the score in pencil and red crayon. An old foliation in red crayon runs continuously through the two volumes. Lucia di Lammermoor was first performed at Naples, Teatro di S Carlo, 26 Sept. 1835. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946. Bookplate of Hirsch inside each volume.

Two volumes. 240 x 330mm. Quarter leather binding with gold stamping on the spine, which bears the words ‘DONIZETTI / LUCIA’.

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer: Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Salvatore Cammarano, librettist: 'Lucia di Lammermoor', opera by G. Donizetti, to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after Sir Walter Scott: circa 1850: Ital. & Germ: Copy.

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Page 9 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.213.(1.) GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Salvatore

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.213.(1.)

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 1 item

Title GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after Sir Walter Scott; circa 1850: Acts I and II.ff. i + 277. (c 1850)

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Hirsch II.213.(2.) GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Salvatore

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.213.(2.)

Creation Date c 1850

Extent and Format 1 item

Title GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after Sir Walter Scott; circa 1850: Act III.ff. i + 167. (c 1850)

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Page 10 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.214. (c 1880)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.214.

Creation Date c 1880

Extent and Format 1 item

Scope and Content GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Don Pasquale’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and the composer, after a play by Angelo Anelli; circa 1880. Full score, in ink. Copy. French text. First performed Paris, Théâtre-Italien, 1843. With the bookplate of Paul Hirsch (f. i). Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. iii + 138. 344 x 262mm. Half morocco, with raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine.

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Hirsch II.231.(2.) (Late 19th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.231.(2.)

Creation Date Late 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material English; French

Scope and Content FRIEDRICH, Freiherr VON FLOTOW (b.1812, d.1883): ‘Martha’, abridged version of the opera in 4 acts to a libretto by W. Friedrich, in a French version by J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges; late 19th cent. Full score, in ink. Copy in several hands on pages ruled with 22 or 24 staves, with performance markings in pencil. The overture (Hirsch.ii.231.(1.); ff. 1-18) is printed (Paris: Choudens, ca. 1895). With a pencil note about this adaptation, in the hand of Edward J. Dent and dated 2 Oct. 1940 (f. ii). Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond was first performed at Vienna, Kärntnertor, 25 Nov. 1847. Vernoy de Saint-Georges’s French version was first performed in Paris, 16 Dec. 1865. From the collection of Werner Wolffheim. Acquired by Paul Hirsch at the second sale of items from Wolffheim’s collection, as item 1394, in June 1929. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, also called 'Jules Henri Vernoy Saint-Georges', dramatist: Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand Freiherr von Flotow, composer: Friedrich Wilhelm Riese, alias 'W Friedrich'; librettist: 'Martha', opera by Friedrich Flotow, to a libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese, translated by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges: late 19th cent.: Fr: Copy.

includes:

• f. i Edward Joseph Dent, musicologist and translator: Note about Friedrich Flotow's opera 'Martha' by Edward Joseph Dent: 1940: Autogr.

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Custodial History Werner Wolffheim, musicologist: Owned, in 20th cent.

Hirsch II.232. (19th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.232.

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content FRIEDRICH, Freiherr VON FLOTOW (b.1812, d.1883): ‘Alessandro Stradella’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by W. Friedrich; 19th cent. Full score, in ink. Copy in several hands on pages ruled with 12 or 20 staves. German text. With performance markings in pencil and red, blue and green crayon. Cuts are marked in crayon and (on ff. 182-199 of Vol. I) with pins (now removed). With pencil notes on f. 1r of Vol. I relating to performances of the work at the Magdeburg Stadttheater in Oct. 1897 and at Bamberg in Nov. 1897 conducted by George Stevens; also a November performance conducted by Mattausch. An inscription in ink and a stamp, ‘M THEATER-GESCHAEFTS-BUREAU’, at the foot of the folio, also connect the volume with the Magdeburg Stadttheater. A first violin part for the ballet from Act II has been inserted into Vol. II (ff. 64-66). First performed at Hamburg, Stadt-Theater, 30 Dec. 1844. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Two volumes. Marbled boards with spine labels bearing the words ‘Flotow / Alessandro / Stradella’.

Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand Freiherr von Flotow, composer: Friedrich Wilhelm Riese, alias 'W Friedrich'; librettist: 'Alessandro Stradella', opera by Friedrich Flotow, to a libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese: 19th cent.: Germ: Copy.

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Custodial History Mattausch, conductor: Performed, in 19th cent.

George Stevens, conductor: Performed, in 1897.

Page 12 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.232.(1.) FRIEDRICH, Freiherr VON FLOTOW (b.1812, d.1883): ‘Alessandro Stradella’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by W.

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.232.(1.)

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Title FRIEDRICH, Freiherr VON FLOTOW (b.1812, d.1883): ‘Alessandro Stradella’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by W. Friedrich; 19th cent: Acts I and II.ff. i + 208. 353 x 250mm. (19th century)

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Hirsch II.232.(2.) FRIEDRICH, Freiherr VON FLOTOW (b.1812, d.1883): ‘Alessandro Stradella’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by W.

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.232.(2.)

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Title FRIEDRICH, Freiherr VON FLOTOW (b.1812, d.1883): ‘Alessandro Stradella’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by W. Friedrich; 19th cent: Act III.ff. i + 78. 350 x 250mm. (19th century)

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Page 13 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.488. (c 1835)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.488.

Creation Date c 1835

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content CONRADIN KREUTZER (b.1780, d.1849): ‘Das Nachtlager in Granada’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Karl Braun, Freiherr von Braunthal, after a play by Johann Friedrich Kind; circa 1835. Full score, in ink. Copy, in several hands, on pages ruled with between 10 and 16 staves. German. Scored for voices, flutes, piccolos, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, trombones, timpani and strings. Performance directions written in German in blue crayon and corrections in pencil and red crayon. Some additional recitatives written on smaller paper (166 x 245mm) have been inserted (vol. I, ff. 64–69, 96–109 and 120–21; vol. II, ff. 126–30), and some folios have been cut (vol. I, ff. 325–32). First performed in Vienna, Theater in der Josefstadt, 13 January 1834. Vocal score published Vienna: E. Mollo & A. O. Witzendorf, 1834. See K.-P. Brecht, Conradin Kreutzer: Biographie und Werkverzeichnis (Stadt Meßkirch, 1980), pp. 133–38. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Two volumes. 256 x 320mm. Bound with boards, with pasted paper labels on spine and front. Spine labels read ‘Konradin Kreutzer: Das Nachtlager in Granada’.

Conradin Kreutzer, composer: Karl Braun, librettist: Johann Friedrich Kind, author: 'Das Nachtlager in Granada', opera by Conradin Kreutzer, to a libretto by Karl Braun after a play by Johann Friedrich Kind: circa 1835: Germ.: Copy.

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Hirsch II.488.(1.) CONRADIN KREUTZER (b.1780, d.1849): ‘Das Nachtlager in Granada’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Karl Braun,

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.488.(1.)

Creation Date c 1835

Extent and Format 1 item

Title CONRADIN KREUTZER (b.1780, d.1849): ‘Das Nachtlager in Granada’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Karl Braun, Freiherr von Braunthal, after a play by Johann Friedrich Kind; circa 1835: Act I.ff. iii + 332. (c 1835)

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Page 14 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.488.(2.) CONRADIN KREUTZER (b.1780, d.1849): ‘Das Nachtlager in Granada’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Karl Braun,

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.488.(2.)

Creation Date c 1835

Extent and Format 1 item

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Hirsch II.565. (1815)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.565.

Creation Date 1815

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; Italian

Scope and Content JOHANN SIMON MAYR (b.1763, d.1845): ‘Elisa, ossia Il Monte di S. Bernardo’, opera in 1 act to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi; 1815 (dated, vol. 2, f. ii). Full score, in ink. Copy, on pages ruled with between 10 and 16 staves. Italian. The front of each volume bears the stamp ‘Gran magazzino di musica, già Montaldi, via Carlo Felice, Genova’. First performed in Venice, San Benedetto Theatre, 5 August 1804. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Two volumes. 230 x 285mm. Half vellum on card, with decorative paper label pasted on front.

Johann Simon Mayr, composer: Gaetano Rossi, librettist: 'Elisa, ossia Il monte San Bernardo', opera by Johann Simon Mayr, to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi: 1815: Ital: Copy.

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Custodial History Montaldi, music seller: Sold, in 19th cent.

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Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.565.(1.)

Creation Date 1815

Extent and Format 1 item

Title JOHANN SIMON MAYR (b.1763, d.1845): ‘Elisa, ossia Il Monte di S. Bernardo’, opera in 1 act to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi; 1815: Introduction and scenes 1–6.ff. ii + 111. (1815)

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Hirsch II.565.(2.) JOHANN SIMON MAYR (b.1763, d.1845): ‘Elisa, ossia Il Monte di S. Bernardo’, opera in 1 act to a libretto by

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.565.(2.)

Creation Date 1815

Extent and Format 1 item

Title JOHANN SIMON MAYR (b.1763, d.1845): ‘Elisa, ossia Il Monte di S. Bernardo’, opera in 1 act to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi; 1815: Scenes 7–11 and finale.ff. iv + 134. (1815)

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Page 16 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.566. (c 1805)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.566.

Creation Date c 1805

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; Italian

Scope and Content JOHANN SIMON MAYR (b.1763, d.1845): ‘I Misteri Eleusini’, ‘Dramma Serio’ in 2 acts to a libretto by Giuseppe Bernadoni; circa 1805. Full score, in ink. Copy, on pages ruled with between 10 and 14 staves. Italian. The title pages are inscribed ‘In Roma presso Gaetano Rosati. In Via Babuino No. 117.’ A timpani part is appended to the score of Act II (ff. 127r–128r). First performed at La Scala, Milan, 16 January 1802. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Two volumes. 215 x 280mm. Quarter morocco on marbled boards, with gold tooling on spine.

Johann Simon Mayr, composer: Giuseppe Bernadoni, librettist: 'Il misteri eleusini, opera by Johann Simon Mayr, to a libretto by Giuseppe Bernadoni: circa 1805: Ital: Copy.

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Custodial History Gaetano Rosati, music seller: Sold, in 19th cent.

Hirsch II.566.(1.) JOHANN SIMON MAYR (b.1763, d.1845): ‘I Misteri Eleusini’, ‘Dramma Serio’ in 2 acts to a libretto by Giuseppe

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.566.(1.)

Creation Date c 1805

Extent and Format 1 item

Title JOHANN SIMON MAYR (b.1763, d.1845): ‘I Misteri Eleusini’, ‘Dramma Serio’ in 2 acts to a libretto by Giuseppe Bernadoni; circa 1805: Act I.ff. i + 155. (c 1805)

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Page 17 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.566.(2.) JOHANN SIMON MAYR (b.1763, d.1845): ‘I Misteri Eleusini’, ‘Dramma Serio’ in 2 acts to a libretto by Giuseppe

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.566.(2.)

Creation Date c 1805

Extent and Format 1 item

Title JOHANN SIMON MAYR (b.1763, d.1845): ‘I Misteri Eleusini’, ‘Dramma Serio’ in 2 acts to a libretto by Giuseppe Bernadoni; circa 1805: Act II.ff. 128. (c 1805)

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Hirsch II.687. (c 1820)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.687.

Creation Date c 1820

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content GIUSEPPE NICOLINI (b.1762, d.1842): ‘Giulio Cesare nelle Gallie’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Michele Angelo Prunetti; circa 1820. Full score, in ink. Copy, in several hands, on pages ruled with between 10 and 16 staves. Italian. Scored for voices, horns, trombones, oboes, trumpets, flutes, strings, bassoons, serpents, timpani, drums and continuo. First performed in Rome, 17 January 1819. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Two volumes. 210 x 280mm. Full red morocco binding with gold tooling, with green labels on the spine.

Giuseppe Nicolini, composer: Michele Angelo Prunetti, librettist: 'Guilio Cesare nelle Gallie', opera by Giuseppe Nicolini, to a libretto by Michele Angelo Prunetti: circa 1820: Germ.: Copy.

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Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.687.(1.)

Creation Date c 1820

Extent and Format 1 item

Title GIUSEPPE NICOLINI (b.1762, d.1842): ‘Giulio Cesare nelle Gallie’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Michele Angelo Prunetti; circa 1820: Act I.ff. iii + 201. (c 1820)

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Hirsch II.687.(2.) GIUSEPPE NICOLINI (b.1762, d.1842): ‘Giulio Cesare nelle Gallie’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Michele

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.687.(2.)

Creation Date c 1820

Extent and Format 1 item

Title GIUSEPPE NICOLINI (b.1762, d.1842): ‘Giulio Cesare nelle Gallie’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Michele Angelo Prunetti; circa 1820: Act II.ff. ii + 168. (c 1820)

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Page 19 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.690. (19th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.690.

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content JACQUES OFFENBACH (b.1819, d.1880): ‘Die schöne Helena’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, in a German translation by Ernst Dohm; 19th cent. Full score, in ink. Copy in a single hand on pages ruled with 24 staves. La belle Hélène was first performed at Paris, Variétés, 17 Dec. 1864. With amendments to the score and performance markings, in German and English, in pencil and red crayon, and with pencil notes on the inside of the front cover and on f. 1r giving details of the number of scores and parts required for performance. Stamps bearing the words ‘Carl Stelzer Theater Director’, ‘Eigenthum der Brauergilde zu Hannover’ and ‘Carl Waldmann Director und Eigenthümer Residenz-Theater Hannover’ are found on f. 1r, along with the number 83. The signature of the musical director Ivan [?] Christoph is found on f. 45 of Vol. I with the words ‘Am 10/2 1878 Frau Fischer Svoboda als Gast in Warasdin’. Signatures of Christoph and of Joseph Pohl appear on ff. 42v and 112v of Vol. II. On f. 112v, the date 1877 is given below Christoph’s signature. Two pencil sketches of a man’s head, in profile, appear on the title page of Act 3 (Vol. II, f. 79). For the autograph full score see British Library, Zweig 72. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Two volumes. 320 x 250mm.

Jacques Offenbach, composer: Ludovic Halévy, dramatist: Henri Meilhac, dramatist: Ernst Dohm, writer: 'La belle Hélène', opera by Jacques Offenbach, to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, translated by Ernst Dohm: 19th cent.: Germ: Copy.

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Custodial History Friederike Swoboda, née Fischer; singer: Performed, in 1878.

Joseph Pohl, music director: Owned, in 19th cent.

Ivan Christoph, music director: Owned, in 19th cent.

Carl Waldmann, theatre director: Owned, in 19th cent.

Carl Stelzer, theatre director: Owned, in 19th cent.

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Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.690.(1.)

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

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Hirsch II.690.(2.) JACQUES OFFENBACH (b.1819, d.1880): ‘Die schöne Helena’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.690.(2.)

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Title JACQUES OFFENBACH (b.1819, d.1880): ‘Die schöne Helena’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, in a German translation by Ernst Dohm; 19th cent: Acts II (contd.) and III.ff. ii + 144. Plain boards with a cover label printed with the words ‘Rastrir- & Büchereinband-Anst. v. K. G. Förk & G. Uhrmann Temesvár’. (19th century)

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Page 21 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.691. (19th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.691.

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content JACQUES OFFENBACH (b.1819, d.1880): ‘Orfeus in der Unterwelt’, opera in 4 acts to a libretto by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy, in a German translation; 19th cent. Full score, in ink. Copy in a single hand on pages ruled with 20 staves. Orphée aux enfers was first performed in a two-act version at Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, 21 Oct. 1858. The four-act version was first performed at Paris, Gaîté, 7 Feb. 1874. With performance markings, in German, in pencil and red and blue crayon, and with notes on the inside of the front cover and on f. 1r of Vol. I giving details of the number of scores and parts required for performance. Cuts are marked in blue crayon and by folds to some of the leaves. ff. 77-78 of Vol. II have been glued together at the corners. Stamps bearing the words ‘Carl Stelzer Theater Director’ and ‘Eigenthum der Brauergilde zu Hannover’ are found on f. 1r of each volume, along with the number 102. Pencil sketches of a man’s head, in profile, appear on ff. 99 and 100v of Vol. I. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Two volumes. 315 x 250mm. Plain boards with cover labels printed with the words ‘Rastrir- & Büchereinband-Anst. v. K. G. Förk & G. Uhrmann Temesvár’.

Jacques Offenbach, composer: Ludovic Halévy, dramatist: H. J. Crémieux, writer of plays: 'Orphée aux enfers', opera by Jacques Offenbach, to a libretto by H. J. Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy: 19th cent.: Germ: Copy.

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Custodial History Carl Stelzer, theatre director: Owned, in 19th cent.

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Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.691.(1.)

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Title JACQUES OFFENBACH (b.1819, d.1880): ‘Orfeus in der Unterwelt’, opera in 4 acts to a libretto by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy, in a German translation; 19th cent: Acts I and II.ff. ii+156. (19th century)

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Hirsch II.691.(2.) JACQUES OFFENBACH (b.1819, d.1880): ‘Orfeus in der Unterwelt’, opera in 4 acts to a libretto by

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.691.(2.)

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Legal Status Not Public Record(s)

Page 23 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.698. (Early 19th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.698.

Creation Date Early 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Italian

Scope and Content VOCAL MUSIC; early 19th cent. Copy in ink, in a single hand, on pages ruled with 10 or 12 staves. Italian. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. ii + 184. 240 x 298mm. Contemporary red leather binding with gold tooling featuring a trumpet motif. Marbled endpapers.

1.ff. 1r-42r. Ferdinando Paer: ‘Prometeo al Caucaso’, ‘Scena’ for voices and orchestra, in full score. Begins ‘Squaglia delle impietrite’.

2.ff. 43r-48r. Bonifazio Asioli: ‘Sonetto del Zappi’ for voice and piano. Begins ‘In quell’età ch’io misurar solea’. Words by G. B. F. Zappi.

3.ff. 49r-57r. Natale Mussini: ‘Recitvo. e Cavatina nella Medea’ for voice and strings. Begins ‘Seconda giusto ciel di quest’alma l’ardir’.

4.ff. 58r-68r. Felice Alessandro Radicati: ‘III Ariette italiane’. For voice and guitar or piano.

i.ff. 58v-63r. ‘Da quel sembiante appressi’.

ii.ff. 63v-64v. ‘E cosa gustosa l’aver un amante’.

iii.ff. 65r-68r. ‘L’auretta lusinghiera’.

5.ff. 69r-89r. ‘Giuseppe Roesler’ [Ján Jozef Rösler]: ‘VI Ariette italiane’ for voice and piano.

i.ff. 69v-72v. ‘Tu mi chiedi o mio tesoro’.

ii.ff. 73r-75v. ‘Ch’io mai vi possa lasciar d’amare’.

iii.ff. 75v-78v. ‘Dove rivolgo oh Dio’.

iv.ff. 79r-81r. ‘Bella fiamma del mio Core’.

v.ff. 81v-85v. ‘Ninfe se liete viver bramate’.

vi.ff. 86r-89r. ‘Che chiedi che brami’.

6.ff. 90r-129r. Rösler: ‘VI Duettini’ for two sopranos and piano.

i.ff. 90v-95v. ‘Dal di che tue mirai pupille lusinghiere’.

ii.ff. 96r-102v. ‘Languir d'amore crudel mi vedi’.

iii.ff. 103r-112r. ‘Su questo colle erboso’.

iv.ff. 113r-117v. ‘Se spiegar potessi oh Dio’.

v.ff. 118r-121v. ‘Per valli per boschi cercando’.

vi.ff. 122r-129r. ‘Odi l’aura che dolce sospira’.

7.ff. 130r-158v. Sebastiano Nasolini: ‘Recitativo e Duetto’ from Epponina, for voices and orchestra, in full score. Begins ‘Come spiegati almen’. Epponina, to a libretto by Pietro Giovannini, was first performed in Aug. 1794.

Page 24 2021-09-16 8.ff. 159r-184v. Paer: ‘Ettore ed Andromaca’, duet for voices and orchestra, in full score. Begins ‘Sposa t’opponi in van m’invita al campo’.

includes:

• ff. 1-42, 159-184 Ferdinando Paer, composer: Vocal music by Ferdinando Paer: early 19th cent.: Ital: Copy. • ff. 43-48 Giovanni Battista Felice Zappi: Bonifazio Asioli, composer: Song for voice and piano by Bonifazio Asioli, to words by Giovanni Battista Felice Zappi: early 19th cent.: Ital: Copy. • ff. 49-57 Natale Mussini, composer: Excerpt from 'Medea' by Natale Mussini: early 19th cent.: Ital: Copy. • ff. 58-68 Felice Alessandro Radicati, composer: 3 'Ariette italiane' by Felice Alessandro Radicati: early 19th cent.: Ital: Copy. • ff. 69-129 Ján Jozef Rösler, composer: Songs by Ján Jozef Rösler: early 19th cent.: Ital: Copy. • ff. 130-158 Sebastiano Nasolini, composer: Pietro Giovannini, librettist: Excerpt from 'Epponina', opera by Sebastiano Nasolini, to a libretto by Pietro Giovannini: early 19th cent.: Ital: Copy.

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Hirsch II.767.(2.) (18th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.767.(2.)

Creation Date 18th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material French

Scope and Content JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (b.1683, d.1764): excerpts from ‘Castor et Pollux’, opera in 5 acts to a libretto by Pierre-Joseph Bernard; 18th cent. Short score, in ink. French text. Copy in a single hand, on pages ruled with 12 staves. First performed at the Paris Opéra, 24 Oct. 1737. The ornamentation is identical to that in the printed score (Paris: Chez Prault fils, 1737) and the manuscript was probably copied from that source. Bound with a printed copy of Rameau’s Les fêtes d’Hébée (Paris: Chez l’Auteur, ca. 1740) [Hirsch.II.767(1.)]. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. 31. 255 x 340mm. Green vellum on boards.

Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer and theorist: Pierre Joseph Bernard, poet: Excerpts from 'Castor et Pollux', opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, to a libretto by Pierre Joseph Bernard: 18th cent.: Fr: Copy.

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Page 25 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.794. (c 1730)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.794.

Creation Date c 1730

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material French

Scope and Content FRANÇOIS FRANCOEUR (b.1698, d.1787) and François Rebel (b.1701, d.1775): ‘Pirame et Thisbé, tragedie’, opera in 5 acts with a prologue to a libretto by J.-L.-I. de La Serre, after Ovid; circa 1730. Vocal score, in ink. Copy. French. First performed at the Opéra in Paris, 17 October, 1726 and first published in 1726. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. ii + 116. 216 x 295mm. Mottled calf, with raised bands and gilt lettering and decoration on the spine; marbled endpapers.

Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet: François Francoeur, composer: François Rebel, composer: Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre, librettist: 'Pirame et Thisbé', opera by François Francoeur and François Rebel, to words by Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre after Ovid: circa 1730: Fr: Copy.

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Hirsch II.812. (19th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.812.

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content GIOACHINO ROSSINI (b.1792, d.1868): ‘Otello der Mohr von Venedig’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa, after Shakespeare, in a German translation; 19th cent. Full score, in ink. Copy in several hands and on several different types of paper, on pages ruled with between 10 and 16 staves. With amendments and performance markings in ink, red and blue crayon and pencil. Some cuts are marked in crayon and with the folding of leaves. Trombone, timpani and some other wind parts are written separately at the end of each act (vol. I, ff. 219v-232; vol. II, ff. 146v-149 and ff. 251v-252v). A sheet of paper of more recent date has been pasted into vol.2 (f. 27), on which are 16 bars of music written in blue ink omitted, seemingly in error, by the original copyist. With the stamps of ‘Emil Vaupel Theater Direction’ and ‘Joseph Deresci [?]’. First performed at Naples, Teatro del Fondo, 4 Dec. 1816. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Two volumes. 230 x 310mm. Heavily worn quarter-leather binding, with the remains of paper labels on the front covers bearing the title of the opera and number of the act. Marbled slipcases.

Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, composer: William Shakespeare, dramatist and poet: Francesco Berio di Salsa, librettist: 'Otello', opera by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, to a libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa, after William Shakespeare: 19th cent.: Germ: Copy.

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Custodial History Emil Vaupel, theatre director: Owned, in 19th cent.

Hirsch II.812.(1.) GIOACHINO ROSSINI (b.1792, d.1868): ‘Otello der Mohr von Venedig’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Francesco

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.812.(1.)

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Title GIOACHINO ROSSINI (b.1792, d.1868): ‘Otello der Mohr von Venedig’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa, after Shakespeare, in a German translation; 19th cent: Act I.ff. iii + 232. (19th century)

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Hirsch II.812.(2.) GIOACHINO ROSSINI (b.1792, d.1868): ‘Otello der Mohr von Venedig’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Francesco

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.812.(2.)

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

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Page 27 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.849. (c 1898)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.849.

Creation Date c 1898

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material German

Scope and Content FRANZ Schreker (b.1878, d.1934): ‘Flammen’, op.10, opera in 1 act to a libretto by ‘Dora Leen’ (Dora Pollack); circa 1898. Autograph full score, in ink, written on pages ruled with 28 staves. German. With performance markings in ink, pencil and blue crayon. Some additional notes concerning a performance on 27 Oct. 1921 have been written on a separate sheet of brown paper (f. i; 297 x 100mm). On f. ii r is a note from Schreker to Paul Hirsch dated 1919, together with a further note in Schreker’s hand, reading ‘Etwa im Jahre 1898 componiert’. Concert performance given in Vienna, Bösendorfer-Saal, 24 April 1902. Vocal score published Leipzig: Lith. Anst. v. C. G. Röder, circa 1902. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. ii + 162. 340 x 264mm.

Paul Adolf Hirsch, musicologist: Franz August Julius Schreker, composer: Dora Pollack, alias 'Dora Leen'; librettist: 'Flammen', opera by Franz August Julius Schreker, to a libretto by Dora Pollack, with a dedication by the composer to Paul Adolf Hirsch: circa 1898: Germ: Autogr.

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Hirsch II.920. (2nd half of the 19th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.920.

Creation Date 2nd half of the 19th century

Extent and Format 4 items

Languages of Material English; Italian; French

Scope and Content GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo; 2nd half of the 19th century. Full score, in ink. Copy in several hands on pages ruled with between 10 and 24 staves. Comprises the complete three-act version in Italian together with the final act of the four-act French version. Details of performances, with dates, are listed in various hands on the title page of each volume (performances in Italy between 1855 and 1858 in vols 1-3, and in Paris in 1882 in vol. 4). Italian version first performed at Venice, Fenice, 11 Mar. 1851; French version first performed in Brussels, 22 Nov. 1858. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Four volumes. 325 x 240mm. Printed covers bearing the imprint of the publisher Gio. Ricordi of Milan. Bookplate of Paul Hirsch.

Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco Verdi, composer: Francesco Maria Piave, librettist: Vicomte Victor Marie Hugo,; author: Edouard Duprez, writer: 'Rigoletto', opera by Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco Verdi, to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo, partly in a translation by Edouard Duprez: 19th cent.: Ital. & Fr.: Copy.

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Hirsch II.920.(1.) GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo;

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.920.(1.)

Creation Date [1850s]

Extent and Format 1 item

Title GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo; [1850s]. Italian text. With performance markings in pencil and red and blue crayon:Act I. ff. 54-55 are pasted together to form a performance cut. ff. ii + 203. ([1850s])

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Hirsch II.920.(2.) GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo;

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.920.(2.)

Creation Date [1850s]

Extent and Format 1 item

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Page 29 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.920.(3.) GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo;

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.920.(3.)

Creation Date [1850s]

Extent and Format 1 item

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Hirsch II.920.(4.) Act IV; [1882-1883]. In a French translation by Édouard Duprez. Corresponds to Act III of the Italian

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.920.(4.)

Creation Date [1882-1883]

Extent and Format 1 item

Title Act IV; [1882-1883]. In a French translation by Édouard Duprez. Corresponds to Act III of the Italian version. With the imprint of Gio. Ricordi of Milan in the margins of the paper. The cover bears the imprint both of Gio. Ricordi and of Léon Grus, 31, Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle, Paris. Léon Grus took over the rights to Rigoletto in 1882; Grus moved from 31, Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle in 1884. See A. Devriès and F. Lesure, Dictionnaire des éditeurs de musique français, vol. 2. (Geneva, 1988), pp. 202-203.ff. ii + 118. ([1882-1883])

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Page 30 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.924. (19th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.924.

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 2 items

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Der Troubadour’, opera in 4 acts to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano with additions by Leone Emanuele Bardare, after Antonio García Gutiérrez, in a German translation by Heinrich Proch; 19th cent. Full score, in ink. Copy in two hands on pages ruled with between 20 and 24 staves. With amendments to the score and performance markings, in German, in pencil and red and blue crayon. Cuts have been indicated with crayon marks and folds to some of the leaves. With the ownership stamp of the ‘Congress. Theateragentie von Fr. Kratz. vorm. F. Holding in Wien’, and the stamps of ‘C. G.’ (apparently the impresario Karl Gaudelius), and ‘Th. Rieck’. Il trovatore was first performed at the Apollo Theatre, Rome, 19 Jan. 1853. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Two volumes. 307 x 240mm. Quarter leather on marbled boards. Bookplate of Paul Hirsch.

Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco Verdi, composer: Heinrich Proch, composer: Salvatore Cammarano, librettist: Leone Emanuele Bardare, writer: Antonio García Gutiérrez, writer: 'Il trovatore', opera by Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco Verdi, to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano with additions by Leone Emanuele Bardare, after Antonio García Gutiérrez, translated by Heinrich Proch: 19th cent.: Germ: Copy.

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Custodial History Fr. Kratz, concert agent: With the stamp of.

Th. Rieck, musician: With the stamp of.

Karl Gaudelius, impresario: Apparently owned in 19th cent.

Page 31 2021-09-16 Hirsch II.924.(1.) GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Der Troubadour’, opera in 4 acts to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano with

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.924.(1.)

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Title GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Der Troubadour’, opera in 4 acts to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano with additions by Leone Emanuele Bardare, after Antonio García Gutiérrez, in a German translation by Heinrich Proch; 19th cent: Acts I and II.ff. i + 275. (19th century)

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Hirsch II.924.(2.) GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Der Troubadour’, opera in 4 acts to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano with

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch II.924.(2.)

Creation Date 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

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Page 32 2021-09-16 Hirsch III.214.a. (after 1731)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.214.a.

Creation Date after 1731

Extent and Format 1 item

Scope and Content FRANCESCO GEMINIANI: Concerti grossi, op. 2; after 1731. Seven parts, copied from the printed edition published by John Walsh in 1732. Title pages are imitations of the title page of the Walsh edition. All parts except the violino secondo del concertino and basso ripieno have keyboard music in another hand on final folio verso (listed below). Bound with printed editions of music by Geminiani and Corelli published by Walsh. On the front flyleaf of all volumes is written ‘William Felton Feb. 4° 1735°/6°’, and on the front endpaper of all but two volumes, ‘William Evance 1786’. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Seven volumes. ‘Violino primo del concertino’: ff. ii + 7; ‘violino secondo del concertino’: ff. ii + 7; ‘alto viola prima’: ff. ii + 6; ‘violino primo ripieno’: ff. ii + 7; ‘violino secondo ripieno’: ff. ii + 7; ‘basso ripieno’: ff. ii + 5; ‘violoncello’: ff. ii + 7. 298 x 223mm. Blind-stamped full leather bindings with labels.

Additional keyboard music:

1. Violino primo del concertino, f. 7v. ‘Sonata by Mr. Handel’, in D major. With a minuet in C major.

2 Violino primo ripieno, f. 7v. Arrangement of the song ‘Hark the hollow woods resounding’ by John Stafford Smith.

3. Violino secondo ripieno, f. 7v. ‘Aria’ in A major; – ‘A Rondo by Arnold’, in C major (‘Vivace’ from Samuel Arnold’s A Set of Progressive Lessons, book 1, op. 12).

4. Alto viola prima, f. 6v. ‘O Dear, what can the matter be’; – ‘Minuet by Corelli’ (from the Concerto grosso, op. 6, no. 10); – ‘Air’ in C major.

5. Violoncello, f. 7. ‘Prelude’ and four ‘Lessons’ by William Evance.

Francesco Geminiani, composer: Concerti grossi, op. 2 by Francesco Geminiani: not before 1732: Copy.

includes:

• f. 6v Arcangelo Corelli, composer: Concerti grossi, op. 6, no. 10; arr. by Arcangelo Corelli: not before 1732: Copy. • f. 7v Samuel Arnold, Mus. Doc: Set of progressive lessons, book 1, op. 12, Vivace by Samuel Arnold: not before 1732: Copy. • f. 7v John Stafford Smith, musicologist and composer: Song, 'Hark the hollow woods resounding', arranged by John Stafford Smith: not before 1732: Copy.

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Custodial History William Felton, Vicar of Norton Canon; composer: Owned.

William Evance: Owned.

Page 33 2021-09-16 Hirsch III.472.(2.) (Late 17th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.472.(2.)

Creation Date Late 17th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Scope and Content HENRY PURCELL (b.1659, d.1695): keyboard music; late 17th cent. In ink. Copy, in a single hand, on pages ruled with four 6-line staves. Bound after a copy of Purcell’s A Choice Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinnet (Printed for Mrs Frances Purcell, 1696, with her signature on the dedication page). Catalogue numbers are taken from F. B. Zimmerman, Henry Purcell: an analytical catalogue of his music (1963). From the collection of Thomas William Taphouse, whose name is found on the flyleaf. Exhibited at the International Inventions Exhibition, London, 1885, according to a stamp inside the front cover (f. i). The chaconne on f. 1r was used as an example of the ground bass at a lecture given by Sir John Stainer in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 12 Feb. 1891; a printed sheet for the lecture, entitled Specimens of Ground-Basses, is pasted inside the front cover (f. ii). Sold to F. S. Ellis at Sotheby’s, 4 July 1905, and subsequently owned by Jules Ecorcheville. Sold as item 310 from Ecorcheville’s library in May 1920. Purchased by Paul Hirsch from G. Legouix, June 1920. Pencil annotations in the hand of Hirsch are found on the flyleaves. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. vi + 9. 114 x 227mm. Full leather binding, blind stamped, with ‘purcells lessons’ on spine.

1. ff. 1r-3r. ‘A Cannon in two parts’ [in A minor], Z.T679. Arrangement of the chaconne, Z.627/16, from Dioclesian (1690).

2. ff. 3v-4r. [Ground in E minor], Z.T682. Arrangement of the ground from ‘Hence the Deities approve’, Z.339/3, in Welcome to all the pleasures (1683).

3. ff. 4v-7r. ‘Overture in Camilla’ [in D], Z.T691. Arrangement of the first two sections of the overture, Z.632/1, from Timon of Athens (1695), also used as the overture, Z.342/1, to Who can from joy refrain? (1695).

4. ff. 8r-9r. [Trumpet tune, the Cibell, in C], Z.T678.

5. f. 9v. [Trumpet tune in C], Z.T697. Arrangement of the trumpet tune, Z.627/21, from Dioclesi an.

Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Keyboard music by Henry Purcell: late 17th cent.: Copy.

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Custodial History Gustave Legouix; bookseller, Paris: Sold, in 1920.

Jules Armand Joseph Ecorcheville, musicologist: Owned, before 1915.

Frederick Startridge Ellis, bookseller and author: Purchased, in 1905.

Thomas William Taphouse, Mayor of Oxford; music and instrument collector and dealer: Owned, before 1905.

Page 34 2021-09-16 Hirsch III.595. (c 1830)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.595.

Creation Date c 1830

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material German

Scope and Content JOHANN CASPAR AIBLINGER: ‘Jesus, mein Eines und Alles’, cantata for mixed choir and polymelodikon; circa 1830. Full score. Dedication copy, possibly autograph, with printed title page decoration and page borders. German. The text begins ‘Jesu, Jesu komm zu mir’. Dedicated to Mathilde Caroline Wilhelmine Charlotte von Bayern (b.1813, d.1862), ‘zur Feyer der ersten heiligen Communion . . . von M: Hauber, Koeniglichen Hofprediger und Hofcaplan’. With library stamps of the Grossherzoglich Bibliothek, Hessische Cabinets. No. 121 in F. Hauk, Johann Caspar Aiblinger: Leben und Werk (2 vols, Tutzing, 1989). Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. ii + 51. 200 x 126mm. Contemporary red straight-grain goatskin binding with gold tooling. Purple silk doublures and endleaves.

Johann Caspar Aiblinger, composer: Bavaria, Electors. Maximilian IV. Princess Mathilde Caroline Wilhelmine Charlotte: Michael Hauber, Chaplain in Ordinary to Maximilian IV, Elector of Bavaria: 'Jesus, mein Eines und Alles', cantata by Johann Caspar Aiblinger, ded. to Princess Mathilde of Bavaria by Michael Hauber: circa 1828: Germ: Possibly autogr.

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Hirsch III.606. (15th century-16th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.606.

Creation Date 15th century-16th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Latin

Scope and Content ANTIPHONARIUM; 15th or 16th cent. The Sanctorale only, probably from a German or Austrian Cistercian monastery. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Parchment. ff. 283. 530 x 370mm. Blind-stamped parchment on wooden boards; clasps with brass buckles; brass bosses on all corners and in centre, the central boss on the upper board surrounded by a brass plate engraved with three coats of arms and dated 1606.

Liturgies LATIN: Sanctorale of a German or Austrian Antiphoner: 15th or 16th cent.: Lat.

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Page 35 2021-09-16 Hirsch III.627. (Early 19th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.627.

Creation Date Early 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Italian

Scope and Content ADÈLE DALMANI-NALDI: ‘Recitatif et air’, ‘Amor pietà’ (words by the composer), for soprano and orchestra; early 19th cent. Full score. Dedication copy, possibly autograph. Italian. Dedication, with verses in French, to Caroline Wilhelmine Friderike, Queen of Bavaria (b.1776, d.1841). The aria begins ‘Tetre imagini dolenti’. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. ii + 25. 187 x 239mm. Contemporary red straight-grain goatskin binding with gold tooling.

Adèle Dalmani-Naldi, composer: Bavaria, Electors. Maximilian IV. Caroline Wilhelmine Friderike: Recitative and aria, 'Amor pietà' by Adèle Dalmani-Naldi, ded. to Queen Caroline of Bavaria: early 19th cent.: Ital: Possibly autogr.

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Hirsch III.695. (1746)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.695.

Creation Date 1746

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Greek, Modern

Scope and Content Anastasimatarion (Anthologia) of Panagiotos Chrysaphos; 1746. Neumed throughout. Colophons on ff. 159v and viii give the provenance of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity on Mount Olympus and the date 1746. A note in the hand of V. Gardthausen is inserted. For a full description, identifying the scribe Germanos as a Hieromonk at Olympus, see E. St. Giannopoulos, Ta Cheirographa Byzantines Mousikes: Anglia (Athens, 2008), pp. 144-50. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Paper. ff. viii+162. 157 x 111mm. Full leather blind-stamped binding.

Liturgies GREEK: Psaltikon from Mount Olympus: 1746: Gr.

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Page 36 2021-09-16 Hirsch III.742. (c 1810)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.742.

Creation Date c 1810

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Italian

Scope and Content FRANCESCO FEDERICI: two duets from Zaira (words, M. Bocciardini), for soprano, tenor and orchestra; circa 1810. Full score. Copy. Italian. First performed in Milan, 1803, though A. Loewenberg (Annals of Opera (1978), p. 576) mentions both an earlier performance in Palermo in 1799, and an opera by Francesco Federici, Il Trionfo della Religione, produced at Naples in 1802, which has the same characters as Zaira. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. i + 42. 250 x 335mm. Contemporary red straight-grain goatskin binding. Boards and turn-ins are tooled in gold, with designs including lyres, trumpets, leaves and flowers. Blue silk doublures and endleaves.

1.ff. 1-26r. ‘Scena e Duetto’, ‘Ma dimmi . . . deh taci’ (begins ‘È come! è Zaira’).

2.ff. 27r-42r. ‘Recitativo con Duetto’, ‘Torna alle patrie sponde’ (begins È Zaira! oh folle, e che pretendi’).

Francesco Federici, composer: M. Bocciardini, librettist: Vocal duets from 'Zaira' by Francesco Federici, to words by M. Bocciardini: 18th cent.: Ital: Copy.

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Hirsch III.896. (18th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.896.

Creation Date 18th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Italian

Scope and Content ARIAS FOR SOPRANO AND FIGURED BASS: 5 by Bernardo Pasquini (b.1637, d.1710), the rest anonymous; 18th century. Copy. Italian. On f. 1, ‘Lista Dell’Arie Che si contengono Nel Presente Libro’, listing only the first 11 arias, as well as another, ‘Stral d’amore’, now lacking between nos. 2 and 3. On f. 82, ‘Fine – Urbino – Raffaele Griffoni’. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. i + 82. 79 x 230mm. Contemporary dark red leather binding, tooled in gold with a design of urns, leaves and seated figures, with four holes for ties, now missing. Marbled endpapers.

1.ff. 1-9r. ‘Infelice Arianna’.

2.ff. 10r-15r. [Pasquini]: ‘Se torno in libertà’.

3.ff. 16r-19v. ‘Il mio core è cosi misero’.

4.ff. 20r-22v. ‘Su le ceneri gelate’.

5.ff. 24r-27v. [Pasquini]: ‘Cosi crudele sei’.

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6.ff. 28r-31v. [Pasquini]: ‘Nò, nò luci belle’.

7.ff. 32r-35v. ‘Luci belle’.

8.ff. 36r-39v. [Pasquini]: ‘È schernita la mia fè’.

9.ff. 40r-43r. ‘Ingiustissimo amore’.

10.ff. 44r-49r. ‘Vieni dolce speranza’.

11.ff. 50r-55r. ‘Arciero alato’.

12.ff. 56r-59v. [Pasquini]: ‘Mio cor è che faràse perdo’.

13.ff. 60r-66r. ‘Cor di donna sempre inganna’.

14.ff. 68r-71r. ‘Biondo rio perche si lento’.

15.ff. 72r-74r. ‘Se parca homicida’.

16.ff. 76r-81v. ‘M’adori amanti’, ‘Si costante’ (duet for soprano, alto and figured bass).

Bernardo Pasquini, composer: Raffaele Griffoni, musician: Arias by B. Pasquini and others, owned and probably copied by Raffaele Griffoni: 18th cent.: Ital: Copies.

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Hirsch III.906. (c 1700)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.906.

Creation Date c 1700

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Italian

Scope and Content JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY: arias, duets and instrumental pieces from Cadmus et Hermione, Thesée and Le Carnaval Mascarade; circa 1700. Copy, written in ink in the same hand throughout, on four printed staves per page. French. Annotation reads ‘Livre pour apprandre’ (f. ii). LWV numbers given below are taken from H. Schneider, Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Werke von Jean-Baptiste Lully (Tutzing, 1981). Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. v + 96. 95 x 146mm. Full leather binding, with gold tooling to the spine and edges.

1.f. 1r-34r. Excerpts from Cadmus et Hermione, opera in a prologue and five acts, to a libretto by Quinault after Ovid’s Metamorphoses, first performed in 1673. Comprises LWV 49/5, 6, 12, 14, 15, 19, 23, 26, 28, 29, 31, 35, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, 53, 55 and 56.

2.ff. 34v-78v. Excerpts from Thésée, opera in a prologue and five acts, to a libretto by Quinault after Ovid’s Metamorphoses, first performed in 1675. Comprises LWV 51/2 (part), 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 15, ‘Tu m’as fait des serments’ (not listed in LWV, but part of Act 1, scene 5), 19, 25, 33, 43, 46, 51, 52, ‘Ah quel effroyable suplice’ (Act 3, scene 8), ‘Esperez tout’, ‘Habitans fortunez’ (both Act 4, scene 6), 64, 65, 66, 68, 71, 73 and 80.

3.ff. 79r-81r. Excerpts from Le Carnaval, Mascarade, entertainment to a text by Isaac de Benserade, first performed in 1668. Comprises LWV 36/2 and 3, LWV 43/25-32, LWV 34/1, 2 and 3.

includes:

• ff. 1-34r Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet: Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Philippe

Page 38 2021-09-16 Quinault, librettist: Excerpts from 'Cadmus et Hermione', opera by Jean Baptiste Lully, to a libretto by Philippe Quinault, after Ovid: circa 1700: Ital: Copy. • ff. 35r-78v Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet: Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Philippe Quinault, librettist: Excerpts from 'Thésée', opera by Jean Baptiste Lully, to a libretto by Philippe Quinault, after Ovid: circa 1700: Ital: Copy. • ff. 79r-96v Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Isaac de Benserade, poet: Excerpts from 'Le Carnaval, Mascarade', entertainment by Jean Baptiste Lully, to a text by Isaac de Benserade: circa 1700: Ital: Copy.

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Hirsch III.934. (c 1160-1190)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.934.

Creation Date c 1160-1190

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Latin

Scope and Content MISSALE SALISBURGENSE; circa 1160-1190. O.S.B. Pars aestivalis. With German neumes on a four-line stave, the Graduale with red F-line and yellow C-line. Several different hands. With four major initials and one whole-page illumination (f. 40v). A slip of parchment (f. 109) has been sewn to f. 108. Contents:— Kalendar, &c. (ff. 1v-8v); – Graduale (ff. 9-40); – Canon (ff. 40v-48v); – Appendix to Graduale (ff. 49-73); – Proser (partly with staffless neumes), &c. (ff. 73v-87v); – Vigil and seasonal masses (f. 88-128v); – Sacramentary (ff. 129-151v); – Main part of Lectionary (ff. 151v-180). f. 9 reproduced in Katalog der Musikbibliothek Paul Hirsch, iii (Frankfurt a/Main, 1936), pl. xxiii. For a fuller description, see G. Swarenski & R. Schilling, Die illuminierten Handschriften, I. Frankfurter Besitz (Hrsg. v. d. Frankfurter Bibliophilen-Ges., 1929), pp. 9-10 and pl. ix: ‘Der Name des hl. Bernard (1153 can.) und der nachträglich eingefügte des hl. Petrus episcop. († 1191) begrenzt die Entstehung auf die Zeirtt nach 1153 und vor 1191.’ Not yet fully described and indexed. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Parchment. ff. iii+180. 202 x 143mm. Austrian blind-stamped pigskin binding of the 17th cent. with clasps, with spine label reading ‘MISSALE ANTIQVUM IN MEMBRANA MSS’.

Liturgies LATIN: Missale Salisburgense: circa 1160-1190: Lat.

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Page 39 2021-09-16 Hirsch III.1012. (Mid 18th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.1012.

Creation Date Mid 18th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material English; French

Scope and Content FRENCH SONGS; mid 18th cent. In ink. Copy, in a single hand, on hand-ruled staves. Words and melodies only, the latter in treble or soprano clef. The words of additional verses appear after the music in many cases. A pencil note concerning Michel Bouvard de Fourqueux, in the hand of Paul Hirsch, is found on the front flyleaf. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. ii + 339 + 91*. 220 x 166mm. Full leather binding, gold stamped, with ‘recueil de chansons’ on the spine and the coat of arms of Michel Bouvard de Fourqueux (b. 1686, d. 1754) on the front and back covers. Cardboard slipcase with leather pine-label.

Music: French songs: mid 18th cent.: Fr: Copy.

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Custodial History Michel Bouvard de Fourqueux, French finance minister: Owned, in 18th cent.

Hirsch III.1134. (18th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch III.1134.

Creation Date 18th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Latin

Scope and Content VESPERALE; 18th cent. Probably French. Notated throughout. Not yet fully described and indexed. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Paper. ff. 42. 232 x 156mm. Red morocco with gold stamped border.

Liturgies LATIN: French Vesperale: 18th cent.: Lat.

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Page 40 2021-09-16 Hirsch IV.149. (1906)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch IV.149.

Creation Date 1906

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material German

Scope and Content PAUL GRAF WALDERSEE, I. TAUSSIG AND PAUL HIRSCH: correspondence; 1906. Relating to the printed publication of W. A. Mozart, Lied beim Auszug in das Feld, K552 ([Vienna], [Taubstummen-Institut], [1788]), issued as a supplement to Bändchen 4 of Angenehme und lehrreiche Beschäftigung für Kinder and included at this pressmark. See P. A. Hirsch, ‘Ein unbekanntes Lied von W. A. Mozart’, Die Musik, v (1905/6), pp. 164-5 and E. Mandyczewski, ‘Kostbarkeiten aus dem Archiv der K. K. Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien’, Der Merker, iv (1913), pp. 324-30 and plates. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. ii+22. Largest size, 276 x 228mm.

includes:

• ff. 3-7, 15-17 Paul Waldersee, Graf: I. Taussig, antiquarian bookseller: Letters to I. Taussig from Paul Waldersee: 1906: Germ: Autogr. • ff. 8, 10-11, 18-19, 22 Paul Adolf Hirsch, musicologist: I. Taussig, antiquarian bookseller: Letters and postcard to Paul Adolf Hirsch from I. Taussig: 1906: Germ: Autogr. • ff. 9, 12-13, 20 Paul Adolf Hirsch, musicologist: I. Taussig, antiquarian bookseller: Letters to I. Taussig from Paul Adolf Hirsch: 1906: Germ: Typewritten; carbon copies.

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Hirsch IV.692. (Late 18th century-Early 19th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch IV.692.

Creation Date Late 18th century-Early 19th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Latin

Scope and Content ORAZIO BENEVOLI (b.1605, d.1672): ‘Messa a 16 voci’, ‘La Benevola’; late 18th or early 19th cent. Full score, in ink. Copy, in a single hand, on pages ruled with 18 staves, with some cropping at the bottom. Latin. For 4 four-part choirs with figured bass. For a list of other manuscript sources and a modern edition of the work, see Benevoli, Opera Omnia, ed. L. Feininger, vol. 1, no. 3 (Trent: Societas Universalis Sanctae Ceciliae, 1966). Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. 74. 337 x 250mm.

Orazio Benevoli, composer: 'La Benevola', mass for 16 voices by Orazio Benevoli: late 18th/early 19th cent.: Lat: Copy.

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Hirsch IV.1455. (1845-1853)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch IV.1455.

Creation Date 1845-1853

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: a volume of short pieces or musical quotations signed and dedicated by their composers to the pianist Johann Peter Cavallo; 1845-1853. Autograph, written in ink, on six staves per page. French and German. Inscribed ‘P. Cavallo. Paris 1845. Rue St. Anne 53’ (f. i). The owner was previously thought to be Paul Cavallo, but the dedication on f. 35r is to 'Peter'. The pieces are listed in the index. f. 10v is reproduced as the frontispiece to R. Smith, Alkan: The Enigma (1976). Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. iii + 40. 130 x 210mm. Full leather binding, with gold tooling and lettering and blind stamping on front and gold tooling on spine, enclosed in a slip case.

includes:

• ff. 1r-2v William Shakespeare, dramatist and poet: Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, composer: 'Horch! Horch! die Lerch in Aetherblau', partsong by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, to words by William Shakespeare: 1845: Germ: Signed: Autogr. • f. 3r Johann Baptist Cramer, composer and publisher: 'Petit fragment', for piano by Johann Baptist Cramer: 1845: Signed: Autogr. • f. 3v Ignaz Moscheles, pianist and composer: 'Canon' by Ignaz Moscheles: 1845: Signed: Autogr.

• f. 4r Gottfried Preyer, composer: 'Versett', for piano: 1845: Signed: Autogr. • f. 4v J. B. Stiegler, composer: 'Canon' by J. B. Stiegler: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 5r L. Batta, composer: Piano piece in A major by L. Batta: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 5v Alexandre Batta, cellist: Piece for treble instrument and piano in B flat major by Alexandre Batta: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 6r Bernhard Cossmann, composer: Opening of piece for violoncello and piano by Bernhard Cossmann: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 7 Léon le Cieux, composer: Piece for treble instrument and piano in D major by Léon le Cieux: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 8r Hippolyte-André-Baptiste Chelard, composer: Extract from Macbeth, opera, arranged for piano by Hippolyte-André-Baptiste Chelard: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • ff. 8v-9v Antonin Louis Clapisson, composer: 'Rêverie', for voice and piano by Antonin Louis Clapisson: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 10r Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, composer: Piano piece in C major by Alexandre Pierre François Boëly: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 10v Charles-Valentin Alkan, composer: Opening of string quartet in F minor by Charles-Valentin Alkan: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • 11r George Alexander Osborne, composer: Piano piece in E flat minor by George Alexander Osborne: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 11v Franz Hünten, composer: Piano piece in C minor by Franz Hünten: 1846: Signed: Autogr.

• f. 12r Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer: Opening of a piano piece in D minor by Abraham Louis Niedermeyer: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 12v Jean-Delphin Alard, composer: Opening of a piece for violin in E flat major by Jean-Delphin Alard: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 13r Francesco Bonoldi, alias François; composer: Opening of piece for voice and piano in A flat major by François Bonoldi: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 13v Adolphe Seemann, composer: Fragment of an orchestral work in short score by Adolphe Seemann: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • f. 14r Louis Dorus, composer: Opening of 'Etude pour la flûte' in G major by Louis Dorus: 1846: Signed: Autogr. • ff. 14v-15r Joseph R. Alfred Quidant, composer: Extract from 'Le Rossignol et les Roses' for voice and piano by Joseph R. Alfred Quidant: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 15v A. Ropicquet, composer: Melody in A major by A. Ropicquet: [1847]: Signed: Autogr.

Page 42 2021-09-16 • f. 16r Louis Stanislaus Xavier Verroust, composer: Piano piece in E minor by Louis Stanislaus Xavier Verroust: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 16v-17r Johann Peter Pixis, composer: Opening of a piano piece in F sharp major by Johann Peter Pixis: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 17v Theodor Pixis, composer: Opening of a violin piece in A major by Theodor Pixis: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 18r Dieudonné Joseph Guillaume Félix Godefroid, harpist, pianist and composer: Piano piece in A major by Dieudonné Joseph Guillaume Félix Godefroid: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 18v Theodore Döhler, pianist and composer: Opening of a piano piece in A major by Theodore Döhler: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 19r Adrien François Servais, cellist and composer: 'Cello piece in G major by Adrien François Servais: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • ff. 19v-20r August Alexander Klengel, composer: 'Canone a 3 alla quarta e settima', for piano by August Alexander Klengel: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 20r Gustav A. Petter, composer: Opening of a piano piece in G major by Gustav A. Petter: 1857: Signed: Autogr. • f. 20v Pierre François Wartel, singer: August Heinrich von Weyrauch, composer: Edouard Bélanger: Opening of song 'Voici l'instant suprême' by Pierre François Wartel, extract from a song by, August Heinrich von Weyrauch to words by, Edouard Bélanger: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 21r Jacob Blumenthal, formerly Jacques; musician: Opening of 'Conzert-Ouverture' (in short score) by Jacques Blumenthal: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 21v-22r H. de Montour, composer: 'Boléro' from 'Le Muletier de Castille' arranged for voice and piano by H. de Montour: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 22v Wilhelm Kruger, composer: 'Tarantelle' (opening) for piano by Wilhelm Kruger: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 23 Louis James Alfred Lefébure Wély, composer: Andante in E flat major for organ by Louis James Alfred Lefébure Wély: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 24r Theobald Boehm, composer: 'Du! Du! liegst mir im herzen, du!', song in C major by Theobald Boehm: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 24v Louis-Nicolas Séjan, composer: Opening of trio for organ in F major by Louis-Nicolas Séjan: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • f. 25r Louis-Nicolas Séjan, composer: 'Fugue à 3 sujets', for organ by Louis-Nicolas Séjan: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • ff. 25v-26r Victor Blancou, composer: 'Etude' in C minor for clarinet and piano by Victor Blancou: 1847: Signed: Autogr. • ff. 26v-27r Frédéric Viret, composer: 'Prière du Matin' for voice and piano by Frédéric Viret: 1848: Signed: Autogr. • ff. 27v-28r Max Mayer, composer: Opening of a piece in A minor for treble instrument and piano by Max Mayer: 1848: Signed: Autogr. • ff. 28v-29r Heinrich Wohlers, composer: Opening of a piece in B minor for violoncello and piano by Heinrich Wohlers: 1848: Signed: Autogr. • ff. 29v-30r Antonin Guillot, composer: Opening of 'Les adieux du Martyr', for voice and piano by Antonin Guillot: 1848: Signed: Autogr. • ff. 30v-31r Charles Fradel, composer: Opening of 'Ziehende Schwalben', song for voice and piano by Charles Fradel: 1848: Signed: Autogr. • ff. 31v-32r Edward Wolff, composer: Opening of a piano piece in B major by Edward Wolff: 1848: Signed: Autogr. • f. 32v Jacob Rosenhain, pianist and composer: Opening of a piano piece in E major by Jacob Rosenhain: 1848: Signed: Autogr. • f. 33r Louis Müller, composer: Piano piece in D minor by Louis Müller: 1848: Signed: Autogr.

• ff. 33v-34r J. Etienne Arnaud, composer: 'C'est le jardin', song by J. Etienne Arnaud: 1850: Signed: Autogr. • f. 34v Charles Haas, composer: 'Exercice a practiquer dans tous les tons pour devellopper le voix' by Charles Haas: 1849: Signed: Autogr. • f. 35r Peter Moralt, violinist and composer: Violin piece in D major by Peter Moralt: 1850: Signed: Autogr. • f. 35v Hyppolyte Prosper Seligmann, cellist and composer: 'Fragment de leçons pour le violoncelle' by Hyppolyte Prosper Seligmann: 1850: Signed: Autogr. • f. 36r Oscar Comettant, writer and music journalist: 'Fragment d'un quatuor' in E major by Oscar Comettant: 1850: Signed: Autogr. • ff. 36v-37r Paul Henrion, composer: 'Quand on est basque', song by Paul Henrion: circa 1852: Signed: Autogr. • f. 37v J[oseph?] Meifred, composer: 'Canon' by J[oseph?] Meifred: circa 1852: Signed: Autogr.

• f. 38r Wilhelm Richard Wagner, composer: 'Etwas aus Tannhaüser' (in short score) by Wilhelm Richard Wagner: 1853: Signed: Autogr. • f. 38v J. van der Heyden, composer: Opening of a piece for 'cello and piano in G major by J. van der Heyden: 1853: Signed: Autogr. • f. 39r Felicién-César David, composer: Opening of an orchestral piece in short sore by

Page 43 2021-09-16 Felicién-César David: 1853: Signed: Autogr. • f. 39v Charles Oberthür, composer: Opening of 'La cascade', etude for harp, op. 57 by Charles Oberthür: 1853: Signed: Autogr.

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Custodial History Paul Cavallo, pianist: Owned, in 1845-53.

Hirsch IV.1692.a. (c 1697)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch IV.1692.a.

Creation Date c 1697

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material English; French

Scope and Content JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY (b.1632, d.1687): ‘Recueil des plus beaux endroits des Opéra’, Tome II; circa 1697. Vocal score, in ink, with a printed table of contents bearing the imprint of le Sieur Foucault, Paris (ff. ii v–iii) and an engraved portrait of Lully by N. Bonnart (f. iv v). Copy, in a single hand, on pages ruled with 12 staves. French. Comprises vocal excerpts from Lully’s late dramatic works, from Le triomphe de l’Amour (1681) to Acis et Galatée (1686). In 1697, Foucault advertised for sale ‘les plus beaux endroits des operas de M. Lully, en deux volumes in-fol, écrits à la main’. Copies of Tome I may be found at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. For the whereabouts of other manuscript copies of both volumes see H. Schneider, Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Werke von Jean-Baptiste Lully (Tutzing, 1981), p. 12, from which catalogue the LWV numbers given below are taken. Purchased by Paul Hirsch from G. Legouix (catalogue no. 3). Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. iv + 128. 800 x 252mm. Quarter-leather binding on marbled boards.

1.ff. 1r-13v. Excerpts from Le triomphe de l’Amour, ballet to a libretto by Isaac de Benserade and Philippe Quinault, first performed in 1681. Comprises LWV 59/3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 16-19, 21, 23, 29, 31, 33, 37, 47, 57, 67, 68, 70.

2.ff. 15r-30r. Excerpts from Persée, opera to a libretto by Quinault, first performed in 1682. Comprises LWV 60/4, 5, 11, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 37, 38, 40, 41, 60, 62, 65, 74, 76.

3.ff. 31r-47v. Excerpts from Phaëton, opera to a libretto by Quinault, first performed in 1683. Comprises LWV 61/3-5, 7, 9-11, 17, 18, 23, 26, 32, 35, 42, 53, 54, 56, 65, 69.

4.ff. 49r-64r. Excerpts from Amadis, opera to a libretto by Quinault, first performed in 1684. Comprises LWV 63/2, 3, 6, 12, 15-17, 20 (part), 25, 26, 30, 34, 36, 37, 58, 61.

5.ff. 65r-80v. Excerpts from Roland, opera to a libretto by Quinault, first performed in 1685. Comprises LWV 65/2, 3, 6, 13-15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 33, 34, 37, 41, 45, 48, 51, 53.

6.ff. 81r-90v. Excerpts from Le temple de la paix, ballet to a libretto by Philippe Quinault, first performed in 1685. Comprises LWV 69/2, 3, 5, 8, 10-12, 19, 22, 23, 28, 38, 41, 43.

7.ff. 91r-115r. Excerpts from Armide, opera to a libretto by Quinault, first performed in 1686. Comprises LWV 71/15-19, 21-23, 25, 30, 34, 35, 40, 42, 60, 62, 63, 66-68.

8.ff. 117r-128r. Excerpts from Acis et Galatée, opera to a libretto by Jean Galbert de Campistron, first performed in 1686. Comprises LWV 73/3, 4, 10, 16, 17, duet ‘Serons-nous toujours’ (not listed in LWV, but part of Act 1, scene 5), 28, 31, 33, 36, 39, 40, 44, 51, 53, 54. With additions in tablature in another hand to the lower staves of ff. 127r-128r.

includes:

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• f. iv Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Nicolas Bonnart, engraver: Portrait of Jean Baptiste Lully, engraved by Nicolas Bonnart: 17th century: Printed. • ff. 1r-13v Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Philippe Quinault, librettist: Isaac de Benserade, poet: Excerpts from 'Le triomphe de l'Amour', ballet by Jean Baptiste Lully, to a libretto by Isaac de Benserade and Philippe Quinault: circa 1697: Fr: Copy. • ff. 15r-30r Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Philippe Quinault, librettist: Excerpts from 'Persée', opera by Jean Baptiste Lully, to a libretto by Philippe Quinault: circa 1697: Fr: Copy. • ff. 31r-47v Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Philippe Quinault, librettist: Excerpts from 'Phaëton', opera by Jean Baptiste Lully, to a libretto by Philippe Quinault: circa 1697: Fr: Copy. • ff. 49r-64r Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Philippe Quinault, librettist: Excerpts from 'Amadis', opera by Jean Baptiste Lully, to a libretto by Philippe Quinault: circa 1697: Fr: Copy. • ff. 65r-80v Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Philippe Quinault, librettist: Excerpts from 'Roland', opera by Jean Baptiste Lully, to a libretto by Philippe Quinault: circa 1697: Fr: Copy. • ff. 81r-90v Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Philippe Quinault, librettist: Excerpts from 'Le temple de la paix', ballet by Jean Baptiste Lully, to a libretto by Philippe Quinault: circa 1697: Fr: Copy. • ff. 91r-115r Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Philippe Quinault, librettist: Excerpts from 'Armide', opera by Jean Baptiste Lully, to a libretto by Philippe Quinault: circa 1697: Fr: Copy. • ff. 117r-128r Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Jean Galbert de Campistron, librettist: Excerpts from 'Acis et Galatée', opera by Jean Baptiste Lully, to a libretto by Jean Galbert de Campistron: circa 1697: Fr: Copy.

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Custodial History Henri Foucault; music publisher, Paris: Sold, in 1697.

Gustave Legouix; bookseller, Paris: Sold, in early 20th cent.

Hirsch M.974.(2.) (after 1834)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch M.974.(2.)

Creation Date after 1834

Extent and Format 1 item

Scope and Content CARL LOEWE: ‘Grande Sonate brillante en Mi bémol majeur pour le Pianoforte’, op.41; after 1834. A manuscript copy in a very neat hand, closely modelled on the published version (Bonn: chez N. Simrock, [1834]). The title page is an accurate facsimile of the engraved title page, to the extent even of including the plate number (3165). Bound with several printed items of piano music by Loewe, with the partially erased bookplate ‘Ex libris E. C. F. Dr[üne?], Hamburg 1895’. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. 11. 325 x 261mm.

Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer: 'Grande Sonate brillante' for piano, op.41: circa 1840: Copy.

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Custodial History E. C. F. Dr[üne], musician: Owned in 1895.

Hirsch M.1346. (1829)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch M.1346.

Creation Date 1829

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Italian

Scope and Content EXCERPTS FROM OPERAS by Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini; 1829, n.d. Vocal score, in black, blue and red ink. Copy, in a single hand, on pages ruled with 12 staves. Italian. At the end is written ‘Fonteau Mars 1829’, but some works in the volume were composed after that date. Unless otherwise stated, the music scored for vocal duet with keyboard accompaniment. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. i + 50. 196 x 262mm. Full leather binding, blind-stamped, with some gold tooling.

1. ff. 1r-6v. Vincenzo Bellini: ‘Vedi, o madre’, ‘Scena ed aria nell’opera La Sonnambula’ (first performed 1831). Libretto by Felice Romani, after E. Scribe and J.-P. Aumer. Characters named: Amina, Elvino.

2. ff. 7r-16r. Gaetano Donizetti: ‘Pria di lasciarti’ from Lucia di Lammermoor (first performed 1835). Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after Sir Walter Scott. Characters named: Lucia, Edgardo.

3. ff. 16v-20v. Gioachino Rossini: ‘Pace non trovo oh Ciel’ and aria, ‘Tu sordo a miei lamenti’, from Matilde di Shabran. For solo voice with keyboard accompaniment.

4. ff. 20v-29v. Rossini: ‘Perchè mai destin crudele’, ‘Duetto per soprano e tenore’ from Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra (first performed 1815). Libretto by Giovanni Schmidt, after C. Federici. Characters named: Elisabetta, Norfolk.

5. ff. 30r-37v. Rossini: ‘Ricciardo? Che veggo?’ from Ricciardo e Zoraide (first performed 1818). Libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa, after N. Forteguerri. Characters named: Ricciardo, Zoraide.

6. ff. 37v-43v. Rossini: ‘Donala a questo core’, ‘Duetto – Ricciardo e Zoraide’. Characters named: Ricciardo, Zoraide.

7. ff. 44r-50v. Rossini: ‘Sei già sposa?’, ‘Donna del lago – Duetto’ (first performed 1819). Libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, after Scott. Characters named: Uberto, Elena.

includes:

• ff. 1r-6v Vincenzo Bellini, composer: Auguste Eugène Scribe, dramatist: Felice Romani, librettist: Jean Aumer, dancer and choreographer: Scena and aria from 'La Sonnambula', opera by Vincenzo Bellini, to a libretto by Felice Romani, after Auguste Eugène Scribe and Jean Aumer: 19th cent.: Ital: Copy. • ff. 7r-16r Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer: Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Salvatore Cammarano, librettist: Aria from 'Lucia di Lammermoor', opera by Gaetano Donizetti, to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after Sir Walter Scott: 19th cent.: Ital: Copy. • ff. 20v-29v Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, composer: Giovanni Federico Schmidt, librettist: Carlo Federici, dramatist: Duet from 'Elisabetta', opera by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, to a libretto by Giovanni Federico Schmidt, after Carlo Federici: 19th cent.: Ital: Copy. • ff. 30r-43v Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, composer: Francesco Berio di Salsa, librettist: Niccolò Forteguerri, dramatist: Excerpts from 'Ricciardo e Zoraide', opera by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, to a libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa, after Niccolò Forteguerri: 19th cent.: Ital: Copy.

Page 46 2021-09-16 • ff. 44r-50v Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, composer: Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Andrea Leone Tottola, librettist: Aria from 'La donna del lago', opera by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, after Sir Walter Scott: 19th cent.: Ital: Copy.

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Hirsch M.1348. (1916)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch M.1348.

Creation Date 1916

Extent and Format 1 item

Scope and Content GUSTAV HOLST (b.1874, d.1934): ‘Lullay my liking’, carol for soprano solo and mixed chorus, op.34, no.2; 1916. Short score, in ink. Autograph. Anonymous 15th-century words taken from M. Segar (ed.), A Mediaeval Anthology (1915). Written on pages ruled with 12 staves. First performed in London, 19 Dec. 1919. Published J. Curwen & Sons, 1919. See I. Holst, A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst’s Music (1974), no.129. Inscribed to Paul Hirsch by Imogen Holst, 1 Jan. 1946 (f. 1). Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. 2. 310 x 244mm.

Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: 'Lullay my liking', carol by Gustav Theodore Holst: 1916: Autogr.

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Custodial History Imogen Holst, composer and writer on music: Owned, 1934-46.

Page 47 2021-09-16 Hirsch M.1354. (Late 17th century)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch M.1354.

Creation Date Late 17th century

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material Latin

Scope and Content ANTIPHONALE; late 17th cent. ‘Dedié à l’Usage de Dame Philippe Lambrecht Campt. Religieuse à Beaupré’ (f. 1). Notated throughout. Not yet fully described and indexed. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

Paper. ff. iii+78. 165 x 127mm. Full leather binding.

Liturgies LATIN: French Antiphonal: late 17th cent.: Lat.

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Hirsch M.1356.a. (1923)

Collection Area British Library: Music Collections

Reference Hirsch M.1356.a.

Creation Date 1923

Extent and Format 1 item

Languages of Material English; German

Scope and Content ERNST TOCH (b.1887, d.1964): ‘Burlesken’ for piano, op.31; 1923. Autograph score, in ink, with pencil annotations. Published Mainz: B. Schott’s Söhne, 1924. With sketches of a piece for two violins on f. 9v and with a letter from the composer to Paul Hirsch, dated 30 Nov. 1925 (ff. 1-2). Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.

ff. 9. Largest size 347 x 277mm.

Ernst Toch, composer: 'Burlesken' for piano, op.31: 1923: Autogr.

includes:

• ff. 1-2 Paul Adolf Hirsch, musicologist: Ernst Toch, composer: Letter to Paul Adolf Hirsch from Ernst Toch: 1925: Germ.: Autogr.

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