British Library: Music Collections The Hirsch Collecton (c 1160-1925) (Hirsch 199.-M.1356a) Table of Contents The Hirsch Collecton (c 1160–1925) Key Details........................................................................................................................................ 1 Provenance........................................................................................................................................ 1 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 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: Acts II and III.ff. iii + 165. (c 1850) 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.