Score, holograph, inscribed to Raoul Gunsbourg, Paris, 1912 Mar. Other holograph annotations, dated 1887-1891, include brief references to Sibyl Sanderson and Manon.
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2001., Scène religieuse, for mezzo soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus (SATB) and orchestra, with text by Georges Boyer. First performed 1886?; published 1887 (vocal score)., and Title from caption.
Subject (Name):
Gunsbourg, Raoul,--1859-1955, Gunsbourg, Raoul,--1859-1955--Presentation inscription from J. Massenet, Massenet, Jules,--1842-1912, Massenet, Jules,--1842-1912.--Manon, Massenet, Jules,--1842-1912--Presentation inscription to R. Gunsbourg, and Sanderson, Sibyl,--1865-1903
Subject (Topic):
Cantatas, Secular--Scores and Composers--France--19th century
Score, holograph. Dated at end, 1851 June 8, Mont-Chartrain.
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Bound by a former owner., Jacques Offenbach, French composer., Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. (Sotheby's music sale, 2001 May 25, lot 146), on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2001., Set of waltzes for orchestra. Composed 1851., and Title from caption, written in an unidentified hand.
Sketches, holograph, for La baguette. A few sketches for Les bavards are also present. Holograph annotations on endpapers include names and addresses; notes about composition and rehearsals for La baguette, dated 1862 November; and transcription of a poem by Julius Sturm.
Alternative Title:
Baguette
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Binding: contemporary calf-backed boards, by Lard-Esnault, Paris., Contains additional blank pages, not digitized., Jacques Offenbach, French composer., La baguette: opera, also titled Fédia, with libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Begun in 1862; incomplete., Les bavards: opera, with libretto by Charles Nuitter, after Cervantes's Los habladores. First performed 1862., Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. (Sotheby's music sale, 2001 May 25, lot 147), on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2001., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de,--1547-1616--Musical settings, Offenbach, Jacques,--1819-1880, and Sturm, Julius,--1816-1896
Bound autograph manuscript of instrumental and vocal music, including folk songs, love songs, and hymns, most in English, signed by Gascoigne.
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Label on back pastedown: Sold at Peter Welcker's Musick Shop / Gerrard Street St. Ann's Soho., Pages 67-77 paginated but otherwise blank, not digitized., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Gascoigne, Edward and Welcker, Peter, d. 1775
Subject (Topic):
Hymns, Music --18th century, Piano music, and Songs
Score, manuscript, with dedication signed and dated at Brest, 1805 22 frimaire (December 13).
Alternative Title:
Sonate pour le piano avec accompagnement de violon / composee et dediee a Mademoiselle Roullet par J. F. St. Amans
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Louis Saint-Amans, French composer., and Pages numbered 67-76 (rectos) and 1-13 (versos).
Subject (Name):
Saint-Amans, Louis, 1749-1820
Subject (Topic):
Music --19th century and Sonatas (Violin and piano)--Scores