Carulli, Ferdinando, 1770-1841

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autographed manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata," a full set of handwritten parts for Robert Schumann’s String Quartet in A minor op. 41 no. 1 (Heavily...

Scope and Contents 4to. 80 pp. Half green vellum over blue marbled boards. 19th century autograph manuscript in an unknown hand, containing 28 "airs avec accompagnement de guitare" dedicated to Mademoiselle Caroline de Giverville by the composer. Bound together with a further "Recueil de differents Morceaux pour Guitare" by Carulli "a l'usage de Mademoiselle Caroline de Giverville" being 10 additional short works for guitar alone. Only the 9 songs of Opus 3a and Opus 4a are listed as voice + guitar...