Moscheles to Johann Peter Pixis, 1829 - 1861
Scope and Contents
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in A minor op. 41 no. 1 (Heavily edited by the composer, the first edition of the work was printed from this set), and unpublished works by Ignaz Moscheles.
Other notable composers whose musical materials are represented in the collection include Hector Berlioz, Sir Edward Elgar, Alexander Glazunov (or Aleksandr), Charles Gounod, Franz Liszt, Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Ignaz Moscheles, Jacques Offenbach, Gioachino Rossini, Camille Saint-Saëns, Pablo de Sarasate, Franz Schubert, John Philip Sousa, Johann Strauss II, Richard Strauss, Giuseppe Verdi, and Richard Wagner.
Additionally, the collection also includes autographed correspondence by Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, Cécile Chaminade, Gustave Charpentier, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Felix Mendelssohn, Giacomo Puccini, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Robbin established an endowment for the further acquisition of musical manuscripts for Georgetown Library.
Dates
- 1829 - 1861
Biographical / Historical
Johann Peter Pixis (February 10, 1788 – December 22 1874) was a German pianist and composer born in Mannheim, Germany. He lived in Vienna from 1808 to 1824, then in Paris to 1840, during which time he was among the city's most prominent pianists and composers.
Extent
From the Collection: 40.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu