Box 14

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Inscribed in English by the composer to C. Neate, July 1829 (likely Charles Neate, English composer and pianist).

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 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 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 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 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...

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Written for the collection of l’Abbé Grivet.

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Inscribed "à Monsieur W. Krüger" by the composer. Pencil markings on the score indicate it was the manuscript sent to the printer for engraving.

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Erasures and corrections in blue and red pencil throughout.

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Berlin: N. Simrock, 1890. Presentation inscription by Strauss, not dated, on the upper cover: "Meinem verehrten College Eduard Kremser zur freundlichen Erinnerung, Johann Strauss".

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A faint signature and date in red pencil in margin reads "Richard Wagner 1841 [or 1849]"

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Small slip of music paper with 2 staves used on front; there are 4 measures of music scored for piano on the verso, but it is unclear whether they are at all related to the canon on the recto.

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...

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Inscribed by Rossini "A mon ami Derivis, G. Rossini, Paris 1826." Henri-Étienne Dérivis, who sang the part of Mahomet in the opera's Paris premiere. Bound in a partially detached period binding.

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A itemized bill with von Weber's signature acknowledging payment. A large portrait of Giacomo Meyerbeer is glued to the back of the document.
The folder also contains a 1991 typed letter signed from Leon Robbin to Dr. Joachim Veit of the Internationales Carl-Maria-von-Weber Kuratorium in Detmold, Germany, regarding the von Weber document in this folder.

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Originally framed by the donor with other Verdi items in this collection, most likely the carte-de-visite and the letter written in Milan.

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Carte-de-visite, partly water-damaged, by Tempestini of Spezia, Viareggio, and Montecatini. Multiple photographs and cartes-de-visite of Verdi by Tempestini exist, and most appear to be dated 1899-1900. A photograph in the Archivio Storico Ricordi, made by Tempestini and with Verdi in similar or identical clothing, is dated August 1899. Originally framed by the donor with other Verdi items in this collection, most likely the letter from Milan and the music manuscript.

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...

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On page 1 Saint-Saëns wrote "L'acte de propriété est à la page 4." Inscribed very faintly on page 4: "Reconnu à Monsieur Lecoq le droit de publier ces deux morceaux. Camille Saint-Saëns"