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Untitled signed autograph music manuscript, Naples, 2 pages, 1845 August 21

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1845 August 21
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Verdi, Giuseppe / Music Manuscript

Carte de visite, signed, undated but circa 1899

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: undated but circa 1899
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Verdi, Giuseppe / Ephemera

Autograph letter signed, Milan?, 1 page, in Italian, undated

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

The letter is on Grand Hôtel de Milan stationery. Originally framed by the donor, most likely with the carte-de-visite and the music manuscript by Verdi.

Dates: undated
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Verdi, Giuseppe / Correspondence

Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1 page, in French, 1894 October 1

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents

Originally framed by the donor with other Verdi items in this collection, most likely with the engraved portrait and the letter in Italian with no location of composition mentioned.

Dates: 1894 October 1
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Verdi, Giuseppe / Correspondence

Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 1 page, in Italian, undated

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents

Originally framed by the donor with other Verdi items in this collection, most likely the engraved portrait and the letter written in Paris.

Dates: undated
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Verdi, Giuseppe / Correspondence

Autograph letter signed, Siena, 4 pages, in German, 1880 August 27

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents

The dealer description (laid-in) indicates an envelope, no longer present, originally accompanied this letter; an unrelated short manuscript biography of Cosima Wagner, in German and of unknown provenance, is present.

Dates: 1880 August 27
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Wagner, Cosima

Autograph letter signed, Bayreuth, 1 page, in German, 1872 December 21

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. 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...
Dates: 1872 December 21
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Wagner, Richard / Correspondence

Autograph letter signed, Bayreuth, 1 page, in German, 1853 February 9

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. 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...
Dates: 1853 February 9
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Wagner, Richard / Correspondence

Autograph letter signed, Biebrich (near Wiesbaden), 1 page, in German, 1862 November 11

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. 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...
Dates: 1862 November 11
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Wagner, Richard / Correspondence

Correspondence

 Sub-Series — Box: 11, Folder: 47-49
Scope and Contents

Typed letter signed, Munich, 1923 September 2, 1 page, in German, with holograph additions.
Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1939 May 18, 2 pages, in English, with envelope.
Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1939 May 21, 2 pages, in German, with envelope.

Dates: 1804-1950
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Walter, Bruno

Autograph letter signed, Ascona, 1 page, in English, 1931 August

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 50
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. 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...
Dates: 1931 August
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Walton, William

Canone a 4 voci, in C minor, 1 page [9 measures], undated

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 51
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: undated
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Weber, Carl Maria von

Autograph manuscript signed, “Ammen Märchen," Paris, 2 pages, 1854 February 2

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 52
Scope and Contents

36 bars of music, on both sides of an album leaf, and a long inscription in German.

Dates: 1854 February 2
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Wehle, Charles

Signature, New York, undated but 1941 January 6

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 53
Scope and Contents

Signed on a page removed from a Carnegie Hall concert program.

Dates: undated but 1941 January 6
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Zimbalist, Efrem

Autograph music manuscript, untitled but identified as "Zwei Deutsche für Klavier,” D841, 1825 April

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. 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...
Dates: 1825 April
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Schubert, Franz

Autograph letter signed from London, 2 pages, in English, undated

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. 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...
Dates: undated
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Vaughan Williams, Ralph / Correspondence

Autograph letter signed from “The White Gates” [Dorking, Surrey, UK], 1 page, in English, undated

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. 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...
Dates: undated
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Vaughan Williams, Ralph / Correspondence

Letter to Spontini's widow from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, Berlin, 1 page, in French, 1851 February 22

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 11
Dates: 1851 February 22
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Spontini, Gaspare

Letter to Spontini from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, Charlottenburg, 2 pages, in French, 1847 December 16

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

A copy in Spontini’s hand of a letter to him from the King.

Dates: 1847 December 16
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Spontini, Gaspare

Autograph music manuscript of a “choralmelodie,” without harmonization, untitled, 1 page, circa 1837–1838

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Inscribed neatly in Kurrentschrift at the top of the leaf: "Diese Choralmelodie hat Robert Schumann geschrieben, im Jahre 1837 oder 1838, und zwar als Aufgabe zur Bearbeitung für Alfred Dörffel."

Dates: circa 1837–1838
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Schumann, Robert / Music Scores