'Grosse characteristische Ouverture zu Schiller's Tragoedie: Die Jungfrau von Orléans componirt und Herrn Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy ... zugeeignet von H. von Lövenskiold'
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn b. 11
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Grosse characteristische Ouverture zu Schiller's Tragoedie: Die Jungfrau von Orléans componirt und Herrn Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy ... zugeeignet von H. von Lövenskiold'
Shelfmark
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn b. 11
Summary
Full score, probably copied professionally, summer 1839, but the explanatory notes on pp. 2, 8, 13, and 98 are in the composer's hand. See G. B. X 32.
Date
summer 1839
Language
German
Physical facet
Leaves in quires of fours; the quires were numbered 1-11 in lower right hand corner after the first two; there is an additional bifolium at the end. 'Paul M. B.' inside front cover.
Physical extent
108 pages
Custodial history
Manuscripts presented to F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy by the composers. Given in 1961 by Mary Gilbert, grand-daughter of F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's son Paul, to Margaret Deneke. Bequeathed by Helena Deneke, 1973.
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Collection contents
The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection
Music by other composers owned by Mendelssohn
Other composers
'Grosse characteristische Ouverture zu Schiller's Tragoedie: Die Jungfrau von Orléans componirt und Herrn Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy ... zugeeignet von H. von Lövenskiold'
