Op. 23, no. 2, 'Ave Maria'. For tenor solo and SSAATTBB chorus, with accompaniment
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 100
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Op. 23, no. 2, 'Ave Maria'. For tenor solo and SSAATTBB chorus, with accompaniment
Shelfmark
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 100
Summary
'Ave Maria', op. 23, no. 2. For tenor solo and SSAATTBB chorus, with accompaniment of organ or 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and cello/bass. Copyists' scores and parts, comprising:
(fols. 1-12) Score, including both the organ and wind/bassi accompaniments. Probably scored up from the printed parts (Bonn: Simrock, 1832/1838).
(fols. 13-20) Score and parts of the accompaniment only, arranged for 2 violins,, 2 violas, cello and double bass. Dated at end of score: 17 juin 1842. The parts are in the same hand as the score at fols. 1-12; the score is in a different hand.
Date
ca. 1842
Language
Latin
Physical facet
20 leaves.
Physical extent
20 Leaves
Custodial history
Owned by the 'Académie de Chant, Strasbourg' (stamps), for whom the copies were presumbly made.
Acquisition
Bought from Arioso, Paris, 2002 (together with the printed chorus and wind/bassi parts).
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Collection contents
The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection
Works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Music copied by professional copyists and others, including members of the Mendelssohn family
Op. 23, no. 2, 'Ave Maria'. For tenor solo and SSAATTBB chorus, with accompaniment
