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Newly Digitized: Works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

April 12, 2012 /

We’ve recently added to our collection of Digital Scores and Libretti a trio of volumes by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: a collection of easy keyboard sonatas for popular consumption; settings of sacred songs by the Hamburg paster Christoph Christian Sturm; and chorales from the Schleswig-Holstein hymnal.


Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Title page, Sechs Leichte Clavier Sonaten. Merritt Room Mus 627.2.426.6

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Title page, Sechs Leichte Clavier Sonaten. Merritt Room Mus 627.2.426.6

[Sonatas, keyboard instrument. Selections]
Sechs leichte Clavier Sonaten / von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Leipzig : Bey Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf und Sohn., 1766.
1st ed.
H. 162, 180–82, 163, 183; Wq. 53
Merritt Room Mus 627.2.426.6


Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Title page, Zweyte Sammlung, Geistliche Gesänge. Merritt Room Mus 627.2.582.3

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Title page, Zweyte Sammlung, Geistliche Gesänge. Merritt Room Mus 627.2.582.3

[Geistliche Gesänge, H. 749]
Herrn Christoph Christian Sturms … Geistliche Gesänge : mit Melodien zum Singen bey dem Claviere. [Erste]-Zweyte Sammlung / vom Herrn Kapellmeister Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Musikdirektor in Hamburg. Hamburg : Jahnn Heinrich Herold, 1780-1781.
Wq. 197; RISM A/I, B 0133; B0134.
Merritt Room Mus 627.2.582.3


Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Litaneyen aus dem Schleswig-Holsteinischen Gesangbuche Merritt Room. Mus 627.2.542

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Litaneyen aus dem Schleswig-Holsteinischen Gesangbuche Merritt Room. Mus 627.2.542

[Litaneyen aus dem Schleswig-Holsteinischen Gesangbuche]
Zwey Litaneyen aus dem Schleswig-Holsteinischen Gesangbuche mit ihrer bekannten Melodie, für acht Singstimmen in zwey Chören und dem dazugehörigen Fundament in Partitur gesetzt, und zum Nutzen und Vergnügen Lehrbegieriger in der Harmonie bearbeitet / von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ; herausgegeben von Niels Schiørring. Kopenhagen : In Commission bey Chr. Gottl. Prost ; Gedruckt bey Aug. Fr. Stein, 1786.
1st ed.
H. 780, 871; Wq. 204; RISM A/I, B 117
Merritt Room Mus 627.2.542

Coming soon, much more French opera…and just a little bit of German song.

-Kerry Masteller

Newly Digitized: Meyerbeer Operas and 18th-century Keyboard Works

August 2, 2011 /

It’s time once again for a quick tour of the latest additions to our collection of Digital Scores and Libretti. For this week’s post, I’ve chosen one 18th century collection of keyboard works and four vocal scores by Giacomo Meyerbeer. Enjoy!

Keyboard works

C.P.E. Bachs, Nichelmanns und Händels Sonaten und Fugen fürs Clavier. 2. Aufl. Berlin : Wever, 1774.
Merritt Room Mus 460.69

A collection of keyboard works by C.P.E. Bach, Nichelmann, Handel, and Kirnberger, first published in 1762 as Tonstücke für das Clavier.

Giacomo Meyerbeer


Margherita d'Anjou. Title vignette: "Salvi amico la regina, salvi il figlio del tuo re." Mus 743.3.611

Margherita d'Anjou. Title vignette: "Salvi amico la regina, salvi il figlio del tuo re." Mus 743.3.61

  • Margherita d’Anjou : opera semiseria in due atti / Composto e ridotto per il cembalo da G. Meyerbeer. Paris : M. Schlesinger, [1827?].
    Mus 743.3.610 B

    Meyerbeer’s first opera for La Scala, premiered on November 14, 1820. This edition includes the title vignette: “Salvi amico la regina, salvi il figlio del tuo re,” from Act I, scene XV.

  • Il crociato in Egitto; opera seria. Ridotto con accompagniamento de pianoforte. Paris, Chez Pacini, [18–].
    Mus 743.3.650
     
  • Le pardon de Ploërmel : opéra comique en trois actes / paroles de J. Barbieret M. Carré ; musique de Giacomo Meyerbeer ; partition chant et piano. Paris : G. Brandus et S. Dufour, [1859?].
    Mus 743.3.692.5
     
  • Les Huguenots : opéra en cinq actes / paroles de Scribe ; musique de G. Meyerbeer ; partition chant et piano. Ed. définitive et complète. Paris : Ph. Maquet, [1888?].
    Mus 743.3.624
     

Stay tuned for our next batch of scores, featuring early editions and copyist’s manuscripts from a 19th-century album of Mozart’s works.

-Kerry Masteller

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