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Book/Printed Material[Grabau album] Scrapbook. manuscript | 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 31 cm. | Scrapbook compiled by Fräulein Henriette Grabau, later Frau Bünau, containing (on p. [2] of cover) a watercolor of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, with an excerpt from the opera Ali Baba by Luigi Cherubini in Mendelssohn's hand; holograph copies of Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne Worte, op. 85, no. 3, and op....
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Grabau, Henriette - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1836
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Book/Printed MaterialHensel, Fanny Mendelssohn
Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn Print. 1p. ; 25cm x 37.5cm |- Contributor: Mendel, Edward - Hensel, Wilhelm - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1847
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Notated MusicGottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit. Selections
Gottes Zeit manuscript score | 4 ms. parts in close score ([4] p.) ; 31 cm. | [Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink, consisting of parts by F. Mendelssohn for 2 clarinets and 2 bassoons to be used as additional instrumental parts in J.S. Bach's cantata, BWV 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit. The holograph is accompanied by a printed score of...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Bach, Johann Sebastian - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 183?
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Book/Printed MaterialThe alterations in the accompaniments of the Concerto in d manuscript score | 5 p., bound : music, port. ; 33 cm. | Holograph, in ink. Title from caption. At foot of p. 1: Mendelssohn's handwriting (alterations in his Concerto published by J.A. Novello)--Sabilla Novello. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress. Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1837
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Mendelssohn family Felix Mendelssohn--Abraham Mendelssohn, his father--Leah Mendelssohn, his mother--Cecile, his wife--Fanny Hensel, his sister Scrapbook. print | [61] leaves : 1 ill., ports (2 col.) ; 31 cm. | Scrapbook, containing printed matter about the family, holograph letters by them or to them, portraits, and holograph music ("Praeludium für ein Orgel, zum 3ten Oktober 1829," by Fanny Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, dated at end Sept. 28, 1829; and 5 measures by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, dated at Birmingham Sept. 25, 1840). The contents...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 19??
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Notated Music95. Psalm Kommet herzu
Fünfundneunzigster Psalm | Lasst uns mit Danken manuscript score | 1 ms. score (2 v., [8] p.) ; 32 cm. | von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph fragment from an early version of the 2nd movement, in ink, signed. The 54 measures of the ms. correspond to measures 57-106 of the final version. For chorus and orchestra. Title from p. [4]. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1838
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Notated MusicTutto è silenzio
Dei clementi manuscript score | 1 ms. score ([4] p.) ; 36 cm. | Holograph, in ink. Recitative and aria for voice and orchestra; all after p. [4] wanting. Title from first words of text. At top of p. [1]: Berlin am 23sten Febr. 1829. Für Mad. A. Milder componirt und derselben in Erfurcht zugeeignet von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Accompanied by the complete text in ms....- Contributor: Library of Congress - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1829
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Notated MusicSymphonies no. 1, op. 11, C minor; arr manuscript score | 1 ms. score ([22] p.) ; 26 x 31 cm. | Holograph, in ink. Arr. for piano 4 hands, with violin and violoncello ad libitum. Composer's letter concerning the work, written in English to Johann Baptist Cramer ([4] p. ; 19 cm.) mounted on fly-leaf. Holograph parts for violin and violoncello bound in. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation collection of...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1829
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Notated MusicOttetto. Holograph, in ink. At end: Berlin, d. 15 Oct. 1825. Published: Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel, ca. 1845. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1825
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Notated MusicGesänge op. 47 Blumenstrauss manuscript score | 1 ms. score ([2] p.) ; 31 cm. | [Text] C. Klingemann ; [Musik, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink, signed on p. [2]. At end: London, May 1832. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress. Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
- Contributor: Klingemann, Karl - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation - Library of Congress
- Date: 1832
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Book/Printed MaterialGewandhaus Interior Print. Fronticpiece to "Wheat Autograph Album" (General).
- Contributor: Wheat, Leo P.
- Date: 18??
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Book/Printed MaterialMendelssohn at 12 years old
Mendelssohn at 12 years old Print.- Contributor: Weger, August - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation - Weger, A., Leipzig
- Date: 185?
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialLetter to Eduard Devrient; 10 July, 1832 Correspondence. manuscript | 4p. | Manuscript (Form).
- Contributor: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Devrient, Eduard
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Book/Printed MaterialMendelssohn, engraved portrait Print.
- Contributor: Dircks, A. - Gebr, Kehr & Niessen, Cologne - Hildebrandt, Th.
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CollectionFelix Mendelssohn at the Library of Congress Made available here are digital images of selected resources on this composer. This collection was created to mark the bicentennial of the birth of composer Felix Mendelssohn on February 3, 2009. The Library of Congress’s Music Division is one of the world’s major repositories of primary source material related to the composer.
- Date: 1820
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