'Grosse characteristische Ouverture zu Schiller's Tragoedie: Die Jungfrau von Orléans componirt und Herrn Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy ... zugeeignet von H. von Lövenskiold', summer 1839
File
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn b. 11
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.
Dates
- Creation: summer 1839
Extent
108 pages
Language of Materials
- German
Shelfmark
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn b. 11
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.
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.
Dimensions
Large oblong quarto.
Repository Details
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