Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 'Overture: introduction to Mozart's Requiem' [i.e. Don Giovanni]
The 'Grave' section only of the Overture to Don Giovanni [K. 427], copied in full score by an English copyist, c 1820?, with the note 'Segue N: I, Requiem' at the end. Evidently intended to act as an introduction to a performance of the Requiem.
Dates
- Creation: c 1820?
Extent
2 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. MS. Mus. d. 297, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Mus. d. 297
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16043
Abstract
'Overture: introduction to Mozart's Requiem' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The 'Grave' section only of the Overture to Don Giovanni, c 1820?.
Biographical / Historical
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) was a composer and pianist. See Grove Music Online for further details.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Faculty of Music Library, 1995.
Physical Facet
2 leaves; 14 staves to a page. Watermark: Crowned shield / J WHATMAN.
Dimensions
Oblong folio (242 × 305 mm)
Subject
- Title
- 'Overture: introduction to Mozart's Requiem'
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Hannah Jordan and Margaret Czepiel
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk