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Contents
| | Foreword |
James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress |
| Acknowledgments |
Jon Newsom
Chief, Music Division |
| Introduction |
Jon Newsom |
Music History from Primary Sources
An Introductory Essay
The Art of Musical Notation
The Rise of Music Drama
Classicism and Romanticism
An Age of Personal Memory |
Alfred Mann |
| Essays on Selected Documents | |
| The Nathan Bequest: Payment Receipts in the Hand of Johann Sebastian Bach, 1746 to 1748 (With a Fragment for the Year 1749 in the Hand of His Son) |
Robert L. Marshall |
| Comments on Béla Bartók�s Working Method in Dealing with Proofs for His Violin Concerto (1937�1938) |
Ferenc B�nis |
| A Sketch Leaf from Ludwig van Beethoven�s Piano Sonata, Op.28 |
Susan Clermont |
| A Beethoven Sketch for the Puzzle Canon "Das Schweigen," WoO 168 |
Susan Clermont |
| Two Sketches for Alban Berg�s Lulu |
Patricia Hall |
| Ernest Bloch�s Conducting Score for Schelomo |
Michael Nott |
| John Blow�s "Arise, Great Monarch, and Ascend the Throne" |
Watkins Shaw |
| Pierre Boulez�s Le Marteau sans ma�tre |
Robert Piencikowski |
| Johannes Brahms�s Autograph of "Die Kränze" |
Jürgen Thym |
| Two Brahms Letters |
Jürgen Thym |
| Some Autobiographical Overtones in Brahms�s Rinaldo |
Carol A. Hess |
| Two Letters by Anton Bruckner |
Jürgen Thym |
| Dr. Burney, Samuel Wesley, and J. S. Bach�s Goldberg Variations |
Philip Olleson |
| John Cage�s "The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs" |
Lauriejean Reinhardt |
| Pablo Casals: A Letter Written from Exile |
Douglas W. Foard |
| Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco�s "Ozymandias" |
Massimo Ossi |
| A Chopin Manuscript: Prelude in A-flat Major, op. posth. |
Robin Rausch |
| Luigi Dallapiccola�s Sketch for Ulisse |
Wayne Shirley |
| Frederick Delius�s "Zwei Braune Augen" |
Don C. Gillespie |
| George Gershwin: A Sketch for Porgy and Bess |
Wayne Shirley |
| Excerpts from Gluck�s Alceste, Copied and Revised by Hector Berlioz |
Joël-Marie Fauquet |
| George Frideric Handel�s 1749 Letter to Charles Jennens |
William D. Gudger |
| Karl Amadeus Hartmann�s Miserae (1933-1934) |
Lauriejean Reinhardt |
| Josef Matthias Hauer�s Melischer Erntwurf |
Lauriejean Reinhardt |
| Paul Hindemith�s H�rodiade |
Jürgen Thym |
| Arthur Honegger�s "Les Ombres": Fragment of a Lost Film Score |
Fred Steiner |
| Transformation and Adaptation: The Evolution of Charles Ives�s Song "From �Paracelsus�" |
Felix Meyer |
| The Kerver Missale Romanum |
Denise P. Gallo |
| Franz Liszt�s Psalm XVIII |
Rena Charnin Mueller |
| Witold Lutosławski Venetian Games |
Michael O�Brien |
| Gustav Mahler Sketches in the Moldenhauer Archives |
Edward R. Reilly |
| Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Overture to Elijah, Arrangement for Piano Duet (1847) |
R. Larry Todd |
| A Letter by Pietro Metastasio |
Denise P Gallo |
| Wolfgang Amad� Mozart�s Allegro and Andante ("Fantasy") in F Minor for Mechanical Organ, K. 6o8 |
Neal Zaslaw |
| The Coronation Scene from Modest Musorgsky�s Boris Godunov in Rimsky-Korsakov�s Edition |
Kevin LaVine |
| Krzysztof Penderecki�s Polymorphia and Fluorescences |
Peggy Monastra |
| A Fragment from Act II of Giacomo Puccini�s La Boh�me |
Linda B. Fairtile |
| George Rochberg�s Fifth Symphony:A Commentary by the Composer |
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| Gioachino Rossini�s Moïse |
Philip Gossett |
| Arnold Schoenberg�s Adagio for Strings and Harp |
Claudio Spies |
| Two Leaves of Sketches for Arnold Schoenberg�s Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra |
Claudio Spies |
| Of Songs and Cycles: A Franz Schubert Bifolio |
Morten Solvik |
| Gunther Schuller on Edward Steuermann and Schuller�s Symphony for Brass |
Interview with Jon Newsom |
| Robert Schumann�s Burla in G Minor |
John Daverio |
| Igor Stravinsky�s Threni: Conducting Details |
Claudio Spies |
| Germaine Tailleferre�s Concerto pour Piano et 12 Instruments |
Michael O�Brien |
| Aurelio de la Vega�s The Magic Labyrinth : Reminiscences of the Composer |
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| Giuseppe Verdi�s Attila |
Philip Gossett |
| Anton Webern�s Six Pieces for Orchestra, op. 6, Arrangement for Chamber Ensemble |
Felix Meyer |
| Anton Webern�s "Mein Weg geht jetzt vorüber," op. 15, No.4 |
Lauriejean Reinhardt |
| Anton Webern�s Zwei Lieder für gemischten Chor, op. 19 |
Lauriejean Reinhardt |
| Anton Webern�s Jone Poems |
Lauriejean Reinhardt |
| Frank Wedekind: Stock Poster with His Autograph Prologue to Der Erdgeist |
Lauriejean Reinhardt |
| Inventory |
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| Repositories |
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| Contributors |
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