Fidelio working manuscript, act 2, no. 14 : Vienna March 1814 / Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio (1814) Er sterbe Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827 creator Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand 1766-1835 Treitschke, Georg Friedrich 1776-1842 notated music x [1814] monographic g ger ger print 1 ms. score (8 p.) ; 24 x 33 cm. + 1 ms. document ([2] p. ; 30 cm.) "Portion of the coda to No.14, the quartet in Act 2 Er sterbe!, containing the composers [sic] re-working of this passage of the text of Leonore (1805 and 1806) for the final version Fidelio (1814), beginning with Leonore's words die Liebe wird im Bunde [...], the composer writes additional notes to Leonore's part, drafts a new phrase for Leonore (die Liebe) subsequently deleted by him, recasts Pizarro's and Rocco's parts [...], making necessary alterations to the music, rewrites Rocco's phrase O Gott o Gott was wartet mein?, and adds many additional instrumental, dynamic and phrase markings throughout."--Sotheby's description.preschool Operas Excerpts Scores Vocal quartets with orchestra Scores Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827 RISM series A/II, Léonore Bouilly, Jean Nicolas, 1763-1842 http://library.juilliard.edu/record=b1129615 Copyist's ms. of excerpt from solo vocal quartet (STBarB, orchestra acc.) near end of Fidelio, act 2, with extensive revisions in Beethoven's hand.Title from cover of box providing housing.Title on spine of housing box: Beethoven Fidelio 1814.Text adapted from the French tale Léonore of Jean Nicolas Bouilly by Joseph Ferdinand Sonnleitner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke.Paginated B1-B7, 8B (i.e. B8).In brown and black ink, with composer's revisions and markings in dark ink and pencil. Housed in box (26 x 34 cm.); includes stamp on verso of front cover of box marked: Ex Libris Gerard W. Byrne.Includes ms. document of authentication in German ([2] p. ; 30 cm.), dated January 1937, and headed: Autographen=Sammlung von Fritz Schubart in Dresden. Document specifies place and conjectural time of authorship as: Wien, Frühjahr 1814.Juilliard Manuscript Collection, Lila Acheson Wallace Library, The Juilliard School.Gift; Bruce Kovner; 2006.German words.From the collection of Fritz Schubart of Dresden (1937). Purchased at auction by Sotheby's, London, May 21, 1999, Lot 25.juilliardconsortiumconsortiumhttp://library.juilliard.edu/record=b1129615 http://www.juilliardmanuscriptcollection.org/composers.php#/hires/BEET/BEET_FIDE Restricted access; Apply; Library Director. aacr2 ZJS 201004 20100430144923.7 610220761 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.3 using MARC21slim2MODS3-3.xsl (Revision 1.54)