Messiah: HWV 56: autograph, the British Library, London
The British Library and Barenreiter together made the autograph score to mark the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death.
Georg Friedrich Händel
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33 : Kantate zum 13. Sonntag nach Trinitatis (komponiert zum 3. September 1724)
Limited edition of 100 copies.
The 11 facsimile parts are reproduced from the original parts held by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, Thomana-Sammlung. The text booklet is reproduced from the copy held by the Russische Nationallbibliothek St. Petersburg.
Bach, Johann Sebastian
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1724/25
Second grand concert
Limited ed. of 500 numbered copies. “Facsimile edition of the manuscript held in the National Library in Warsaw (Mu. 215), edited by the Fryderyk Chopin Institue Warsaw, Bernardinum Pelplin, Yshodo Co. Ltd. Tokyo, 2005” – Colophon
An accompanying Commentary volume and an audio CD are included.
Chopin, Frédéric
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1829 - 1830
The Winchester Troper
Facsimile of manuscript 473 preserved in the Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
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500 AD until 1400
The Eaton Choirbook.
This book is the earliest of the Tudor Choirbooks and is the most complete one to have survived until present day. As a matter of fact, the choirbook was given the honor of being inscribed on the UK UNESCO Memory of the World Register joining the ranks of documents such as the Magna Carta and the Domesday Book. It was the first manuscript of music to receive this honor.
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1500 - 1504
Códice de canto polifonico
This facsimile reproduction of the original Codex was created as a joint project of the publishing company Testimonio and the National Heritage agency of Spain. Using state of the art processes, specially manufactured paper, and great attention to detail, the codex has been faithfully reproduced here within leather binding, which is tooled in a 13-15th century Gothic style. 980 copies were created.
Discovered by two monks in 1904, the Códice de canto polifonico, or Codex Las Huelgas, is a liturgical codex copied sometime between 1300 and 1325. It was preserved in the Las Huelgas convent founded by Alfonso VIII in Burgos, Spain. This codex is an important piece of musical and cultural history, as there is a strong possibility it was created for the use of the Las Huelgas nuns, who may have performed many of the pieces contained within.
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Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu
This is a high quality facsimile. It is a limited edition, number 326 of of 1380 copies bound in red velvet after the original; 2-part slipcase covered in green leather. An accompanying Commentary volume and an audio CD are included.
The “Chansonnier” gets its name from Jean de Montchenu, a nobleman, apostolic prothonotary, Bishop of Ager (1477) and later of Vivier (1478-1497) who commissioned the work.
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ca. 1460-1477
Wedding Portrait of Dr. Marianne Perkins
Without hurting anyone{‘s feelings] #2
Framed watercolor on silk painting by Shin’ichi Suzuki
Shin’ichi Suzuki
James Madison University Music Library
Watercolor on silk with Japanese caligraphy (27" x 10"). English text written on the paper below the watercolor, looks like “Not Harm”. Unknown whether or not this was written by Suzuki. Mounted on paper, but unknown if it was mounted by Suzuki. Framed with matting by Donovan’s Framery in June of 2016
Japanese
English
Put Life into Music
Framed watercolor on silk painting by Shin’ichi Suzuki
Shin’ichi Suzuki
James Madison University Music Library
Watercolor on silk with Japanese caligraphy (27" x 10"). English text written on the paper below the watercolor, looks like “Tone with Living Soul, please”. Unknown whether or not this was written by Suzuki. Mounted on paper, but unknown if it was mounted by Suzuki. Framed with matting by Donovan’s Framery in June of 2016.
Japanese
English