Obiter scripta : essays, lectures, articles, interviews, and reviews on music and other subjects / Albi Rosenthal ; edited for publication by Jacqueline Gray.
| Author/creator | Rosenthal, Albi |
| Other author | Gray, Jaqueline. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford, UK : Offox Press ; Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, ©2000. |
| Description | viii, 472 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Music and Autograph Collecting. -- The 'Music Antiquarian' -- Gedanken zur Geschichte des Musiksammelns -- Some thoughts on music collecting -- Aspects of autograph collecting, past and present -- Music in the market place -- Reflections on autograph manuscripts and their significance -- Collecting music books, music editions, and music manuscripts -- Alfred Cortot as collector of music -- Musik und Antiquariat -- Paul Sacher and the tradition of collecting music manuscripts -- Mediaeval Music. -- Le manuscrit de La Clayette retrouve -- The rediscovery of the manuscript of La Clayette and mediaeval music studies -- Composers. -- An intriguing copy of Paganini's Capricci and its implications -- Franz Liszt and his publishers -- 'Dieses einzige Stuckchen Welt ... ': uber ein Albumblatt von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy -- Haydn's 'incontri improvvisi' -- Kodaly music manuscripts outside Hungary -- Leopold Mozart's Violinschule, annotated by the author -- Igor Stravinsky and Oscar Wilde -- Monteverdi -- A hitherto unpublished letter of Claudio Monteverdi -- Monteverdi's Andromeda--a lost libretto found -- Aspects of the Monteverdi revival in the 20th century -- W.A. Mozart -- The history of Mozart's Thematic Catalogue -- Introducing an exhibition -- The iconography of Haydn and Mozart -- A footnote to the recent history of Mozart's Verzeichnuss MS -- Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor (K486) -- A new portrait of Mozart? -- Mozart's key signatures: a peculiar feature of his autograph scores -- Der fruheste langere Nachruf auf Mozart. -- Musical instruments. -- The history of musical instruments in print -- The earliest accurate depiction of a musical instrument in a printed book -- The Cobbie Collection of historical keyboard instruments -- Paul Sacher foundation. -- Entstehung und Ziele der Paul Sacher Stiftung -- Address at the official opening of the Paul Sacher foundation -- Rede beim Diner im Schutzen-Haus Basel -- The Paul Sacher foundation and the Stravinsky exhibition -- Der Strawinsky-Nachlass in der Paul Sacher Stiftung -- Bibliography. -- Two unknown 17th century music editions by Bolognese composers -- Faksimiles als Fehlerquellen -- Facsimiles as sources of error -- The contract between Joseph Haydn and Frederick Augustus Hyde 1796 -- Die Lagerkataloge des Musikantiquariats Leo Liepmannssohn -- Some aspects of music bibliography -- Miscellany. -- Duret's dream of 1525 -- Address as president of the Oxford University Orchestra -- Guide to buyers of rare books -- A history of deception music manuscript frauds -- Reviews. -- Paganini documenti e testimonianze Pietro Berri -- Nicolo Paganini chronology of his life GI de Courcy -- Die Anfange des straichinstrumentenspiels Werner Bachmann -- The fourth international bibliophile congress 1965 -- Music manuscripts in Basel -- Music manuscripts in the Paul Sacher collection -- Four centuries of opera at the Pierpont Morgan -- Friedrich Nietzsche. -- Nietzsche Wagner and Mr. Newman -- Eine Schau von Autographen und Erstausgaben Nietzsches -- Meine Erfahrungen um Nietzsche -- Friedrich Nietzsches Briefe aus Sils-Maria eine Einfuhrung -- Tributes. -- To Cecil Hopkinson on his 70th birthday -- To Genevieve Thibault Comtesse de Chambure -- To Harold Kurtz -- To Oscar Nemon -- To Hans Moldenhauer -- To Alex Hyatt King -- To Bryan Kelly on his 60th birthday -- To Otto Haas -- To Joan Gili -- Autobiographical. -- Gli Olschki e la musica -- Jacques Rosenthal 1895-1995 -- Address following the conferment of the honorary degree of Master of Arts of the University of Oxford -- Music and movement -- Knowing the score -- In praise of Britain -- The muses on boars hill -- A fugitive note by way of postlude by Oliver Neighbour. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 458-461) and index. |
| Language | Principally in English; some in French, German, or Italian. |
| LCCN | 00032948 |
| ISBN | 0950698938 (UK) |
| ISBN | 0810838613 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML60 .R794 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |