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Mozart: Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, K.478
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| Publisher | Bärenreiter | Augener Ltd | Edition Peters |
| Composer | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 |
| Place of publication | Kassel | London | London |
| Publication title | Quartet no. 1: in G minor | Quartet no. 1: in G minor | Quartet no. 1: in G minor |
| Editor | Hellmut Federhofer | A. Roloff | Unknown |
| Plate/Catalogue number | Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke: Quintette …, VIII, 22/1 | 16121 Edition/Matrix number: 7190 | 7129 |
| Publication date | 1957 | [n.d.] | [n.d.] |
| BPL Shelf Mark | 1Ka2 | 11Oa8.3 | H-1Gb3 |
| BPL ID | None | 2-9203072 | 2-9601205 |
| Additional information | Full score | 1 score (30 p.); 32 cm. + 3 instr. parts (various paginations) | 1 piano score (63 p.) ; 30 cm. + 3 instr. parts |
| Key features | Printed; piano part marked for performance (annotations: pencil) by Benjamin Britten. | Printed; piano part marked for performance (annotations: pencil) by Benjamin Britten. Cover initialled by Benjamin Britten (pencil): ‘BB’ | Printed: no annotations |
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Mozart: Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
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| Publisher | Breitkopf & Härtel | S.l. : Ernst Eulenburg | Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag A. G. | Bärenreiter |
| Composer | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 |
| Place of publication | Leipzig | London | Wiener | Kassel |
| Publication title | Symphonies, no. 40, K 550, G minor Study score | Symphonies, no. 40, K 550, G minor. Miniature score | Symphonies, no. 40, K 550, G minor. Miniature score | Sinfonie in g KV 550 Full score |
| Editor | Hellmut Federhofer | Unknown | Unknown | Landon |
| Plate/Catalogue number | W. A. M. 550 | 3087 | W. Ph. V. 27 Edition/Matrix number: 27 | NMA IV/11/9: Symphonies vol. 9 |
| Publication date | 1882 | [n.d.] | [n.d.] | 1957 |
| BPL Shelf Mark | 11Ea3 | 11Ab3 | 11Ab3 | 1Kd1 |
| BPL ID | 2-9104492 | 2-1000207 | 2-1000253 | [none] |
| Additional information | 1 study score (49 p.) ; 35 cm.. – (Mozart’s Werke : Serie 8 ; no. 40) | 1 miniature score (66 p.) ; 20 cm. | 1 miniature score (66 p.) : port., notes ; 19 cm. | 1 Full score |
| Key features | Britten’s conducting score Printed score; with annotations: pencil, purple crayon (Benjamin Britten) Inscribed on flyleaf (pencil): For Ben, / (Adolph von Holst’s copy) / A thankyou for January 30th, 1959 / With love from Imogen. Inside cover annotated by Imogen Holst (pencil): The rehearsal letters agree with those in the parts. / The parts also have bar numbers at the beginning of each line. / (These have been put in pencil here against the Vln I line) |
Bound in non-original brown boards with gold tooling on spine Printed; with annotations: pencil (various hands) PROVENANCE: First page stamped (purple ink): `W6 / EDWARD KENNARD’ Original covers and most details of publication absent, due to binding |
Printed: no annotations Notes in German, English and French |
Printed: no annotations |
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