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La Bataille : autograph manuscript

Record ID
451421
Accession number
M9397.B328
Creator
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, composer.
Biographical Data
Austrian composer.
Object title

La Bataille : autograph manuscript.

Uniform title
Country dances, K. 535, C major
Date
Vienna, by January 23, 1788
Provenance

Stefan Zweig.

Inscriptions/Markings

With additional modern foliation in pencil (1-3) and several manuscript annotations in both ink and pencil including an attestation of authenticity to upper right corner by George Nikolaus von Nissen ("Von Mozart und seiner Handschrift"), incorrectly dated "1791" in the hand of Johann Anton André; "No 8" to upper left corner in the hand of the so-called "Grauer Schreiber," who participated in the ordering of Mozart's estate; "gestochen" in another hand; and the pencilled number "74" to right margin (corresponding to the position of the work in Mozart's own thematic catalog).

Description

1 manuscript score (6 pages) ; 23.3 x 31.6 cm

Notes

Contredanse/contretanz for orchestra.
Full score.
Notated in brown ink on one 8-stave system per page.
Scored for two violins, flageolet ("flauto piccolo"), two clarinets, bassoon, trumpet, tenor drum ("trommel"), violoncello and double bass ("bassi").

Associated names

Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942, former owner.