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Musical Scripture: A Virtual Tour in Beethoven's Workshop

The Morgan is celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth with a collection display of his sketches and manuscripts, including beloved works like the Hammerklavier Piano Sonata and the “Ghost” Piano Trio.

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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PRESENTS MOZART AT 250: A CELEBRATION

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates the two-hundred-fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) with an exhibition that traces the composer's brief life through manuscripts, letters, and first editions of his works.

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Study for "The Tenth of August 1792"

baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard

1770-1837

2001.36

Classification

Drawing

Department

Drawings and Prints

Decree concerning the deposed Duke Eberhard II of Württemberg, issued at Innsbruck, 19 Nov. 1499.

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519.

PML 51780

Classification

Incunable Collection

Department

Printed Books

Dogale (MS M.1082).

Created

Venice, Italy, 1567-1599.

Display Date

1567-1599.

Accession number

MS M.1082

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé.

Created

Northern France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360.

Accession number

MS G.52

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Su[m]ma de casib[us].

Astesano, -1330?

PML 20492

Classification

Incunable Collection

Department

Printed Books

Renoir Drawings

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THE MORGAN LIBRARY AT THE CONNOISSEUR'S ANTIQUES FAIR

Press release date

Thursday, August 26, 2004

The Morgan Library is the beneficiary of the opening night preview of the Connoisseur's Antiques Fair, the show of the Art and Antique Dealers of America, Inc. A benefit gala to support the programs of the Morgan Library as a museum and research center is scheduled to be held on the fair's opening night, November 18.

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Autograph title-page and 2 pages (numbered 47, 48) signed of A letter to Mr. Ebenezer Frothingham ... occasioned by one that he has lately published upon ... baptism : Middleborough, 1768 Dec. 26.

Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806.

1768 Dec. 26.

MA 1334

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts