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Mss. for Book of contrapuntal pieces for keyboard instruments: 1979
- Title
- Mss. for Book of contrapuntal pieces for keyboard instruments: 1979 / George Rochberg.
- Author
- Rochberg, George.
- Publication
- 1939-1946.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2 (nos. 3-11) | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 98-45 Box 2 (nos. 3-11) | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 29 items of ms. music; 36 cm. or smaller.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of George Rochberg, 1996.
- Uniform Title
- Book of contrapuntal pieces
- Alternative Title
- Book of contrapuntal pieces
- Inventions
- Subjects
- Note
- Holographs chiefly in ink or pencil and red marker.
- Includes 35 keyboard works, 13 works for various instrumental ensembles, 1 song with instrumental ensemble, 7 unaccompanied choruses, and 3 works for instrumental ensemble with markings indicating arrangement for 2 pianos ; vocal works have English words.
- Contains canons, inventions, fugues, mostly written between 1940-46 ; fugue (1948-49) from Sonata for Piano No. 2 ; 4-hand transcription of fugue from String Quartet No. 4 (1977). Cf. "George Rochberg" (URL: http://www.presser.com/rochberg.html)
- Title in red ink on inserted sheet (holograph, signed).
- Includes 1 work composed by Hans Weisse in 1931.
- Complete contents list in repository.
- Call Number
- JPB 98-45 no. 10
- OCLC
- NYPG98-C393
- Author
- Rochberg, George.
- Title
- Mss. for Book of contrapuntal pieces for keyboard instruments: 1979 / George Rochberg.
- Imprint
- 1939-1946.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Weisse, Hans, 1892-1940.Rochberg, George. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 4.Rochberg, George. Sonatas, piano, no. 2, op. 8.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 98-45 no. 10