Miscellaneous
The printed music of the Augsburg State and City Library 1488-1630
Early Music from Low Countries Libraries
Collection Anthony van Hoboken
Keyboard Music The Hague et al.
Special selected sets of musical scores on microfiche
Prints from the collections Herdringen, Oettingen-Wallerstein und Schönborn-Wiesentheid see at Music manuscripts.
"Dance Collection Muziekbibliothek Haags Gemeentemuseum" see at Dance.
See also under the topic "Lost and inaccessible sources".
The printed music of the Augsburg State and City Library (D-As) 1488-1630
Die Musikdrucke der Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg 1488–1630.
Erlangen (Harald Fischer Verlag) 2000.
The microfiche collection comprises 449 prints from the beginnings of book printing to the Thirty Years' War. Among them are theoretical writings, liturgical prints, collected prints of sacred and above all secular music as well as secular and sacred works in individual prints, mainly by Italian, German and Dutch composers. Around half of the collection, which contains some unique items, consists of music printed in Italy, including numerous volumes by the printer Gardano in Venice. The structure of the microfiche collection is based on Schletterer's catalogue.
Catalogue of the collection:
Hans Michael Schletterer: Katalog der in der Kreis- und Stadtbibliothek, dem staedtischen Archive und der Bibliothek des Historischen Vereins zu Augsburg befindlichen Musikwerke.
Berlin 1878 (supplement to the Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte). PDF
The prints from D-As are also recorded in RISM-OPAC.
An alphabetical overview of the microfiche collection can be found here, an overview by shelfmark is available from the DMgA.
Early Music from Low Countries Libraries
Early Music from Low Countries Libraries (Teile 1–6: Music from Dutch libraries).
Lisse (MMF Publications) 1993–1998.
The nine-part, thematically organised microfiche collection comprises works by numerous German, Italian, French, French and Dutch composers before 1820. Part IV is devoted to treatises. The holdings come from several Dutch and Belgian libraries and private collections.
In addition to individual and collected prints, some manuscripts are also represented.
Part I: Concertos before 1820.
259 Microfiches.
Collection overview: PDF
Part III: Church Music c.1750–c.1820.
541 Microfiches.
Collection overview: PDF
Part IV: Vocal and Instrumental Tutors.
811 Microfiches.
Collection overview: PDF
Part VI: Vocal Music 1650–1820.
609 Microfiches.
Collection overview: PDF
Part VII: Keyboard Music 1620–1820.
326 Microfiches.
Collection overview: PDF
Part VIII: Music for Solo Instrument 1660–1820.
361 Microfiches.
Collection overview: PDF
Part IX: Music for Instrumental Ensemble 1660–1820.
479 Microfiches.
Collection overview: PDF
Collection Anthony van Hoboken
Die Bach-Drucke der Hoboken-Sammlung musikalischer Erst- und Frühdrucke. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Wien, Musiksammlung.
Hildesheim (Olms) 1987. 178 Microfiches.
Die Drucke der Bachsöhne der Hoboken-Sammlung musikalischer Erst- und Frühdrucke. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Wien, Musiksammlung.
Hildesheim (Olms) 1987. 107 Microfiches.
Anthony van Hoboken's collection of first and early printed music, comprising some 8,000 volumes, is the largest private collection of its kind. It was incorporated into the music collection of the Austrian National Library (A-Wn) in 1974. The collection includes rare and valuable prints by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and numerous other composers. The works of Joseph Haydn form a focal point of the collection.
The film versions of the prints of Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons are available in the DMgA.
Catalogue of the collection:
Thomas Leibnitz: Katalog der Sammlung Anthony van Hoboken in der Musiksammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek: musikalische Erst- und Frühdrucke. Band 1: Johann Sebastian Bach und seine Söhne.
Tutzing (Hans Schneider) 1982.
Opera Collection & Supplement, Kunstmuseum The Hague (NL-DHgm et al.)
The microfiche collection of the opera holdings of the Kunstmuseum (until 2019 Gemeentemuseum) The Hague comprises 323 individual prints and 8 printed collections from the late 17th to the early 19th century. The collection is supplemented by a supplement comprising 68 operas from the 17th and 18th centuries from several Dutch libraries.
The DMgA owns the individual prints by Jean Baptiste Lully and Pierre Rameau from the "Main Collection". The "Supplement" is available in its entirety in the archive.
Overview of the collection:
Dick van den Hul: Handlist of the Opera Collection. Music Library, Haags Gemeentemuseum.
Den Haag (Gemeentemuseum) 1984.
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Dick van den Hul: Opera Collection, Supplement 1 from Dutch Libraries.
s.l. 2000.
PDF
Keyboard Music, Kunstmuseum The Hague (NL-DHgm et al.)
The microfiche collection comprises 1284 sources from the 17th and 18th centuries with music for keyboard instruments (harpsichord, piano, organ, but also harp). In addition to individual and collective prints, there are also some manuscripts. The sources come from the Kunstmuseum (until 2019 Gemeentemuseum) The Hague and eight other Dutch libraries.
Overview of the collection:
Dick van den Hul: Keyboard Music. The Haags Gemeentemuseum.
PDF
Special selected sets of musical scores on microfiche
The extensive microfiche collection contains individual and collective prints as well as several manuscripts between the 16th and 19th centuries. It is divided into the following categories:
Famous lute and guitar books between 1500 and 1800 (37 sources on 70 fiches)
French Rococo music for musette or vielle (23 sources on 36 fiches)
Händel operas for solo recorder (26 sources on 26 fiches)
Solo sonatas of the Baroque (91 sources on 135 fiches)
Trio sonatas of the Baroque (67 sources on 100 fiches)
French, Italian and English keyboard music of the the Baroque (70 sources on 112 fiches)
German keyboard music of the Baroque (47 sources on 77 fiches)
The Bach family: keyboard compositions (37 sources on 49 fiches)
Flute duets of the 18th century (47 sources on 51 fiches)
The golden age of violin duets: 1770-1820 (133 sources on 137 fiches)
Music for fortepiano four hands: 1770-1720 (95 sources on101 fiches)
The string trio: 1760-1820 (86 sources on 70 fiches)
Sonatas for keyboard and violin:1760-1820 (142 sources on 150 fiches)
The piano trio: 1770-1820 (113 sources on 133 fiches)
The string quartets of Haydn, Boccherini, Mozart, Pleyel and Beethoven (85 sources on 142 fiches)
The string quartet: minor composers before 1820 (102 sources on 137 fiches)
The string quintet: 1770-1820 (70 sources on 149 fiches)
Overview of the collection:
Special selected sets of musical scores on microfiche.
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