Theodore M. Finney Music Library Collection

Rare and manuscript music materials, including early printed music scores and music manuscripts, autograph letters, and glass plate photographs.

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Zauberflöte
Zauberflöte
chantś par Lays et Mlle Henry ; paroles de M. Morel, musique de Mozart ; accompagnement de piano par Lachnith., Excerpt from the pastiche; first performed in 1801., Accompaniment arranged for piano or harp; originally for orchestra.
[Fragment from a 12th-century missal]
[Fragment from a 12th-century missal]
Title supplied by cataloger., Black, blue and red ink., Uses heightened neumes., Possibly of German provenance.
[Gregorian chant leaf]
[Gregorian chant leaf]
Incipit: [Ant. Cenque ascendis et vidas ... sancta] crux alleluia. Ps. Benedicte. A[nt]. Orabat judas deus deus meus Explicit: Rx. Quia p[er] cruce[m] tuam redemisti mu[n]du[m] al[leluia]. Ad vi. Rx. Br. Adoremus [te Christi]., Title supplied by cataloger., Antiphonal; Latin words., Provenance: Italy., Very good condition, recto slightly faded from exposure., 42 long lines ruled with a knife, vertical rulings in brown ink, doubled at the sides; text under staves, 7 staves per page., Script: Gothic in black ink, rubrics in red. Music: Square notation on 4-line red staves 21 mm high., Other Decoration: 3-line initials in red or blue, some embellished with harp string style pen work in red, purple, or blue., Theodore M. Finney; Gift; 1972., Liber Usualis, 1454., Corpus Antiphonarium Officii, 4172., CAO, 3024, 6845., LU, 1454.
[Gregorian chant leaf]
[Gregorian chant leaf]
Incipit: [Gr. Timebunt] gentes nomen tuum domine [et] omnes reges terr[a]e gloriam tuam. Explicit: Alleluia. Dominus regnavit exultet terra l[a]ete[ntur insulae multae.]., Title supplied by cataloger., Gradual; Latin words., Provenance: Spain., Bottom margin stained from water damage; lower outside corner torn away., Long lines ruled in brown ink, rulings doubled along sides, bottom and top; text under staves, 6 staves per page., Script: Gothic in black ink, rubrics in red; distinctive line fillers in red: horizontal bar forms alternating with a lozenge pattern. Music: Square notation on 5-line red staves 35 mm high., Other Decoration: Decorative initials, height of text plus staff: one in red embellished with purple filigree pen work; other initials in black with heavy strap work washed in yellow or green., Notes: Original folitation on recto top right margin in red: .xli. ; quire signature on recto lower outer margin in black ink: f.j. Latin., Theodore M. Finney; Gift; 1972., Liber Usualis, 489-490.
[Gregorian chant leaf]
[Gregorian chant leaf]
Incipit: [Off. Illumina oculos meos ... ne quando di]cat inimicus meus; praevalui adversus eum. Explicit: [Intr.] Exaudi domine voce[m] meam, qua clamavi ad te; adiutor meus esto, ne derelinquas me neq[ue] despicias [me]., Title supplied by cataloger., Gradual; Latin words., Provenance: Spain., Recto is faded from exposure; acidic ink has eaten through vellum in some areas., Long lines ruled in faint brown ink, doubled at sides; text under staves, 6 staves per page., Script: Gothic in black ink, rubrics in red. Music: Square notation on 4-line red staves 37 mm high., Other Decoration: One large decorated initial, height of text plus staff, in red on a brushed gold ground framed in brown ink filled in with green and red; one small initial in blue., Theodore M. Finney; Gift; 1972., Liber Usualis, 1000-1002.
[Gregorian chant leaf]
[Gregorian chant leaf]
Incipit: [Vs. 3. Acuerunt linguas] suas sicut serpentis: venenu[m] aspidum sub labis eorum. Explicit: Custodi me domini de manu peccatoris et ab hominibus iniquis [libera me.]., Title supplied by cataloger., Gradual; Latin words., Provenance: Spain., Recto is faded and bleached from exposure., Long lines ruled in lead; text under staves, 5 staves per page., Script: Gothic in black ink, rubrics in red; distinctive line fillers in red: horizontal bar forms alternating with a lozenge pattern. Music: Square notation on red 5-line staves 50 mm high., Other Decoration: One large calligraphic initial, height of text plus staff, in black washed with yellow and green., Notes: Original folitation on recto top center margin in red: .cxli. Latin., Theodore M. Finney; Gift; 1972., Liber Usualis, 725.
[Gregorian chant leaves]
[Gregorian chant leaves]
Fourteen excised leaves with chants for the Mass in Latin, on vellum; 35 lines ruled with a knife: rulings doubled and extended into the margins across the bottom, along the sides, and across the fifth line from the top; 4-line staves ruled in red ink, 6 staves per leaf, square notation, some mensuration lines (added later); textualis rotunda script in black ink, in long lines underneath the staves, rubrics in red. Two 5-line decorative initials: ⁰́N⁰́₊ on Leaf G (fol. 175v) in red with filigree pen-work in purple, ⁰́D⁰́₊ on Leaf I (fol. 194?) in blue with filigree pen-work in red; secondary 3-line initials at beginning of most chants in red or blue with filigree pen-work in purple or red; tertiary 1-line initials at verses in black embellished in black ink washed with yellow; original foliation preserved on some leaves: lower case Roman numerals in red, center of upper margin, recto side., Leaf A: Chants for Trinity Sunday, fol. 108. Recto: [Introitus: Benedicta sit sancta] trinitas, atque indivisa unitas confitebimur ei, quia fecit nobis cum miseracordiam suam. (LU 909-910) Psalmus: (text only) Benedicamus patrem et filium cum sancto spiritu (LU 1274) Gloria. Graduale. Verso: Benedictus es Domine qui intueris abysos et sedes super cherubim. Versus. Benedictus es domine in firmamento caeli, et lau[dabus in saecula] (LU 910-911) -- Leaf B: Chants for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, fol. 151. Recto: [Graduale. Dirigatur oratio mea] sacrificium vespertium (LU 1060) Alleluia. Versus. Confitemini domino et invocate nomen ejus : annunciate inter gentes opera ejus. Offertorium. Si ambula vero in me[dio] (LU 1061). Verso : [me]dio tribulationis vivficabis me domine et super iram inimicorum meorum extendes manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua. Communio. Tu mandasti ma[ndata tua] (LU 1061-62) -- Leaf C: Chants for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost, fol. 154. Recto: [Introitus: In voluntate domine] universa sunt posita et non est qui posit resistere voluntati tuae: tu enim fecisti omnia, caelum et terram, et universa quae caeli ambitu continentur dominus universorum tues. Psalmus. Beati immaculati in via qui ambulant (LU 1066). Verso: in lege domini. Versus. Gloria. Graduale. Domine refulgium factus es nobis a generatione et progenie. Versus. Prisquam montes fierent aut[formaretur] (LU 1067) -- Leaf D: Chants for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost, fol. 155. Recto: (cont'd from Leaf C) formaretur terra et orbis a saeculo et in saeculuum tu es dues. Alleluia. Versus. In exitu Israel ex aegypto domus [Jacob] (LU 1068). Verso: Jacob de populo barbaro. Offertorium. Vir erat in terra nomine job, simplex et rectus, actimens deum quem satan petitit, ut tentaret, et data est ei potestas a domino in facultate et in carne [ejus] (LU 1069) -- Leaf E: Chants for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, fol. 157. Recto: [Psalmus. De profundis clamavi ad te] domine. Domine exaudi vocem meam Versus. Gloria. Graduale. Ecce quam bonam (Incipit only with note to see fol. 208) Alleluia. Versus. Qui timent dominum sperent in eo, adjutor et protectoreorum [est.] (LU 1071-1072). Verso: [protector eorum] est. Offertorium. Recordare mei domine omni potentatui dominans: da sermonem rectum in os meum, ut placeant verba mea in conscpectu principis. Communio. Ego clamavi [quoniam exaudisti] (LU 1072-1073) -- Leaf F: Chants for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter (Jan. 18) fol. 170? Recto: [Tractus. Tu es Petrus] et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam. Versus. Et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam, et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum. Versus. Quodcumque [ligaveris] (LU 1332-1333). Verso: [Quodcumque] ligaveris super terra merit ligatum et in caelis. Offertorium. Tu es [Petrus] (LU 1333) -- Leaf G: Chants for the Feast of the Apostles Philip and James (May 1), and for the Feast for the Discovery of the Cross (May 3), fol. 175. Recto: [Alleluia. Versus. Tanto tempore vo]biscum sum, et non cognovistis me Philippe qui videt me videt et patrem. (LU 1449) Offertorium. Confitibuntur (a note refers to fol. 204 for this chant) (LU 1148) Communio. Tanto tempore vobiscum sum et non cognovistas me, Phillipe qui videt me videt et patrem, alleluia non cred[dis] (LU 1450). Verso: [cre]dis quia ego in patre et pater in me est, alleluia, alleluia. (LU 1450) In inventione sancta crucis ad missa. Introitus. Nos autem gloriari oportet in cruce domini nostri Jesu Christi, in quo et salus vita et resurrection nostra, per quem salvati et liberati su[mus] (LU 1454-1455)., Leaf H: Chants for the Feast of the Dedication of the Church of Saint Michael (Sept. 29), fol. 190? Recto: [Introitus. Benedicte dominum alleluia, alle]luia. Psalmus. Benedic anima mea domino et omnia quae intra me sunt, nomini sancto ejus. (LU 1653-1654) Versus. Gloria. Graduale. Bendicite dominum omnes angli ejus: potentes virtute qui factis verbum ejus. (LU 1654). Verso: Versus. Benedic anima mea dominum et omnia interiora mea a nomen sanctum ejus. (LU 1654-1655) -- Leaf I: Chants for the Feasts of Saints Martin (Nov 11), Cecilia (Nov 22), Clement, (Nov 23); Rubric for the Common of Apostles, fol. 194? Recto: [Alleluia. Versus. Beatus vir sanctus martinus urbis turo] nis requievit quem susceperunt angeli atque archangeli throni dominations et virtutes. (Without notation:) Offertorium. Veritas mea. Communio. Beatus servus. (LU 1747-1748). (Without notation:) In sancta Cecilie virginis et martyr. Introitus. Loquebar de testimonies. Graduale. Audi filia. (LU 1755-1756) Alleluia. Versus: Quinque prudentes. (LU 1339) Offertorium. Afferent regi virgins post eam (LU 1370). Communio. Confundantur superbi (LU 1220). In sancti Clementis pape et martyr. Introitus. Dicit dominus sermons mei quos dedit in ostuum non defici[ent] (LU 1758-1759). Verso: [defici]ent de oretuo adest enim nomen tuum, et muner tua accepta erunt super altare meum. Psalmus. Beatus vir qui timet dominum in mandatisejus volet nimis. (LU 1759) Versus. Gloria. Graduale. Alleluia. Versus. Communio. In natali apostolotum. Introitus -- Leaf J: Chants for the Common of Apostles, fol. 196? Recto: [Graduale. Constitues eos principes ... Versus. Pro patribus ... proptere a populi] confitebuntur tibi. (LU 1519) Graduale. Nimis honorati sunt amici tui ... Versus. Dinumerabo e[os] (LU 1326-1327). Verso: [e]os et suparare nam multiplicabantur. (LU 1327) Alleluia. Versus. Ego nos elegi de mundo ut eatis et fructum afferatis: et fru[ctus vester maneat]. (LU 1487-1488) -- Leaf K: Chants for the Common of Martyrs, fol. 209. Recto: [Graduale.] Timete dominum omnes sancti ejus quoniam nihil deest timentibus eum. Versus. Inquirentes autem dominum non deficient omni bono. (LU 1726). Verso: Alleluia. Versus. Sancti tui domine benedicent te gloriam regni tui dicent. (LU 1336-1337) Alleluia. Versus. Laudate pueri [dominum] (LU 428) -- Leaf L: Chants for the Common of Confessors, fol. 217. Recto: [Graduale. Justus ut palma florebit ... Versus. Ad annuntiandum mane misericordiam tu]am et veritatem tuam per noctem. (LU 1201-1202) Alleluia. Hic est sacerdos quem coronavit dominus (LU 1184) Alleluia. Inveni [David]. Verso: [Inveni] david servum meum oleo sancto meo unxi eum. (LU 1489-1490) Alleluia. Justu germanabit sicut lilium et flore[bit] (LU 1192) -- Leaf M: Chants for the Common of Confessors, fol. 218. Recto: (cont'd from Leaf L): [flore]bit in aeternum ante dominum. (LU 1192) Alleluia. Domine quinque talenta tradidisti mihi ecce alia quinque superlacratus sum. (LU 1311) Offertorium. Inveni David servum meum oleo [sancto]. Verso: [oleo] sancto unxi eum manus enim mea auxiliabitur ei et brachium meum confortabit eum (LU 1185)Offertorium. Veritas mea et misericordia me cum ipso et in nomine meo exaltabitur cornu e[jus]. (LU 1203) -- Leaf N: Chants for the Ordinary of the Mass, fol.? Recto: [Gloria in excelsis deo] qiu tollis peccata mundi suscipe deprecationem nostrum, qui sedes ad dexteram patris, miserere nobis, quoniam to solus sanctus, tu solus dominus, tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe, cum sancto spi[ritu in Gloria dei patris, Amen. Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus] (text covered by a large patch) (LU 26-27: Ordinary for Doubles. 1). Verso: [sanctus] dominus deus sabaoth, pleni sunt celi et terra, gloria tua, hosanna in excelsis, benedictus qui venit in nomine domini hosanna in excelsis. Agnus dei [qiu tollis pe]ccata mundi Miserere [nobis] (text missing) (LU 27)., Title supplied by cataloger., From a gradual, made for a church or monastic institution in Italy, probably in or near the city of Florence, during the second half of the fourteenth century., The content of the leaves is presented in sequence, A to N, according to the probable construction of the original manuscript., Theodore M. Finney; Gift; 1972.
[Gregorian chant leaves]
[Gregorian chant leaves]
Three excised leaves from an antiphoner with chants in Latin for Second Vespers from feasts connected with the Virgin Mary, and for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, on paper; 28 lines ruled in black ink: 4-line staves, 7 staves per leaf, square notation, custodes with extremely long tails are used; textualis rotunda script in black ink, rubrics in red. 13 4-line decorative initials in red ink; acidic black ink used has eaten through the paper in many places; folios 63 and 65 contain light water damage evidenced by the staining and blurring of ink; foliation on each leaves: script Arabic numerals in black ink (perhaps in a later hand?), right-hand top corner, recto side., Folio 63: Chants from the Second Vespers of Mary. Recto: [Antiphon: Fili quid fecisti nobis sic; Magnificat]; Verso: In festo visit. b. m. ad vesp. [Antiphon: Exurgens Maria abiit in montana ... ; Psalm: Dixit Domino; Antiphon: Intravit Maria in domum zacharie; Psalm: Laud[ate] p[ueri]; Antiphon: Ut audivit salutatione Marie (cont'd on top of folio 64) -- Folio 64. Recto: [Psalm: Letatus [sum]; Antiphon: Benedicta tu inter mulieres ... ; Psalm: Nisi do[minus]; Antiphon: Ex quo facta est vox (cont'd on verso); Verso: [Psalm: Lauda Je[rusalem] -- Folio 65: In b. m. vir. de. m. carm. Recto: [Antiphon: Gloria libani data est; Magn[ificat]; In festo ss. angel. custodem ad vesperas. [Antiphon: Angelis suis deus mandavit; Psalm: Dixit do[minus]; Antiphon: Laudem[us] dominu[m] que laudat angeli; Psalm: Confit[ebor]; Antiphon: Angeli eoru[m] semper vident ... ; Psalm: Beatus; Verso: [Antiphon: Benedictus deus qui misit ... ; Psalm: Laud[ate] p[ueri]; Antiphon: Laudate deu[m] omnes angeli; Psalm: Laud[ate] d[ominum]; Hymn: Custodes Hominum [incipit only]., Title supplied by cataloger., From an antiphoner, copied for Carmelite usage some time after 1580., Description and dating based on Nathan David Bowers, "A Previously Unknown Carmelite Antiphoner Fragment in the University of Pittsburgh Music Library (M.A. thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 2002)., The content of the leaves is presented in sequence, from 63 to 65, according to the foliation given in the top right-hand corner on the recto of each manuscript leaf., Theodore M. Finney; Gift; 1972.
[Gregorian chant leaves]
[Gregorian chant leaves]
Folio A. [Intr. Ecce deus adjuvat me] et dominus susceptor est anime me[a]e averte mala inimicis meis] ; Explicit: Off. Iustiti[a]e domini rect[a]e letifica[n]tes corda et judicia eius dulciora super melet favum: name et [servus tuus] -- Folio B.Incupit. [Gr.] H[a]ec dies. Vs. Dextera dominum fecit virtutem dextera domini exaltavit me, Alleluya ; Explicit. [Intr.] Victricem manum tuam...quia sapienta aperuit os mutum et linguas infantium fe[cit disertas, alleluia] -- Folio C. Incipit. Co[m]. Ab occultis munda me domine et ab alienis parce servo tuo. F[e]ria V de sancto spiritu. [Intr.] Spiritus domini replevit ; Explicit. Vs. Verbo domini c[a]eli firmati sunt et spiritu oris ejus omnis virtus eorum. Alleluya. Ve[ni sancte spiritus] -- Folio D. Incipit. [Com. Panem de celo...habentem omne] delectamentum et omnem caporem suavitatis ; Explicit. Off. In mittet angelus do[mini in circuitu timentium eum] -- Folio E. Incipit. [Vs. Dextera] tua domine glorificata est in virtute dext[e]ra manus tua confregit inimicum. Alleluya ; Explicit. Vs. Ca[n]tate domino canticu[m] novu[m]. Laus eius i[n] ecclesia [sanctorum] -- Folio F. Incipit. [Intr. Benedicte dominum omnes angeli] eius. Ps. Benedic a[n]i[m]a mea domino et o[mn]ia q[uae] intra me s[un]t no[m]i[ni] sancto eius ; Explicit. Off. Stetit angelus iuxta aram templi habens thuribulum aure[um] in manu sua et data sunt ei incensa mul[ta]., Title supplied by cataloger., Gradual; Latin words., Provenance: The Netherlands., Notation cancelled and rewritten in various areas; one repair with small strip of vellum., Long lines ruled in faint black ink, rulings doubled along inside lateral margin; text under staves, 9 staves per page., Script: Gothic in black ink, rubrics in red. Music: Square notation on 4-line black staves 23 mm high., Other Decoration: Decorative initials, height of text plus staff, in red, blue, or black with pen flourishes., Notes: Catchwords on verso, lower inside margin: "servus tuus," written on a hand-drawn ribbon loop; on outside lateral margin in red: .xl. Latin., Theodore M. Finney; Gift; 1972., Liber Usualis, 1016-1019 (Folio A)., Liber Usualis, 793-796 (Folio B)., Liber Usualis, 878-879, 1048-1049, 880 (Folio C)., Liber Usualis, 1035-1037, 1041-1042, 1039 (Folio D)., Liber Usualis, 1163 (Folio E)., Liber Usualis, 1653-1655, 1276, 1156-1657 (Folio F)., Corpus Antiphonalium Officii, 4393, LU 555 (Folio A)., Corpus Antiphonarium Officii, 7928 (Folio B)., Corpus Antiphonalium Officii, 2907, LU 1165, 1549, 1166-1169, CAO 6703b (Folio E).
[Gregorian chant leaves]
[Gregorian chant leaves]
Folio A. Incipit: [Tu ad liberandum suscepturus hominem non horruisti] virginis uteru[m] -- Folio B. Incipit. Aeterna fac cu[m] sanctis tuis [in gloria numerari.]., Title supplied by cataloger., Hymn: Te Deum; Latin words., Provenance: Spain., Original text cancelled: vellum has been scraped and reused throughout, some areas worn through; worm damage to lower outside corners., Long lines ruled in red, doubled along lateral margins and across bottom; text under staves, 6 staves per page. long lines ruled with a knife, vertical rulings in brown ink, doubled at the sides; text under staves, 7 staves per page., Gothic in black ink, faded to brown on outer faces. Music: Square notation on 5-line red staves 48 mm high., Other Decoration: 1-line initials in red., Notes: Leaves A-B are conjoined and text is continuous. Latin., Theodore M. Finney; Gift; 1972., Liber Usualis, 1833-1834.
[Organ book from Eisenstadt]
[Organ book from Eisenstadt]
The manuscript is a kind of "organ book", written and mostly "composed" by an organist. On fol. 1 to fol. 5r there are bass lines to Gregorian chant, mostly one bass note set to one note of chant, sometimes two minims to one note of chant, the bass line to Regina caeli laetare (fol. 3r), respectively, four crotchets to one note of chant. Most of the nine chant melodies are Marian antiphons. On fol. 5v there is a schedule of a canonical hour ("Ad completorium") in soprano clef instead of the bass clef used before, followed on fol. 6r ff. by organ settings of chant (soprano + bass clef) . At the beginning there is an "Inv[itatorium] in Nativit[ate] D[omi]ni" with the melody "Christus natus est nobis" (only 7 bars). The organ setting on fol. 7r with instructions for the setting of the thorough bass written on the top of the page is a very poor one, it sounds terrible in some instances. Probably not written by a skilled master like Haydn., Date of manuscript based on watermarks for WZ14 as identified by Dorrit Somfai-Revesz in "Haydn als Opernkapellmeister.", Includes some unidentified sketches for violin figurations on fol. 6v., Signatures of Katherina, Theresia and Johan Czerwenka on fol. 8v. These were the children of Franz Czerwenka, oboist in the Esterhazy Orchestra (1783-1790) and assistant organist at the Schlosskapelle Eisenstadt and Esterhazy., Once owned by Franz Czerwenka; sold to Eduard Hanslick after 1835 who authenticated the manuscript on fol. 4v ("Handschrift Joseph Haydn's"). Upon Hanslick's death in 1904, the manuscript was acquired by the Hungarian art and book collector, Geza Csillag. In 1950, the manuscript was purchased by Denes Bartha, and given to the Theodore M. Finney Music Library, University of Pittsburgh in 1971., Not in Haydn's hand? E-mail to John Rice from Armin Raab, Joseph Haydn-Institut, Köln dated 14 May 2010 states: Not even a tiny part of the handwriting is by Haydn. But the manuscript may give an interesting insight into the regular church music at Eisenstadt. Of course, even the first glimpse shows that the notes and the words are not by Haydn. One might suppose that the figures were written by him. Some of the "3"s and "8"s look pretty much like Haydn's. But the "1", "4" and "7" don't. And there is no evidence at all that the figures have not been written by the same hand as the notes themselves.
blush of Aurora
blush of Aurora
Arr. on two staves for voice and harpsichord; instrumental cues given on top stave., The setting by W. Shield, is also included in his musical entertainment 'The cobler of Castlebury'., In G. Kearsley's edition of C. Stuart's 'The cobler of Castlebury', the words of this song are ascribed to a 'Mr. Hartley'., First line: The blush of Aurora now tinges the morn., Caption title., Verses 2 and 3 printed as text at the bottom of the page., Shield, William, 1748-1829. Cobler of Castlebury.

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