Record ID
115615
Accession number
Cary 398
Creator
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Biographical Data
German composer.
Object title
Beethoven's Pastoral symphony, third movement (album leaf) : manuscript in the hand of Anton Schindler, 1842 May 15.
Uniform title
Symphonies, no. 6, op. 68, F major. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Album leaf)
Date
1842 May 15.
Credit line
Purchased on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund, 1973.
Provenance
Gustave Vogt (1781-1870).
Inscriptions/Markings
"Symph. Pastorale." At the end: "Ces sons de mon illustre ami Beethoven, comme tant l'autres, conserveront en moi jusqu'au dernier jour de ma vie le souvenir de grand maître d'Hautbois au Conservatoir [sic] et de l'homme le plus aimable. C'est avec orgueil qui je me nomme son sincère ami et que je le prie de me garder un bon souvenir. Paris, 15 mai 1842. A. Schindler."
Notes
Part of the souvenir album of music autographs compiled by Gustave Vogt (1781-1870). The album contains entries by 63 musicians (one unidentified) and is dated Paris (a few are without locations), 1831-1856, most come from the 1840s.
The first 8 measures of the oboe theme from the third movement in the hand of Anton Schindler.
The first 8 measures of the oboe theme from the third movement in the hand of Anton Schindler.
Associated names
Schindler, Anton, 1795-1864, transcriber.
Vogt, Gustave, 1781-1870, former owner.
Vogt, Gustave, 1781-1870, former owner.
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