Sunday, 27th December 2009

Superb! Digitization: Juilliard Manuscript Collection Adds Content by Beethoven & Mendelssohn

From Artdaily.com

Juilliard’s recently acquired, priceless new manuscripts – Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata and Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” – have been photographed in extremely high resolution and posted with 138 previously-posted acquisitions to the Juilliard Manuscript Collection Web site , where they may be viewed by anyone, just in time for Beethoven’s Birthday!! The clarity of these extremely-high resolution digitizations reveal the pen, pencil, and even crayon strokes (Mendelssohn’s edits after the first performance of Elijah are in red crayon.) of a composer’s original corrections, handwritten notes and instructions, in a collection acquired specifically because those corrections and notations reveal the composer’s mind.

The Juilliard Manuscript Collection now may be viewed by an unlimited number of performers, scholars, and music-lovers worldwide. Forty-two composers are represented in the online presentation of the Juilliard Manuscript Collection, ranging from Arensky to Zemlinsky; as old as Purcell, and as recent as Maxwell Davies, including multiple works by Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Wagner, and many others. A printable list with brief descriptions is available on the Web site.

Access the Juilliard Manuscript Collection

Select Manuscripts by Composer. You Will Then See A Link to the Manuscript Image Along with Background Info About the Work. Zoom-in or out. The scans are amazing.

Complete List of Works in the Collection (with Brief Descriptions)

Source: Juilliard Library

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