Juilliard School Library Music Manuscripts

This stunning publication unearths the priceless scores at the heart of The Juilliard Schools unparalleled collection that has supported the education of performing artists for more than a century. Famed soprano Rene Fleming describes Juilliard School Library Music Manuscripts as a "map to the treasure of one of the worlds finest collections of musical manuscripts. This richly illustrated and elegantly designed book features masterpieces including the final manuscript of Beethovens Ninth Symphony, with revisions, corrections and alterations by the composer; the autographed manuscript of the final scene of Mozarts The Marriage of Figaro; an extensively worked and autographed manuscript of the first movement of Mahlers Ninth Symphony; Stravinsky's published scores with his own annotations; and holographs of Ysaes violin sonatas. Delve into the amazing stories behind these unique manuscripts, sketches, engravers proofs and first editions by Bach, Brahms, Schumann and others. The accompanying texts are written by scholars and performers who convey the manuscripts' importance to music scholarship and the history of the performing arts.