2371 - 2500 MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS
81/2431 Medieval manuscripts Leaf from a psalter 
81/2431 Medieval manuscripts Leaf from a psalter 
= Delicate penwork with trefoils.
81 2432 Medieval manuscripts Lot of 52 manuscript leaves from a Book of Hours 
81/2433 Militaria École Militaire Épures de Rennete Xavier Ferdinand Gislain Albert 1843 1844 
81/2433 Militaria École Militaire Épures de Rennete Xavier Ferdinand Gislain Albert 1843 1844 
81/2433 Militaria École Militaire Épures de Rennete Xavier Ferdinand Gislain Albert 1843 1844 
81/2433 Militaria École Militaire Épures de Rennete Xavier Ferdinand Gislain Albert 1843 1844 
- Binding sl. worn; covers loose(ning).
= Incl. a few delicate and attractive drawings of i.a. spheres, screws and pillars.
81/2434 Militaria Militaire Saaken 
81/2434 Militaria Militaire Saaken 
81/2434 Militaria Militaire Saaken 
81/2434 Militaria Militaire Saaken 
81/2434 Militaria Militaire Saaken 
- One textleaf loose; pastedowns detached. Binding sl. worn/ rubbed along extremities; top of spine dam.
= Manual for i.a. the formation, exercise and manoeuvering of platoons, companies, batallions, regiments and their various types of soldiers, the proper way of saluting, carrying ensigns and performing (other) ceremonial actions, and the conduct of troops entrenched, garrisoned, in towns or in the field. Subjects include "nieuwe soldaaten sullen in het leeren der Exercijtie sagtsinnigh gehandelt worden", "Front, zijden, flanken, rijen, en geleederen, vleugels en divisien, wat het zijn", "het formeeren der Compagnien, en hoe deselve na huis marcheeren", "Manuaal met het musket/ met de snaphaan/ der Grenadiers/ met de piek", "hoe men met geheele plottons uittreedende doet vuur geeven", "hoe men op den viand storm loopt", "hoe men een Retranchement met geleederen plottons wijse defendeert", "Op wat manier de officiers staande salueeren", "hoe men de vaandels van de eene Commandant bij d'andere brengt", "hoe men door het Regiment piquet een quaaddoender met de spitsroeden doet straffen" and "wat Ceremonie de Guarnissoens wagten moeten doen".
81 2435 Music Andriessen Jurriaan 1925 1996 
= "de muziek is uit "Mosaic" voor hobo, clar, fagot en piano".
Loevendie, Theo (b.1930). "Uit Golliwogg's Other Dances". AUTOGRAPH MUSIC QUOTATION SIGNED "Theo Loevendie", dated "Amsterdam 16/3-'98", ballpoint, 1 bar, 1 leaf, recto only, with the orig. autogr. addressed envelope. - WITH an orig. photograph SIGNED by the same, with accomp. typescript letter asking not to reproduce the photograph. Badings, Henk (1907-1987). AUTOGRAPH MUSIC QUOTATION SIGNED "Henk Badings" on an orig. photogr. portrait, waterproof marker, 1 bar, recto only, w. orig. addressed envelope. - AND 15 similar autograph signed cards by Dutch composers, occas. w. orig. (autogr.) envelope, i.a. by Frank Martin, Robert Heppener, Louis Andriessen, Henk Badings, Konrad Boehmer and Simeon ten Holt.
81 2436 Music Anonymous 19th cent 
81 2436 Music Anonymous 19th cent 
81 2436 Music Anonymous 19th cent 
- Incl. some blank (thinner) lvs. before and after musical notation. Endpapers browned; contents occas. sl. foxed. Boardedges lacking a section of leather where ties/ clasps used to be; foot of spine sl. dam.; extremities sl. rubbed.
= A neat manuscript of Ludwig Spohr's (1784-1859) second symphony, arranged for two violins, two violas and two cellos in an attractive binding. The title-vignette shows a blank space below "door" (by), leaving the manuscript anonymous.
81 2437 Music Badings Henk 1907 1987 
= With autogr. annot. below "aus "Fünf Lieder" 1974/ Verlag DONEMUS Amsterdam".
Andriessen, Jurriaan (1925-1996). "Quattro Movimento für Violine und Piano". AUTOGRAPH MUSIC QUOTATION SIGNED "Mit meinem besten Wünschen [signature +] (Jurriaan Andriessen)", dated "10-2-94", pen and ink, 3 bars, on 1 card, recto only, with the orig. autogr. addressed envelope. Andriessen, Louis (1939-2021). "Hauptmotif der oper Rosa." AUTOGRAPH MUSIC QUOTATION SIGNED "Louis Andriessen", dated "Amsterdam 18. März 94", pen and ink, 2 bars, on 1 card, recto only, with the orig. autogr. addressed envelope. Koetsier, Jan (1911-2006). "Brass Symphony". AUTOGRAPH MUSIC QUOTATION SIGNED "Jan Koetsier", dated "April 1994", pen and ink, 2 bars, on 1 card, recto only, with the orig. autogr. addressed envelope.
81 2438 Music Beinum Eduard van 1900 1959 
81 2439 Music Diepenbrock Alphons 1862 1921 
= Writing that he is willing to recommend Van Gasteren to the director Willem Royaards for the role of Orestes in Sophocles' Electra, for which Diepenbrock wrote the music. "(...) Daar ik mij voor de groote rol van Orestes juist zoo een barytonstem als U hebt gedacht heb en U ook in andere opzichten m.i. allerlei gunstige gegevens voor die rol hebt (...) wilde ik R voorstellen die rol aan U te geven, daar hij zelf die door een jonger acteur wenscht te zien (...)".
81 2440 Music Kee Cor 1900 1997 
= Quote from "Psalmen voor orgel: psalm 100".
Schuurman, Adriaan (1904-1998). AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED and an AUTOGRAPH MUSIC QUOTATION SIGNED "Adriaan/ A. C. Schuurman", 1x to "Waarde Rene", dated "24/6'98" and "95", pen and ink, recto only, w. the orig. envelope, the quotation on a small note, 1 bar ("Tóch iets voor Vlug Van A C Es, da's stug!"), recto and verso. Jansen, Jan (b.1946). "Es dur Bach". AUTOGRAPH MUSIC QUOTATION SIGNED "Jan Jansen", dated "Utrecht 3 jan 2004", ballpoint, 1 bar, on 1 card, recto only. Thijsse, Wim (1916-1998). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED and an AUTOGRAPH MUSIC QUOTATION SIGNED, both dated "27/7/94", both ballpoint, (1); (1)p., letter w. printed letterhead "Dr. W.H. (Wim) Thijsse Dr. mus. sc.", w. the orig. autogr. envelope. - AND 12 others, mainly autogr. music quotations, occas. w. orig. autogr. envelope, all by Dutch organists, i.a. Albert de Klerk, Jan Jongepier, Piet Kee, Piet van der Steen and Bernard Bartelink.
81 2441 Music Mengelberg Willem 1871 1951 
= Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor, famous for his perfomances of Mahler and Strauss with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.
81 2442 Music Mompou Frederico 1893 1987 
= Interesting series of letters, showing the warm friendship between the two men, both of a personal and a musical nature. The letters also show that despite his reclusivess, the composer Mompou found a succesful way to disseminate his works through a network of fellow musicians and composers (in Holland Hans Philips, Alexander Voormolen and Wouter Paap). Hans Philips was an art historian and musicologist who played the harpsichord on a professional level. Apart from repeatedly expressing the joy that Mompou and his wife (the pianist Carmen Bravo) find in their friendship, Mompou writes frequently about meeting up whenever he is in Paris or London for concerts, and about possible ways and means to have his works performed in Holland. At the suggestion of Mompou, Philips arranges a radio broadcast of his Musica Callada, of which Mompou writes: "C'est une musique defendue de jouer en public puisqu'elle est conçue pour la solitude: "la solitude sonore .." comme disait St Jean de la Croix. Elle peut être donnée aussi à la radio, excellent moyen de porter la musique dans les coins les plus intimes d'un foyer familial." (letter dated Barcelona 28. Avril 1955"). A year later he comes back to this broadcast, writing: "Je vois que les emissions a la radio ont obtenu du succès ce qui est très encourageant pour en combiner d'autres. Le soprano Nan Merriman dont vous me parlez vient de sortir un disque (ANGEL) dans lequel elle chante les trois mélodies du "Combat du rève". In this same letter he also writes about a fit of depression that has kept him from composing new works (letter dated "Barcelona 18 Avril 1956". Several letters and postcards have additions by Mompou's wife, and on the postcard dated "23 Nov. 1957" Mompou almost cursorily announces that he and Carmen got married and are on honeymoon: "Cher ami Hans. Voici une nouvelle: Carmen et moi nous nous sommes mariés et dans notre de voyage de noces nous vous envoyons notre très cher souvenir. Est-il vrai que vous viendrez en Espagne pour quelques concerts? Nous en serions très heureux et esperons vous recevoir dans notre petit appartement (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.
WITH: a photograph showing Mompou and Philips with his dog in a garden (12,9x8,1 cm.), an issue 298 of the periodical RITMO (for October/ November 1958, containing an article on the Curso International de Interpretacion de la Musica Española "Musica en Compostela" in which Mompou participated), and a concert programme for music (by J.S. Bach conducted by Hans Philips (on 12 July 1948) and a draft of 2 letters by H. Philips, one in Dutch to "W.N." (probably Willem Noske) and one in English to the conductor David Zinman (both concerning a "reconstruction" made by Philips of a trio sonata by Bach "which for several reasons looked like a rudiment of a concerto grosso (...)").
81 2443 Music Pijper Willem 1894 1947 
- Folded; two perforations in left margin.
= Herman Rutters, a Dutch music journalist. Willem Pijper writes him mentioning two tickets are enclosed for a concert "Zondag 22 a.s. - 8 uu, Geb.v.K. en W., Mariaplaats, Utrecht. Er zullen plaatsen gereserveerd zijn". Pijper conveys that he hopes Rutters feels no obligation to review the concert: "Je weet: mijn verzoek aan jou om te komen luisteren, Zondag, was een particuliere opzet. Wil je over 't concert eventueel schrijven dan is dat voor deze blazers natuurlijk erg plezierig. Doch laat dáárom, bid ik, je besluit niet afhangen". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.
81 2444 Music Verhey Emmy b 1949 
81 2445 Music Verhulst Johannes 1816 1891 
= Verhulst autographs are rare.
81 2446 Music Vermeulen Matthijs 1888 1967 
81 2446 Music Vermeulen Matthijs 1888 1967 
= Sending a portrait photograph (see below). "(...) ich hatte gerade noch ein einziges Bild. (...) Selten hab ik einen Wunsch so gerne befriedigt, denn ich denke noch mit der grössten Satisfaction an den Anteil des Orchesters am Gelingen meiner VI. Symfonie, welche Ihnen und Ihren Kollegen zweifellos viel Anstrengung gekostet hat (...)".
WITH: Idem. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH by an anonymous photographer, 23x18,2 cm. - AND WITH: Idem. AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED "Matthijs Vermeulen", dated Laren (N.H.)/ Holland/ 22 jun 1960", blue ballpoint, 1 leaflet, recto only.
= "Den noblen Künstlern des Hamburger Orchesters in dankbarem Andenken an die Erstaufführung meiner VI. Symfonie am 34. Weltmusikfest der I.G.N.M. in Köln."
Flothuis, Marius (1914-2001). "Allegro impetuoso". AUTOGRAPH MUSIC QUOTATION SIGNED "Marius Flothuis", undated, pen and ink, 3 bars, on 1 card, recto only, w. the orig. autogr. addressed envelope.
= Quote from "Strijkkwartet, op.44 (1951-52)".
Idem. TYPESCRIPT LETTER SIGNED and AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, both "Marius Flothuis", to "Zeer geachte Heer [P.H.] Berger", dated resp. "22 mei 1977" and "19 juni 1977", the autogr. letter in pen and ink, each 1 leaf, w. printed letterhead "Prof. Dr. Marius Flothuis/ Amsterdam (...)", w. one orig. autogr. addressed envelope.
= Both concerning performances by the Naardens Kamerorkest, the typescript letter listing works by Dutch composers that could be performed, the autograph letter reflecting on the performance by amateur companies. "(...) Met uw opmerkingen over de relatie uitvoerende amateurs-componisten ben ik het wel eens en ik kan er tot mijn voldoening aan toevoegen dat bij het opdrachten beleid (...) wel degelijk rekening wordt gehouden met de verlangens van amateurgezelschappen. Maat dat wil niet zeggen dat de componisten altijd rekening houden met de wensen & de vermogens van amateurs (...)".
ADDED: a catalogue of works by FLOR PEETERS, publ. by Edition Peters (1973), with autogr. signed dedication on frontwr., dated "Mechelen, 35-VIII-78".
81 2447 Netherlands AUTOGRAPH ACT OF COLLATION to IJsbrand van Dam jr from grand pensionary P van Bleiswijk 
81 2447 Netherlands AUTOGRAPH ACT OF COLLATION to IJsbrand van Dam jr from grand pensionary P van Bleiswijk 
81 2448 Netherlands Borgstede E den 18th/ 19th cent 
81 2448 Netherlands Borgstede E den 18th/ 19th cent 
- Slightly frayed; lacks sm. portion of blank margin.
= This letter was sent as military field post to the Austrian Netherlands in the calm winter of 1793-1794, during the era of the French Revolutionary Wars. Den Borgstede states that they are waiting for "de binnenkomst der in Engeland liggende Paquet Boot de Maria Louisa die de 26e Maij van Batavia vertrokken is" and that he is hoping for the war to come to an end. On October 21, 1795, the Maria Louisa was captured by the English at the Cape of Good Hope.
81 2449 Netherlands Brocailles J F 18th cent 
81 2449 Netherlands Brocailles J F 18th cent 
- Lacks tiny portion of blank margin; nevertheless fine.
= In April 1746, a start was made on making the land post connection of smaller Zeeland cities, including Goes, with cities in Brabant. This letter is one of the first letters sent via this connection. In this letter Mr. Brocailes explains what is happening in the army, from victories to artillery practices.
81 2450 Netherlands Hoff J van 19th cent 
81 2450 Netherlands Hoff J van 19th cent 
- Lacks sm. portion of blank margin; folds.
= In this field post letter Van Hoff declares the vacant position he leaves behind after his appointment as field priest, has given him an unpleasant feeling. He was under the impression that he would be consulted about filling the position, but instead he learns that his advice was ignored. He complains about this and tries to exert influence through this letter.