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Title
27 pieces for the viola da gamba
Additional title: Stücke, viola da gamba
Names
Abel, Karl Friedrich, 1723-1787 (Composer)
Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876 (Former owner)
Coggins, Joseph (Former owner)
Collection

Drexel 5871

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1770 (Questionable)
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: Drexel 5871 Locked case
Topics
New York Public Library. Music Division. Manuscript. Drexel 5871
Viola da gamba music
Abel, Karl Friedrich, 1723-1787. Stücke, viola da gamba
Genres
Scores
Manuscripts
Notes
Citation/reference: Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Edward Francis Rimbault (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge), p. 89, item 1361.
Citation/reference: Knape, W. Bibliographisch-thematisches Verzeichnis der Kompositionen von Karl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787), [1972?], pages 250-252, WKO 186-212.
Content: Manuscript supposedly in the hand of Abel.
Content: Originally bound in leather; label from leather binding preserved and supposedly contains signature: C. F. Abel. Joseph Coggins signed his name and dated the label: April 8th, 1801. Presented by Coggins's widow, Mrs. H. Coggins, to Edward F. Rimbault and dated May 10, 1866 (dedication page opposite first page of music).
Additional physical form: Also available on microfilm: *ZB-686. (MN: *ZZ-2171)
Publications: Published in facsimlle by Alamire, 1993 (ISBN 9068530798), NYPL call number: JME 93-508.
Content: Bound with: Arcangelo Corelli, Corelli's 12 sonatas, opera prima.
Ownership: Drexel Collection
Content: C.F. Abel label on flyleaf signed and dated by Joseph Coggins 1801-04-08
Physical Description
Extent: 25 manuscript pages ; 24 x 30 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 612469040
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18362005
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 01fd46b0-f587-013a-f750-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1723: Creator Born
  • 1770: Created
  • 1787: Creator Died
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "27 pieces for the viola da gamba" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1770. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/84363496-e27c-1b77-e040-e00a1806198f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "27 pieces for the viola da gamba" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/84363496-e27c-1b77-e040-e00a1806198f

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1770). 27 pieces for the viola da gamba Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/84363496-e27c-1b77-e040-e00a1806198f

Wikipedia Citation

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27 pieces for the viola da gamba