This stunning publication offers the first full examination of the priceless scores at the heart of The Juilliard School's unparalleled collection that has supported the education of performing artists for more than a century.Richly illustrated and elegantly designed, this volume highlights treasures including the final manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, with extensive revisions, corrections and alterations by the composer; the autographed manuscript of the final scene of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro; an extensively worked and autographed manuscript of the first movement of Mahler's Ninth Symphony; Igor Stravinsky's published scores with his own annotations; and holographs of Ysaÿe's violin sonatas.
Accessible essays delve into the amazing stories behind the unique autographed manuscripts, sketches, engravers proofs and first editions by Bach, Brahms, Schumann and others, written by scholars and performers who intimately know these materials and convey their importance to music scholarship and the history of the performing arts.