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Manuscript/Mixed Material Autograph letter from Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Weimar, Germany, to Sr Wohlgeboren Herrn Peters Musikverlegern, Leipzig, Germany,

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Title

  • Autograph letter from Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Weimar, Germany, to Sr Wohlgeboren Herrn Peters Musikverlegern, Leipzig, Germany,

Names

  • Hummel, Johann Nepomuk, 1778-1837, author
  • C.F. Peters (Firm), addressee

Headings

  • -  Hummel, Johann Nepomuk,--1778-1837--Correspondence
  • -  Hummel, Johann Nepomuk,--1778-1837.--Concertos,--piano, orchestra,--op. 89,--B minor
  • -  Composers--Austria--Correspondence
  • -  C.F. Peters (Firm)--Records and correspondence
  • -  Music publishers--Germany--Correspondence

Genre

  • Business correspondence

Notes

  • -  Holograph, signed.
  • -  Title devised by cataloger.
  • -  In German.
  • -  In ink.
  • -  Discusses latest performance of his Concerto for piano in B minor; informs his publisher that he will give concerts in Berlin, Leipzig, Magdeburg, and Dessau; proposed dates for Leipzig are from April 1 to April 3.
  • -  Writing on page 1, pages 2-4 blank.
  • -  Laid in folder: typescript transcription of the letter.
  • -  In the Heineman Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress.
  • -  Purchase; Heineman Fund; 1965/04/28;

Medium

  • 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) ; 21 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML31.H43i H83 no. 1

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019566275

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Chicago citation style:

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk, Author, and Addressee C.F. Peters. Autograph letter from Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Weimar, Germany, to Sr Wohlgeboren Herrn Peters Musikverlegern, Leipzig, Germany. 1821. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019566275/.

APA citation style:

Hummel, J. N. & C.F. Peters, A. (1821) Autograph letter from Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Weimar, Germany, to Sr Wohlgeboren Herrn Peters Musikverlegern, Leipzig, Germany. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019566275/.

MLA citation style:

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk, Author, and Addressee C.F. Peters. Autograph letter from Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Weimar, Germany, to Sr Wohlgeboren Herrn Peters Musikverlegern, Leipzig, Germany. 1821. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019566275/>.