Belleville-Garnett Purchase

The Belleville-Garnett Purchase of 1976 added numerous early editions and facsimiles of late 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th century composers. Notable among the early editions are:

• J.S. Bach's Magnificat, 1811
• Beethoven's
  • Fidelio, 1826
  • Missa solemnis, 1827
• Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust, 1854
• Bruckner's Abendzauber, 1911
• Dvorak's Requiem Mass, 1892
• Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, 1902
• Handel's
  • Il Radamisto, 1720
  • L'Allegro, 1770
  • Solomon, 1788?
• Haydn's Symphonie Nos. 93, 94, 99, 101, 103 and 104, 1806-1808
• Herold's Le Pré aux Clercs, 1832
• LeSueur's Première Messe Solennelle, 1815
• Liszt's Missa solemnis, 1859
• Lully's Proserpine, 1680
• Mendelssohn's
  • Paulus, 1837
  • Ein Sommernachtstraum, 1848?
• Mozart's
  • Idomeneo, 1806
  • Requiem, 1826 and 1829
• Rossini's
  • Le Barbier de Séville, 1821
  • Le Comte Ory, 1828
  • Guillaume Tell, 1829
• Schumann's Genoveva, 1870
• Spohr's Jessonda, 1870
• Richard Strauss's
  • Guntram, 1894
  • Die Schweigsame Frau, 1935
• Wagner's
  • Der Ring des Nibelungen, 1873-1876
  • Parsifal, 1885?

Of the impressive facsimile editions are:

• Bach's Matthaus Passion, 1922
• Beethoven's Die Neunte Symphonie, 1924
• Bellini's Norma, 1935
• Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, 1941
• Mozart's Requiem, 1913
• Schubert's Sinfonia in H moll, 1923
• Verdi's
  • Falstaff, 1893
  • Requiem, 1941
• Wagner's
  • Lohengrin, 1853
  • Tristan und Isolde, 1923

Consult the permanent staff for the use of materials in these collections.