Mozart autograph in the music collections of Mariastein Abbey (Switzerland) - Online catalogue of the music collections

Posted on behalf of Gabriella Hanke Knaus

Starting in 2010, the music collections have been reorganized in the form of rebuilding the collections Musikarchiv and Notenbibliothek. The music collections of the Abbey of St. Mary in the Rock (Mariastein) consist of two separate collections:

• Musikarchiv (music manuscripts and printed music before 1850)
• Notenbibliothek (printed music after 1850)

These offer a broad view of the musical life of the monastery of St. Mary in the Rock from the 17th century until today.

In the Musikarchiv collection you will also find all music manuscripts such as an autograph fragment of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Kyrie eleison" KV 73x, as well as the music manuscripts of the following composers of the monastery:

•           Ludwig Fashauer (1850-1916)          4 works

•           Anton Kiefer (1627-1672)                  74 works

•           Vinzenz Motschi (1839-1905)            68 works

•           Ambros Stierlin (1767-1806)             162 works

•           Leo Stöcklin (1803-1873)                  216 works

The catalogue follows the rules according to RISM (incipits, etc.)

In the catalogue of the collection Notenbibliothek you will find indications of the scoring according to RISM standards.

Online Catalogue

http://www.musiksammlung.ch (D)

http://www.collectionmusicale.ch (F)

http://www.musiccollections.ch (E)

The music collections can be consulted in Mariastein. Users are kindly requested to ask for an appointment at least 15 days in advance: musiksammlung@kloster-mariastein.ch