Musical Scores

D. D. Shostakovich kept a card index and catalog of his music library.

The owner's binding of many of the scores of the Shostakovich library was made of calico in the binding workshops of Leningrad in the early 1930s. He placed a paper catalog number label on the spine or cover of the sheet music.

In 1944, the music library of the pianist, teacher, professor of the Leningrad Conservatory L. V. Nikolaev became part of the Shostakovich collection.

Joseph Leopold Röckel. Hours (Morning, noon, evening, night). Small opera or cantata for female voices. Verses by P. Mironositsky after the English libretto by Sh. Wensley. SPb., 1909.

Joseph Leopold Röckel. Hours (Morning, noon, evening, night). Small opera or cantata for female voices. Verses by P. Mironositsky after the English libretto by Sh. Wensley. SPb., 1909.

Sheet music by Sofia Vasilievna Shostakovich. The musical performance “Hours” was performed in the Shostakovich family with the participation of children - Maria, Zoya and Mitya.

Sheet music from the collection of the Shostakovich family. Pietro Mascagni. Rural Honor. Opera. Arranged for Piano. Milan, publishing house Edoardo Sonzogno, early 20th century.

A. A. Vasiliev. Convolute book: Theme and Variations for Piano; “Lullaby”, “In a cozy corner ...” for voice and piano. Moscow. P. Jurgenson Publishing House, without a date. With a dedication: “To Mitya Shostakovich with sincere wishes for further success in musical creativity and pianism. September 19, 1922. Children's Village. A. A. Vasiliev”.

Mikhail Quadri. First Piano Sonata. Op. 3. State Music Publishing House Moscow - Universal Edition Vienna, 1927. With a dedication: “To my dear friend Mitya, as a sign of long-term and constant friendship from the author of this recognized work. Petersburg. November 5, 1927”.

Robert Schumann. Collected Works for Piano. 6th book. P. Yurgenson publishing house. Moscow. The end of the 19th century.

A significant part of Shostakovich's music collection is made up of editions of works by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Convolute book: N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Works for piano: Variations on the theme “BACH”, 4 pieces, op. 11, Waltz, Romance, Fugue Op. 15, Six Fugues, Concerto cis-moll for piano and orchestra arranged for 2 piano and other works. Publishing house M. P. Belaieff. Leipzig. 1895. On the cover there is a stamp of L. V. Nikolaev, on the pages there are his notes. In the left upper corner is Shostakovich's signature and the date is 1948.

N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. The Golden Rooster. Opera.

Dedicatory inscription by Yelena Bulgakova: “Dear Dmitri Dmitriyevich, please accept this music from Mikhail Afanasyevich’s library. 12 May 1946”. Judging by the date, on this day Shostakovich was celebrating the 20th anniversary of the premiere of his First Symphony performed under the baton of Nikolay Malko on 12 May 1926 with Yelena Bulgakova and friends. The composer celebrated this commemorative date every year.

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, The Golden Rooster, An Animated Tale, Opera, Arranged for voice and piano, Peter Jürgenson Publishers, Мoscow,1908. First edition of the piano score of the opera with the famous cover by Ivan Biblibin.

Songs on the Death of Children” for voice and orchestra by Gustav Mahler. Score. Publishing house of the Vienna Philharmonic Society. Vein. Austria. 1904. Passion for Mahler's symphonies was reflected in a number of Shostakovich's works. The sheet music was donated in Berlin by German music colleagues in April 1949.

Richard Strauss. Don Juan. Symphonic poem for orchestra.

Richard Strauss. Don Juan. Symphonic poem for orchestra. Score. Germany, late 19th century. One of the first editions of the score with comments in the musical text and in the margins by the hand of A.K. Glazunov and D.D. Shostakovich.

Alan Berg. “Wozzeck”. Opera. “Dedicated to Alma Maria Mahler”. Score. Universal Edition. Vienna-Zurich-London, ~1920.

Alan Berg. “Wozzeck”. Opera. Score. With a dedication: “To dear Dmitry Dmitrievich with love. E. Mravinsky. 14.VIII.56.”

A collection of popularly beloved German hymns “Gaudeāmus igĭtur, Juvĕnes dum sumus!”. Moritz Schauenburg Publishing house, Germany, 1906.

With a dedication: “To dear Dmitry Dmitrievich with great love and admiration for his personality and his work. In memory of teamwork. April 27, 1965”.

A gift from Grigory Lvovich Roshal, who released the film “A Year as Long as a Lifetime” in 1965 with music by Shostakovich. The picture is made in the historical and biographical genre about the 1848 revolution in the life of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Gian-Carlo Menotti.The Saint of Bleecker Street (1954). Vocal score. G. Schirmer INC. New York, 1955.

With a dedication: “To Dmitry Shostakovich with my admiration and friendship. Gian-Carlo Menotti.” The piano score for the work, which received the Pulitzer Prize in 1955, was presented by the author during a trip of a group of Soviet composers across the United States in 1959.

Benjamin Britten. “War Requiem”. For soloists, choir and orchestra. Boosey & Hawkes. London.

Gift inscription: “For Dmitry Shostakovich, my [real] colleague, whom I am proud to call my friend. Benjamin Britten. Moscow. 1963.” The inscription was made during the visit of B. Britten and P. Pierce to the USSR and a meeting with Shostakovich at dacha in Zhukovka.

Britten's opera “The Prodigal Son” (1968) is dedicated to Shostakovich, and Shostakovich dedicated his Fourteenth Symphony to Britten (1969).

First edition of the Third Quartet. Muzgiz. Leningrad. 1947.

Vintage music album with caricatures. A birthday present from Zoya Lodi, one of the best chamber singers of her time. Dedicatory inscription: “Dear Dmitri Dmitriyevich, only you, the greatest musician of our time, have such an ear for the world and the way it sounds”, Zoya Lodi, 25 September 1956.