A Collection of Concertos by Giuseppe Tartini in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz

Abstract

The concertos by Tartini as well as several indexes to his concertos and sonatas, today preserved in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, are the chosen focus of this article, especial attention being given to their provenance. All the concertos (38 manuscripts) and indexes (7) seem to belong to a collection whose provenance has not yet been clarified. The manuscripts can be traced back to Padua, the heart of Tartini’s domain, and possibly also to Venice, with links to France as well as to nineteenth-century Belgium.

Keywords

• eighteenth-century concerto
• nineteenth-century collection
• giuseppe tartini
• pierre (andré-noël) pagin
• joseph terby jr.
• leuven/louvain
• leo liepmannssohn
• berlin