WHERE TO LOOK FOR 18TH-CENTURY
SYMPHONY SCORES
The Symphony
1720-1840 (Garland symphony series) – Hundreds of 18th-century
symphonies, by scores of composers – actually begins around 1680 - some symphonies
edited, some in facsimile – useful introductions – SFCM has a few volumes - Complete
set is at UC Berkeley music library
Recent
Researches in Music of the Classical Era – Symphonies by Van Maldere, Vanhal, JC Bach and others in modern
editions – SFCM has complete set
Denkmäler
der Tonkunst in Bayern – 2 volumes
of Mannheim Symphonies – also issued separately – Nearest complete set is at UC
Berkeley music library
Denkmäler
deutscher Tonkunst – random symphony
volumes – also opera symphonies – SF Public has many volumes – complete set in
Denkmäler
der Tonkunst in Österreich – many
symphony volumes – complete set in
Mozart complete works – There are two editions of
which the newer one (NMA) is almost always better – SFCM has complete set (non-circ)
– Also available online: http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/main/index.php?l=2
Josef Haydn
Werke – SFCM has complete set
(non-circ)
Joseph Haydn, Critical
Edition of the Complete Symphonies (ed. Robbins-Landon) – miniature scores
– SFCM has two copies
IMSLP Petrucci Music Project (online) – Search by
composer name or begin at http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Symphony
CCARH – Center for Computer Assisted Research in the
Humanities (Stanford project funded by Walter Hewlett) – has some scores of
Mozart and Haydn symphonies (plus Vivaldi and JS
Bach): http://scores.ccarh.org/
Search SFCM library catalog for call number = M1001 (http://wolfi.sfcm.edu/search/c?SEARCH=m1001&sortdropdown=-)