Hidden in Plain Sight: Musical Treasures in the Penn Library Curated by Marjorie Hassen Otto E. Albrecht Music Library University of Pennsylvania

Mozart's Zauberflöte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791 Zauberflöte Principal violin part Manuscript, 1840 (?) In: Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia Collection of Music Ms. Coll. 217, Item 161 The Musical Fund Society presented what was apparently the American premiere of Mozart's Magic Flute at Philadelphia's Musical Fund Hall on 8 February 1841. The production was sung in English by the Seguin Opera Troupe and was conducted by Benjamin Cross, who "presided at the piano." A critical success, the production was reviewed by one critic who wrote that "the orchestra was one of the best we have ever heard in this country and they delivered the magnificent conceptions of Mozart, the Raphael of music, with all the fervour and delicacy he could have desired."

Table of Contents Introduction Manuscript Collections: Institutions Manuscript Collections: Individuals Sheet Music Images Conducting Scores Music Manuscripts: 15th-18th Centuries Music Manuscripts: 19th & 20th Centuries Landmarks of Music Theory