Paper and Copyists in Viennese Opera Scores

Paper	P44
Date of use	1771 - 1774
Paper mill	Orazio Alberti, Garde, Toscolano
Commentary	Since only one sheet containing P44 could be found in Mus.Hs. 17837, the twin was taken from Mus.Hs. 17777.

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Watermark P44A

Watermark	lily / OA
Countermark	3 crescents
Selenometrie in mm	xz: 84, xy: 16
Source	A Wn Mus.Hs._17837_2_fol37v38r35v36r

watermark	countermark	sheet

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Twinmark P44B

Watermark	lily / OA
Countermark	3 crescents
Selenometrie in mm	xz: 85, xy: 18
Source	A Wn Mus.Hs._17777_2_fol84v83r86v85r

twin watermark	twin countermark	twin sheet

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Copyists and works
Copyists using paper P44	WK71F, WK71U, WK73U, WK74B
Scores written on paper P44	Gazzaniga_17777, Paisiello_17801, Salieri_17837
Staff ruling on paper P44	10/184N

Short titel	Gazzaniga_17777
Composer	Gazzaniga, Giuseppe
Title	L'isola d'Alcina
Dating of manuscript	1774
Shelfmark	Mus.Hs.17777 (Austrian National Library, Vienna)
Profile	Gazzaniga_17777

Short titel	Paisiello_17801
Composer	Paisiello, Giovanni
Title	Il tamburo
Dating of manuscript	1774
Shelfmark	Mus.Hs.17801 (Austrian National Library, Vienna)
Profile	Paisiello_17801

Short titel	Salieri_17837
Composer	Salieri, Antonio
Title	Armida
Dating of manuscript	1771
Shelfmark	Mus.Hs.17837 (Austrian National Library, Vienna)
Profile	Salieri_17837

Rastrum ID	10/184N
Distances between staves(DS)	10+_10.5_10+_10_11_10.5_10+_11-_10.5 (mm)
Scores	Gazzaniga_17777, Paisiello_17801, Salieri_17837
Date of use	1770 - 1775

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21939/10fxb2
License: CCBY-SA
Last edited: 04.03.2025
How to cite:
Paper and Copyists in Viennese Opera Scores / Paper / P44, last edited 04.03.2025,
https://doi.org/10.21939/10fxb2, retrieved 07.12.2025