Vines Music Manuscript

The Ricardo Viñes Collection of Music Manuscripts consists of thirty-six original piano works, piano transcriptions, and cadenzas from the personal music library of Ricardo Viñes, most of which carry some type of inscription to the pianist. Of the manuscripts marked with Viñes’s inscription, thirty-five are manuscripts -- several bearing the autograph of the composer -- and one is a marked publisher’s proof. All but two are imprinted with Viñes’s personal stamp which reads, "Bibiothèque Musicale / RICARDO VINÈS." The twenty works which bear dates fall within the twenty-five-year period between 1903 and 1928. The dates, in Viñes hand, are likely dates of original composition. The remaining pieces are entirely undated.