The Music Library recently acquired two manuscript facsimiles (J. S. Bach's B minor Mass and Handel's Messiah). These will be housed in the Music Library reference collection.
Bach, Johann Sebastian. Messe in h-Moll, BWV 232, with Sanctus in D-dur (1724) BWV 232III: Autograph, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Commentary by Christoph Wolff. Bärenreiter Facsimile. Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, n. F., Bd. 2. Documenta Musicologica, 2. Reihe, Bd. 35. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2007. Call no. MUR ML96.5.B186 S.232 2007.
Händel, Georg Friedrich. Messiah, HWV 56: Autograph, The British Library, London. Commentary by Donald Burrows. Bärenreiter Facsimile. Documenta Musicologica, 2. Reihe, Bd. 40. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2008. Call no. MUR ML96.5.H363 M4 2008.
