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‘Original letters’: Schumann – Sloper (ff. 249); 1819-1913, 1938-50, n.d. includes: ff. 1-3 Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Clara Josephine Schumann, née Wieck; pianist and composer; wife of R Schumann: Emma Busby, musician: George Hogarth, music critic and composer; Secretary, Phil...
‘Original letters’: Smart – Stanislaus (ff. 278); 1820-1913, n.d. includes: ff. 1-2 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Charles Frederick Smart, double bass player, brother of George: Letters to [W. Watts] from Charles Frederick Smart: 1831, 1834.f. 3 William Watts, Secretary, ...
‘Original letters’: Starr – Szczepanowski (ff. 241); 1819-1913, n.d. includes: f. 1 Henry R. Starr, viola player: William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Postcard to William Hayman Cummings from Henry R. Starr: 1908.ff. 2-5 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Joseph Staudigl, singer: L...
‘Original letters’: Tabb – Vert (ff. 269); 1821-1913, 1950-53, n.d. includes: f. 1 Richard Prestridge Valentine Tabb, cellist: William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Letter to William Hayman Cummings from Richard Prestridge Valentine Tabb: circa 1908.f. 2 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic So...
‘Original letters’: Vianesi – Whitworth (ff. 252); 1816-1913, n.d. includes: f. 1 Auguste Charles Léonard François Vianesi, composer and conductor: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to [S. Lucas] from Auguste Charles Léonard François Vianesi: [1870].f. 2 Michelle Ferdi...
‘Original letters’: Widor – Zucchelli, and anonymous (ff. 292); 1818-1912, 1938, n.d. includes: ff. 1-21, 28-29 Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor, organist, composer and conductor: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letters to Francesco Berger from Charles...
Original letters: supplementary volume. ff. 265. 1. ff. 1-15. Correspondence of William Watts (secretary of the Philharmonic Society 1815-47); 1816-26, n.d. Included are letters from J. H. Griesbach, Henry Smart and Thomas Lindsay Willman. With a letter from Watts to [Nicolas] Mori. Formerly ...
Correspondence files: concerts and general; 1849, 1868, 1914-45 (ff. 215). includes: ff. 2-3 William Ward, 11th Baron Ward; 1st Earl of Dudley: Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Stanley Lucas from William Ward rel. to Sir Frederic H...
Correspondence files: concerts and general; 1946-48 (ff. 187). includes: f. 1 Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon; Prime Minister: Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev, composer: Keith Douglas, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: J. N. Henderson, of the Foreign Office: J. F. French, of the Forei...