PERABO COLLECTION. Vol. VIII. Airs from the cantatas and other works of Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by [Robert Franz], for alto and tenor voices, with pianoforte accompaniment. References are given in the top right-hand margin of the leaves to the Bach Gesellschaft edition of the original co...
Vol. I (ff. 367). 1795-1882. includes: f. 1 John Jacob Astor, musical instrument manufacturer: Letter to Messrs Broadwood and Son: 1795.: Photogr.f. 2 Thomas Campbell, poet: Certificate by: 1842.ff. 3-125 passim John Sliegh, humorous artist: Letters and verses to A. J. and Mrs Hipkins: 1...
HIPKINS PAPERS. Correspondence, etc., of Alfred James Hipkins, F.S.A. (1826-1903), relating mainly to his researches on ancient musical instruments and musical pitch, and including letters, etc., from Alexander John Ellis, F.R.S. (on pitch), Victor Mahillon of Brussels (on keyboard instruments), Charles Russell Day (on Indian musical instruments) and contemporary musicians, artists, actors and literary personalities. The collection also includes letters written to members of his family. The ...
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Music: Correspondence and papers, with drawings and photographs, of A. J. Hipkins rel. to antique keyboard instruments, musical pitch, etc.: 19th-20th centt. Alfred James Hipkins, FSA: Correspondence and papers: 19th-20th centt.
Vol. II (ff.334). 1883-1889. includes: f. 1 Friedrich Max Müller, PC; philologist: Letters to A. J. Hipkins: 1861-1883.f. 3 Frederic George Stephens, art critic: Letters to A. J. Hipkins: 1883, 1902.f. 5 Henry, John Dale, pianoforte manufacturer, of Cheltenham: Letter to A. J. Hipkins: 1...
Vol. III (ff. 234). 1890-1894. includes: ff. 1, 18, 35 Alexander John Ellis, FRS: Letters, with verses, to A. J. Hipkins and family: 1876-1890.ff. 5, 10, 54 David J. Blaikley, musical instrument maker: Letters to A. J. Hipkins: 1886-1900.f. 8 John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, music critic:...
Vol. IV (ff. 331). 1895-1927 and n.d. includes: f. 1 Sir Walter Besant, novelist: Letter to A. J. Hipkins: 1895.ff. 2, 6, 11 Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet; composer: Letters to A. J. Hipkins: 1893-1895.ff. 5, 74 Sir Isidor George Henschel, musician: Letters to A. J. Hipkins:...
'THE REVENGE, a Ballad of the Fleet': a setting of the poem of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, for chorus and orchestra, in full score, by Charles Villiers Stanford (op. 24). Autograph. Published 1886. Lord Tennyson's signature is on f. 2. The composer's instructions in blue pencil and red ink occur throughout. Signed and dated at the end 'C. V. Stanford, January 11, 1886. Farrinford [sic] and London'. The work was first performed at the Leeds Festival of 1886 under the direction of the composer. Cf....
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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, teacher and conductor: 'The Revenge': 1886.: Autogr. includes: f. ii Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, teacher and conductor: Letter to the Leeds Festival Committee: 1885 [1886?].f. iv Privy Council, The: Warrant for reimbursement to George F...
SMART PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. I94). Correspondence, etc., of Sir George Thomas Smart, largely in connection with the Philharmonic Society (including some letters written to Lady Smart after her husband's death); 1790-1867, n.d. includes: ff. 1-3, 35, 47, 88 London; City Companies. Stationers' C...
SMART PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. i + 159). 'Events in the life of George T. Smart', being biographical and financial notes; 1776-1861. For a volume of similar contents cf. Add. MS. 42225 (vol. X of these Papers).
SMART PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. i + 51). 'A Tour to France in June 1802. with my Father and Brother'. Edited in more literary form by H. B. Cox and C. L. E. Cox, op. cit., pp. 10-44. Voyages and Travels: Sir G. T. Smart, journal of a tour to France: 1802. France General: Journal of tour in, by Sir...