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1821. Add MS 46862

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vol. XXIII (ff. ii+230). Larger works:-(1) 'The Song of Love', op. 8, a setting for soprano and tenor soli, chorus and orchestra of parts of the Song of Solomon; 1888 (f. i). Vocal score (ff. 1-62b) and full score (ff. 63-212). ff. 1-212;-(2) 'Symphonie für kleines Orches...
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Music Collections
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English
Date Range:
1888
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1 item

1822. Add MS 46863

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vol. XXIV (ff. 74). Drafts and sketches; circ. 1877-1930. Arranged chronologically so far as possible, followed by miscellaneous fragments (ff. 33-74b) mostly unidentified. The dates given are those of publication unless otherwise stated. As follows:-(1) 'Tragi- Komische ...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872-1930
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1 item

1823. Add MS 47215

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NIJINSKY SCORE. Choreographic score of the ballet by Vaslav Nijinsky (b. 1890, d. 1950) to Debussy's 'Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'; Budapest, Aug.-Sept. 1915. Autograph. With a dedication (f. 2) to Nijinsky's wife, Romola. The ballet was first produced at the Châtelet Theatre, Paris, 29 May 1912. The notes in Russian on f. 1 relate to the scenery, accessories, costumes, action, and dancers in the 1912 production. Other notes in Russian, passim, relate to details of the actio...
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Waslaw Nijinsky, ballet dancer: Choreographic score of 'Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune': 1915.: Autogr. Achille Claude Debussy, composer: Choreographic score of Nijinsky's ballet on his 'Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune': 1915.
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1915-Sep 1915
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1 item

1824. Add MS 47216

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LETTERS TO AUGUSTUS HUGHES-HUGHES, relating to his work in the Department of Manuscripts, mainly from musicologists and librarians; 1883-1922. English, French, Italian and German. The letters are chiefly on musical subjects and include (ff. 6-8, 39, 40) information from librarians on manuscripts of the works of John Hothby, on whom Hughes-Hughes wrote an article for the second edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ii, 1906. The names of the writers are given in the Index to t...
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Music: Letters from musicologists, etc., to A. Hughes-Hughes: 1883-1922.: Engl., Fr., Germ. and Ital. Augustus Hughes-Hughes, Assistant Keeper, Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Letters to: 1883-1922.: Engl., Fr., Germ. and Ital. includes: ff. 2, 4, 5 William Chappell, music publis...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1883-1922
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1 item

1825. Add MS 47219

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SINFONIA from the opera 'Luisa Strozzi' or 'Una Notte a Firenze' by Ladislas Joseph Philip Paul Zavertal; 1875 (cf. the note by Dr Henry George Farmer on f. 28). Autograph. Full score. The opera was published, in vocal score, in Milan, 1876, and first performed in Prague in 1880. Paper; ff. 28. Folio. A.D. 1875. Presented by Miss Mirra Caro Elsa Zavertal.
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Ladislas Joseph Philip Paul Zavertal, composer; son of Václav Hugo Zavertal: Sinfonia from the opera 'Luisa Strozzi' or 'Una Notte a Firenze': 1875.: Autogr. includes: ff. 1, 28 Henry George Farmer, musicologist and orientalist: Notes by: 20th cent.
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875
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1 item

1826. Add MS 47220

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'SISYPHUS; KING OF EPHYRA', opera in three acts, in full score, by Baron Bódog Orczy, to a libretto by Frederick and Henrietta Louisa Corder; 2 March 1884 (f. 146). Autograph. With a dedication 'To my dear friend Amy Boursot' (f. 2). A copy of the printed libretto, London, [1882], is at ff. 147-153b. Paper; ff. i-153. Large folio. A.D. 1884. Presented by Mrs Eleanor C. Corder.
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Baron Bódog Orczy,; composer: Opera, 'Sisyphus, King of Ephyra': 1884.: Autogr. includes: ff. 147-153 b Henrietta Louisa Corder, librettist: Libretto of the opera, 'Sisyphus; King of Ephyra': 1882.: Printed.ff. 147-153 b Frederick Corder, composer and translator: Libretto of his opera, 'Si...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1884
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1 item

1827. Add MS 47446

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A COLLECTION of song and dance tunes, mostly treble part only, originally made by 'William Pitt June ye 12th. 1722' (cf. the index of tunes at ff. 1-2), with somewhat later additions at ff. 14b-35 passim, including a suite for two flutes, and, reversing the volume, ff. 79, 81-80b. The composers named or identified are Handel (ff. 7b, 22, 47b, 69b, 96, 100, 103b), Babell (f. 11b), Banister (ff. 12, 26, 40, 44, 52, 53b), Eccles (f. 13b), Barrett (ff. 14, 43b, 54, 77b), Purcell (ff. 15b, 17b, 2...
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William Pitt: Transcribed: circ.1722. includes: ff. 7b, 22, 47b, 69b, 96, 100,103b George Frideric Handel, composer: Minuets, etc.: bef. 1722.f. 11b William Babel, composer: Minuet: bef. 1722.ff. 12, 26, 40, 44, 52, 53b John Banister, composer: Dance tunes, etc.: bef. 1722.f. 13b John ...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1722
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1 item

1828. Add MS 47602

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NINE LETTERS FROM LOUIS HECTOR BERLIOZ to Carl (afterwards Sir Charles) Hal1é (ff. 1, 14), Théodore Ritter al. Bennet, pianist and minor composer (ff. 3, 7, 9), and his family, etc.; 1848-[1861-1862]. French. The letters relate to Berlioz's residence in London in 1848 and 1855 (ff. 1-4b), his relations with Wagner (ff. 4, 15b), his work on 'Les Troyens' (ff. 8, 12b), and the operas of Gluck (ff. 14-15). With the exception of the undated letter (f. 5), probably of the winter of 1855, addresse...
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includes: ff. 1, 14 Louis Hector Berlioz, composer: Letters to C. Hallé: 1848, 1860.: Fr.ff. 3, 7, 9 Louis Hector Berlioz, composer: Letters to members of the Bennet family: 1855-1856.: Fr.f. 16 Louis Hector Berlioz, composer: Letter to - Strakosch: [1861-1862].: Fr.
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Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1848-1862
Extent:
1 item

1829. Add MS 47688

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LIBRETTO OF 'THE RING AND THE KEEPER', Operetta in one act, by John Pratt Wooler; before May 1859 (f. ii). Autograph. First performed, with music by William Henry Montgomery, at the Royalty Theatre, Dean Street, Soho, on 9 June 1862. Published in Lacy's Acting Edition, lxxi, 1866, which differs from this manuscript in many details and omits the Finale, 'Thus our troubles end at last'. See A. Nicoll, A History of English Drama 1660-1900, v, 1962, pp. 632, 824. Paper., ff. ii+37. Quarto. Befor...
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John Pratt Wooler, called 'John Pratt'; writer of plays: Libretto for 'The Ring and the Keeper': circ. 1859.: Autogr. Music: J. P. Wooler, libretto of the operetta, 'The Ring and the Keeper': circ. 1859.: Autogr. Drama: J. P. Wooler, libretto of the operetta, 'The Ring and the Keeper': circ. 1...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before May 1859
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1 item

1830. Add MS 47775 A

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Vol. I. ff. ii+155. Kenneth Holland MacDermott, Canon of Chichester Cathedral: 'The Old Church Gallery Minstrels': 1934-1952.
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934-1952
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1 item

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