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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52257
Title:
Scope & Content:: LETTERS TO EDWARD CLARK. Vol. II (ff. 193). L-W, including letters of:- (a) Arnold Schoenberg, mainly relating to arrangements for a performance of the 'Gurrelieder', 27 Jan. 1928; 1921-1933. Includes (f. 71) a postcard from Paris, saying that he had left Germany and that he had lost his post in...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 1921-1933
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52529
Title:: Edward Elgar: 'Une voix dans le désert', op. 77, recitation and song, with orchestral accompaniment
Scope & Content:: Words by Emile Cammaerts, begins 'C'était sur le front'. Piano reduction. First performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 29 Jan. 1916.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1915
Extent:: 1 volume (15 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52532
Title:: Edward Elgar: 'Le Drapeau Belge', op. 79, recitation with orchestral accompaniment
Scope & Content:: Words by Cammaerts, beginning 'Rouge pour le sang des soldats'. Piano score (ff. 1-4) and full score (ff. 5-15). First performed at the Queen's Hall, London, 14 Apr. 1917.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: French
Date Range:: [1916?]
Extent:: 1 volume (15 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 53767
Title:
Scope & Content:: HOLLANDER PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 132). Contents: 1. ff. 1-35. Miscellaneous papers and personal correspondence, including bills and receipts, concert programmes, press reviews, etc.; 1896-1936, n.d. Partly printed. 2. ff. 36-63. Letters from Hollander's niece, May Hollander, of Amsterdam; 191...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1892-1936
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 53767-53770
Title:: HOLLANDER PAPERS: correspondence and memoirs of Benno Hollander, Dutch violinist, conductor and composer (b.1853, d.1942); 1880-1936, n.d. Some printed material. English, Dutch, French, and German. Purchased from Lieutenant-Commander David I. Aldrich, R.N., Hollander's nephew, on 11 June 1966. Paper. Four volumes. British Library arrangement.
Scope & Content:: Music: Benno Hollander, violinist and composer: Correspondence and papers of Benno Hollander: 1880-1936, n.d.: Engl., Dutch, Fr. and Germ: Partly printed.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1880-1936
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 53768
Title:
Scope & Content:: HOLLANDER PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 210). General correspondence; 1880-1930, n.d. English, Dutch, French, and German. At the end of the volume are miscellaneous items, including photographs (ff. 205-210). includes: f. 1 Edward [Ullmann?], of Chicago: Letter to B. Hollander: 1880: Germ.ff. 2, 6-28...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1880-1930
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 56237
Title:: HECTOR BERLIOZ: letters from Louis Hector Berlioz to members of his family; 1830-1855. French. Included is a letter from Honoré de Balzac to Berlioz (f. 13). All the letters are printed in Hector Berlioz Correspondance générale, ed. P. Citron (Paris, 1972- ). Presented by the Chapot family, descendents of Adèle Suat, sister of Berlioz. Paper; ff. 25. British Library arrangement.
Scope & Content:: Music: Louis Hector Berlioz, composer: Letters to members of his family from Louis Hector Berlioz: 1830-1855: Fr. includes: f. 13 Honoré de Balzac, novelist: Louis Hector Berlioz, composer: Letter to Louis Hector Berlioz from Honoré de Balzac: 1840: Fr.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1830-1855
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 56419
Title:
Scope & Content:: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 212). Correspondence; [1896]-1971, n.d. Some French. Contents: 1. ff. 1-36. Correspondence of Sir Henry and Lady Jessie Wood, chiefly with each other and with members of Sir Henry's family; [1896]-1971. 2. ff. 37-57. Jeanne Aubertin, of Paris; 1938-1951, n.d. Partly Fr...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1896-1971
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 56419-56422
Title:: WOOD PAPERS. Vols. I-IV. Correspondence of Sir Henry and Lady Jessie Wood, chiefly with prominent individuals in the world of music, together with a small amount of family correspondence; [1896]-1971, n.d. Some collections of letters have notes by Lady Jessie Wood attached, mainly concerning Sir Henry's separation from his wife, Muriel, in 1935, and the correspondent's statements, opinions and reactions to that event. Four volumes.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: [1896]-1971
Extent:: 4 items

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