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Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 369
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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 ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, and Russian
Date Range:: 1816-1976
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 370-378
Title:: RPS MSS 370-378. Correspondence files: concerts and general; 1849-1960. Nine volumes. Various sizes.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1849-1960
Extent:: 9 items

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 373
Title:
Scope & Content:: Correspondence files: concerts and general; 1950 (ff. 153). includes: f. 1 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Ernest John Moeran, composer: Alan J. Kirby, OBE; conductor; Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letter to Alan J. Kirby from Ernest John Moeran rel. to Sir Thomas Beecha...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1950
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 391
Title:
Scope & Content:: Correspondence concerning the library and archives; 1914-15, 1923-62. ff. 258. Various sizes. includes: f. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven, composer: Stanley Hawley, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Arthur T. Cummings, hon. solicitor, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Arthur T. Cummings from [S....
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1914-1962
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 406
Title:
Scope & Content:: Objects relating to Beethoven’s death and burial; 1827, 1838[?], 1924. ff. 6. Various sizes (see below), together in a box. 1. ff. 1-5. Small lock of Beethoven’s hair; cut 1827. Sewn to a paper (f. 1) with a note on the verso stating that it was cut from Beethoven’s head an hour after his dea...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1822-1924
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 407
Title:
Scope & Content:: Photographic facsimile of a letter from Beethoven to Moscheles, in Schindler’s hand, signed; 18th March 1827. The last page of the letter is a list of metronome markings relating to the Ninth Symphony. Presented to the Royal Philharmonic Society by Hanns Cristof Wegeler, 1966. The original is in...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: 18 Mar 1827
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 408
Title:
Scope & Content:: Papers relating to the Society’s links with Beethoven, and to Schaller’s bust of the composer, presented to the Society by Fanny Linzbauer in 1870; 1813-1927. Items 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-13 and 16 below were either given by Mme Linzbauer with the bust or sent by her later. The bust is now BL Loan 48. f...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1813-1927
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 410
Title:
Scope & Content:: Miscellaneous photographs; 1857-72, n.d. ff. 29. Various sizes. 1. ff. 1-8. Relating to Beethoven: bust, skull, medal and plaque; n.d. 2. ff. 9-10. Dr Gerhard von Breuning; 1857. 3. ff. 11-12. Karl Holz; 1858. 4. f. 13. Paul Friedrich Walther; 1860. 5. f. 14. Mme. Fanny Linzbauer; n.d. 6....
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1857-1872
Extent:: 1 item

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