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1. Add MS 50790-50820

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Add MS 50790-50820
Title:
THE DOHNÁNYI MANUSCRIPTS Musical works, etc., of and papers relating to Ernö Dohnányi (b. 1877, d. 1960); bef. 1888-1961. Mostly autograph. See I. Podhradszky, 'The Works of Ernö Dohnányi', Studia Musicologica, vi, 1964, pp. 357-73; B.M.Q., xxv, 1962, pp. 3-11; B. Vázsonyi, Dohnányi Ernö, Budapest, 1971. See also Add. MSS. 51066-51070. Presented by Mrs Ilona von Dohnányi, widow of the composer. Thirty-one volumes. Folio, unless otherwise noted. Arranged as follows: A. Juvenile works:...
Scope & Content:
Erno Dohnányi, composer; d.1960: Musical works and papers: 1879-1960: Mostly Hungarian and Germ: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Hungarian
Date Range:
[943-1961]
Extent:
39 items

2. Add MS 51066-51070

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Add MS 51066-51070
Title:
MUSIC AND PAPERS OF ERNÖ DOHNÁNYI; [1888?]-1960. Mostly German and Hungarian. Partly autograph. Partly printed. Supplement Add. MSS. 50790-50820. Presented, except as noted, by Mme Mária Kováts, sister of the composer. Five volumes.
Scope & Content:
Erno Dohnányi, composer; d.1960: Collections rel. to,: 1890-1962: Hungarian, Germ., Ital., and Croatian.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Croatian, English, German, Hungarian, and Italian
Date Range:
[1888?]-1960
Extent:
5 items

3. Add MS 58126

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Add MS 58126
Title:
MÁTY ÁS SEIBER: two operettas to libretti by György Mikes; 1942, 1944. Vocal scores, both autograph and in ink. Hungarian texts. ff. ii+20. Largest size 355 x 265mm. 1. f. i. Letter from G. Mikes relating to both works; 1974. Typewritten. Signed. 2. ff. 1-6, 20. 'A Palágyi Pékek' [The Bakers of Palag]; 1942. 3. ff. 7-19v. 'Balaton', op. 2; 1944.
Scope & Content:
Mátyás Seiber, composer: György Mikes, Hungarian writer: Operettas, 'A Palágyi Pékek' [The Bakers of Palag] and 'Balaton' by Mátyás Seiber, libretti by György Mikes: 1943, 1944: Hungarian: Autogr. includes: f. ii György Mikes, Hungarian writer: Letter rel. to two operettas by Mátyás Seiber: ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Hungarian
Date Range:
1942-1974
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 62784-62887

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Add MS 62784-62887
Title:
Music manuscripts and papers of Mátyás Seiber (1905-1960); 1922-1960. Autograph, except where otherwise stated. For supplementary items, see Add. 54388 and 63598-63600. Presented by Mrs Lilla Seiber, 2 Dec. 1982. One hundred and four volumes, arranged as follows: A. Orchestral Works: 62784-62796. B. Instrumental and Chamber Music: 62797-62808. C. Vocal Works with Orchestra: 62809-62816. D. Choral Music and Songs: 62817-62822. E. Stage Works: 62823-62830. F. Incidental Music for...
Scope & Content:
Mátyás Seiber, composer: Music: Music manuscripts and papers of Mátyás Seiber: 1922-1960: Partly Fr., Germ. and Hungarian: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Hungarian
Date Range:
1922-1960
Extent:
104 items

5. Add MS 63598-63600

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Add MS 63598-63600
Title:
SUPPLEMENTARY SEIBER COLLECTION: music and other manuscripts of Mátyás Seiber; 1951-1953, n.d. Mostly autograph. Partly printed and typewritten. Supplementing Add. 62784-62887. Presented by Mrs Lilla Seiber, 4 Oct. 1985. Paper. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Mátyás Seiber, composer: Music: Music manuscripts and papers of Mátyás Seiber: 1922-1960: Partly Fr., Germ. and Hungarian: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Hungarian
Date Range:
1951-1953
Extent:
3 items

6. Add MS 71538

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Add MS 71538
Title:
HUGHES-HUGHES FAMILY ALBUM: compiled by Augustus Hughes-Hughes (b.1857, d.1942), Assistant Keeper, Department of Manuscripts, British Museum; 1831-1942. A scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper cuttings, concert programmes, correspondence, school reports and other miscellaneous documents relating to members of the Hughes-Hughes family. The album is especially concerned with the lives of Augustus Hughes-Hughes, his first wife Ilona Carolina Augusta de Bajza, daughter of Gustav and Hélène...
Scope & Content:
Hughes-Hughes family: Album of Hughes-Hughes, family: n.d. includes: f. 2 Hughes-Hughes family: Photograph of family tombstone, in the churchyard of St Paul's, Clapham: circa 1890.f. 10 William Hughes-Hughes, formerly Hewitt; MP for Oxford: C. Jecks, clerk: William Hughes, of Clapham: Cert...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Hungarian, and Latin
Date Range:
1831-1942
Extent:
1 item

7. MS Mus. 1526-1528

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1526-1528
Title:
Letters from musicians addressed to George Frederick Anderson and Sir William George Cusins, successive Masters of the Queen’s Musick; 1819, 1834-1897, n.d.
Scope & Content:
MSS Mus. 1526-1528. With a few related letters to other correspondents. Purchased from Lisa Cox, 2 Aug. 2005. Three volumes. Various sizes. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1819-1897
Extent:
3 items

8. MS Mus. 1695-1696

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MS Mus. 1695-1696
Title:
Music manuscripts and papers of Mátyás Seiber (1905-1960); 1929-1960
Scope & Content:
MSS Mus. 1695-1696. Supplements the Seiber papers at Add. 62784-62887 and 63598-63600. Presented by Mrs Lilla Seiber, 2008. 2 volumes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Hungarian
Date Range:
1929-1960
Extent:
2 items

9. MS Mus. 1813

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MS Mus. 1813
Title:
The Boosey & Hawkes Archive
Scope & Content:
Archives of the music publishers Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd. of London: business records, correspondence, music scores and reprographic material record the administration of the firm and many of its activities in the twentieth century. Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd. was formed in October 1930 by a mer...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Afrikaans, Chinese, Church Slavic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Welsh
Date Range:
1879-1984
Extent:
2 sub-fonds

10. Music Loan 49.1-28

Reference (shelfmark):
Music Loan 49.1-28
Title:
RICHARD STRAUSS & ZOLTÁN KODÁLY: music manuscripts; 1880-1933
Scope & Content:
The Strauss manuscripts are autograph, the Kodály mostly copies. Dates below are taken from The New Grove Dictionary of Music ed. S. Sadie (London, 1980). Lent by Universal Edition (London) Ltd., 1961.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Hungarian
Date Range:
1880-1933
Extent:
28 items