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41. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/265-267

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/265-267
Title:
Boosey & Hawkes archive: David Adams' files
Scope & Content:
Business correspondence and papers created by David Adams, manager of Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (New York). reunited from various places, to, from or relating to Aaron Copland, and internal correspondence with Muriel James of Boosey & Hawkes' Copyright Department.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Hungarian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1964-1990
Extent:
3 boxes

42. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/265/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/265/3
Title:
Correspondence with Muriel James, 1970–1972
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between David Adams and Muriel James in Boosey & Hawkes' Copyright Department, mainly regarding copyright and contract matters. With copy letter from Benjamin Britten. This file was originally entitled 'CORRESPONDENCE – MISS JAMES – JANUARY 1970 TO DECEMBER 1972' and held in...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Hungarian
Date Range:
Oct 1968-Dec 1972
Extent:
1 sub-file (5 parts)

43. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/268-285

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/268-285
Title:
Boosey & Hawkes archive: Special letters
Scope & Content:
Correspondence with musicians or composers with whom Boosey & Hawkes considered their association most important. These papers were extracted from their original files some time after they ceased to be current, but before their acquisition by the British Library. In some cases, these files...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Swedish
Date Range:
1900-1975
Extent:
18 boxes

44. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/285

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/285
Title:
Correspondence with Zoltán Kodály and William Walton, files concerning Mozart publications, Mahler press cuttings
Scope & Content:
Correspondence set aside by Boosey & Hawkes because of its particular archival value: Béla Bartók, William Walton et al.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Hungarian
Date Range:
1930-1949
Extent:
1 box (4 folders, 4 sub-files)

45. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/285/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/285/1
Title:
Kodály, Zoltán. Correspondence.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence to, from and relating to Zoltán Kodály. Includes some original letters sent from Kodály, but also some photocopies (originals missing). This file was originally entitled 'Kodaly 1-3' and held in a packet marked 'Béla Bartók, 1938-1945, DIR/2/1/1; Zoltan Kodaly, 1937-1945, DIR/2/1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Hungarian
Date Range:
1937-1945
Extent:
1 sub-file

46. MS Mus. 1896/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1896/1/1
Title:
Sándor Balassa: Three Fantasies for Orchestra, full score
Scope & Content:
Autograph full orchestral score of Three Fantasies for Orchestra ('Három fantázia zenekarra', op. 36) by Sándor Balassa (1935–2021). The work was composed in commemoration of the fiftieth birthday of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Dated 4th November, 1984 Kroó, G., & Berlász, M. Balassa,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Hungarian
Date Range:
1984
Extent:
61 ff.

47. MS Mus. 1896/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1896/1/2
Title:
Sándor Balassa: Three Fantasies for Orchestra: original housing
Scope & Content:
Two boards originally forming a cover for the full autograph score of the Three Fantasies for Orchestra ('Három fantázia zenekarra') by Sándor Balassa (MS Mus. 1896/1/1). The front cover bears the following inscription in Hungarian: Könyvkötő Szövetkezet Budapest, VII. Tanács körút 9. — Bala...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Hungarian
Date Range:
1984
Extent:
2 boards, hinged together with fabric

48. 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

49. Music Loan 49.13-28

Reference (shelfmark):
Music Loan 49.13-28
Title:
2. Zoltán Kodály manuscripts:
Scope & Content:
Zoltán Kodály, composer: Music manuscripts: 1907-1933: Partly Hungarian: Mostly copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Hungarian
Date Range:
[1907-1933]
Extent:

16 items

50. Zweig MS 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 5
Title:
Béla Bartók: Four Pieces for Orchestra, op. 12 (BB 64)
Scope & Content:
Autograph draft full score. Written in ink on systems of up to 26 staves, with annotations in pencil and in blue and red crayon. Signed, with the opus number, in pencil (f. 2r). The pieces are for differing forces and the instrumentation for nos. II-IV is noted at the foot of the first page of e...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Hungarian
Date Range:
[1921]
Extent:
1 volume (i + 48 folios)