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Collection Area Music Collections Language Romanian Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 31574

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 31574
Title:
Cantatas, in score, by Handel, transcribed by Christopher Smith.
Scope & Content:
ff. 46. Cantatas, with a figured bass for harpsichord and (in the case of nos. 7 and 8) an Add MS part for flute, in score, by Handel. In the hand (except no. 9) of J. Christopher Smith. Nos. 1-6 and 9 are for a soprano voice; the others, for a contralto. Any important variations from the Händel...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Romanian
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 volume (46 folios)

2. MS Mus. 2-83

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 2-83
Title:
Francis Chagrin Collection: Music manuscripts and papers of the composer, conductor and administrator Francis Chagrin (1905-1972)
Scope & Content:
All music manuscripts are autograph full scores for orchestra, written in pencil, except where otherwise stated. Manuscripts are arranged chronologically within each section where a date can be established, then alphabetically for undated pieces. Dates of recording, where cited, are descibed as ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Flemish, French, French, Old, German, Latin, Romanian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1927-1974
Extent:
82 volumes

3. MS Mus. 1813

Reference (shelfmark):
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

4. MS Mus. 1813/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2
Title:
Boosey & Hawkes Business Archive
Scope & Content:
Business papers and correspondence of personnel or departments of Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd., predominantly those operating at the firm's headquarters at 295, Regent Street, London, and created mainly in the mid- to late twentieth century. The bulk of the business archive is formed by four major...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Afrikaans, Chinese, 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:
1904-1993
Extent:
4 series

5. MS Mus. 1813/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1
Title:
Boosey & Hawkes: Directors' files
Scope & Content:
Business archives of Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd., London, generally accumulated by individual directors of the firm. The contents of this series record the activities of several directors of Boosey & Hawkes, and of the firm more generally, most extensively during the mid-twentieth century and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Afrikaans, Chinese, 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:
1904-1976
Extent:
302 boxes, 1 envelope

6. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/1-8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/1-8
Title:
Boosey & Hawkes: Fürstner papers
Scope & Content:
Documentation relating to Boosey & Hawkes' acquisition in 1943 of the rights to publish and distribute music in the catalogue of the publishers Fürstner, including the rights of the operas of Richard Strauss.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1904-1976
Extent:
7 boxes

7. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/8
Title:
Agency Agreements
Scope & Content:
Fürstner Agency Agreements: Signed agreements between Adolph Fürstner with various agencies regarding the assignment of distribution rights, etc., especially for the works of Richard Strauss. Sent by Ursula Fürstner to Rufina Ampenoff at Boosey & Hawkes around May 1970.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Romanian
Date Range:
1903-1970
Extent:
1 box (3 folders, 12 sub-files)

8. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/8/12

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/8/12
Title:
Agency Agreements: Societa Compozitorilor Români
Scope & Content:
Fürstner Agency Agreements: correspondence and agreements with the Societa Compozitorilor Români of Bucharest. This file was originally entitled 'Societa Compozitorilor Romani, -Bucarest' and held in a packet marked 'Furstner Assignments'.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Romanian
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 sub-file