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1. RPS MS 1-271

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 1-271
Title:
MANUSCRIPT MUSIC FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY RPS MSS 1-271. The select portion of the manuscipts of the RPS was placed on loan in June 1914: see Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts deposited on loan in the British Museum by the Royal Philharmonic Society, 1914; the remaining manuscripts were added to the loan in 1984. The whole collection was acquired by the British Library in 2002. It is listed here in a single sequence arranged first in alphabetical order by compos...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[1791-1990]
Extent:
271 items

2. RPS MS 272-417

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 272-417
Title:
Royal Philharmonic Society Archive RPS MSS 272-417. Official papers, etc., of the Royal Philharmonic Society; 1813-1968, n.d. Formerly British Library Loan 48. The Society was founded in London in 1813, and granted the prefix ‘Royal’ in 1912. The larger part of the archive was placed on loan in 1962 and, where the arrangement allowed, added to on a number of subsequent occasions. When the final additions were made, in 1990, a terminal date of 1960 was set, though because of the format of so...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
1813-1968
Extent:
146 items

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