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631. 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

632. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/9-196

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/9-196
Title:
Boosey & Hawkes Archive: Dr. Ernst Roth's files
Scope & Content:
Business correspondence and papers of Dr. Ernst Roth (1 June 1896 – 17 July 1971), Music Publications and Production Director of Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd. from 1945; later Managing Director and Deputy Chairman until his retirement in 1964. The files were accumulated in the course of business inv...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Afrikaans, Chinese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Date Range:
1943-1964
Extent:
188 boxes

633. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/197-240

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/197-240
Title:
Boosey & Hawkes archive: Leslie Boosey's files
Scope & Content:
Business files of Leslie Boosey (1887–1979), chairman of Boosey & Co. from 1920 to 1930 and of Boosey & Hawkes almost continuously from 1930 to 1964. This sub-series consists of two sub-sub-series of files of general correspondence accumulated by Leslie Boosey himself, and one piecemeal ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Czech, Dutch, English, French, Gaelic, German, Irish, Italian, Spanish, and Welsh
Date Range:
1927-1959
Extent:
45 boxes, 1 envelope

634. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/241-254

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/241-254
Title:
Boosey & Hawkes archive: Anthony Gishford's files
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of Anthony Gishford, a director of Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.. With files relating to the publication of Boosey & Hawkes' journal 'Tempo', numbers 37 to 51.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:
1947-1959
Extent:
14 boxes

635. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/255-257

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/255-257
Title:
Sergei Prokofiev's royalties: papers and correspondence
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers, held by Kenneth Pool of Boosey & Hawkes, concerning royalties accrued and due to Sergei Prokofiev's account.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Russian
Date Range:
1948-1977
Extent:
3 boxes

636. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/258-264

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/258-264
Title:
Iannis Xenakis: Rufina Ampenoff's files
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to the composer Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001), created or accumulated by Rufina Ampenoff (1912?–1993?).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Polish
Date Range:
1962-1978
Extent:
6 boxes, 1 envelope

637. 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

638. 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

639. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/286-301

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/286-301
Title:
Igor Stravinsky: Administrative files
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers involving or relating to Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), the publication or performance of his music, or the adminstration of his estate after his death. Others connected with Igor Stravinsky, such as Lillian Libman and Robert Craft, are regular correspondents.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Church Slavic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Slovak, and Spanish
Date Range:
1956-1995
Extent:
16 boxes

640. MS Mus. 1824/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1824/1/1
Title:
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Thespis (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
Scope & Content:
Thespis was the first collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan, first performed at the Gaiety Theatre, London, from 26 December 1871 to 8 March 1872 (64 performances). No complete musical score was ever published and most of the music has been lost, except for a ballad ('Little maid of Arcade...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
3 files