Photographic facsimile of a letter from Beethoven to Moscheles, in Schindler’s hand, signed; 18th March 1827. The last page of the letter is a list of metronome markings relating to the Ninth Symphony. Presented to the Royal Philharmonic Society by Hanns Cristof Wegeler, 1966. The original is in...
Papers relating to the Society’s links with Beethoven, and to Schaller’s bust of the composer, presented to the Society by Fanny Linzbauer in 1870; 1813-1927. Items 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-13 and 16 below were either given by Mme Linzbauer with the bust or sent by her later. The bust is now BL Loan 48. f...
Album of photographs recording the receipt of the gift of Schaller’s bust of Beethoven by the Philharmonic Society; 1871. ff. i + 5. 276 x 220mm. Album lettered on the upper cover ‘Beethoven / Philharmonic Society. / 1871’. 1. f. 1v. Signatures of five Directors, the conductor (W. G. Cusins) a...
Miscellaneous photographs; 1857-72, n.d. ff. 29. Various sizes. 1. ff. 1-8. Relating to Beethoven: bust, skull, medal and plaque; n.d. 2. ff. 9-10. Dr Gerhard von Breuning; 1857. 3. ff. 11-12. Karl Holz; 1858. 4. f. 13. Paul Friedrich Walther; 1860. 5. f. 14. Mme. Fanny Linzbauer; n.d. 6....
Printed pamphlets relating to Beethoven; 1870-1927. ff. 198. Largest dimensions 228 x 155mm. 1. ff. 1-35. Jahres-Bericht des Konservatoriums der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, 1869-1870 (Vienna, 1870), including note on the links between the Gesellschaft and Beethoven, list of Beethove...
Verein Beethoven-Haus in Bonn (contributions by Fritz Knickenberg and others): Bericht über die ersten fünfzehn Jahre ... 1889–1904 (Bonn, [1904]). Printed. pp. 111. 267 x 189mm. Maroon buckram binding. Ludwig van Beethoven, composer: Beethovenhaus; Bonn: Dr Fritz Knickenberg, teacher, of Bonn...
Two London newspapers, presented to the Society by Messrs Chappell & Co. Ltd; 1813, 1827, 1899. ff. 12. 1. ff. 1-2v. The Morning Herald, 15 March 1813, containing a notice of the Society’s second concert to be given that day. 494 x 397mm. 2. ff. 3-10v. The Atlas, 13 May 1827, with a revie...
Musical Courier, vol xxxii, no. 32, 25 June 1896, ‘Philharmonic Double Number’. Included are complete Philharmonic Society concert programmes, 1813-1896, and biographical notices of Sir Alexander Mackenzie (conductor), W. H. Cummings (Hon. Treasurer), Francesco Berger (Hon. Secretary) and the ot...
The Strand Musical Magazine, vol. iii; Jan.–June 1896 (London, George Newnes), the [March] issue, containing an article by W. H. Cummings on the Philharmonic Society. With a flyleaf inscription of purchase from Louis Wolff, Sept. 1961. pp. 428. 278 x 197mm. Bound in full cloth with an embossed ...