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036-002104242 Collection Area Western Manuscripts

1. Add MS 47843-47862

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Add MS 47843-47862
Title:
A. MUSICAL MANUSCRIPTS
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
[1581-1999]
Extent:
22 items

2. Add MS 47859 A-B

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Add MS 47859 A-B
Title:
MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. XVII-XIX. Letters, translations and music relating to the first performance of the oratorio 'Elijah' by Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy at the Birmingham Festival, 26 Aug. 1846, and its subsequent revision and publication. Mostly in the hand of William Bartholomew, the English translator of the words, but including eleven autograph letters of Mendelssohn (Add. MS. 47859 A, ff. 1- 17b). The collection belonged to Frederick George Edwards, who acquired it (cf....
Scope & Content:
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Collections rel. to 'Elijah': 1846-1847.: With autogr. annotations.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1846-1847]
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 47859 B

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Add MS 47859 B
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Scope & Content:
Vols. XVIII, XIX (ff. 1-137, 138-256+v). Music, relating particularly to the Birmingham performance of 'Elijah', 26 Aug. 1846, and to its subsequent revision. See F. G. Edwards, op. cit., and articles by J. Bennett in The Musical Times, Oct. 1882-Apr. 1883. See also Egerton MS. 3094, passim, and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item