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1. Add MS 29248/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 29248/1
Title:
Detached former binding of Add MS 29248 (Marcantonio Cesti: 'La Dori')
Scope & Content:
The former Morocco binding with rich gilt tooling, now stored separately from the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1663
Extent:
1 set of covers

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. 84

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 84
Title:
MS Mus. 84. NIKOLAI KARLOVICH MEDTNER: Violin sonata no.3, op.57, with related correspondence; 1934-50, n.d. Purchased from Richard Macnutt, 5 June 1989. ff. 76. Largest size 329 x 279mm. 1. ff. 1-35. Sonata no.3 in E minor, op.57, for violin and piano (‘Sonata epica’); 1948. Photocopy of the composer’s pencil score, written over in ink by his wife, with annotations in pencil and ink, some autograph. The sonata was composed circa 1935-8. The annotations mainly correspond with those added t...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-35 Nicolas Medtner, alias Nikolai Karlovich; composer and pianist: Dr Arthur Alexander, pianist; husband of Freda Swain: Anna Medtner, wife of N K Medtner: Violin sonata no.3 in E minor by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner, dedicated to Dr. Arthur Alexander and partly in the hand of A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1934-1950
Extent:
1 item

4. MS Mus. 85-86

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 85-86
Title:
MSS Mus. 85-86. ARTHUR HUTCHINGS COLLECTION; 1938-89, n.d. Papers of the musicologist Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings (b.1906, d.1989), professor of music, University of Durham, 1947-68. Purchased from Lisa Cox, 9 July 1990. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Charles Edmund Rubbra, composer: Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings, musicologist: Printed and manuscript scores by and rel. to the composer Edmund Rubbra collected by the musicologist and composer Arthur Hutchings, together with a small collection of papers rel. to Hutchings: 20th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-1989
Extent:
2 items

5. MS Mus. 87

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 87
Title:
MS Mus. 87. SONGS; 1908-27. Manuscript scores of various 20th century composers. All ink, and for voice and piano unless stated otherwise. Purchased from the Delius Trust, 30 July 1990. ff. 31. Largest size, 360 x 269mm. 1. ff. 1-3. William Charles Denis Browne: song, ‘Move Eastward, Happy Earth’ (words, Alfred, Lord Tennyson); 6 Sept. 1908. Probably autograph. Published Stainer & bell, 1910. 2. ff. 4-5. Masters van Someren Godfery: song, ‘Snow’, op.4, no.1 (words, Alfred Austin); [19...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-3 Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson; Poet Laureate: William Charles Denis Browne, composer: Song, 'Move Eastward, Happy Earth' by William Charles Denis Browne, to words by Alfred Tennyson: 1908: Probably autogr.ff. 4-5 Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate: Masters van Someren Godf...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1927
Extent:
1 item

6. MS Mus. 88-96

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 88-96
Title:
SUSI JEANS COLLECTION
Scope & Content:
MSS Mus. 88-96. Music manuscripts and papers formerly belonging to the keyboard player and musicologist Lady Jeans (b.1911, d.1993); 18th and 20th centuries. For other music manuscripts owned by Lady Jeans, see Add. 71209 and 71210; further papers and books are now housed at the Royal College of...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
18th and 20th century
Extent:
9 items

7. MS Mus. 97-104

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 97-104
Title:
DONALD MITCHELL COLLECTION
Scope & Content:
MSS Mus. 97-104. Papers of the musicologist, publisher and administrator Donald Charles Peter Mitchell (b.1925). For other papers presented by Mitchell see Add. 49597, ff. 3-6. Further papers in the possession of the British Library are deposited at the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh. MSS Mu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
[1876-1989]
Extent:
8 items

8. MS Mus. 105-115

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 105-115
Title:
MSS Mus. 105-115. FRED. E. WEATHERLY COLLECTION: papers of the barrister and song-writer Frederic Edward Weatherly, K.C. (b.1848, d.1929); 1877-1941, n.d. This collection complements the collection of published settings of his verse at H.3396.a.-zz., H.3397.a.-t. See also Add. 49287 (Weatherly’s notebooks). Presented by Dr Anthony Mann, 1 Aug. 1989, and incorporated June 2001. Paper. Eleven volumes. British Library arrangement.
Scope & Content:
Frederick Edward Weatherly, KC; barrister and songwriter: Miriam Weatherly, formerly Bryan née Davies; 2nd wife of F E Weatherly: Papers of Frederick Edward Weatherly and Miriam Weatherly: 1877-1941, n.d.: Partly autogr., partly copies, partly typewritten, partly printed, partly photographs.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1941
Extent:
11 items

9. MS Mus. 116-129

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 116-129
Title:
MSS Mus. 116-129. NORMAN DEL MAR COLLECTION Music manuscripts, papers and notebooks of the conductor, composer and writer Norman René Del Mar, CBE (b.1919, d.1994); 1903-92, n.d. With the exception of MSS Mus. 116-117, the manuscripts of Del Mar’s compositions are housed in the Royal College of Music. MSS Mus. 116-126 presented by Mrs Pauline Del Mar, 3 May 1994; MSS Mus. 127-129 presented by Mr Jonathan Del Mar, 28 Aug. 1998. Paper. Fourteen volumes. A. Music: 116-117. B. Papers relatin...
Scope & Content:
Norman Del Mar, conductor: Music manuscripts, papers and notebooks: 1903-92, n.d.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1903-1992
Extent:
14 items

10. MS Mus. 130 A-C

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 130 A-C
Title:
MS Mus. 130. DOMENICO GALLO: 36 trios for two violins and bass; mid-18th cent.
Scope & Content:
Copies. Parts, in ink. An Italian manuscript with decorative title pages printed in Rome, engraved by Antonius Cleton, the title supplied in manuscript. The first violin part includes an ‘Indice De Trio’, with musical incipits (A, ff. 2-3). Each part has a subsidiary engraved title page after th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:

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