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Language English Name Quilter, Roger Cuthbert, composer, 1877-1953 Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 54208-54210

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Add MS 54208-54210
Title:
QUILTER MANUSCRIPTS: Roger Quilter (b.1877, d.1953), incidental music for the children's fairy play 'Where the Rainbow Ends', with related material; circa 1911-1951. Copies. The text of the play was written around 1911 by Clifford Mills and 'John Ramsay' al. 'Ramsey' al. Reginald Owen, and printed, French's Acting Edition No. 1551 (1951). The manuscripts were the property of the Italia Conti Stage School. Presented by Miss Ruth Conti, 22 July 1967. Paper. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Roger Cuthbert Quilter, composer: Music: Music, etc., for 'Where the Rainbow Ends' by Roger Cuthbert Quilter: [1911?]-1951: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1911-1951
Extent:
3 items

2. Add MS 54227

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Add MS 54227
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 92. British Library arrangement. A. Comparative sketch-plans of the Temple in Jerusalem and a Christian church, etc., made by Major-General Charles George Gordon while in Jerusalem; 1883. Ink. With signature. Presented by Bernard Gordon Guy, Esq., 10 Feb. 1968. ff. 1-2. 405 x 280mm. B. Account of Abraham Cowper for the provision of sweet wines to the Royal Household (1609-1610), authorized for payment by Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, an...
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includes: ff. 1-2 Architecture: Maps and Plans: Jerusalem: Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB: Sketch-plans of the Temple at Jerusalem, etc., by Maj.-Gen. Charles George Gordon: 1883: Signed.f. 3 Sir Julius Caesar, judge: Signature: 1610.f. 3 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Ear...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1610-1918
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 65526

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Add MS 65526
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ROGER QUILTER: 'Saint Valentine's Day', old English song for medium voice, string quartet and harp, based on a melody from D'Urfey's 'Wit and Mirth' (1707): version for voice and piano; 1917, altered 1919. Two autograph scores in ink, in slightly differing versions. Apparently unpublished. Purchased at Sotheby's, 28 May 1985, lot 997. Incorporated in 1989. Paper; ff. 3. Largest size 355 x 280mm.
Scope & Content:
Roger Cuthbert Quilter, composer: Thomas D'Urfey, poet and dramatist: Song 'St Valentine's Day' by Roger Cuthbert Quilter, based on melody from D'Urfey's 'Wit and Mirth': 1917-1919: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1919
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 68943

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Add MS 68943
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LETTERS OF MUSICIANS; 1894-1942, n.d. Arts. 3, 4, 5, and 8 were lots 57, 29, 26 and 140 respectively in the auction sale in aid of the Musicians' Benevolent Fund at Phillips's, 10 Nov. 1987. Presented by J. I. Laurie, Esq., 11 and 18 Nov. 1987, and 16 Feb. 1989. Incorporated in Feb. 1989. Paper; ff. 40. British Library arrangement. 1. ff. 1-9. To the baritone George Parker from Sir George Henschel, Eric Blom and John Coates; 1920-1932. 2. f. 10. From Ben Davies to Sir Edward German; 19...
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includes: ff. 1-6 Sir Isidor George Henschel, musician: Letters to G. Parker from Sir Isidor George Henschel: 1920-1930: Partly signed.ff. 1-9 George Parker, baritone: Letters to George Parker: 1920-1932: Partly signed.f. 7 Eric Walter Blom, music critic and editor: Letter to G. Parker fr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894-1942
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 70595-70606

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Add MS 70595-70606
Title:
ROGER QUILTER PAPERS Correspondence and papers of Roger Cuthbert Quilter, composer (b.1877, d.1953), third son of Sir William Cuthbert Quilter, 1st Bart.; 1899-1951, n.d. Partly printed. Partly typewritten and signed. Partly copies. Partly French and German. For manuscripts of music by Quilter, see Add. 54208-54210, 54227 E and 65526; for letters from Quilter, see Add. 68943 and 70607 below. Correspondence between Quilter and the Society of Authors is in Add. 63318. The present manuscripts a...
Scope & Content:
Roger Cuthbert Quilter, composer: Correspondence and papers,: 1899-1951, n.d.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1899-1951
Extent:
12 items

6. Add MS 70607

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Add MS 70607
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ROGER QUILTER: letters to Mark, Eva and Roger Raphael; 1923-1950, n.d. Mark Raphael (b.1900?, d.1988) was a singer, pupil of Raimund von Zur Mühlen, and later a teacher of singing. He married Eva Taglicht in 1926, and their son Roger was Quilter's godchild. The correspondence reflects Quilter's encourage-ment of Raphael's career and the latter's development as an exponent of Quilter's own songs. For related letters from the Raphael family to Quilter see Add. 70600 and 70601 above, and for a ...
Scope & Content:
Roger Cuthbert Quilter, composer: Letters to M., E. and R. Raphael,: 1923-1950, n.d. includes: ff. 1-53, 55, 57-60v, 76, 116 Mark Henry Raphael, singer and teacher: Letters from R. Quilter to Mark Henry Raphael: 1923-1939, n.d.ff. 54, 56, 61-75, 78-92, 94-105, 108-115, 117-123v Eva Raphael...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923-1950
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 72086-72089

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Add MS 72086-72089
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QUILTER MANUSCRIPTS: two copies of ‘Where the Rainbow Ends’ and a collection of songs and chamber music; 1903-1937. Ink; partly autograph. Formerly Loans 93/29 and 93/30, lent by Novello & Co., Ltd., May 1987 and withdrawn 16 Mar. 1989. Presented by the Musicians Benevolent Fund, 14 Mar. 1991. Paper. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Roger Cuthbert Quilter, composer: 'Where the Rainbow Ends' and a collection of songs and chamber music: 1903-1937, n.d.: Partly Engl., partly Germ.: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1903-1937
Extent:
4 items

8. MS Mus. 87

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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...
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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

9. MS Mus. 1118

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MS Mus. 1118
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MS Mus. 1118. Miscellaneous Letters of Musicians; 20th cent. Autograph unless stated otherwise. ff. 197. Overall size 305 x 216mm. British Library arrangement. A. Letters from Roger Quilter to the baritone Harold Child and his wife, the pianist Stella Child; 1939-1953. Some of the letters relate to performances of Quilter’s works given by him and the Childs; others mention Quilter’s illnesses and his difficulties in composing. With some recital programmes and press cuttings (ff. 22-31). Pu...
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includes: ff. 1-21 Roger Cuthbert Quilter, composer: Harold Child, baritone: Stella Child, wife of Harold Child: Letters to Harold and Stella Child from Roger Cuthbert Quilter: 1939-1953: Autogr.ff. 32-43 Leopold Stokowski, conductor: Anna Barron, née Ankar; wife of Bill Barron, jazz saxophonis...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1999
Extent:
1 item

10. MS Mus. 1120

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MS Mus. 1120
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MS Mus. 1120. Signature book presented to John Mewburn Levien; [1930]. J. M. Levien was Secretary of the Royal Philharmonic Society from 1918 to 1929, and this book was presented to him on his retirement from office by Sir Edward Elgar, together with a silver cigar box and a gold cigarette case, before the interval of the Society’s concert on 30 Jan. 1930. See the minutes of the Committee of Management (RPS MS 293, ff. 188-9, 191-2, 194, 226, 228), the concert programme (e.1401.) and the ...
Scope & Content:
Royal Philharmonic Society: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Signature book presented to John Joseph Mewburn Levien, signed by the Members, Associates and Fellows of the Royal Philharmonic Society: 1930. includes: f. 2 Frederic Austin, composer and singer: E...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1930]
Extent:
1 item