Music manuscripts of Dvořák, Elgar, Gounod, Medtner, Moeran, Parry and Stanford, first deposited, with other MSS since removed, by Novello & Co., Ltd. in 1965 as Deposit 4784 and now incorporated as a formal loan. Autograph unless otherwise stated. Lent by Novello & Co., Ltd.
CHESTER LOAN: music manuscripts of Bax, Falla, Holst, Lambert, Poulenc, Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky
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Autograph unless otherwise stated. Lent by J. W. Chester – Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd. [75.11-13. 'The Triumph of Neptune', ballet; 1926.] Transferred to Music Loan 106.20, 21, 27.
Music Loan 92. CONSTANT LAMBERT: music manuscripts; 1925-1942, n.d. Chiefly autograph. Placed on loan by The Public Trustee, May 1988 and January 1989.
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Leonard Constant Lambert, composer and conductor: Music manuscripts by Leonard Constant Lambert: 1925-1942, n.d.: Mostly autogr.
Music Loan 106. LORD BERNERS LOAN. Music manuscripts of Sir Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners; 1913-1946. Chiefly autograph. Placed on loan by Chester Music Ltd and Lady Dorothy Heber Percy on behalf of the Berners Trust, 1992.
SIR ARTHUR BLISS: autograph sketches for ‘Checkmate’, together with an autograph letter (with envelope) from Bliss to Ernest and Rachel Mackower; 1937. Placed on loan by O. J. Mackower Esq., 10 March 1997. Bound. With the letter and envelope loose.
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Ernest Mackower: Rachel Mackower, wife of E Mackower: Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss, KCVO; CH; Master of the Queen's Music: Letter to Ernest Mackower and Rachel Mackower from Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss: 1937: Autogr. Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss, KCVO; CH; Master of the Queen's Music: Sketches for 'Che...
Manuscripts are listed below. Catalogue records for printed music in this loan (Music Loan 109.A1–X6) are in the Current Music Catalogue. Lent by the B.B.C., 2000, 2001.
John Murray Collection: Calotype views of India. Photographer: John Murray.
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Collection of 107 calotype negatives of architectural and topographical views in Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Sikandra, Delhi, Naini Tal, Simla and Benares; originally stored in a green portfolio labelled: 'J. Murray, Calotype Neg'. Modern contact prints from these negatives are available for referenc...