'An Hindoo Temple at Deo in Bahar.' Plate 5 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and 1793] from the drawings of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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An Hindoo Temple at Deo in Bahar. No. V. AN HINDO TEMPLE AT DEO, IN BAHAR. Deo is a small village in the neighbourhood of Gya, in the province of Bahar. The Temple is dedicated to Seeva, and reported to be of considerable antiquity, although from the nature of the material of which it is bui...
LETTERS TO SIR HENRY WOOD; 1942. Six typewritten letters from W. W. Thompson and one from Dorothy Wood, listing the total paying audiences for the 1942 season of Promenade concerts. With a collection of thirty-nine printed programmes for Promenade and other concerts conducted by Wood, annotated by the conductor with audience numbers, takings and other information; 1898, 1911, 1913, 1934-44. Typewritten lists of nightly attendances for the 1941 season are inserted in the programme for that se...
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includes: ff. 1-6 Sir Henry Joseph Wood, CH; conductor: W. W. Thompson, of the BBC: Letters to Sir Henry Joseph Wood from W. W. Thompson: 1942: Typewritten, signed.f. 7 Sir Henry Joseph Wood, CH; conductor: Dorothy Wood, of the BBC: Letter to Sir Henry Joseph Wood from Dorothy Wood: 1942: T...
Collection of papers removed from Yates Thompson MSS
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A collection of modern papers removed from other Yates Thompson MSS. Contents: [ir-iir]: Table of contents. ff. 1r-3r: A 1453 bond by Jean, Bastard of Orleans, count of Dunois and of Longueville, to Bertrand de Beauvais, for 200 crowns, with a 1469 and notarial certificate of receipt (ff. 1r-...
Collection of papers removed from Yates Thompson MSS
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A collection of over 100 papers and letters to Henry Yates Thompson removed from other Yates Thompson MSS, mostly from museums and libraries in England and abroad offering provenance information, translations, and commentaries on his manuscript collection. Includes letters from M. R. James (15r...
Stefan Zweig Collection: Music, literary and historical manuscripts
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Comprising items collected by Stefan Zweig and by his immediate heirs, with a number presented to Zweig by the writers. All manuscripts are autograph unless otherwise stated. A number of the music manuscripts from the collection were formerly placed on loan in the British Library, the Mozart man...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish
George Frideric Handel: Aria ‘E troppo bella troppo amorosa la Pastorella’, part of the cantata ‘Ho fuggito Amore anch’io’ (HWV 118), for voice and basso continuo
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of two staves: vocal line in the alto clef and figured bass. In D; tempo direction ‘allegro’ (f. 1r). Annotations by Vincent Novello in the upper margin of f. 1r record that the manuscript formerly belonged to Domenico Dragonetti and attest to its authe...
George Frideric Handel: ‘Floridante’, opera in three acts (libretto Paolo Antonio Rolli): final chorus ‘Quando pena la costanza’ from Act III
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of nine staves. No tempo direction. Headed ‘Coro’ (f. 1r) and with ‘Fine dell’ Opera à Londres ce 28 de Novembre 1721’ at the end (f. 4r). Part of Handel’s composition score of the opera. The discovery of this hitherto missing conclusion to the c...
