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1. RPS MS 406

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 406
Title:
Scope & Content:
Objects relating to Beethoven’s death and burial; 1827, 1838[?], 1924. ff. 6. Various sizes (see below), together in a box. 1. ff. 1-5. Small lock of Beethoven’s hair; cut 1827. Sewn to a paper (f. 1) with a note on the verso stating that it was cut from Beethoven’s head an hour after his dea...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1822-1924
Extent:
1 item

2. RPS MS 408

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 408
Title:
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the Society’s links with Beethoven, and to Schaller’s bust of the composer, presented to the Society by Fanny Linzbauer in 1870; 1813-1927. Items 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-13 and 16 below were either given by Mme Linzbauer with the bust or sent by her later. The bust is now BL Loan 48. f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1813-1927
Extent:
1 item

3. RPS MS 409

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 409
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Scope & Content:
Album of photographs recording the receipt of the gift of Schaller’s bust of Beethoven by the Philharmonic Society; 1871. ff. i + 5. 276 x 220mm. Album lettered on the upper cover ‘Beethoven / Philharmonic Society. / 1871’. 1. f. 1v. Signatures of five Directors, the conductor (W. G. Cusins) a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

4. RPS MS 410

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 410
Title:
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous photographs; 1857-72, n.d. ff. 29. Various sizes. 1. ff. 1-8. Relating to Beethoven: bust, skull, medal and plaque; n.d. 2. ff. 9-10. Dr Gerhard von Breuning; 1857. 3. ff. 11-12. Karl Holz; 1858. 4. f. 13. Paul Friedrich Walther; 1860. 5. f. 14. Mme. Fanny Linzbauer; n.d. 6....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1857-1872
Extent:
1 item

5. RPS MS 411

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 411
Title:
Scope & Content:
Printed pamphlets relating to Beethoven; 1870-1927. ff. 198. Largest dimensions 228 x 155mm. 1. ff. 1-35. Jahres-Bericht des Konservatoriums der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, 1869-1870 (Vienna, 1870), including note on the links between the Gesellschaft and Beethoven, list of Beethove...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1870-1927
Extent:
1 item