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61. E.464.h.

Reference (shelfmark):
E.464.h.
Title:
MAURICE FROST: letters to F. F. Madan; 1945. Boxed with the printed volume A Choice Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (To be had at the Lock Hospital ... and of E. Dilly, [1769]). The correspondence refers to various issues of this publication, and especially to this volume, which bears the ownership inscription of Madan (and before him of E. Hunter). With a letter to Madan from Strickland Gibson and a cutting from The Times Literary Supplement, 6 Jan. 1945. Presented anonymously, June 1997...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. [1] Strickland Gibson, of the Bodleian Library: Francis Falconer Madan, son of F Madan: Letter to Francis Falconer Madan from Strickland Gibson: 1945: Autogr.ff. [2-6] Maurice Frost, Vicar of Deddington, county Oxfordshire: Francis Falconer Madan, son of F Madan: Letters and po...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 item

62. E.1307.hh.

Reference (shelfmark):
E.1307.hh.
Title:
Letter
Scope & Content:
Letter to Audrey Napier-Smith from Sir John Battista Barbirolli c 1965
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1965
Extent:
1 item

63. f.65.s.

Reference (shelfmark):
f.65.s.
Title:
JOSEPH WOELFL: collections of music; 1806-1807. Two manuscript collections with printed title-pages, issued by subscription as publications. The title pages read First [Second] Number of Schirmer's Choice Manuscript Collection of Music: Containing the Most Celebrated Compositions of the First Masters on the Continent, Arranged and Partly Originally Composed for the Piano Forte, or the Harp, by Mr J. Woelfl. Published in London in 1806-7 by Mr Schirmer, formerly proprietor and manager of the ...
Scope & Content:
Mr Schirmer, proprietor of the German Theatre, London: Commissioned and published: 1806-7. Joseph Woelfl, composer: Compositions and arrangements: 1806-7: Copies. includes: vol. 1, ff. 12v-16v; vol. 2, ff. 1v-5, 16-24 Nicolas Dalayrac, composer: 3 pieces from 'Adolf et Clara' and 'La Maison...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1806-1807
Extent:
1 item

64. f.241.h.

Reference (shelfmark):
f.241.h.
Title:
FLUTE MELODIES: a collection of melodies arranged for flute; circa 1825. Bound with John Beale, A complete guide to the art of playing the German flute ... Op.3 (2nd edition, Goulding, D’Almaine, Potter & Co., [WM 1819]). In several different hands. On ff. 1-4 are some piano accompaniments for waltzes. The remainder of the manuscript portion of the volume is reversed and includes: 41 traditional songs arranged for flute solo (ff. 30-23); – ‘Bid me discourse’ by Sir Henry Bishop, arranged...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 6v-5v Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart, alias Wolfgang Amadeus; composer: 'The Navarino quadrilles' from 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail', arranged for solo flute: circa 1825: Copy.f. 7 Nicolò Paganini, Italian violinist: 5 quadrilles, arranged for solo flute: circa 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 item

65. f.246.e.(10.)

Reference (shelfmark):
f.246.e.(10.)
Title:
J. F. X. STERKEL: concerto for harpsichord or pianoforte, with 2 violins, 2 oboes, 2 horns, viola, and bass, op. 31; circa 1790. Printed short score (Vienna: Artaria, [1790?]), with MS. parts. Purchased, 12 April 1886. Paper; pp. 31 + ff. 20. 261 x 350mm.
Scope & Content:
Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer: Solo part for concerto for keyboard and orchestra, op.31: circa 1790: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 item

66. F.890.p.

Reference (shelfmark):
F.890.p.
Title:
Letter
Scope & Content:
Letter of presentation from Nicholas Comyn Gatty 1945
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 item

67. F.928.l.(1.)

Reference (shelfmark):
F.928.l.(1.)
Title:
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: material relating to the first performance of ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’, bound with the vocal score printed for its rehearsal ([Oxford University Press], [1950]); 1951. The material consists of a printed programme of the first performance (26 April 1951) and letters from Geoffrey Cumberlege and Michael Wood to Dyneley Hussey. Purchased, 15 April 1968. ff. iv. Largest size 276 x 215mm.
Scope & Content:
includes: f. iii Geoffrey Fenwick Jocelyn Cumberlege, of Oxford University Press: Dyneley Hussey, poet and writer on music: Letter to Dyneley Hussey from Geoffrey Fenwick Jocelyn Cumberlege: 1951: Typewritten, signed.f. iv Michael Wood, of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: Dyneley Husse...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951
Extent:
1 item

68. G.390.

Reference (shelfmark):
G.390.
Title:
FRENCH SONGS; circa 1830. 3 songs for soprano and piano, bound between tracts 18 and 19 of an album of French songs printed between 1810 and 1832. Contents:– ‘Colin que vous ai je fait: chansonette Parisian’ (ff. 1v-2); – ‘La Demoiselle au Bal: Amédée de Beauplan’ (ff. 2v-3); – ‘Le bonheur de se revoir: Tyrolienne’ (also by Beauplan) (ff. 3v-4). On ff. 5 and 6v are sketches in pencil for two simple melodies. Front flyleaf inscribed ‘A Melle Eugénie Mayer’. Purchased, 12 Feb. 1866. ff. 6. 32...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 2v-4 Amédée Rousseau, alias de Beauplan; composer: Two songs: circa 1830: Fr: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 item

69. g.498.ww.(6.)

Reference (shelfmark):
g.498.ww.(6.)
Title:
SIEGRFRIED EBERHARDT: Absolute Treffsicherheit auf der Violine; 1912. A copy of the publication (Berlin & Paris: Adolph Fürstner, ©1912) with two letters to ‘The Times’ inserted. Presented, June 1970. ff. 5 + pp. xv+72. Largest size 280 x 220mm.
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-2 Sir Bruce Lyttelton Richmond, Editor, 'Times Literary Supplement': Canon Edmund Horace Fellowes, music editor: Siegfried Eberhardt, violinist: Letter to Sir Bruce Lyttelton Richmond from Canon Edmund Horace Fellowes, rel. to Absolute Treffsicherheit auf der Violine by Siegfr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 item

70. g.860.(1.)

Reference (shelfmark):
g.860.(1.)
Title:
Letter
Scope & Content:
Letter to Mr. H. Wild from Albert William Ketèlbey 1928
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:
1 item