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71. h.255.b.(3.)

Reference (shelfmark):
h.255.b.(3.)
Title:
ANTONIO JIMÉNEZ MANJÓN: guitar music; circa 1912-1916. ‘Estudios para guitarra de seis y once cuerdas, por Antonio J. Manjon; Buenos Aires’. Copies, in various different hands. Of the fourteen studies, two are written twice, in rough and neat versions. The blind Argentinian guitarist Manjón (1866-1916) was a prominent advocate of the eleven-stringed guitar. Purchased, Aug. 1978. ff. 20. Largest size 350 x 258mm.
Scope & Content:
Antonio Jiménez Manjón, guitarist: Studies for guitar: circa 1912-16: Copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1912-1916
Extent:
1 item

72. h.259.hh.(12.)

Reference (shelfmark):
h.259.hh.(12.)
Title:
AMERICAN GUITAR MUSIC; circa 1830-40. Bound with several printed items of guitar music, mainly published in the United States in the 1830s. ff. 5v-11 are blank. Inscribed in pencil ‘M. Haigh, Hornsey’ (f. 11v). Purchased, Dec. 1970. ff. 11. 336 x 246mm. 1. f. 1. ‘Austrian air’. 2. ff. 1v-2v. ‘Galop de Gustave’: guitar accompaniment for the Galop from Auber’s ‘Gustave III’. 3. ff. 2v-3. ‘La Taglioni Waltz’: accompaniment for one of several waltzes written for Mlle Marie Taglioni. 4. ff. ...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1v-2, 4v Daniel François Esprit Auber, composer: 'Galop' from 'Gustave III' and 'Marche' from 'Masaniello', arranged for guitar: circa 1830: Copy.ff. 3v-4 Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber,; composer: 'Weber's letzter Gedanke', arranged for guitar, attributed to: circ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1830-1840
Extent:
1 item

73. h.294.g.(2.)

Reference (shelfmark):
h.294.g.(2.)
Title:
FERDINAND RIES: Grand Septuor pour le Pianoforte, Clarinette, deux Cors, Violon, Violoncelle et Contre-Basse, op.25; after 1812. Manuscript parts, in ink, supplementing a set of the published parts (Bonn: chez N. Simrock, [1812]). Copies. The parts for second violin, viola and ’cello are copied directly from the quintet version of the same piece, also published by Simrock in 1812. The remaining parts, for first viola, second viola, and oboe and flute, are in another hand and apparently of sl...
Scope & Content:
Ferdinand Ries, composer and pianist: Additional parts for the Grand Septuor, op.25: after 1812: Copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1812
Extent:
1 item

74. H.911.w.

Reference (shelfmark):
H.911.w.
Title:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Additional clarinet parts to the cantata no.50, ‘Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich’; 1927. Bound with a printed score of the cantata (offprinted from the Bach-Gesellschaft edition, Leipzig: Breittkopf & Härtel, circa 1885) which is heavily annotated in pencil by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The parts are for the seventh movement (Chaconne) only, and are in a copyist’s hand, in ink, initialled ‘W. G.’ and dated 21 May 1927. Further cantatas annotated by Vaughan Williams are...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. i Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, composer: Additional clarinet parts for Bach's Cantata no.50 , for a performance conducted by Ralph Vaughan Williams: 1927: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

75. h.925.t.(8.)

Reference (shelfmark):
h.925.t.(8.)
Title:
JOHN WEIPPERT: waltzes and quadrilles for piano; circa 1835. Written on pink, green and yellow paper with embossed borders and bound with several printed items by Weippert and others. Contents:— ‘Weippert’s Waltz’s’ (a set of three) (ff. 1-4); – ‘Weippert’s Cruda Sorte Waltz’s’, entitled ‘Cruda Sorte’ and ‘The Brigand Waltz’ (ff. 5-6); – ‘Weippert’s Waltz’s’, entitled ‘We Met Waltz’, ‘Bohemian Waltz’ and ‘When Harmony Wakens’ (ff. 7-8); – ‘Weippert’s Les delicès d’Almack Quadrilles (a set of...
Scope & Content:
John Weippert, composer: Waltzes and quadrilles for piano: circa 1835: Copy. includes: ff. 12-14 Louis Spohr, composer: Quadrilles for piano, arranged by J. Weippert: circa 1835: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 item

76. h.1155.c.

Reference (shelfmark):
h.1155.c.
Title:
ANTHEMS AND FLUTE MELODIES; 1818. Bound with Wragg’s Improved Flute Preceptor, op. 6 (12th ed., Printed for and sold by the author, [1814], with title page and address signed by J. Wragg). Inscribed ‘S. Dawes’ Book, 1818’ (f. 1) and ‘1819 S. Dawes’ (f. i). In several different hands, with blank pages between several of the pieces. Purchased, Aug. 1981. ff. i+35 + pp. [iv]+64. 347 x 245mm. 1. ff. 2-5. ‘Anthem Taken from the 15th Chapr of the Epise to the Corrinthians’, beginning ‘Now is Chr...
Scope & Content:
J. Wragg, flautist: Wraggs improved flute preceptor, with MS additions: 1814: Signed. includes: f. 30 Sigismund von Neukomm, composer: Bryan Waller Procter, alias 'Barry Cornwall'; poet: 'An mein Schifflein', to words 'The sea' by Bryan Waller Procter , by Sigismund von Neukomm: 1818: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1818
Extent:
1 item

77. H.1185.f.(3.)

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1185.f.(3.)
Title:
Letter
Scope & Content:
Letter to Hugh Fraser Stewart from Charles Kennedy Scott 1931
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
1 item

78. H.1286.b.(5*.)

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1286.b.(5*.)
Title:
LUIGI GORDIGIANI: ‘Le tre nazioni: scherzo a tre voci, con accompagnamento di P.F.’; circa 1850. For two tenors, bass and piano. Beginning ‘Yes! Oui! Ja! Viva la società!’. Probably autograph. Dedicated ‘à Lord Vernon’, and bound in a volume of printed songs with the Vernon bookplate. Pages trimmed at top and bottom. Purchased, Dec. 1977. ff. 5. Largest size 306 x 217mm.
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: George John Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon; afterwards Warren: Armorial bookplate of George John Venables-Vernon: circa 1850. Luigi Gordigiani, composer: 'Le tre nazione': scherzo a tre voci by Luigi Gordigiani: circa 1850: Ital: probably autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

79. H.1339.(1.)

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1339.(1.)
Title:
MICHEL-DIMITRI CALVOCORESSI: draft of an article on the music of Yrjö Kilpinen; 1934. Autograph. Partly written on a typewritten letter to Calvocoressi from R. S. Lambert, editor of The Listener. Bound with a printed score of Kilpinen’s Lauluja V. A. Koskenniemen runoihin (Helsinki: Fazerin Musiikkikauppa, 1930), with a note of dedication to Calvocoressi signed by the composer. Purchased from the First Edition Bookshop, 15 May 1959. ff. ii. 254 x 200mm.
Scope & Content:
includes: f. i Michael Dimitri Calvocoressi, writer on music: Richard Stanton Lambert, editor, 'The Listener': Letter to Michael Dimitri Calvocoressi from Richard Stanton Lambert: 1934: Typewritten, signed.ff. i-ii Michael Dimitri Calvocoressi, writer on music: Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen, compose...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 item

80. H.1623.

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1623.
Title:
CHARLES HENRY PURDAY: ‘The Old English Gentleman’; 1833-75, n.d. A collection of 26 printed editions of this song, including pirated editions, parodies and related pieces, with annotations, letters and newspaper cuttings, compiled and written by Purday. The manuscript portions of the volume include:— a list of contents (f. 1v); – ‘Some account of the Origin and Trial of the Old English Gentleman’, dated 11 Jan. 1875 (ff. 2, 7, 10-13); – and ‘La Scala di Grado: on which was founded the first ...
Scope & Content:
Charles Henry Purday, composer: Documents rel. to 'The Old English Gentleman': 1833-75, n.d.: Autogr. includes: ff. 3-4 Henry Phillips, bass: Charles Henry Purday, composer: Blackstock & Brunice; solicitors: Letter to Blackstock & Brunice (solicitors) , rel. to Charles Henry Purday ,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1833-1875
Extent:
1 item