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Language English Name Haydn, Franz Joseph, composer, 1732-1809 Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Digitised Manuscripts (unavailable)

1. Add MS 28613

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Add MS 28613
Title:
A collection of songs by Francis Joseph Haydn
Scope & Content:
A collection of songs by Francis Joseph Haydn. Autograph. Prefixed is a lithograph copy of a letter from Haydn to Anton Polzelli; Vienna, 20 Mar. 1808. Sketches, in the hand of Joseph Haydn, of the choruses, 'Awake the harp,' and 'The heav'ns are telling,' in his Oratorio, 'The Creation.'; bef...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 35026

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Add MS 35026
Title:
Musical autograph album of Eliza Wesley, containing short pieces, inscriptions and signatures of numerous composers, musicians, singers and others
Scope & Content:
passim. Album begun by Eliza Wesley in 1836, containing the autographs of the principal composers, vocalists, and instrumentalists, and a few others, then in London; 1836-1895. Besides the compositions described below, there are also signatures, and in a few cases transcripts of fragments of mus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)

3. Add MS 35274

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Add MS 35274
Title:
A collection of mostly Welsh airs for one or two voices, with accompaniments by Franz Joseph Haydn
Scope & Content:
passim. 'Welsh Airs,' with one exception (no. 1, which is Scottish), with pianoforte accompaniments, in score, by Haydn, in the hand of J. Radnitzky. At the beginning is written in the composer's hand, 'Harmonized by Dr. Haydn, 1804.' Most of them were published by George Thomson, of Edinburgh. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Welsh
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

4. Add MS 35275

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Add MS 35275
Title:
A collection of mostly Welsh airs and sonatas on Scottish airs
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-26b passim. Violin and violoncello parts to the duets by Haydn in Add MS 35274; 1804. 1. ['What ails this heart.'] 2. 'The flowers of London.' 3. 'The whirling of the spinning wheel.' 4. 'The door-clapper.' 5. 'The [note of the] black cock.' 6. 'The crystal ground.' 7. 'Winifreda.' 8. 'The...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Welsh
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (96 folios)

5. Add MS 47849

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Add MS 47849
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Scope & Content:
MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. VII (ff. 16+v). Symphony no. 40, in F major, for oboes, horns and strings, in score, by Franz Joseph Haydn; 1763. Autograph. With the composer's annotations (f. 1), 'Synfonia', 'ln Nomine Domini', 'Giuseppe Haydn 763' and (f. 15) at the end of the Finale, 'Laus Deo'. 'No...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1763
Extent:
1 item

6. Egerton MS 2380

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Egerton MS 2380
Title:
ORIGINAL letters, etc., of, and relating to, Franz Joseph Haydn, the composer, viz.:- 1. [Franz] Joseph Haydn to Williain Forster, music printer of London; Estoras [Esterhaz], 8 Api-. 1787-28 Feb. 1788. Fr. and Germ. f. 1. 2. Charles Jerningham to W. Forster; Cawsey [Cossey, co. Norfolk], 24 Aug. 1781, f. 11. 3. Acquittance from Haydn, as "Maestro di Capella" of Prince Esterliazy, to William Forster for £70 for the copyright of symphonies, etc.; Esterhaz, 1786. Fr. Signed f. 12. 4. B...
Scope & Content:
William Forster, Music printer of London: Letters from, and papers relating to, F. J. Haydn: 1787-1797.: Fr. and Germ. includes: ff. 1-12 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Letters and acquittance to W. Forster: 1787-1788.: Fr. and Germ. f. 11 Charles Jerningham: Letter to W. Forster: 1781. f. 17 J...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
17 Aug 1781-25 Jan 1788
Extent:
1 item