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1. Add MS 29804

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Add MS 29804
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MISCELLANEOUS Original letters, etc., chiefly of foreign musical composers; 1788-1872. 1.Josephus Haydn to [- Artaria?]; Esterhaz, 17 Aug. 1788. Germ. f. 1. 2. [Johann Christoph Friedrich von] Sch[iller] to [Karl Theodor Körner]; Weimar, 5 July, 1802. Germ. f. 3. 3. [Earl Theodor] Körner to J. C. F. von Schiller; Dresden, 30 Aug. 1802. Germ. f. 5. 4. Acquittance from Joseph Haydn to - Whyte, of Edinburgh, for the balance of 500 gulden for the "Schottische Lieder;" Vienna, 3 Feb. 1804...
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Music: Letters of musical composers, 16th-19th centt.: 1778-1861. includes: f. 1 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Letter to - Artaria: 1788.: Germ. ff. 3, 5 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet: Correspondence with K. T. Körner: 1802.: Germ. ff.3, 5 Karl Theodor Körner: Correspondence wi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1788-1872
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 29999

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ORIGINAL letters, etc., of musical composers and singers; 1780-1858:- 1. Franz Peter Schubert: Song, 'Idens Nachtgesang'; 7 July, 1815. Begins 'Vernimm es, Nacht, was Ida dir vertrauet,' with pianoforte accompaniment, in score. Autograph. The words are by [Ludwig Theobulus] Kosegarten. f. 2. 2. Lines, " Klopstock," by Johann Heinrich Rolle, director of music at Magdeburg; 20 Aug. 1780. Germ. f. 3. 3. Friedrich Rochlitz to -; Leipzig, 14 Oct. [180]5. Germ. f. 4. 4. Ferdinand Ries to C...
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William Holland: Letters to, from musicians: 19th cent. Music: Letters of musical composers: 1780-1858. includes: f. 2 Franz Peter Schubert, composer: Idens Nachtgesang. 1815. f. 3 Johann Heinrich Rolle, Director of Music at Heidelberg: Verses by: 1780. f. 4 Friedrich Rochlitz: Letter to 1805...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1780-1858
Extent:

1 volume

3. Add MS 33965

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Original letters of musicians, arranged as in the preceding volume. Among them are letters of:- Dr. Thomas Augustus Arne, Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, Dr. William Boyce, Orlando Gibbons, Henry Lawes, Matthew Locke, André Ernest Modeste Grétry, Hector Berlioz, François Adrien Boieldieu, François Gounod, Étienne Henri Méhul, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frederic Handel, Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt, Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Robert Alexander Schumann, Louis Spoh...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 E- T- Allan, husband of Mad. Caradori-Allan: Letter to P. F. Laporte: 1834. ff. 1, 372 Pierre François Laporte, actor and impresario: Letters to him: 1832-1841.: Fr. f. 3 Thomas Augustine Arne, composer: Letter to G. Woodfall: n.d. f. 3 George Woodfall, Printer: Letter to, from D...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Polish, and Swedish
Date Range:
16th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (418 folios)

4. Add MS 35027

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Collections by Eliza Wesley relating to English and foreign composers, musicians, singers and others
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Consists of engraved portraits, photographs, newspaper-cuttings, and other printed matter, with a few original letters, etc. The names are all given in the index. Includes: ff. 1-3 Samuel Wesley, composer and organist: Biographical notices, etc.: 1798-1850. f. 2 Frederick Hohl: Note to - Crus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)

5. Add MS 38069

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Music, etc., viz.:-(a) Italian cantata, by Handel; 18th cent. f. 1;-(b) Signature of Haydn; circ. 1791. f. 5;-(c) "Quatuor énigmatique," by Charles Simon Catel; 1811. Autograph. f. 6 b; -(d) Canon by Beethoven; 1825. Autogr. f. 8;-(e) First violin part of overture "Polonia," by Wagner; [1833]. A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 41636

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Vol. I (ff. 367). 1795-1882. includes: f. 1 John Jacob Astor, musical instrument manufacturer: Letter to Messrs Broadwood and Son: 1795.: Photogr.f. 2 Thomas Campbell, poet: Certificate by: 1842.ff. 3-125 passim John Sliegh, humorous artist: Letters and verses to A. J. and Mrs Hipkins: 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1795-1882
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 50514

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Vol. VII (ff. 389). 1901-1906. includes: ff. 1, 2, 10, 15, 47, 100 John Stuart Stuart- Glennie, author: Correspondence, etc., with G. B. Shaw of John Stuart Stuart- Glennie: 1889-1903: Partly draft, printed and typescript.f. 3 Frederick Kerr, actor-manager: Letters to G. B. Shaw of Freder...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1901-1906
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 54316-54317

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Add MS 54316-54317
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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vols. XC, XCI. Autograph collection
Scope & Content:
Some French, German and Italian. See BMQ, xxxiii, pp. 50-51. Mounted in an album, with printed portraits and photographs of a number of the writers. The album is annotated by Millar, with details of acquisition, etc., including information about items dispersed from the collection. Millar's book...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1689-1937
Extent:
2 items

9. Add MS 58074

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Scope & Content:
C. B. OLDMAN COLLECTION (PART 2). Vol. II (ff. ii+38). 'Some Musical Reminiscences', lecture given by Joseph Leopold Roeckel (b.1838, d.1923), youngest son of Joseph August Roeckel, singer, and nephew of Hummel, [to a meeting of the Incorporated Society of Musicians?], including his reminiscence...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 71826

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Add MS 71826
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Scope & Content:
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. cvi. Searle’s draft scripts for radio talks, etc.; 1949-1962, n.d. Typewritten unless otherwise stated. ff. 213. Overall size 330 x 210mm. 1. ff. 1-4. ‘An Approach to Atonal Music’; n.d. 2. ff. 5-6. ‘A New Musical Language’; n.d. 3. ff. 7-11. ‘A New Kind of M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949-1972
Extent:
1 item