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791. Egerton MS 2513

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Egerton MS 2513
Title:
" HORTUS musicus, conseriptus à Friderico Jacobo Lauen, anno 1711, d. 19 Martii " ; German songs, many set to music, for a single voice, without accompaniment. Paper; ff. 41. Belonged in 1821 to Heinrich August Hoffmann von Fallersleben. Obl. Duodecimo.
Scope & Content:
Poetry: Songs: 1711.: Germ. Friedrich Jacob Lauen: German songs: 1711.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1711
Extent:
1 item

792. Egerton MS 2679

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Egerton MS 2679
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS and papers; 16th cent.-1864. A Exhortation from R[ichard], Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Cistercian order, to pay tithes of their lands to the clergy ; [1179]. Lat. (See Hist. Littéraire, vol. xiv., p. 618). Copy, 16th cent. f. 1 b. On the outer pages (ff. 1, 2 b) are recipes, in Latin, for making ink, and some questions of Canon Law, etc. B. Portion of an inventory of plate and jewels, apparently belonging to Henry VIII. f. 3. Included are spoons engraved with the a...
Scope & Content:
Thomas Stothard, d 1834 RA: Letter concerning drawings of: 1806. includes: f. 1 Ink: Recipes for making: 16th cent.; 17th cent.: Lat.f. 1 b Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury: Exhortation to the Cistercians on the payment of tithes, 1179.: 16th cent.: Copy.f. 1 b Orders Religious. Cisterc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
16th century-1864
Extent:
1 item

793. Egerton MS 2727

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2727
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Christus am Oelberge', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'Christus am Oelberge': a short Oratorio, for 3 solo voices (Christ, a Seraph, and Peter), and Choruses of Disciples and Soldiers, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons, trombones, drums and strings, in score, by Ludwig van Beethoven, in whose hand are a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
after 1800
Extent:
1 volume (155 folios)

794. Egerton MS 2735

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2735
Title:
The overture to a cantata, and compositions for pianoforte, by Franz Liszt
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-8. 'Zur Beethoven-Cantate Vorspiel,' by F[ranz] L[iszt]: the unpublished overture to the Cantata 'Zur Säcular-Feier Beethovens,' begins 'Sternenschimmernde eisesflimmernde Winter,' which appeared in 1870. Written for oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, harp, drums (timpani and Pos...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1870-1882
Extent:
1 volume (26 folios)

795. Egerton MS 2746

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Egerton MS 2746
Title:
A collection of compositions by Robert Alexander Schumann and Wilhelm Richard Wagner, as well as a letter, apparently by Wagner
Scope & Content:
1. March in G minor {deleted: B-flat}, no. 2 [of op. 76, by Robert Alexander Schumann]; 1st half of 19th cent. Autograph. ff. 1-2. 2. Sketch of the people's chorus (melody and bass only) from Act ii of 'Rienzi' [1839], by Wilhelm Richard Wagner; 1838-1839. Autograph. ff. 3, 3b. 3. Largo maesto...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (5 folios)

796. Egerton MS 2795

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Egerton MS 2795
Title:
Portion of a sketch-book of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven containing chiefly sketches of the quartets (op. 130-133). There are also several in 3/8 time.
Scope & Content:
Sketches (chiefly the violin part) of the following quartets for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello, and a canon, by Beethoven. 1. In B flat (op. 130). First movement, ff. l-3b, 5, 5b, 8, etc.;— and possibly the Danza Tedesca. ff. 6-8, passim. 2. In C sharp minor (op. 131). 'Adagio.' f. 4;— an...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 volume (16 folios)

797. Egerton MS 2837-2848

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2837-2848
Title:
SELECTED Correspondence of Sir Frederic Madden, K.H., Keeper of the Manuscripts in the British Museum 1837-1866; 1823-1870. Madden at first worked under Henry Petrie as a transcriber for the Record Commission, afterwards, in 1826-1827, he was employed at the Museum on the catalogue of printed books, and in 1827 he joined the staff as Assistant-Keeper of MSS. Among his regular correspondents are Drs. Bandinel and Bliss and Rev. H. 0. Coxe at Oxford, Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., Albert Way (ma...
Scope & Content:
Sir Frederic Madden, KH; Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Correspondence: 1823-1870. British Museum: Correspondence of Sir F. Madden, Keeper of the MSS.: 1823-1870.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1823-1870
Extent:
12 items

798. Egerton MS 2972

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2972
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE of Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, Governor of Nova Scotia, connected with the raising in the United States and N. America of a foreign legion for service in the Crimean War 1855-1856, etc. Some of the letters are addressed to his Secretary, Hon. Lewis M- Wilkins. The names of the writers are given in the Index. They include John F[iennes Twisleton] Crampton [K.C.B. 1856, 2nd Bart. 1858], Envoy Extraordinary to the United States, whose first two letters (1853-1854) refer to the ...
Scope & Content:
Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, Lieutenant -Governor of Nova Scotia; GCMG 1860: Correspondence rel. to raising in N. America of a foreign legion for service in Crimean War, etc.: 1853, 1856. Army; England: Correspondence rel. to raising of a foreign legion in U.S.A. for service in the Crimea: 185...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1811-1855
Extent:
1 item

799. Egerton MS 3042

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3042
Title:
FORAN SYDENS KLOSTER: a setting, for soprano, alto, and chorus of women's voices, of words from Bjornstjerne Bjomson's 'Arnljot Gelline', with orchestral accompaniments (alternative piano part in red ink), in full score, by Edvard [Hagerup] Grieg (1843-1907), Op. 20. Autograph. This MS. was probably used for the first printed edition of E. W. Fritzsch, Leipzig, 1876. The work was written after Grieg's return from Rome in 1870 and dedicated to F[erencz] Liszt. German and English translations ...
Scope & Content:
Franz Liszt, composer: E. H. Grieg's 'Foran Sydens Kloster' dedicated to: circ. 1871. Friedrich Franz von Holstein, author and composer: German translation of words of Grieg's 'Foran Sydens Kloster': circ. 1875. Edvard Hagerup Grieg, composer: 'Foran Sydens Kloster': circ. 1871. Emma Dahl, co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

800. Egerton MS 3090-3097

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3090-3097
Title:
EDWARDS PAPERS (Vols. VI-XIII) FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF FREDERICK GEORGE EDWARDS, F.R.A.M. (b. 1853, d. 1909), Editor of the Musical Times 1897-1909, and author of the History of Mendelssohn's Elijah (1896), etc., supplementing Add. MSS. 41570-41574, and also Add. MS. 38091, ff. 45-49; 1877-1909. The names of the writers of letters, etc., will be found in the Index to this Catalogue. Eight volumes, quarto and (3097 A) large quarto. From the Farnborough Fund.
Scope & Content:
Frederick George Edwards, organist and writer on music; d.1909: Correspondence and papers: 1877-1909.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1818-1909
Extent:
8 items

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