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1. Add MS 33965

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Add MS 33965
Title:
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...
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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)

2. Add MS 52540

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Add MS 52540
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; 1699-1965. Paper and (f. 52) vellum; ff. 66. Folio. A. Two letters of John Edward Masefield, O.M., to the Keeper of the Department of Printed Books, British Museum, relating to a portrait of J. M. Synge; 2, 9 Jan. 1965. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. ff. 1-4b. B. Letter from Marguerite, widow of Charles John Gardiner, Earl of Blessington, to Mr Byng, relating to her financial difficulties and mentioning a manuscript drama of Lope d...
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includes: ff. 1-4b British Museum: Letter to Keeper of Printed Books,: 1965.ff. 1-4b John Edward Masefield, OM; Poet Laureate: Letters to Keeper of Printed Books,: 1965.ff. 5-6b Marguerite Gardiner, alias Margaret; 2nd wife of Charles, Earl of Blessington; author: Letter to — Byng,: 1847....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, and German
Date Range:
1699-1965
Extent:
1 item