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Archive Reference (shelfmark) RPS MS 1-417 Language German Name Royal Philharmonic Society, 1813-

1. RPS MS 1-417

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 1-417
Title:
Royal Philharmonic Society Archive
Scope & Content:
Scope: Music manuscripts and papers of the Royal Philharmonic Society. Date range: c 1792-1990 Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by the British Library in 2002. Related material: Printed music from the library of the Royal Philharmonic Society is on loan to the British Library and is ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
c 1792-1990
Extent:
417 items

2. RPS MS 5

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 5
Title:
Scope & Content:
Symphony no. 9, op 125. [Viennese] copy, with autograph corrections, annotations and dedication to the Society; n.d. [1824]. The copy sent by Beethoven to the Society in 1824. ff. i+169, with 16* 335x300mm. Royal Philharmonic Society: Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Ignaz Moscheles, pianist...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Italian
Date Range:
[1824]
Extent:
1 item

3. RPS MS 75

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 75
Title:
Scope & Content:
HEINRICH KARL JOHANN HOFMANN ‘Frithjof’ Symphony, op. 22. Printed score, Berlin: Hermann Erler, [1874]. With an autograph letter of presentation to the Society. ff. ii+38 (printed page casting, 73) 330 x 265mm. includes: f. ii Royal Philharmonic Society: Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann, pian...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1874]
Extent:
1 item

4. RPS MS 349

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 349
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Scope & Content:
‘Original letters’: Hope – Jenson (ff. 236); 1824-1913, n.d. includes: f. 1 Sir Michael Costa, composer: Edwin Hope, musician: Letter from Edwin Hope rel. to Sir Michael Costa: circa 1850.ff. 2-3 Edward John Hopkins, organist and composer: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Le...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1824-1913
Extent:
1 item

5. RPS MS 357

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 357
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Original letters’: Moul – Novello (ff. 259); 1828-1913, 1921, n.d. includes: ff. 1, 3 Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas, composer: Alfred Moul, agent, Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs, et Editeurs de Musique: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Charles Cami...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1828-1921
Extent:
1 item

6. RPS MS 362

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 362
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Original letters’: Salaman – Schulz-Curtius (ff. 266); 1819-1913, n.d. includes: f. 1 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Charles Kensington Salaman, pianist, composer and conductor: Letter to William Watts from Charles Kensington Salaman: 1835.f. 2 Charles Kensington Salaman,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1819-1913
Extent:
1 item

7. RPS MS 363

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 363
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Original letters’: Schumann – Sloper (ff. 249); 1819-1913, 1938-50, n.d. includes: ff. 1-3 Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Clara Josephine Schumann, née Wieck; pianist and composer; wife of R Schumann: Emma Busby, musician: George Hogarth, music critic and composer; Secretary, Phil...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1819-1950
Extent:
1 item

8. RPS MS 365

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 365
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Scope & Content:
‘Original letters’: Starr – Szczepanowski (ff. 241); 1819-1913, n.d. includes: f. 1 Henry R. Starr, viola player: William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Postcard to William Hayman Cummings from Henry R. Starr: 1908.ff. 2-5 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Joseph Staudigl, singer: L...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1819-1913
Extent:
1 item

9. RPS MS 368

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 368
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Original letters’: Widor – Zucchelli, and anonymous (ff. 292); 1818-1912, 1938, n.d. includes: ff. 1-21, 28-29 Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor, organist, composer and conductor: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letters to Francesco Berger from Charles...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1818-1938
Extent:
1 item

10. RPS MS 369

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 369
Title:
Scope & Content:
Original letters: supplementary volume. ff. 265. 1. ff. 1-15. Correspondence of William Watts (secretary of the Philharmonic Society 1815-47); 1816-26, n.d. Included are letters from J. H. Griesbach, Henry Smart and Thomas Lindsay Willman. With a letter from Watts to [Nicolas] Mori. Formerly ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Russian
Date Range:
1816-1976
Extent:
1 item