Harriet Cohen Papers. Papers formerly owned by Arnold Bax. Letters and contracts
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Vol. xlvii. Letters and contracts; 1910-1953, n.d. ff. 134. 450 x 290mm. 1. ff. 1-109. Letters to Bax from musicians and others. 2. ff. 110-134. Contracts. includes: ff. 1-2. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Dr Arthur Alexander,...
MS Mus. 1695. Music manuscripts; 1929-1941. ff. 121. 380 x 280mm. 1. ff. 1-11. [Two madrigals], for unaccompanied mixed voices, words by Christian Morgenstern; 1929, 1930. Ink scores, autograph. ff. 2-7v. ‘Gespenst’, beginning ‘Es gibt ein Gespenst’; - ff. 8-11v. ‘Das Problem’, beginning ‘Der ...
MS Mus. 1696. Music manuscripts and papers; 1956-1960. ff. 131. 362 x 266mm. 1. ff. 1-50. ‘Three Fragments from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’, chamber cantata for speaker, mixed chorus and instrumental ensemble, words by James Joyce; 1956-1957. Autograph vocal score in pencil with c...
Publishing contracts relating to works by Joseph Haydn
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Two contacts (one draft) concerning the publication of works by Joseph Haydn. Both were acquired from separate sources. See file level for further information.
Contract between Joseph Haydn and Frederick Augustus Hyde
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Manuscript contract concerning the publication of various works, made between Joseph Haydn and Frederick Augustus Hyde on 30 July 1796, and signed and sealed by Haydn in Vienna on 10 August.
Draft contract for the publication of Joseph Haydn's Die Schoepfung in France
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Material concerning the publication of Haydn's The Creation (Die Schoepfung) in France by Pleyel. The full score and vocal scores were eventually published in France by Pleyel in 1802. 1) Autograph draft of a contract in French, written and signed by the publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister, acting ...