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1. Add MS 29261

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Add MS 29261
Title:
Original letters of musical composers and others. Also included is part of a symphony by Hector Berlioz.
Scope & Content:
Original letters of musical composers and others; 1778- 1861:- 1. [Karl Philipp Emanuel] Bach to -; Hamburg, 3 Jan. 1778. Germ. f. 1. 2. [Joseph] Rouget de Lisle to [? Mare François] Guillois; 24 Mar. 1820. Fr. f. 2. 3. L[uigi] Cherubini to the Baron de Bruyers St. Michel, [François André]...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1778-1861
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 29300 A-Y

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Add MS 29300 A-Y
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS autograph letters, etc. (acquired at various times in 1873-1876).
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Reading Abbey; Berkshire: Letter relating to its suppression: temp. Henry VIII. f. 2 Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Lord Keeper: Letter to, from Sir W. Temple: 1668. f. 11 George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: Correspondence with Sir R. Abercromby: 1797. ff. 11, 12 General Sir Ralph Abe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[16th century-19th century]
Extent:
22 items

3. Add MS 29804

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Add MS 29804
Title:
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...
Scope & Content:
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

4. 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...
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)

5. Add MS 37056

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Add MS 37056
Title:
Robert Alexander Schumann's Sonata in F minor: "Concert pour piano seul", dedicated to Ignaz Moscheles.
Scope & Content:
Sonata in F minor (the original MS.), described by the composer, on a slip pasted in at the beginning of the MS., as 'Concert pour Piano seul composé et dedié a Mr. Ignace Moscheles par Robert Schumann. Œuv. 14.' For this he afterwards substituted (f. 19), at the request of Haslinger the publish...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
5 Jun 1836
Extent:
1 volume (25 folios)

6. MS Mus. 309

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MS Mus. 309
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 309. RENSBURG MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. iii. Autograph album of Miss Netta Rensburg, daughter of Henry Rensburg; 1843, 1872-1904. An album containing letters and signatures of musicians, often with musical excerpts. ff. i + 231. 266 x 210mm. Limp red morocco binding with gilt lettering ‘N. L. R...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1843-1904
Extent:
1 item

7. R.M.24.l.3

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R.M.24.l.3
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Miscellaneous vocal and instrumental music, Vol. III.; 19th century. A Victorian collection of 56 songs with piano accompaniment, and piano music, by various composers. Paper. ff. 93. 1. f. 1. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Felix): Gruss. Song. 2. f. 2. Anon: Das Lied der Vöge...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

8. RPS MS 335

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RPS MS 335
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Original letters’: Bedford – Bergson (ff. 252); 1823-1938, n.d. includes: ff. 1-2 Alberto Igenio Randegger, composer: Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Herbert Bedford, composer and painter: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Francesco Berger ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1823-1938
Extent:
1 item

9. Zweig MS 215

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Zweig MS 215
Title:
Autograph book of Ignaz Moscheles
Scope & Content:
Autograph book of the pianist and composer Ignaz Moscheles. Most entries are written directly into the volume and are by musicians contributing musical quotations or complete short pieces. In addition, a number of items, including letters and drawings, are inserted. Includes inserted items dated...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1764-1869
Extent:
1 volume (159 folios)