Duet ‘Ti veggo t’abbraccio’ from Il ratto di Proserpina. Copy; n.d. (wm 1824). ff. 14. 245 x 300mm. Lorenzo Da Ponte, librettist and poet: Peter von Winter, composer: 'Ti veggo t'abbraccio', duet from Il ratto di Proserpina by Peter von Winter, to a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte: n.d. [wm 1824]...
Royal Philharmonic Society Archive RPS MSS 272-417. Official papers, etc., of the Royal Philharmonic Society; 1813-1968, n.d. Formerly British Library Loan 48. The Society was founded in London in 1813, and granted the prefix ‘Royal’ in 1912. The larger part of the archive was placed on loan in 1962 and, where the arrangement allowed, added to on a number of subsequent occasions. When the final additions were made, in 1990, a terminal date of 1960 was set, though because of the format of so...
‘Original letters’; 1813-1955, n.d. The principal part of the series, surviving from the Society’s archive since its inception, had been gathered together and arranged by 1910. Subsequently select later letters were inserted into the series, and the whole bound into these volumes on their incorporation as a loan in the British Museum. A small number of draft letters from the Society is included, placed in order with the letters from the addressee. The letters are arranged in alphabetical o...
‘Original letters’: Ashe – Beckwith (ff. 254); 1816-1913, 1952-53, n.d. includes: ff. 1-4 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Andrew Ashe, flautist and concert organiser: Honoria Ashe, singer: Letters concerning Honoria Ashe's first London performance to William Watts from Andrew A...
‘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 ...
‘Original letters’: Beringer – Boycott (ff. 252); 1817-1929, 1954-5, n.d. includes: ff. 1-4 Oscar Beringer, pianist and composer: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letters to Stanley Lucas from Oscar Beringer: 1872, 1879.ff. 5-8 Charles Auguste de Bériot, violinist: William W...
‘Original letters’: Bradford – Butt (ff. 218); 1820-1913, n.d. includes: ff. 1-4 G. F. Sewell, Hon. Secretary, Bradford Festival Choral Society: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letters to Francesco Berger from G. F. Sewell: 1906.f. 5 Charles Henry G...