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Project / Collection Royal Philharmonic Society Manuscripts Language Russian Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

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 272-417

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 272-417
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
1813-1968
Extent:
146 items

3. RPS MS 328-391

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 328-391
Title:
B. Correspondence
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
[1813-1976]
Extent:
64 items

4. RPS MS 333-369

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 333-369
Title:
‘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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
1813-1955
Extent:
37 items

5. RPS MS 333-378

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 333-378
Title:
General correspondence (‘original letters’ received: alphabetical sequence; concerts and general correspondence: chronological sequence)
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
[1813-1976]
Extent:
46 items

6. 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