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2. MS Mus. 1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1
- Title:
- Henry Purcell and Giovanni Battista Draghi: Keyboard music
- Scope & Content:
- The 'Purcell/Draghi keyboard manuscript' contains, on folios 1v-12, music by or arranged by Henry Purcell and in his autograph. Reversing the volume, folios 42-12v are by, and almost certainly in the hand of, Giovanni Battista Draghi. Folio 1r contains a musical setting of Draghi’s address in th...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1690-1700
- Extent:
- 1 volume (folios ii + 43)
3. MS Mus. 2-83
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 2-83
- Title:
- Francis Chagrin Collection: Music manuscripts and papers of the composer, conductor and administrator Francis Chagrin (1905-1972)
- Scope & Content:
- All music manuscripts are autograph full scores for orchestra, written in pencil, except where otherwise stated. Manuscripts are arranged chronologically within each section where a date can be established, then alphabetically for undated pieces. Dates of recording, where cited, are descibed as ...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English, Flemish, French, French, Old, German, Latin, Romanian, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1927-1974
- Extent:
- 82 volumes
4. MS Mus. 84
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 84
- Title:
- MS Mus. 84. NIKOLAI KARLOVICH MEDTNER: Violin sonata no.3, op.57, with related correspondence; 1934-50, n.d. Purchased from Richard Macnutt, 5 June 1989. ff. 76. Largest size 329 x 279mm. 1. ff. 1-35. Sonata no.3 in E minor, op.57, for violin and piano (‘Sonata epica’); 1948. Photocopy of the composer’s pencil score, written over in ink by his wife, with annotations in pencil and ink, some autograph. The sonata was composed circa 1935-8. The annotations mainly correspond with those added t...
- Scope & Content:
- includes: ff. 1-35 Nicolas Medtner, alias Nikolai Karlovich; composer and pianist: Dr Arthur Alexander, pianist; husband of Freda Swain: Anna Medtner, wife of N K Medtner: Violin sonata no.3 in E minor by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner, dedicated to Dr. Arthur Alexander and partly in the hand of A...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English and German
- Date Range:
- 1934-1950
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. MS Mus. 85-86
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 85-86
- Title:
- MSS Mus. 85-86. ARTHUR HUTCHINGS COLLECTION; 1938-89, n.d. Papers of the musicologist Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings (b.1906, d.1989), professor of music, University of Durham, 1947-68. Purchased from Lisa Cox, 9 July 1990. Two volumes.
- Scope & Content:
- Charles Edmund Rubbra, composer: Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings, musicologist: Printed and manuscript scores by and rel. to the composer Edmund Rubbra collected by the musicologist and composer Arthur Hutchings, together with a small collection of papers rel. to Hutchings: 20th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1938-1989
- Extent:
- 2 items
6. MS Mus. 87
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 87
- Title:
- MS Mus. 87. SONGS; 1908-27. Manuscript scores of various 20th century composers. All ink, and for voice and piano unless stated otherwise. Purchased from the Delius Trust, 30 July 1990. ff. 31. Largest size, 360 x 269mm. 1. ff. 1-3. William Charles Denis Browne: song, ‘Move Eastward, Happy Earth’ (words, Alfred, Lord Tennyson); 6 Sept. 1908. Probably autograph. Published Stainer & bell, 1910. 2. ff. 4-5. Masters van Someren Godfery: song, ‘Snow’, op.4, no.1 (words, Alfred Austin); [19...
- Scope & Content:
- includes: ff. 1-3 Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson; Poet Laureate: William Charles Denis Browne, composer: Song, 'Move Eastward, Happy Earth' by William Charles Denis Browne, to words by Alfred Tennyson: 1908: Probably autogr.ff. 4-5 Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate: Masters van Someren Godf...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1908-1927
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. MS Mus. 88-96
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 88-96
- Title:
- SUSI JEANS COLLECTION
- Scope & Content:
- MSS Mus. 88-96. Music manuscripts and papers formerly belonging to the keyboard player and musicologist Lady Jeans (b.1911, d.1993); 18th and 20th centuries. For other music manuscripts owned by Lady Jeans, see Add. 71209 and 71210; further papers and books are now housed at the Royal College of...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English and German
- Date Range:
- 18th and 20th century
- Extent:
- 9 items
8. MS Mus. 97-104
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 97-104
- Title:
- DONALD MITCHELL COLLECTION
- Scope & Content:
- MSS Mus. 97-104. Papers of the musicologist, publisher and administrator Donald Charles Peter Mitchell (b.1925). For other papers presented by Mitchell see Add. 49597, ff. 3-6. Further papers in the possession of the British Library are deposited at the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh. MSS Mu...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English, French, and German
- Date Range:
- [1876-1989]
- Extent:
- 8 items
9. MS Mus. 105-115
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 105-115
- Title:
- MSS Mus. 105-115. FRED. E. WEATHERLY COLLECTION: papers of the barrister and song-writer Frederic Edward Weatherly, K.C. (b.1848, d.1929); 1877-1941, n.d. This collection complements the collection of published settings of his verse at H.3396.a.-zz., H.3397.a.-t. See also Add. 49287 (Weatherly’s notebooks). Presented by Dr Anthony Mann, 1 Aug. 1989, and incorporated June 2001. Paper. Eleven volumes. British Library arrangement.
- Scope & Content:
- Frederick Edward Weatherly, KC; barrister and songwriter: Miriam Weatherly, formerly Bryan née Davies; 2nd wife of F E Weatherly: Papers of Frederick Edward Weatherly and Miriam Weatherly: 1877-1941, n.d.: Partly autogr., partly copies, partly typewritten, partly printed, partly photographs.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1877-1941
- Extent:
- 11 items
10. MS Mus. 116-129
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 116-129
- Title:
- MSS Mus. 116-129. NORMAN DEL MAR COLLECTION Music manuscripts, papers and notebooks of the conductor, composer and writer Norman René Del Mar, CBE (b.1919, d.1994); 1903-92, n.d. With the exception of MSS Mus. 116-117, the manuscripts of Del Mar’s compositions are housed in the Royal College of Music. MSS Mus. 116-126 presented by Mrs Pauline Del Mar, 3 May 1994; MSS Mus. 127-129 presented by Mr Jonathan Del Mar, 28 Aug. 1998. Paper. Fourteen volumes. A. Music: 116-117. B. Papers relatin...
- Scope & Content:
- Norman Del Mar, conductor: Music manuscripts, papers and notebooks: 1903-92, n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English, German, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1903-1992
- Extent:
- 14 items