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1. Add MS 29248/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 29248/1
Title:
Detached former binding of Add MS 29248 (Marcantonio Cesti: 'La Dori')
Scope & Content:
The former Morocco binding with rich gilt tooling, now stored separately from the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1663
Extent:
1 set of covers

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

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