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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 47843-47882 Level [37] SubSeries

1. Add MS 47859 A-B

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Add MS 47859 A-B
Title:
MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. XVII-XIX. Letters, translations and music relating to the first performance of the oratorio 'Elijah' by Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy at the Birmingham Festival, 26 Aug. 1846, and its subsequent revision and publication. Mostly in the hand of William Bartholomew, the English translator of the words, but including eleven autograph letters of Mendelssohn (Add. MS. 47859 A, ff. 1- 17b). The collection belonged to Frederick George Edwards, who acquired it (cf....
Scope & Content:
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Collections rel. to 'Elijah': 1846-1847.: With autogr. annotations.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1846-1847]
Extent:
2 items

2. Add MS 47865-47878

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Add MS 47865-47878
Title:
MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vols. XXVI-XL Materials relating to Thomas Chatterton, the poet, compiled by various persons, 19th-20th centt., and mostly assembled by Meyerstein in connection with A Life of Thomas Chatterton, 1930. Partly in Meyerstein's autograph. See also The Bodleian Library Record, iv, 1952-1953, pp. 235-236; D. S. Taylor, The Complete Works of Thomas Chatterton, 1971. Fifteen volumes. As follows:-
Scope & Content:
Edward Harry William Meyerstein, author: Collections rel. to T. Chatterton: circ. 1760-1951. Thomas Chatterton, poet: Collections of E. H. W. Meyerstein rel. to: circ. 1760-1951.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
15 items

3. Add MS 47879-47881

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Add MS 47879-47881
Title:
MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vols. XLI-XLIV. Meyerstein's collections for a biography of Captain Frederick Marryat, R.N., the novelist; assembled circ. 1931-1949. See also Meyerstein's 'Captain Marryat and the Ariadne', The Mariner's Mirror, xxi, 1935, pp. 285-304. Four volumes. As follows:-
Scope & Content:
Edward Harry William Meyerstein, author: Collections rel. to Capt. F. Marryat: circ. 1931-1949. Captain Frederick Marryat, RN; novelist: Collections of E. H. W. Meyerstein rel. to: circ. 1929-1949. Edward Harry William Meyerstein, author: Notes and transcriptions, etc.: 20th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1931-1949
Extent:
4 items