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161. K.11.e.11.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.11.e.11.
Title:
HANDEL’S MESSIAH: Jenny Lind’s copy; 1852-99. A printed copy of John Bishop’s edition of Messiah (Robert Cocks & Co., [1852]), with markings in Jenny Lind’s hand (in pencil) and manuscript embellishments made for her use by Sir George Smart (in ink). With a dedication to Lind from Smart dated Christmas 1855 (f. ii), a letter to Otto Goldschmidt from Frank Pownell dated 24 July 1899 (ff. iii-iv), publisher’s advertisements (f. v; 8 pp. bound after the score) and a programme for a performa...
Scope & Content:
Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Johanna Maria Lind-Goldschmidt, alias 'Jenny Lind'; singer: George Frideric Handel, composer: Printed copy of Handel's Messiah, presented to Johanna Maria Lind-Goldschmidt and annotated by Sir George Thomas Smart: 1855. includes: ff. iii-iv Frank Pownell, R...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-1899
Extent:
1 item

162. K.11.e.16.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.11.e.16.
Title:
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: annotated male vocal parts of Gurre-Lieder; published 1912, annotated [1914]. Each of the four male vocal parts is annotated by the composer with instructions for dividing the male voices into four choruses instead of three in the section beginning "Gegrüßt, o König". With a separate leaf of explanatory notes (f. 1), also in Schoenberg’s hand. The annotations were made for a performance in Amsterdam scheduled for December 1914 but cancelled as a result of the outbreak of w...
Scope & Content:
Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, composer: Jens Peter Jacobsen, Danish poet: Annotated printed vocal parts, with explanatory note, for Gurre-Lieder by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, to words by Jens Peter Jacobsen: 1912-14: Germ: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1914]
Extent:
1 item

163. L.22.a.21.

Reference (shelfmark):
L.22.a.21.
Title:
LETTERS OF MUSICIANS, ETC.; circa 1700-1900. An album of illustrations, ballads, press-cuttings, musical scores, letters and other material relating to musical concerts, composers and performers, including a collection of signed receipts for payments made to performers by the directors of the Concerts of Ancient Music from 1816 to 1840. Mainly printed; the manuscript portions are listed in the index. Purchased from Kenneth Mummery, 30 Sept. 1971. ff. ii + 68. 484 x 304mm.
Scope & Content:
Concerts of Ancient Music: Receipts for payments: 1817-1840: Printed. includes: f. 7 Maurice G. Dowling, writer of plays: Letter from Maurice G. Dowling: 1847: Autogr.f. 8v Gesualdo Lanza, singing teacher: Islington Literary and Scientific Institution: Letter to the Islington Literary and ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1700-1900
Extent:
1 item

164. P.2137.

Reference (shelfmark):
P.2137.
Title:
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT: Triple concerto; 1980. Dyeline copy of the full score, published Schott, [1980], heavily annotated with conductor’s markings by Norman Del Mar. With an autograph postcard from Tippett to Del Mar and a photocopy of a letter from Del Mar to Tippett. Purchased from Nigel Simeone, 16 May 1994. ff. vi + pp. 135. Largest size 460 x 305mm.
Scope & Content:
includes: f. iii Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM; CH; composer: Norman Del Mar, conductor: Postcard to Norman Del Mar from Sir Michael Kemp Tippett: [1982]: Autogr.ff. iv-v Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM; CH; composer: Norman Del Mar, conductor: Letter to Sir Michael Kemp Tippett from Norman Del...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980
Extent:
1 item

165. X.435/115.(3.)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.435/115.(3.)
Title:
LETTERS TO SIR HENRY WOOD; 1942. Six typewritten letters from W. W. Thompson and one from Dorothy Wood, listing the total paying audiences for the 1942 season of Promenade concerts. With a collection of thirty-nine printed programmes for Promenade and other concerts conducted by Wood, annotated by the conductor with audience numbers, takings and other information; 1898, 1911, 1913, 1934-44. Typewritten lists of nightly attendances for the 1941 season are inserted in the programme for that se...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-6 Sir Henry Joseph Wood, CH; conductor: W. W. Thompson, of the BBC: Letters to Sir Henry Joseph Wood from W. W. Thompson: 1942: Typewritten, signed.f. 7 Sir Henry Joseph Wood, CH; conductor: Dorothy Wood, of the BBC: Letter to Sir Henry Joseph Wood from Dorothy Wood: 1942: T...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
1 item