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91. H.1286.b.(5*.)

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1286.b.(5*.)
Title:
LUIGI GORDIGIANI: ‘Le tre nazioni: scherzo a tre voci, con accompagnamento di P.F.’; circa 1850. For two tenors, bass and piano. Beginning ‘Yes! Oui! Ja! Viva la società!’. Probably autograph. Dedicated ‘à Lord Vernon’, and bound in a volume of printed songs with the Vernon bookplate. Pages trimmed at top and bottom. Purchased, Dec. 1977. ff. 5. Largest size 306 x 217mm.
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: George John Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon; afterwards Warren: Armorial bookplate of George John Venables-Vernon: circa 1850. Luigi Gordigiani, composer: 'Le tre nazione': scherzo a tre voci by Luigi Gordigiani: circa 1850: Ital: probably autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

92. H.1339.(1.)

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1339.(1.)
Title:
MICHEL-DIMITRI CALVOCORESSI: draft of an article on the music of Yrjö Kilpinen; 1934. Autograph. Partly written on a typewritten letter to Calvocoressi from R. S. Lambert, editor of The Listener. Bound with a printed score of Kilpinen’s Lauluja V. A. Koskenniemen runoihin (Helsinki: Fazerin Musiikkikauppa, 1930), with a note of dedication to Calvocoressi signed by the composer. Purchased from the First Edition Bookshop, 15 May 1959. ff. ii. 254 x 200mm.
Scope & Content:
includes: f. i Michael Dimitri Calvocoressi, writer on music: Richard Stanton Lambert, editor, 'The Listener': Letter to Michael Dimitri Calvocoressi from Richard Stanton Lambert: 1934: Typewritten, signed.ff. i-ii Michael Dimitri Calvocoressi, writer on music: Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen, compose...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 item

93. H.1623.

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1623.
Title:
CHARLES HENRY PURDAY: ‘The Old English Gentleman’; 1833-75, n.d. A collection of 26 printed editions of this song, including pirated editions, parodies and related pieces, with annotations, letters and newspaper cuttings, compiled and written by Purday. The manuscript portions of the volume include:— a list of contents (f. 1v); – ‘Some account of the Origin and Trial of the Old English Gentleman’, dated 11 Jan. 1875 (ff. 2, 7, 10-13); – and ‘La Scala di Grado: on which was founded the first ...
Scope & Content:
Charles Henry Purday, composer: Documents rel. to 'The Old English Gentleman': 1833-75, n.d.: Autogr. includes: ff. 3-4 Henry Phillips, bass: Charles Henry Purday, composer: Blackstock & Brunice; solicitors: Letter to Blackstock & Brunice (solicitors) , rel. to Charles Henry Purday ,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1833-1875
Extent:
1 item

94. H.1654.bb.(9.)

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1654.bb.(9.)
Title:
GAETANO DONIZETTI: violin part to ‘Più che non ama un’angelo’; circa 1845. Bound with an annotated printed score of the E flat transposed version of the Romance (Cramer, Beale & Co., [1844]). Possibly in the hand of Giovanni Puzzi, whose signature is on the title page. Purchased, Nov. 1972. f. 1 + pp. [i]+5. 298 x 223mm.
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer: Giovanni Puzzi, horn player: Instrumental part for 'Più che non ama un'Angelo' , possibly in the hand of Giovanni Puzzi , by Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti: circa 1845.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1845
Extent:
1 item

95. H.1847.c.(1.)

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1847.c.(1.)
Title:
RUDOLF RICHTER: ‘Mein Lieb. Gedicht von Henich Feidolf [or Seidolf]’; circa 1926. Bound with Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Bertha Elsinger Thonet, op.3 (Leipzig: Zu beziehen durch Ludwig Doblinger, [1926]). Possibly autograph. With a pencil sketch showing the positions of the mouth when singing, annotated in Italian (f. 3v). Donated, July 1972. ff. 3 + pp. 10. 337 x 266mm.
Scope & Content:
Rudolf Richter, composer: Henich Feidolf, poet: 'Mein Lieb', song to words by Henich Feidolf by Rudolf Richter: circa 1926: Germ: Autogr.?.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1926
Extent:
1 item

96. H.1860.ee.(7.)

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1860.ee.(7.)
Title:
PETR ILÍCH CHAĬKOVSKIĬ: ‘Priroda i liubov’; circa 1895. Nine orchestral parts, each headed ‘Natur und Liebe’, bound with a printed vocal score entitled Natur und Liebe, für drei Solostimmen (zwei Soprane und Alt), dreistimmigen Frauenchor und Pianoforte (Hamburg & Leipzig: D. Rahter, [1895]). Copies. Purchased, Apr. 1969. pp. 23 + ff. 21. 341 x 258mm.
Scope & Content:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer: Orchestral parts to 'Priroda i liubov': circa 1895: Copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1895
Extent:
1 item

97. H.1943.

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1943.
Title:
Letter
Scope & Content:
Letter to a publisher c 1885
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1885
Extent:
1 item

98. h.2083.a.

Reference (shelfmark):
h.2083.a.
Title:
"EXERCISES sur l’emploi des trois petites clefs [of the flute]," followed by a "Thême Varié" by T. L. de Caesemacker, London; 1835. Inserted in F. Devienne’s Méthode Pour La Flûte (3rd ed.; Paris: Janet & Cotelle, circa 1815). Presented, 12 Oct. 1880. Paper; f. 4. 327 x 230mm.
Scope & Content:
T. L. de Caesemacker, flautist: 'Thème variée' for solo flute: 1835: Probably copy. Music: Exercises for the flute: 1835.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1835
Extent:
1 item

99. h.2789.c.

Reference (shelfmark):
h.2789.c.
Title:
Ferdinand Ries: Sinfonia No. I, for strings, woodwinds, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone and timpani, in D major, op. 23; [between 1809-circa 1812]. Full score in ink, copy, with 24 printed parts. The symphony was composed in 1809 and the parts were published circa 1812 (Bonn: Simrock). Performed at the Philharmonic Society Concerts, London, 18 Apr. 1814. In the same hand as a symphony by Krommer placed at h. 2799.h. Both score and parts bear the stamps of ‘Musis Sacrum’ (cancelled) and ‘Maatsc...
Scope & Content:
Ferdinand Ries, composer and pianist: Symphonies 1-3: betw. 1809 and 1825: Copies. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Maatschappij voor Toonkunst Orkestafdeeling: Musis Sacrum: Book-stamps , of Maatschappij voor Toonkunst Orkestafdeeling and Musis Sacrum: 1807.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1809-c 1812]
Extent:
1 item

100. h.2789.d.

Reference (shelfmark):
h.2789.d.
Title:
Ferdinand Ries: Sinfonia No. 2, for strings, flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 clarini, trombone and timpani, in C minor, op. 80; [between 1814-circa 1818]. Full score in ink, copy, with 24 printed parts. The symphony was composed in 1814 and the parts were published circa 1818 (Bonn and Cologne: Simrock). Composed for the Philharmonic Society, and first performed in London, 15 May, 1815. In the same hand as a symphony by Krommer placed at h.2799.h. Both score and parts bear the stamps ...
Scope & Content:
Ferdinand Ries, composer and pianist: Symphonies 1-3: betw. 1809 and 1825: Copies. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Maatschappij voor Toonkunst Orkestafdeeling: Musis Sacrum: Book-stamps , of Maatschappij voor Toonkunst Orkestafdeeling and Musis Sacrum: 1807.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1814-c 1818]
Extent:
1 item