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Project / Collection Royal Music Library Manuscripts

1. R.M.

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.
Title:
Royal Music Library Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Music manuscripts from the Royal Music Library. c 1590 – 1903. The Royal Music Library was deposited on loan in the British Museum in March 1911 by George V, and presented outright on 27 November 1957 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As well as about 1000 manuscripts, the collection contains...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1560-1927]
Extent:

1264 items

2. R.M.4.g.1

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R.M.4.g.1
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Tallis (Thomas). Spem in alium; late 18th century. Motet in 40 parts, in score. With a newspaper cutting pasted on to the flyleaf containing information about its transcription. Once the property of Robert Bremner. Paper. ff. 9. Robert Bremner, music publisher: Music ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. R.M.8.f.16

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.8.f.16
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Letter, enclosing ‘The sacred musical volume’; 1845. includes: f. i Victoria of England: Olivia Buckley Dussek, composer: Letter, enclosing a printed copy of The sacred musical volume, to Victoria from Olivia Buckley Dussek: 1845: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 item

4. R.M.8.k.13

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.8.k.13
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Letter, enclosing ‘The Hindustani tune book’; 1889 includes: ff. i-ii Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, GCB; private Secretary to Qu. Victoria: Victoria of England: Mrs Emma Moore Scott, missionary and musician: Letter to Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry Frederick Ponson...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1889
Extent:
1 item

5. R.M.9.d.12

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.9.d.12
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Letter, enclosing ‘Penelope: a cantata’; [1890] includes: ff. i-ii Victoria of England: Burnham W. Horner, composer: Letter, enclosing a printed copy of Penelope: a cantata, to Victoria from Burnham W. Horner: [1890]: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1890]
Extent:
1 item

6. R.M.10.a.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.10.a.8
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Letter, enclosing ‘Il Mercante di Venezia’; [1876] includes: f. i Victoria of England: Ciro Pinsuti, composer: Letter, enclosing a copy of his melodrama 'Il Mercante di Venezia', to Victoria from Ciro Pinsuti: [1876]: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1876]
Extent:
1 item

7. R.M.10.d.3

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.10.d.3
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Letter, enclosing ‘Ivanhoe’; 1891 includes: ff. i-ii Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, composer: Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, GCB; private Secretary to Qu. Victoria: Victoria of England: Letter to Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby from Sir Arthur Seymou...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1891
Extent:
1 item

8. R.M.10.i.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.10.i.4
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Scope & Content:
(4.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Schubert (Franz Peter). 4 Songs; 19th century. A set of 4 songs, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score, the last for 4 men’s voices. Tracts 1-3 and 5 of the volume are printed music items. Paper. ff. 23. i). ff. 1-2. Die Spinnerin. ii). ff. 3-7. Sehnsucht. iii...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

9. R.M.12.b.3

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.12.b.3
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Letter, enclosing ‘Cantate à grand orchestre’; [1819] includes: f. i George IV of England: Josef Henri Mees, composer: Letter, enclosing a printed copy of his Cantate à grand orchestre, to the Prince Regent, later George , from Josef Henri Mees: [1819]: Fr: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1819]
Extent:
1 item

10. R.M.13.b.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.13.b.4
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Wagner (Wilhelm Richard). Der fliegende Holländer; 19th century. The overture only is printed (Dresden: C.F.Meser [1845?]) the remainder of the manuscript being in a copyist’s hand. Paper. pp. 51 (printed) + ff. 214. Wilhelm Richard Wagner, composer: 'Der fliegende Holl...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item