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Name Bennett, William Sterndale, Knight, composer, 1816-1875

1. 10804.cc.3, 1(12)

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10804.cc.3, 1(12)
Title:
William Sterndale Bennett, Profess. Et Mus. Doc. Cantab. Photographer: Edwards, Ernest
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of Sir William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875), composer and Professor of Music at Cambridge from 1856. [Published September 1863.]
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

2. 10804.f.6(24)

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10804.f.6(24)
Title:
William Sterndale Bennett, Esq., Mus. Doc. Photographer: Maull and Polyblank
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait of the composer Sir William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875). With biographical notice by Edward Walford. Part issued April 1858 and date stamped by British Museum 31 March 1858. Exhibited: Photographic Society, London 1858.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 35019

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Add MS 35019
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Scope & Content:
ORIGINAL LETTERS of Samuel Sebastian Wesley, addressed to his father, mother and other members of his family, John George Emett, organist, Sarah Emett, etc.; 1824-1876. A few miscellaneous papers connected with S. S. Wesley are also included, and at the end (f. 214) is a printed sale-catalogue o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1876
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 35026

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Add MS 35026
Title:
Musical autograph album of Eliza Wesley, containing short pieces, inscriptions and signatures of numerous composers, musicians, singers and others
Scope & Content:
passim. Album begun by Eliza Wesley in 1836, containing the autographs of the principal composers, vocalists, and instrumentalists, and a few others, then in London; 1836-1895. Besides the compositions described below, there are also signatures, and in a few cases transcripts of fragments of mus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)

5. Add MS 35027

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Add MS 35027
Title:
Collections by Eliza Wesley relating to English and foreign composers, musicians, singers and others
Scope & Content:
Consists of engraved portraits, photographs, newspaper-cuttings, and other printed matter, with a few original letters, etc. The names are all given in the index. Includes: ff. 1-3 Samuel Wesley, composer and organist: Biographical notices, etc.: 1798-1850. f. 2 Frederick Hohl: Note to - Crus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)

6. Add MS 40881

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Add MS 40881
Title:
"WALD NYMPHEN" (op. 20), an overture for full orchestra, by William Sterndale Bennett [Knt. 1871], composed at Leipzig, 12-26 Nov. 1838, and first performed at the Gewandhaus 23 Jan. 1839 (J. R. Sterndale Bennett, Life of William Sterndale Bennett, 1907, pp. 86-88). For Schumann's-opinion of the work see Add. MS. 35027, f. 29. Holograph. Paper; ff. iii + 24. 9.1/4 in. x 11.3/8 in. A. D. 1838. Bookplate of the composer. Puttick and Simpson's sale-cat., 18 Oct. 1923, lot 387.
Scope & Content:
Bookplates: Bennett (Wiilliam dale), knt.: 1871; 1838. Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Bookplate: 1838. Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Overture, " Wald Nymphen," for orchestra: 1838.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1838
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 41771

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Add MS 41771
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Scope & Content:
SMART PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. I94). Correspondence, etc., of Sir George Thomas Smart, largely in connection with the Philharmonic Society (including some letters written to Lady Smart after her husband's death); 1790-1867, n.d. includes: ff. 1-3, 35, 47, 88 London; City Companies. Stationers' C...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1790-1867
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 42578

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Add MS 42578
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Scope & Content:
SHERBORN AUTOGRAPHS. Vol. IV (ff. 251). Music and Drama. 4 BM Poetry ENGLISH: Speght's edition of Chaucer, with G. Harvey's marginalia.: 1598. includes: f. 1 Janet Achurch, actress; wife of C Carrington: Letter to Miss Becher: n.d. f. 3 Sir George Alexander, actor and manager, St James's Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 44430

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Add MS 44430
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Scope & Content:
Vol. CCCXLV (ff. 283). Mar. - May 1871. includes: f. 1 Sir Frederic William Burton, artist: Letters to W. E. Gladstone: 1871-1893.f. 3 Freshfields; Messrs.; solicitors: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1840-1891.f. 5 Vernon Lushington, QC; Second Secretary of the Admiralty: Letter to A. E....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese and English
Date Range:
Mar 1871-May 1871
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 45909

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 45909
Title:
PRELUDIUM in B flat for pianoforte by William Sterndale Bennett (knt. 1871). Autograph. The work was written in May or June 1863 at the request of a pupil, Harold Thomas, for performance at a concert (see J. R. Sterndale Bennett, The Life of William Sterndale Bennett, 1907, pp. 390, 459) and was published the same year by Lamborn Cock, Hutchings & Co., London. The present manuscript differs in a few passages from this edition. Paper; ff. ii + 2. Large quarto. A. D. 1863. Presented 8 May ...
Scope & Content:
Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Preludium for pianoforte: 1863.: Autogr. includes: f. i Sidney Joseph Madge, DSc., FSA: Memorandum by,: 1943.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item