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Archive Reference (shelfmark) RPS MS 1-417 Name Howell, James, double-bass player Digitised Content No

1. RPS MS 282

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RPS MS 282
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Scope & Content:
1847-57. With a list of ‘Candidates for Situations in the Orchestra’, 1847-57, giving name, instrument and, in some cases, address (ff. 173v-175r). ff. 175. 226 x 187mm. includes: f. 2v et seq Charles Lucas, conductor and cellist: Minutes of meetings of the Directors of the Philharmonic Socie...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847-1857
Extent:
1 item

2. RPS MS 299

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RPS MS 299
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Scope & Content:
Account Book; 1813-67. Income and expenditure accounts for each season, including names of orchestra and soloists, in some years marking numbers of concerts and of rehearsals each attended. For a facsimile of the expenditure page for 1831 (f. 19v), see Ehrlich, p. 49. Entered retrospectively up ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1813-1867
Extent:
1 item

3. RPS MS 300

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RPS MS 300
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Account Book; 1840-65. Accounts arranged as in RPS MS 299. All except those for 1865 signed as ‘Examined and Approved’. Evidently the account sheets from which the entries in RPS MS 299 were copied. Details of concerts and rehearsals attended by players are entered for 1840-43 only. From 1845 nu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1865
Extent:
1 item

4. RPS MS 305

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RPS MS 305
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Receipts (signed) mainly from performers, some entered on printed forms; 1815, 1830-80, n.d. Arranged in alphabetical order. Receipts for 1912-13 have been incorporated into the alphabetical series of ‘Original Letters’ in RPS MSS 333-368. ff. 405. Various sizes. includes: f. 1 Anthony Abbo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1815-1880
Extent:
1 item

5. RPS MS 315

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RPS MS 315
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Recommendations; 1815-46. All bearing the signatures of those making the recommendation, and most annotated with the dates on which the recommendations were read and with the result. Entered on printed forms from 1820 or 1821 onwards. ff. 218 + 169*. Various sizes. As follows:— 1. ff. 1-66. F...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1815-1846
Extent:
1 item

6. RPS MS 328

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RPS MS 328
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Scope & Content:
Letter book; 1831-44. All in the hand of William Watts. ff. 197. Largest size 230 x 185mm. includes: ff. 1, 64 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Pierre François Laporte, actor and impresario: Letters to Pierre François Laporte from William Watts: 1831, 1836: Copies. ff. 1, 82, 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1831-1844
Extent:
1 item

7. RPS MS 329

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RPS MS 329
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Letter book; 1846-49. In the hand of William Watts, 1846-47, and of George William Budd, 1847-49. ff. 115. 222 x 185mm. includes: f. 1 Sir Michael Costa, composer: William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Copy of a letter to Sir Michael Costa from William Watts: 1846.ff. 1, 2, 3v W...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1849
Extent:
1 item

8. RPS MS 349

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RPS MS 349
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Scope & Content:
‘Original letters’: Hope – Jenson (ff. 236); 1824-1913, n.d. includes: f. 1 Sir Michael Costa, composer: Edwin Hope, musician: Letter from Edwin Hope rel. to Sir Michael Costa: circa 1850.ff. 2-3 Edward John Hopkins, organist and composer: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Le...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1824-1913
Extent:
1 item