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Name Smith, Charles, composer, d1856

1. Add MS 50845

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Add MS 50845
Title:
SONGS, TRADITIONAL AIRS, ETC., mostly by 18th and early 19th cent. English and French composers, including Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, Thomas Augustine Arne and Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, copied by Eliza Lane; signed and dated '30th Janry 1819' (f. 1). Preceded by an index of titles (ff. 2, 2b), 'An approved method of tuning the Piano Forte' (ff. 7-8b) and fragments of printed Quadrilles (ff. 4-6). Includes (ff. 18-19) notes on a visit to co. Wicklow, 1817, and on MS. translations from the Irish made...
Scope & Content:
Eliza Lane: Copied: bef. 1819. includes: ff. 3-6 Music: Quadrilles,: circa 1819: Fragments, mostly printed.ff. 7-8b Music: `An approved methods of tuning the Piano Forte': n.d: Copy, bef. 1819.ff. 9-10b, 86-87, 101-102 George Frideric Handel, composer: Songs, etc.,: n.d: Copies, bef. 181...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Jan 1819
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 63814

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Add MS 63814
Title:
MUSIC PUBLISHING: album of receipts, agreements and letters of musicians, chiefly relating to the firms John and Thomas Preston (John Preston & Son), and Coventry and Hollier; 1773-1863. Mostly receipts for copyright in musical compositions. The signatories, all of whom are included in the index to the present catalogue, include Johann André, Samuel Arnold, Thomas Attwood, Robert Birchall, H. R. Bishop, J. W. Callcott, John Davy, Tommaso Giordano, James Hook, Vincent Novello, George Onsl...
Scope & Content:
James [N?] Hallett: Witnessed: 1785-1822. John and Thomas Preston; music publishers: Coventry and Hollier; music publishers: Receipts, agreements and letters to J. and T. Preston and Coventry and Hollier (music publishers): 1773-1860. includes: f. 1 John Preston, music publisher: William Ja...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1773-1863
Extent:
1 item