Archive Reference (shelfmark): RPS MS 1-417 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 406
Title:
Scope & Content:: Objects relating to Beethoven’s death and burial; 1827, 1838[?], 1924. ff. 6. Various sizes (see below), together in a box. 1. ff. 1-5. Small lock of Beethoven’s hair; cut 1827. Sewn to a paper (f. 1) with a note on the verso stating that it was cut from Beethoven’s head an hour after his dea...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1822-1924
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 407
Title:
Scope & Content:: Photographic facsimile of a letter from Beethoven to Moscheles, in Schindler’s hand, signed; 18th March 1827. The last page of the letter is a list of metronome markings relating to the Ninth Symphony. Presented to the Royal Philharmonic Society by Hanns Cristof Wegeler, 1966. The original is in...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: 18 Mar 1827
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 408
Title:
Scope & Content:: Papers relating to the Society’s links with Beethoven, and to Schaller’s bust of the composer, presented to the Society by Fanny Linzbauer in 1870; 1813-1927. Items 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-13 and 16 below were either given by Mme Linzbauer with the bust or sent by her later. The bust is now BL Loan 48. f...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1813-1927
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 409
Title:
Scope & Content:: Album of photographs recording the receipt of the gift of Schaller’s bust of Beethoven by the Philharmonic Society; 1871. ff. i + 5. 276 x 220mm. Album lettered on the upper cover ‘Beethoven / Philharmonic Society. / 1871’. 1. f. 1v. Signatures of five Directors, the conductor (W. G. Cusins) a...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1871
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 410
Title:
Scope & Content:: Miscellaneous photographs; 1857-72, n.d. ff. 29. Various sizes. 1. ff. 1-8. Relating to Beethoven: bust, skull, medal and plaque; n.d. 2. ff. 9-10. Dr Gerhard von Breuning; 1857. 3. ff. 11-12. Karl Holz; 1858. 4. f. 13. Paul Friedrich Walther; 1860. 5. f. 14. Mme. Fanny Linzbauer; n.d. 6....
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1857-1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 411
Title:
Scope & Content:: Printed pamphlets relating to Beethoven; 1870-1927. ff. 198. Largest dimensions 228 x 155mm. 1. ff. 1-35. Jahres-Bericht des Konservatoriums der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, 1869-1870 (Vienna, 1870), including note on the links between the Gesellschaft and Beethoven, list of Beethove...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1870-1927
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 412
Title:
Scope & Content:: Verein Beethoven-Haus in Bonn (contributions by Fritz Knickenberg and others): Bericht über die ersten fünfzehn Jahre ... 1889–1904 (Bonn, [1904]). Printed. pp. 111. 267 x 189mm. Maroon buckram binding. Ludwig van Beethoven, composer: Beethovenhaus; Bonn: Dr Fritz Knickenberg, teacher, of Bonn...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: [1904]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: RPS MS 413
Title:
Scope & Content:: Two London newspapers, presented to the Society by Messrs Chappell & Co. Ltd; 1813, 1827, 1899. ff. 12. 1. ff. 1-2v. The Morning Herald, 15 March 1813, containing a notice of the Society’s second concert to be given that day. 494 x 397mm. 2. ff. 3-10v. The Atlas, 13 May 1827, with a revie...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1813-1899
Extent:: 1 item

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