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21. Add MS 47861 A

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Add MS 47861 A
Title:
Meyerstein Bequest. Vol. XXI.
Scope & Content:
Autograph music:- (1) Sketch for the mazurka in C, op. 56, no. 2, by Fryderyk Chopin; circ. 1843. Two leaves (ff. 1-2), 215 mm × 280 mm, formerly one bifolium, the music being written on the first recto. The sketch contains most of the thematic material, written in sections each ending with a ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1772-1853
Extent:

52 folios

22. Add MS 47843

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Add MS 47843
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Scope & Content:
MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. I (ff. 140). Letters and papers of musicians. Autograph unless otherwise stated. Contents:- (1) Letter (f. 2) from Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach to -, criticising an aria and suggesting amendments; Hamburg, 20 Nov. 1780. German. Belonged to Julian Marshall and Edward Spey...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1760-1999
Extent:
1 item

23. Add MS 47859 B

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Add MS 47859 B
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Scope & Content:
Vols. XVIII, XIX (ff. 1-137, 138-256+v). Music, relating particularly to the Birmingham performance of 'Elijah', 26 Aug. 1846, and to its subsequent revision. See F. G. Edwards, op. cit., and articles by J. Bennett in The Musical Times, Oct. 1882-Apr. 1883. See also Egerton MS. 3094, passim, and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

24. Add MS 47859 A

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Add MS 47859 A
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Scope & Content:
Vol. XVII (ff. 50). Letters and translations:-(1) Eleven autograph letters, in English, some with musical quotations, from Mendelssohn to Bartholomew; 9 Aug. 1846-10 Mar. 1847. The first two letters (ff. 1, 2) relate to the Birmingham performance of 'Elijah', 26 Aug. 1846, the remainder to the e...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1846-10 Mar 1847
Extent:
1 item