1888-96. ff. 185. 221 x 184mm. Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Rough minute book of general meetings and directors' meetings of the Philharmonic Society, in the hand of Francesco Berger: 1888-96.
Scena ‘O Ciel che intesi miei sogno … Deh calma amor la pena’ [no. 6, ‘Was hab ich vernommen? … Ach mildre meine Qualen’] from ‘Mathilde von Guise’, op. 100. Copy; 1853. ff. 21 245 x 305mm. Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer: Louis Emmanuel Felicité Charles Mercier-Dupaty, librettist: 'O ciel che...
Overture ‘Die Waldnymphe’, op. 20. Copy; n.d. ff. ii+40 287 x 234mm. Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: 'Die Waldnymphe', overture, op.20 by Sir William Sterndale Bennett, with a note by Stanley Lucas: n.d.: Copy.
‘Namensfeier’ Overture, op. 115. Copy [by Wenzel Rampl], with autograph annotations and corrections; n.d. [1815]. ff. iii+42, ff. 16 and 30 inserts on different paper 230 x 295mm. Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Ludwig van Beethoven, composer: Wenzel...
Hymn for two sopranos, tenor and bass soloists and orchestra, ‘La Primavera’ (words, S. Vestris); 1815. Autograph. ff. ii+24 293 x 238mm. Luigi Carlo Zanobi Salvadore Maria Cherubini, composer: Stefano Vestris, poet to King's Theatre, Haymarket: Royal Philharmonic Society: 'La Primavera', hymn...
Psalms 134, 112 and 130 (words in English), for soloists, chorus and orchestra. Copy by — Baumruh; 1840. Bound in one volume, as follows:- Psalm 134, ‘Behold now bless the Lord.’; – (ff. 40r-93v). Psalm 112, ‘Praise the Lord ye Children’; – (ff. 94r-141r). Psalm 130, ‘From the depths I have crie...
Symphony no. 100, the ‘Military’. Full score. Copied by Frederick Nicholls Crouch; 1840. ff. ii+73 234 x 295mm. Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Frederick Nicholls Crouch, music copyist: Symphonies by Franz Joseph Haydn, in the hand of Frederick Nicholls Crouch: 1840-41: Copies. includes: ff. 8...
Symphony no. 4 in A, ‘Italian’. Copy; 1848. ff. i+79 230 x 300mm. Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: William Goodwin, music copyist: Symphony no.4 in A, 'Italian' by Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, in the hand of William Goodw...
Aria ‘Ah qual soave vision … Piu bianca del piu bianco velo’, from Gli Ugenotti [‘Plus blanche que la blanche hermine’ from Les Huguenots]. Copy; n.d. ff. 9 242 x 308mm. Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer: Manfredo Maggioni, writer of plays: Auguste Eugène Scribe, dramatist: Emile Deschamps, poet and...
Scena ‘Ocean thou mighty monster’, from Oberon. Copy; n.d. (wm 1853). ff. i+28 250 x 205mm. Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber,; composer: Christoph Martin Wieland, author: James Robinson Planché, Somerset Herald and dramatist: 'Ocean thou mighty monster'...