MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. X (ff. 17). Autograph music by Ludwig van Beethoven:- (1) Fragment (ff. 2-2b), 50 mm. × 295 mm., cut from the top of one leaf, containing miscellaneous sketches. On the recto are three bars in G marked 'Andante molto mote' and four bars in E flat (?) marked 'overtur vi...
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...
MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. III (ff.Xii+ 115). Anthems, etc., in score, with instrumental symphonies and accompaniments or with a bass, by Dr John Blow (ff. 1-4b, 7-37b, 97b-99), Pelham Humfrey (ff. 4b-6b). Henry Purcell (ff. 38-72b), William Turner (ff. 74-78, 80-82b, 92-95), William Tucker (ff. 9...
Vol. XLI (ff. 244). Notebook containing Meyerstein's working notes and transcripts of material relating to Marryat, with some inserted correspondence; circ. 1931-1938. includes: f. 14 Henry William Bull, F L A: Letter to E.H.W. Meyerstein: 1931.f. 26 Marryat Ross Dobie, Keeper of Manuscrip...
MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. XX (ff. 44). Miscellaneous music, partly autograph:- (1) 'Macbeth': late 18th cent. copies of the instrumental parts (first and second violins, viola, and bass) in The Original Songs, Airs and Chorusses ... in ... Macbeth, revised and corrected by William Boyce, Longma...
Vol. XXX. (ff. iii+198). includes: ff. 131, 134 Raymond Wilson Chambers, Professor of English Literature, London University: Letters to E. H. W. Meyerstein: 1931. f.135 Thomas Ollive Mabbott, English scholar, of New York: Letters to E. H. W. Meyerstein: 1924-1940.: Signed. f. 161 James Ross, C...
MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. XXV (ff. iii+ 117). William Wordsworth''s Poems, in Two Volumes, 1807: the printer''s manuscript, conveyed in packets from Coleorton to the publishers Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme between 14 Nov. 1806 (postmark on f. 2b) and circ. early Apr. 1807. Partly autograph, with revisions and annotations throughout by the poet.
Vol. XXXIX (ff. 64). Pamphlets, etc., relating to Chatterton, annotated by Meyerstein; 1888-1931. Mostly printed. Edward Harry William Meyerstein, author: Notes and transcriptions, etc.: 20th cent. includes: ff. 1-11b William George, of Bristol: 'Thomas Chatterton and the Vicar of Temple Ch...
MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. XXIV (ff. 18). Miscellaneous literary autographs; 1600-1861. As follows:- (1) 'Charges sustained at Woollwich in the moneth of August 1600'. Signed by Fulke Greville, etc. f. 1. (2) Letter from Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, to Alexander Pope, relating to Sa...
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 ...