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MS Mus. 1117

Record Id:

032-001947053

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001947053

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x00027b

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MS Mus. 1117

Title:

MS Mus. 1117. Miscellaneous Letters of Musicians; 19th-20th cent. Autograph unless stated otherwise.

ff. 227. Overall size 295 x 240mm. British Library arrangement.

A. Letters from the composer Federigo Fiorillo to the London music publishers Robert Birchall and Christopher Lonsdale, with a letter from the composer Tommaso Rovedino to the tenor John Braham; 1813-circa 1824, n.d. The Fiorillo letters relate to his arrangements for Birchall of selections from Mozart’s operas. The letter from Rovedino to Braham concerns a rehearsal of a Scena by Rovedino and mentions the singers Mrs Brand and Maria Caradori-Allan. Purchased from Mrs Averil Wilkinson, 18 May 2005.

ff. 1-9.

B. Letters and postcards from the contralto Dame Clara Butt to her friend May Holloway née Thompson; 1898-1934. Many of the letters are written while she was on tour, from countries including Singapore, Denmark and Australia. One is written jointly with her husband, the baritone Kennerley Rumford. There are no letters from the period 1920-1929. With newspaper cuttings relating to Clara Butt’s funeral (ff. 68-72). Purchased from Lisa Cox, 18 April 2005.

ff. 10-72.

C. Letters to the tenor Parry Jones from Eugene Goossens, Sir Hamilton and Lady Harty, Landon Ronald and Sir Henry and Lady Wood; 1939-1957, n.d. Partly typewritten. The letters from Sir Hamilton Harty concern Jones’s performances in works including the first English performances of Busoni’s Dr Faust and Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler; those from Sir Henry Wood include a reference to Jones’s involvement in the first performance of Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, written to commemorate Wood’s fiftieth year as a conductor. Purchased at Sotheby’s, 17 December 2002, lot 63.

ff. 73-129.

D. Letters from musicians and writers to the writer on music Rosa Newmarch; 1883-1940, n.d. Partly typewritten. Some in French. The correspondents include Henry T. Finck, writing about his biography of Grieg and his attempts to persuade Grieg to write his autobiography, Francesco Malipiero on his own compositions, Leone Sinigaglia on his researches into Piedmontese folksong, Sir Henry Wood inviting Newmarch to write programme notes for Promenade concerts (with Robert Newman and Sir Ernest Clarke involved in subsequent negotiations), Alfredo Casella, Sir Hubert Parry, S. Arthur Strong and others. Purchased at Sotheby’s, 22 May 2003, lot 116.

ff. 130-227.

Scope & Content:

includes:

ff. 1-3 Federigo Fiorillo, Italian composer: Robert Birchall, music publisher: Letters to Robert Birchall from Federigo Fiorillo: 1813, 1817, n.d.
ff. 6-8 Federigo Fiorillo, Italian composer: Christopher Lonsdale, music publisher: Letters to Christopher Lonsdale from Federigo Fiorillo: 1818, n.d.
f. 9 Tommaso Rovedino, composer: John Braham, tenor and composer: Letter from John Braham to Tommaso Rovedino: beginning of the 18th cent.
ff. 10-67 Clara Ellen Kennerley Butt, afterwards Rumford; DBE; contralto: May Holloway, née Thompson; wife of Graham Holloway: Letters to May Holloway from Clara Butt: 1898-1934.
ff. 28v-29r Kennerley Rumford, baritone: May Holloway, née Thompson; wife of Graham Holloway: Letter to May Holloway from Kennerley Rumford: 1900.
ff. 73-76 Sir Aynsley Eugene Goossens, conductor and composer: Parry William John Jones, tenor; of the Royal Opera House: Letters to Parry William John Jones from Sir Aynsley Eugene Goossens: 1939-1947: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 77-103 Parry William John Jones, tenor; of the Royal Opera House: Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty, conductor and composer: Letters to Parry William John Jones from Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty: 1930-1940.
f. 108 Parry William John Jones, tenor; of the Royal Opera House: Agnes Helen Harty, née Nicholls; CBE, singer; wife of Sir H Harty: Letter to Parry William John Jones from Agnes Helen Harty: 1957.
ff. 109-110 Sir Landon Ronald, formerly Russell; Principal, Guildhall School of Music; composer and conductor: Parry William John Jones, tenor; of the Royal Opera House: Letters to Parry William John Jones from Sir Landon Ronald: 1930: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 111-123, 129 Sir Henry Joseph Wood, CH; conductor: Parry William John Jones, tenor; of the Royal Opera House: Letters to Parry William John Jones from Sir Henry Joseph Wood: 1933-1944: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 124-128 Parry William John Jones, tenor; of the Royal Opera House: Jessie Linton, afterwards Wood (Lady Jessie): Letters to Parry William John Jones from Lady Jessie Wood: 1938-1958.
ff. 130-131 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Marguerite D'Alvarez, opera-singer: Letter to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Marguerite D'Alvarez: 1929.
f. 132 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Richard Capell, music critic: Letter to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Richard Capell: 1932.
f. 133 Alfredo Casella, composer: Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Letter to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Alfredo Casella: 1920: Fr.
f. 134 Feodor Chaliapin, bass singer: Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Letter to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Feodor Chaliapin: early to mid- 20th cent.
f. 135 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Francis Burdett Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer; poet and librettist: Letter to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Francis Burdett Money-Coutts: 1905.
ff. 136-144 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Henry Theophilus Finck, American author: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Henry Theophilus Finck: 1905, n.d.
ff. 145-146 Charles Larcom Graves, Assistant Editor of 'The Spectator': Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Letter to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Charles Larcom Graves: 1905.
ff. 147-150 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Frederick Lamond, pianist and composer: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Frederick Lamond: 1931, 1940.
ff. 151-152 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Arthur De Greef, pianist and composer: Letter to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Arthur De Greef: 1918: Fr.
ff. 153-154 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, FRS: Letter to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge: 1916.
f. 155 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Olga Michailoff, correspondent of Rosa Newmarch: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Olga Michailoff: 1898: Fr: Copies.
ff. 156-160 Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer and musicologist: Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Gian Francesco Malipiero: 1917, 1919: Fr.
ff. 161, 163, 165 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Robert Newman, manager of the New Queen's Hall Orchestra: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Robert Newman: 1908.
f. 162 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Robert Newman, manager of the New Queen's Hall Orchestra: Letter to Robert Newman from Rosa Harriet Newmarch: 1908: Copy.
f. 164 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Sir Ernest Clarke, Kt.; FSA: Letter to Sir Ernest Clarke from Rosa Harriet Newmarch: 1908: Copy.
ff. 167-168 Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian pianist: Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Letter to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Vladimir de Pachmann: 1883.
ff. 169-171 Sir Bernard Pares, KBE: Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Sir Bernard Pares: 1912, 1920: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 172-173 Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet; composer: Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Letter to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Sir Hubert Parry: 1912.
f. 174-176 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Leone Sinigaglia, Italian composer: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Leone Sinigaglia: 1904: Fr.
ff. 177-183 Sir Edgar Speyer, Baronet: Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Sir Edgar Speyer: 1908-1913.
ff. 184-187 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Leonora Speyer, American poet; wife of Sir Edgar Speyer: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Leonora Speyer: beginning of the 20th cent.
ff. 188-208 Sandford Arthur Strong, orientalist and art historian: Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Sandford Arthur Strong: 1894, 1895, n.d.
ff. 209-210 Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Modest Il'yich Tchaikovsky, dramatist and librettist: Letter to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from M. I. Tchaikovsky: 1902: Fr.
ff. 211-220 Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, formerly Watts; critic, novelist and poet: Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton: 19031906.
ff. 221-224 Sir Henry Joseph Wood, CH; conductor: Rosa Harriet Newmarch, musicologist: Letters to Rosa Harriet Newmarch from Sir Henry Joseph Wood: 1907, 1909.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

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032-001947053

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1813

End Date:

1957

Date Range:

1813-1957

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Custodial History:

ff. 1-9 Averil Wilkinson, of Playford, county Suffolk: Sold, in 2005.

ff. 10-72 Lisa Cox, antiquarian music dealer: Sold, in 2005.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

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Names:

Birchall, Robert, music publisher
Braham, John, tenor and composer, 1777-1856,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118386843,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27821078
Butt, Clara Ellen, singer, 1872-1936
Capell, Richard, music critic
Casella, Alfredo, composer
Chaliapin, Feodor, bass singer
Clarke, Ernest, Kt, FSA
Coutts, Francis Burdett Thomas, 5th Baron Latymer, afterwards Coutts-Nevill, poet and librettist, 1852-1923
Cox, Lisa, antiquarian music dealer
Dunton, Walter Theodore, critic and poet, 1832-1914
Finck, Henry Theophilus, music critic and author, 1854-1926
Fiorillo, Federigo, Italian composer, 1755-1823
Goossens, Aynsley Eugene, Knight, conductor and composer, 1893-1962
Graves, Charles Larcom, editor, author and satirist, 1856-1944
Greef, Arthur, pianist and composer, 1862-1940
Harty, Agnes Helen, née Nicholls CBE singer, wife of Sir H Harty
Harty, Herbert Hamilton, Knight, conductor and composer, 1879-1941,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081386355
Holloway, May, née Thompson wife of Graham Holloway
Jones, Parry William John, singer, 1891-1963,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000061609291
Lamond, Frederick, pianist and composer
Lodge, Oliver Joseph, FRS
Lonsdale, Christopher, music publisher
Malipiero, Gian Francesco, composer and musicologist, 1882-1973,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108817275
Michailoff, Olga, correspondent of Rosa Newmarch
Newman, Robert, manager of the New Queen's Hall Orchestra
Newmarch, Rosa Harriet, musicologist, 1857-1940
Pachmann, Vladimir de, Russian pianist
Pares, Bernard, Knight, historian, 1867-1949
Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings, Baronet , composer, 1848-1918
Ronald, Landon, Knight, composer and conductor, 1873-1938
Rovedino, Tommaso, composer
Rumford, Robert Kennerley, baritone, 1870-1957
Sinigaglia, Leone, Italian composer
Speyer, Edgar, Baronet, railway financier and patron of music, 1862-1932
Speyer, Leonora, American poet, wife of Sir Edgar Speyer, 1872-1956
Strong, Sandford Arthur, orientalist and art historian
Tchaikovsky, Modest Il'yich, dramatist and librettist
Wilkinson, Averil, of Playford Suffolk
Wood, Henry Joseph, Knight, conductor, 1869-1944
Wood, Jessie, née de Levante, singer, 1882-1979
d'Alvarez, Marguerite, opera singer, c 1886-1953