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Add MS 48304-48311

Record Id:

032-001957886

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001957886

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Add MS 48304-48311

Title:

LOEWENBERG COLLECTION. Materials relating to the history of opera compiled by Dr Alfred Loewenberg (b. 1902, d. 1949), mostly supplementing the Annals of Opera 1597-1940, 1943. For the compiler see A. H. King, 'Alfred Loewenberg: 1902-1949', Music and Letters, xxxi, 1950, pp. 116-118; Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed., 1954, v, p. 363. Eighteen volumes. Paper. Various sizes. xx cent. Presented by Mrs Edith Loewenberg.

Scope & Content:

Music: Collections of Dr A. Loewenberg rel. to the history of opera: 20th cent.

Alfred Loewenberg, lexicographer: Materials rel. to the history of opera: 20th cent.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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032-001957886

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Add MS 48304 A-D : LOEWENBERG COLLECTION. Vols. I-IV (ff. 146, 169, 200, 212). List of operas performed before 1800, arranged in alphabetical order…
Add MS 48305-48311 : LOEWENBERG COLLECTION. Vols. V-XVIII. Notebooks and miscellaneous notes on opera and related subjects. Now bound as follows:-

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

8 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1630

End Date:

1999

Date Range:

[1630-1999]

Era:

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Custodial History:

Edith Loewenberg, widow of Alfred Loewenberg: Presented: in 1954.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Loewenberg, Alfred, lexicographer
Loewenberg, Edith, widow of Alfred Loewenberg