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032-001991425

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032-001991425

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Add MS 60512

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MUSIC ROOM, BRITISH MUSEUM: official correspondence of Alexander Hyatt King as Superintendent of the Music Room of the British Museum, principally relating to the Union Catalogue of Music and to the 1959 Cambridge conference of the International Association of Music Libraries; 1945-1963. Transferred from the Music Library, Department of Printed Books, 1 March 1979.

Paper; ff. 251. British Library arrangement.

1. ff. 1-62. Correspondence between Otto Erich Deutsch and Theodore Besterman; 1945-1946.

2. ff. 63-156. Correspondence between Otto Erich Deutsch and Sir Frank Francis, Cecil Bernard Oldman and A. H. King; 1946-1955.

3. ff. 157-162. Miscellaneous correspondence rel. to the Union catalogue of Music; 1949-1953.

4. ff. 163-176. Correspondence with Lena Jeger, M.P., and others rel. to the Copyright Bill, 1956; 1956.

5. f. 177. Letter from Egon Wellesz to King; [1955].

6. ff. 179-251. Correspondence rel. to the 5th congress of the International Association of Music Libraries, Cambridge 1959; 1957-1959.

Scope & Content:

Alexander Hyatt King, of the Music Room, British Museum: Correspondence: 1945-1963: Partly Fr.

Alexander Hyatt King, of the Music Room, British Museum: Official correspondence as Superintendent of the Music Room of Alexander Hyatt King: 1945-1963: Partly typewritten.

includes:

ff. 1-62 Otto Erich Deutsch, musicologist: Theodore Besterman, bibliographer: Correspondence between Otto Erich Deutsch and Theodore Besterman: 1945-1946.
ff. 63-156 British Union Catalogue of Music: Sir Frank Chalton Francis, KCB; Director of the British Museum: Otto Erich Deutsch, musicologist: Theodore Besterman, bibliographer: Alexander Hyatt King, of the Music Room, British Museum: Dr Cecil Bernard Oldman, CB; Principal Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Correspondence between Otto Erich Deutsch, Sir Frank Chalton Francis, Dr Cecil Bernard Oldman, Alexander Hyatt King and Theodore Besterman: 1946-1955: Partly typewritten copies.
f. 156 Otto Erich Deutsch, musicologist: Art. Portraits: Photograph of Otto Erich Deutsch: circa 1963.
ff. 157-158 British Union Catalogue of Music: Canon Edmund Horace Fellowes, music editor: Correspondence of Canon E. H. Fellowes with A. H. King: 1949: Typewritten copy and autogr.
ff. 159-160 Marion Margareta Scott, musicologist: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1949: Partly typewritten copy.
ff. 161-162 Stanley Sadie, musicologist: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1953: Partly typewritten copy.
ff. 163-176 Lena Jeger, MP: Copyright: Correspondence of A. H. King rel. to the Copyright Act with Lena Jeger: 1956: Partly copies.
f. 177 Egon Joseph Wellesz, composer and musicologist: Letter to A. H. King from Egon Joseph Wellesz: 1955.
ff. 177-251 International Association of Music Libraries: Correspondence of A. H. King rel. to the 1959 Conference in Cambridge: 1957-1959: Eng. and Fr: Partly typewritten.
f. 179 Robert Thurston Dart, King Edward Professor of Music, University of London: Letter from Robert Thurston Dart: 1957: Signed.
ff. 180-183, 186-190, 205-208 Cecil Hopkinson, music bibliographer: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1958-1959: Signed and typewritten copies.
ff. 184-185 A. J. Wells, musicologist: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1958: Typewritten copy and signed.
ff. 191, 193-194 Harold Spivacke, music librarian, Library of Congress: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1958: Typewritten copies and signed.
f. 192 Åke Davidsson, music librarian, Uppsala: Letter from A. H. King to Åke Davidsson: 1958: Typewritten copy.
ff. 195-196, 210-211, 246-247 Sir Jack Allan Westrup, musicologist: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1958-1959: Signed and typewritten copy.
ff. 197-198 François Lesure, music librarian, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1958: Partly Fr.: Signed and typewritten copy.
ff. 199-201 James B. Coover, music librarian, Vassar College: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1959: Signed and typewritten copy.
ff. 202-203 Anthony van Hoboken, musicologist: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1959: Signed and typewritten copy.
f. 204 Joan Pemberton, music librarian, Westminster: Letter from A. H. King to Joan Pemberton: 1959: Typewritten copy.
ff. 209-250 passim Geneviève Thibault, Comtesse de Chambure: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1959: Partly signed.
ff. 215, 223, 225, 227, 240 Jean Jacquot, musicologist: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1959: Signed.
ff. 217, 221 André Jurres, musicologist: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1959: Signed and typewritten copy.
f. 218 Albert van der Linden, musicologist: Letter to A. H. King from A. van der Linden: 1959: Fr: Signed.
ff. 219, 220 Albert van der Linden, musicologist: Ch. Moureaux, Belgian Ministre de l'Instruction Publique: Letter from A. H. King to Ch. Moureaux drafted by A. van der Linden: 1959: Fr: Typewritten draft and copy.
f. 222 Paul Gilson, Directeur des Services Artistiques de la RTF: Letter from A. H. King to Paul Gilson: 1959: Typewritten copy.
ff. 226, 229, 231, 251 Wolfgang Rehm, musicologist, of Bärenreiter-Verlag: Karl Vötterle, musicologist: Correspondence of A. H. King with Wolfgang Rehm and Karl Vötterle: 1959: Germ. and Eng: Signed and typewritten copy.
ff. 228, 232 J. H. Davies, editor, British Broadcasting Corporation: Alfons Ott, musicologist: Letter to J. H. Davies from Alfons Ott: 1959: Signed.
f. 232 Alfons Ott, musicologist: Letter from A. H. King to Alfons Ott: 1959: Typewritten copy.
ff. 235-236, 241 Hans Halm, musicologist, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München: Correspondence with A. H. King: 1959: Signed and typewritten copy.
f. 245 V. Luithlen, musicologist, of Vienna: Letter from A. H. King to V. Luithlen: 1959: Typewritten copy.

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032-001991425

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English
French
German

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1945

End Date:

1963

Date Range:

1945-1963

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Names:

Besterman, Theodore, bibliographer
Coover, James B, music librarian Vassar College
Dart, Robert Thurston, musicologist, conductor and teacher, 1921-1971
Davidsson, Åke, librarian, 1913-2004
Davies, J H, editor at the British Broadcasting Corporation, fl 1959
Deutsch, Otto Erich, musicologist, 1883-1967,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109170581,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76335151
Fellowes, Edmund Horace, clergyman and music scholar, 1870-1951
Francis, Frank Chalton, Knight, museum director and librarian, 1901-1988
Gilson, Paul, writer and broadcaster, 1904-1963
Halm, Hans, musicologist Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München
Hoboken, Anthony van, musicologist
Hopkinson, Cecil, music bibliographer and bookseller, 1898-1977
International Association of Music Libraries, 1951-
Jacquot, Jean, musicologist
Jeger, Lena May, Baroness, née Chivers; politician and journalist, 1915-2007
Jurres, André, musicologist
King, Alexander, music librarian, 1911-1994
Lesure, François, music librarian Bibliothèque Nationale Paris
Linden, Albert van der, musicologist
Luithlen, V, musicologist of Vienna
Moureaux, Ch, Belgian Ministre de l'Instruction Publique
Oldman, Cecil Bernard, Principal Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, 1894-1969,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000045949886,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/26696686
Ott, Alfons, musicologist, 1914-1976,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110631170,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/Q29913470
Pemberton, Joan, music librarian Westminster
Rehm, Wolfgang, musicologist of Bärenreiter-Verlag
Sadie, Stanley, musicologist, 1930-2005
Scott, Marion Margareta, musicologist, 1877-1953
Spivacke, Harold, music librarian Library of Congress
Thibault, Geneviève, Comtesse de Chambure
Vötterle, Karl, musicologist
Wellesz, Egon Joseph, composer and musicologist, 1885-1974
Wells, A J, musicologist
Westrup, Jack Allan, Knight, musicologist, 1904-1975