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Add MS 63589
- Record Id:
- 032-001997069
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001997069
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x000182
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 63589
- Title:
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SIR GEORGE THOMAS SMART (1776-1867): letters from Smart, musician, conductor, and founder member of the Philharmonic Society, to William Hawes, singer and composer, his daughter, the contralto Maria Billington Hawes, and others; 1830-1863. Concerning musical engagements and related matters. Purchased at Christie's, 27 March 1985, lot 252.
Paper; ff. 15. British Library arrangement.
- Scope & Content:
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Music: Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Correspondence of Sir George Thomas Smart: 1830-1863.
includes:
- ff. 1-6v William Hawes, organist: Letters from Sir G. Smart to William Hawes: 1830-1834.
- ff. 7-8, 13 Maria Billington Hawes, afterwards Merest; contralto: Letters from Sir G. Smart to Maria Hawes: 1840, 1842.
- f. 9 Thomas Potter Cooke, actor: Letter from Sir G. Smart to Thomas Potter Cooke: 1848.
- ff. 10-11 Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Hawes, son of William Hawes: Letters to — Hawes from Sir George Thomas Smart: 1856: Autogr.
- f. 12 William Howard Glover, composer: Letter from Sir G. Smart to William Howard Glover: 1856.
- f. 14 Charles Manby, civil engineer: Letter from Sir G. Smart to Charles Manby: 1857.
- f. 15 Henry Phillips, bass: Letter from Sir G. Smart to Henry Phillips: 1863.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001997069
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001997069
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1863
- Date Range:
- 1830-1863
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cooke, Thomas Potter, actor
Glover, William Howard, composer, violinist and singer, 1819-1875
Hawes, Maria Billington, afterwards Merest contralto
Hawes, William, organist
Hawes, —, son of William Hawes
Manby, Charles, civil engineer
Phillips, Henry, bass
Smart, George Thomas, Knight, conductor, organist and composer, 1776-1867