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032-002018849

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032-002018849

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Add MS 45934-45950

Title:

ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Musical compositions of Ethel Mary Smyth, D.B.E. 1922 (b. 1858, d. 1944); 1887-1938. Mostly autograph. Further music manuscripts of Dame Ethel are Add. MSS. 46857-46863, containing early unpublished works; Add. MS. 49196 is an autograph catalogue of her compositions. For the location of other manuscripts see C. St John, Ethel Smyth, 1959, p. 308. See also Brit. Mus. Quart., xv, 1952, p. 35. Seventeen volumes. Paper. Various sizes. Presented by Brig.-Gen. Robert Napier Smyth, C.B.E., D.S.O., brother of the composer.

Scope & Content:

Ethel Mary Smyth, DBE; composer: Musical compositions: 1887-1938.: Mostly autogr.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

17 items

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1887

End Date:

1938

Date Range:

1887-1938

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Custodial History:

Brigadier-General Robert Napier Smyth, CBE; DSO; brother of Dame E M Smyth: Presented: in 1944.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

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Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Smyth, Ethel Mary, composer, writer and suffragist, 1858-1944
Smyth, Robert Napier, Brigadier-General; CBE; DSO; brother of Dame E M Smyth