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RPS MS 340

Record Id:

040-001948308

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001947903

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000245

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

RPS MS 340

Title:

Scope & Content:

‘Original letters’: Frederick Hymen Cowen, with one letter from each of his parents Emily and F. A. Cowen (ff. 212); 1868-1912, n.d.

includes:

f. 1 Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Francesco Berger from Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen: circa 1888.
f. 2 Frederick A. Cowen, secretary to Lord Dudley, father of Frederick Hymen: Letter to the Director of the Philharmonic Society from Frederick A. Cowen: 1868: Autogr.
ff. 3-6, 8-11 Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Letters to the Directors of the Philharmonic Society from Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen: 1869-1871.
f. 7 Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen: 1870.
ff. 12-89, 92-118, 121-126, 128-182, 184-212 Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Correspondence between Francesco Berger and Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen: 1886-1908.
ff. 90-91 Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Letter to the Directors of the Philharmonic Society from Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen: [1900].
f. 119 Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Note, forwarding a letter from F. H. Cowen, to Francesco Berger from William Hayman Cummings: 1903.
f. 120 Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Letter to William Hayman Cummings from Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen: [1903].
f. 127 Sir Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys: Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Letter to Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen from Sir Francis Knollys: 1904: Typewritten, signed.
f. 183 Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Receipt from Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen: 1912: Signed.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Royal Philharmonic Society Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001947903
033-001948220
036-001948292
037-001948299
038-001948300
040-001948308

Is part of:

RPS MS 1-417 : Royal Philharmonic Society Archive
RPS MS 272-417 : Royal Philharmonic Society ArchiveRPS MSS 272-417. Official papers, etc., of the Royal Philharmonic Society; 1813-1968, n.d.…
RPS MS 328-391 : B. Correspondence
RPS MS 333-378 : General correspondence (‘original letters’ received: alphabetical sequence; concerts and general correspondence:…
RPS MS 333-369 : ‘Original letters’; 1813-1955, n.d. The principal part of the series, surviving from the Society’s archive since its…

RPS MS 340 : ‘Original letters’: Frederick Hymen Cowen, with one letter from each of his parents Emily and F. A. Cowen (ff. 212); 1868-1912,…

Hierarchy:

032-001947903[0002]/033-001948220[0002]/036-001948292[0002]/037-001948299[0001]/038-001948300[0008]/040-001948308

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: RPS MS 1-417

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1868

End Date:

1912

Date Range:

1868-1912

Era:

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Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Berger, Francesco, pianist, composer and music administrator, 1834-1933
Cowen, Frederic Hymen, Knight, composer, 1852-1935,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083494739,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/275974
Cowen, Frederick Augustus, secretary to Lord Dudley; father of Frederick Hymen Cowen, d 1876
Cummings, William Hayman, organist, tenor and musicologist, 1831-1915
Knollys, Francis, 1st Viscount Knollys, courtier, 1837-1924
Lucas, Stanley, Sec Philharmonic Society