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RPS MS 353
- Record Id:
- 040-001948321
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001947903
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000252
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RPS MS 353
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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‘Original letters’: McKay – Mackintosh (ff. 245); 1820-34, 1879-1909. ff. 2-235 are letters from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, 1879-1909.
includes:
- f. 1 Iver McKay, singer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Francesco Berger from Iver McKay: 1895.
- ff. 2-4 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letters to Stanley Lucas from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: 1879-1880.
- f. 5 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Henry Hersee, librettist and singing teacher; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Henry Hersee from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: [1883].
- ff. 6-7, 10-25, 28-45, 47-48, 55-67, 69-71, 73, 76-77, 84-124, 129-140, 142-152, 155-156, 159-183, 187-217, 219-223, 226-232 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letters to Francesco Berger from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: 1885-1905.
- ff. 8-9, 26-27, 49-52, 68, 72, 78-83, 125-128 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letters to Francesco Berger from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: 1888-1896: Signed.
- f. 46 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Pablo de Sarasate, violinist: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter, with the draft of Berger's reply, to Francesco Berger from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie rel. to Pablo de Sarasate: 1893.
- ff. 53-54 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Francesco Berger from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: 1894: Signed.
- ff. 74-75 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie from Francesco Berger: 1895: Copy.
- ff. 141, 153-154, 157-158, 161-162v, 186v Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letters to Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie from Francesco Berger: 1897-1898: Drafts.
- ff. 184-185 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Letter to the Chairman of the Directors of the Philharmonic Society from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: 1898: Autogr.
- f. 218 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Telegram to Francesco Berger from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: 1899.
- f. 224 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Francesco Berger from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: 1902: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 225 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Note forwarding a letter by A. C. Mackenzie to Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen from Francesco Berger rel. to Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: [1902].
- f. 233 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Francesco Berger from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: 1905: Germ.
- ff. 234-235 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Stanley Hawley, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letter to Stanley Hawley from Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie rel. to Franz Joseph Haydn: 1909: Typewritten, signed.
- ff. 236-237 Sir George Alexander Macfarren, composer: Hermann Frederic Löhr, composer: Marian McKenzie, afterwards Williams; singer: Francesco Berger, pianist and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: George Frideric Handel, composer: Letter to Francesco Berger from Marian McKenzie rel. to Hermann Frederic Löhr , George Frideric Handel and Sir George Alexander Macfarren: [1890].
- ff. 238-239 Ludwig van Beethoven, composer: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Charles Mackeson, author: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Charles Mackeson rel. to Ludwig van Beethoven: 1872.
- ff. 240-241 John Mackintosh, bassoonist: Letters to the Directors of the Philharmonic Society from John Mackintosh: 1820.
- f. 242 Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, composer: John Mackintosh, bassoonist: Letter to Sir Henry Rowley Bishop from John Mackintosh: 1822.
- f. 243 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: John Mackintosh, bassoonist: Letter to [W. Watts?] from John Mackintosh: 1824.
- ff. 244-245 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: John Mackintosh, bassoonist: Letters to William Watts from John Mackintosh: 1833-1834.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Philharmonic Society Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001947903
033-001948220
036-001948292
037-001948299
038-001948300
040-001948321 - 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 353 : ‘Original letters’: McKay – Mackintosh (ff. 245); 1820-34, 1879-1909. ff. 2-235 are letters from Sir Alexander Campbell… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001947903[0002]/033-001948220[0002]/036-001948292[0002]/037-001948299[0001]/038-001948300[0021]/040-001948321
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: RPS MS 1-417
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1820
- End Date:
- 1909
- Date Range:
- 1820-1909
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Beethoven, Ludwig, composer, 1770-1827
Berger, Francesco, pianist, composer and music administrator, 1834-1933
Bishop, Henry Rowley, Knight, composer, 1787-1855
Cowen, Frederic Hymen, Knight, composer, 1852-1935,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083494739,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/275974
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Hawley, Stanley, Sec Royal Philharmonic Society
Haydn, Franz Joseph, composer, 1732-1809
Hersee, Henry, librettist and singing teacher, Sec Philharmonic Society
Lucas, Stanley, Sec Philharmonic Society
Löhr, Hermann Frederic, composer
Macfarren, George Alexander, composer, 1813-1887
Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell, Knight, composer, 1847-1935,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012017839X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/44490423
Mackeson, Charles, author
Mackintosh, John, bassoonist
McKay, Iver, singer
McKenzie, Marian, afterwards Williams singer
Sarasate, Pablo de, violinist
Watts, William, violinist and secretary of the Philharmonic Society, fl 1815-1847