Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Add MS 37766
- Record Id:
- 040-002054178
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002054173
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000984.0x0000f7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 37766
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
-
LETTERS and papers relating to the ownership of the Mozart quartets contained in the preceding MSS., Add. 37763-37765. They consist of (1) A list of Mozart autographs in the possession of J. A. Stumpff, in his own hand, followed by a printed copy of the same. ff. 1, 2;-(2) The sale-catalogue of Stumpff's effects, 1847. f. 3;-(3) An inventory, in the hand of C. J. Hamilton, bookseller, of the contents of Add. 37765. f. ll;-and (4) Two letters from John Ella to C. H. Chichele Plowden, asking for the loan of the Mozart MSS., and suggesting that he should give them to the Musical Union, with an allusion at the end to [Henri] Wieniawski. Watermark, 1854. ff. 12, 13. Paper; ff. 14. Small quarto.
Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart, alias Wolfgang Amadeus; composer: Papers relating to the history of the above.
includes:
- ff. 1, 3 Johann Andreas Stumpff, musical instrument maker, of London: List of autographs, sale-catalogue of his effects, etc.
- ff. 12, 13 John Ella, conductor and critic: Letters to C. H. Chichele Plowden: 1854.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002054173
040-002054178 - Is part of:
- Add MS 37763-37767 : Bequeathed in 1907 by Miss Harriet Chichele Plowden.
Add MS 37766 : LETTERS and papers relating to the ownership of the Mozart quartets contained in the preceding MSS., Add. 37763-37765. They consist… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002054173[0002]/040-002054178
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 37763-37767
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_37766 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1847
- End Date:
- 1854
- Date Range:
- 1847-1854
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)