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COLLECTION of letters, receipts, autographs, etc., of musicians, artists, actors, and others, comprising, besides others included in the index, the following:-

1. Renunciation by Haydn of rights in the first six "Salomon" overtures, or symphonies; 13 Aug. 1795. Signed. Germ. f. 5.

2. Wrapper addressed by Nelson to Capt. [Saiuuel?] Sutton, H.M.S. "Amphion"; n. d. Signed "Nelson and Bronté," with seal. f. 7.

3. [?Antonio Francesco Gaetano] Pacini to [Giuseppe] Molini, of Florence, recommending for publication a French translation of Dante's "Divina Comedia," by [Joseph Antoine] de Gourbillon; Paris, 14 Mar. 1813. Fr. f. 11.

4. John Braham, the singer, (a) to [John] Taylor, editor of The Sun; [?June, 1813]. f. 13;-(b) to Douglas Kinnaird (?), demanding payment of arrears from Drury Lane Theatre; 8 Aug. 1813 (?). f. 14.

5. Johann Nepomuck Hummel, the composer., (a) to Messrs. Breitkopf and Härtel, on his alleged share in the unauthorized publication c.f canons by Haydn; Vienna, 5 Nov. 1814. Germ. f. 15;-

(b) to Peters, the publisher, requesting payment for four new works (opp. 97-100, originally enclosed); Weimar, 20 Feb. 1823. Germ. f. 24.

6. Lines on T[homas] M[oore] by "Hibernicus" [Charles John Gardiner, Earl of Blessington], intended for insertion in The Sun, enclosed in a letter to the editor, J. T[aylor]; 19 Nov. [1819]. ff. 19, 21.

7. Receipt by Beethoven for a half-year's pension; 25 Sept. 1825. Signed. Germ. f. 29.

8. S[amuel] Wesley to Joseph Finclier about "the Jews harp artist" [C. Eulenstein, fi. 1827, 1828]; n. d. f. 32.

9. [Gasparo L. P.] Spontini to Professor [Friedrich] von Raumer, alluding to his first meeting with Count R[? Redern, appointed Intendant of the Berlin Opera house in 1828], etc.; n. d. Fr. ff. 33, 34.

10. A[lfred] Bunn to - Holcroft, editor of The Morning Herald, referring to criticisms on M- Malibran, with a postscript by Capt. Frederick Polhill; n. d. (watermark, 1832). f. 35.

11. Letter, etc., of Saverio Mercadante; 1833, 1845, 1848. Ital. ff. 37, 66, 67.

12. G. Rossini (a) to the sculptor [Lorenzo] Bartolini, introducing Dr. [Jean Étienne Dominique] Esquirol, Paris, 15 Nov. 1833.

39;-(b) to the Duca di Caserano; Bologna, 26 Oct. 1837. Ital.

58.

13. Jacob Meyerbeer (a) to the Avvocato G. dal Rosso, referring to "Robert [le Diable]"; 4 May, 1834. Ital. f. 41;-(b) to Maurice Schlesinger, asking him to suppress an allusion to [Mario di] Candia's début [in "Robert le Diable," 1838]; n. d. Germ. f. 60; -(c) to the Princesse de Chimay; [1854?]. Fr. f. 80.

14. Programme of music at a farewell dinner to J. B. Cramer on his leaving England; 15 July, 1835. Printed. f. 43.

115. Gen. Sir George [Charles-] D'Aguilar to Lady Blessington, enclosing a lock of Mrs.Hemans' hair, etc.; Dublin, 12 Jan. 1837. f 47.

16. Gottfried Weber to Dr. Ferdinand [Simon] Gassner, referring to articles which he is writing on musical instruments [probably for Cäcilia], giving his titles in full; circ. 24 Mar. 1837 (postmark). Germ. f. 53.

17. Robert Schumann to A. W[ilhelm] von Zuccalmaglio[-Waldbrühl]; Leipzig, 20 Aug. 1837 [No. 56 of R. Schumann's Briefe, ed. Jansen, 1886]. f. 56.

18. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy to Maria B. Hawes, suggesting what she should sing at Leipsic; Berlin, 10 Jan. 1844. f. 65.

19. Musical autograph (fragment of a prelude) by F. Liszt; Lyons, 14 July, 1844. f. 69.

20. Henriette Sontag, [Comtesse de] Rossi, (a) supposed autograph Brighton, 25 Sept. 1850. f. 70;-(b) to Hippolyte Prévost, "Dieu des Journalistes"; 9 Dec. [ 1849-1852 ?] Fr. f. 7 1.

21. Louis Spohr to Frederick Gye, about the performance of his opera "Faust"; Cassel, 14 May, 1852. Germ. f. 75.

22. Carl Czerny to C. F. Peters, music-publisher, on a quartet arrangement of a concerto, etc.; Vienna, 25 May, 1853. Germ. f. 7 9.

23. Ferdinand de Braekeleer to John Reid, about the sale of some of his pictures; Antwerp, 18 Jan. 1856. Fr. f. 84.

24. Clara Sehumann to ---, making arrangements for a concert; Vienna, 29 Feb. 1856. Germ. f. 86.

25. Marcus Stone to Messrs. Dalziel, relative to the engraving of plates from his drawings; 1862-1877. ff. 90-98, 103, 111, 128.

26 Charles Gounod (a) to [Ernest?] Gambart, relating chiefly to his rights in "Sapho"; endorsed 1863. f. 99;-(b) to -, excusing himself from taking part in the opening of the [London] Exhibition; 30 Apr. 1871. f. 124;-(c) to -, on his method of composing, etc.; 3 June, 1892. f. 138;-(d) "Sujet de Fugue" (2 bars), signed by him. f. 147.

27. Joseph Joachim, the violinist, (a) to [C. H. C.] Reinecke, about the performance of works of the latter; Hanover [circ. 1863-1868]. Germ. f. 101;- (b) to [? Hans von Bronsart; 1867]. Germ. f. 107; -(c) to Julius Rietz; [circ. 1869, 1870]. Germ. ff. 112-123.

28. Sir Edward Burne-Jones to William [Morris ?], inviting him to meet Swinburne; [1866-1868]. f. 106.

29. Sir Arthur Sullivan to Charles Kent, declining to set verses to music on the ground that they refer to current events; 11 May, 1881. f. 133.

30. Fritz Friedrich, the singer, to - Dürr, with references to Frau Wagner and Humperdinck; Bremen, 13 June, 1897. Germ. f 145.

31. B[enjamin Nottingham] Webster, the actor, to his son Benjamin (4), and another; n. d. ff. 154. Paper; ff. 159. Folio, etc. xviii.-xix. centt.

includes:

f.1 Attilio Ariosti, composer: Signature: circ. 1723.
f.2 Charles Wesley, musician; d.1834: Signature: 1779.
f. 3 Sarah Siddons, granddaughter of the actress (?): Letter to C. J. Mathews: circ. 1821.
f. 5 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Renunciation of rights in six of the Salomon symphonies: 1795.: Signed.
f. 7 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson: Autograph, with seal: n.d.
f. 7 Captain Samuel Sutton, of HMS: Amphion. Wrapper addressed to him by Nelson: n.d.
f. 8 Giuseppe Molini: Letter to, from F. Rubini: 1801.
f. 8 Francesco Rubini: Letter to G. Molini: 1801.: Ital.
f.8 Charles James Matthews: Letter to, from S. Siddons: circ.1821.
f. 10 William Crotch, composer and organist: Note to Mrs. Watts: post 1812.
f. 11 Joseph Antoine de Gourbillon: Reference to work by: 1813.
f. 11 ?Antonio Francesco Gaetano Pacini: Letter to -: 1813.: Fr.
f. 11 Giuseppe Molini: Letter to, from [? A. F. G.] Pacini: 1813.
f. 13 John Taylor, Editor of the ' Sun' Newspaper: Letter to, from J. Braham: 1813.
ff. 13, 14 John Braham, tenor and composer: Letters to the Editor of the Sun, etc.: 1813.
f. 14 Hon Douglas James William Kinnaird: Letter to, from J. Braham: 1813.
f. 15 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Letter of J. N. Hummel on the publication of the 42 canons by: 1814.
f. 15 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer: Letter to Messers. Breitkopf and Härtel: 1814: Germ.
f. 15 Breitkopf & Härtel; music publishers: Letter to, from J. N. Hummel: 1814.
f. 19 Thomas Moore, poet: Lines on, by the Earl of Blessington: 1819.
ff. 19, 21 Charles John Gardiner, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy; Earl of Blessington 1816: Letter, and verses: 1819.
f. 21 John Taylor, Editor of the ' Sun' Newspaper: Letter to, from Lord Blessington: 1819.
ff. 22, 23 Robert William Elliston, actor: Payments on his account: 1821, etc.
f.24 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer: Letter to [K. F.] Peters: 1823.: Germ.
f. 29 Ludwig van Beethoven, composer: Receipt: 1825.
f. 29 Johann Joseph Schabel, Dean of Baden [bei Wien]: Attestation: 1825.
f. 30 James Cervetto: Signature: 1826.
f. 30 Simon Andrew Forster, violin-maker: Memorandum by: 1826.
f. 31 Giovanni? Livemti, composer: Note to Sir G. F. Smart: 1827.: Fr.
f. 31 Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Letter to Liverati: 1827.
f. 32 Joseph Pincher: Letter to from S. Wesley: circ. 1827-1828.
f. 32 Karl Eulenstein, performer on the Jew's-harp: Reference to: circ. 1827-1828.
f. 32 Samuel Wesley, composer and organist: Letter to J Fincher: circ. 1827-8.
f. 33 Friedrich von Raumer: Letter to, from G. L. P. Spontini: circ. 1828.
f. 34 Count Wilhelm Friedrich von Redern: Reference to, as Intendant of the Berlin Opera-house: circ. 1828.
f. 35 Alfred Bunn, theatrical manager: Letter to - Holeroft: circ. 1832.
f. 35 b Captain Frederick Polhill: Memorandum: circ. 1832.
f.35 Maria Felicità Maliobran de Bériot: Reference to: circ. 1832.
f. 37 Saverio MeMercadante: Note to Savio: 1833.: Ital.
f. 39 Lorenzo Bartolini, sculptor: Letter to, from G. Rossini: 1833.
f. 39 Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol, physician: Letter of recommendation for: 1833.
f. 39 Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, composer: Letter to L Bartolini: 1833.: Ital.
f. 41 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer: Letter to G. dal Rosso: 1834.: Ital.
f. 43 Johann Baptist Cramer, composer and publisher: Programme at farewell dinner to: 1835.: Printed.
f. 45 Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Memorandum in his band: 1836.
f. 46 Ferdinando Paer, composer: Letter to Mme. -: 1837.
f. 47 Marguerite Gardiner, alias Margaret; 2nd wife of Charles, Earl of Blessington; author: Letter to, from Sir G. C. D'Aguilar: 1837.
f. 47 Lieutenant-General Sir George Charles D'Aguilar, KCB: Letter to Lady Blessington: 1837.
f. 52 Felicia Dorothea Hemans, née Browne; poet: A lock of her hair.
f. 53 Gottfried Weber, composer: Letter to Ferd. [S.] Gassner: circ-1837.
f. 53 Dr Ferdinand Simon Gassner, Composer, of Carlsruhe: Letter to, from G. Weber: 1837.
f. 56 August Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio: Letter to, from R. Schumann: 1837.
f. 56 Robert Alexander Schumchmann: Letter to A. W. von Zuccalmaglio: 1837.: Germ.
f. 58 Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, composer: Letter to the Duca di Caserano: 1837: Ital.
f. 59 Charles Kemble, actor: Letter to the Stationery Office: 1837.
f. 60 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer: Letter to M. Schlesinger: post 1838.: Germ.
f. 60 Conte Giovanni Matteo di Candia, called 'Joseph Mario'; Italian singer: Allusion to his début: 1838.
f. 63 ? S- Vestris: Letter to C. E. Liverati: ante 1844.: Ital.
f.65 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Letter to M. B. Hawes: 1844.
f. 66 Saverio Mercadante: Note as Director of the Naples Conservatoire: 1845.: Ital.
f. 66 Luigi Gaetano Majello: Admission as pupil of the Naples Conservatoire: 1845.
f. 67 Saverio Mercadante: Letter to-Gazzaniga: 1848.: Ital.
f. 67 Vincenzo Capecelatro: Letter of introduction for: 1848.
f. 69 Franz Liszt, composer: Musical autograph: 1844.
f.70 Cowtesee Henriette de Rossi, née tag: Signature (?): 1850.
f. 71 Cowtesee Henriette de Rossi, née tag: Letter to Hippolyte Prévost: circ. 1849-1852.: Autogr. (?).
f. 71 Mademoiselle Jaeger, musician: Letter of Henrietta Sontag on her behalf: circ. 1849-1852.
f.73 Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Letter to W. Williams: 1852.
f. 75 Louis Spohr, composer: Letter to T. Gye: 1852.
f. 75 Frederick Gye, theatre manager: Letter to, from L. Spohr: 1852.
f.75b Edward Taylor, Gresham Professor of music: Reference to: 1852.
ff. 77, 78 John Baldwin Buckstone, comedian: Letters to Benjamin [Webster?]: 1852, n.d.
f. 80 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer: Letter to the Princesse de Chimay: n.d. [? 1854].: Fr.
f. 82 Dante Gabriel? Rossetti: Letter to one of his parents.: n.d.
f. 84 Ferdinand de Braekeleer, artist: Letter to J. Reid: 1856.: Fr.
f.86 Clara Josephine Schumann, née Wieck; pianist and composer; wife of R Schumann: Letter to -.: 1856.: Germ.
f. 89 Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton; PRA: Letter to Miss - Brookfield: n.d.
ff. 90-98, 103, 111, 128 Marcus Stone, painter: Letters to Messrs. Dalziel Brothers: 1862-1877.
f. 99 Charles François Gounod, composer: Letter to E. Gambart: 1863.
f. 99 Ernest Gambart: Letter to, from C. Gounod: 1863 (?).
f. 101 Earl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke: Letter to, from J. Joachini: post 1863.
f. 101 Joseph Joachim, violinist: Letter to [C. H. C.] Reinecke: post 1863.
f. 104 Mary Anne Gregory, wife of Sir CH Gregory, known as Fanny Stirling: Letter to -: post 1864.
f. 106 Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet; artist: Letter to W. Morris (?): 1866-1868.
f. 106 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Reference to: circ. 1866.
f. 107 Joseph Joachim, violinist: Letter [? to Hans von Bronsart]: [1867].
f. 110 Harry Fenn, landscape-painter: Letter to G. Dalziel: 19th cent.
ff. 112-123 Joseph Joachim, violinist: Letters to J. Rietz: 1869, 1870.
ff. 112-123 Julius Rietz: Letters to, from J. Joachim: 1869, 1870.
f. 124 Charles François Gounod, composer: Letter to: 1871.
f. 125 Marie Caroline Carvalho, née Miolan: Abraham: 1873.
f. 127 Sir Michael Costa, composer: Letter to C. Lonsdale: 1875.
f. 129 Arthur Hopkins, artist: Letter to -,: 1880.
f. 130 Charles Whymper: Letter to G. Dalziel: 1880.
f. 131 R- Thornthwaite: Letter to the Editor of the "Pictorial World": 1880.
f. 132 R- Thornthwaite: Letter to the Keeper of the Society of Painters in Water-colours: 1880.
f. 133 Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, composer: Letter to C. Kent: 1881.
f. 133 Charles Kent: Letter to, from Sir A. S. Sullivan: 1881.
f. 134 Walter Field: Letter to G. Dalziel: 1888.
f. 136 John Sims Reeves, singer: Signature: n.d. (before 1890).
f. 138 Charles François Gounod, composer: Letter to: 1892.
f. 139 Ludwig Deutschen, Director of the Passion-Play at Horitz: Signature, etc.: 1894.
f. 141 Sir Henry Irvine: Letter to Mrs. Adams Acton: 1895.
f. 144 Engelbert Humperdinck, composer: Letter to F. Friedrich: 1895.
f. 144 Fritz Friedrich, singer: Letter to, from E. Humperdinck: 1895.
ff. 145 Fritz Friedrich, singer: Letters to 146 b. Dürr, etc.: 1897.
f. 146 Cosima Wagner, wife of R Wagner: Visiting card, with autograph: circ. 1890.
f. 147 Charles François Gounod, composer: Subject of fugue: n.d.
f. 148 Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (1820): Letter to-: n.d.
f.150 Helena Martin, wife of Sir Theodore Martin, née Faucit: Letter to - Rowe: n.d.
f. 152 John Poole, play-writer: Letter to D-,: n.d.
f. 153 Sigismond Fortuné François Thalberg, pianist: Note to A.Hall: n.d.
ff. 154-158 Benjamin Nottingham Webster, actor and dramatist: Letters to his son Benjamin, etc.: n.d.
f. 159 Richard Clark, musician: Wrote: in 1839.
f. 159 William Byrd, composer: Pedigree: 1839.
ff. 495, 498, 519, 521 George John Pinwell, painter and illustrator: Reference to: 1888.

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1700

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1899

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ff. 2, 88, 136, 139 Reverend J- C- Westley, of British Guiana: Owned: 1890 - 1897.

ff. 88, 127 Reverend Scott: Henry Thomas, M.D. Owned: in 1897.

f. 127 b B- R- Blakiston, of Magdalene Coil., Cambridge: Owned: in 1897.

f. 136 Margaret Edwards: Owned: in 1890.

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