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EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol. I. Miscellaneous musical autographs and letters, addressed to F. G. Edwards, unless otherwise stated:-

(1) [Jakob Ludwig] Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, letter to Alfred Novello, Leipzig, 18 Nov. 1837 (facsimile), ff. 1-2b; autograph corrections to his 'Hear my prayer', [circ. 1844], f. 3; letter to William Bartholomew, Leipzig, 21 July 1846, printed in History of Mendelssohn's Elijah, pp. 64-65, f. 4; testimonial to Edmund Chipp, organist, London, 7 May 1847 (facsimile), f. 5.

(2) Arthur S[eymour] Sullivan, [knt. 1883], letter to Mrs [Ann Shepherd] Bartholomew, 14 Feb. 1871, with a few bars of a humorous lullaby. Copy. f. 6.

(3) [Sir] J[ohn] Stainer, letters, [27 Oct. 1897] and [1900], the second enclosing a copy of a canon by [the Rev.] Sir F[rederick Arthur Gore] Ouseley [2nd Bart.], published in the Musical Times, Nov. 1900. ff. 7, 8.

(4) Kellow [John] Pye, letter, Exmouth, 9 Jan. 1899, enclosing a lullaby 'Dormi, care'. ff. 9-11b.

(5) C[harles] V[illiers] Stanford, [knt. 1901], letters, 4 Nov. 1898, 24 Feb. 1904. ff. 12, 13.

(6) E[ugène] Ysaÿe, musical autograph and signature (facsimile in Musical Times, Dec. 1900), with a covering letter from E[dgar] F[rederick] Jacques, enclosing a sketch of Ysaÿe. ff. 14-17b.

(7) [Sir] C[harles] H[ubert Hastings] Parry, letters, 14 Aug., 21 Dec. 1908, enclosing an autograph analysis, printed in the Musical Times, Jan. 1909, of his motet 'Beyond these voices there is peace', no. 172 in the list of his works given in Grove's Dictionary of Music, 4th ed., 1928. ff. 19-23.

(8) S[amuel] Coleridge-Taylor, letters, [1909 ?], enclosing the opening bars (autograph) of the song 'Onaway! Awake beloved' from Hiawatha. Facsimile in Musical Times, March 1909. ff. 24-28.

(9) [Sir] E[dward William] E[lgar], letter, 18 July 1909. ff. 29-30b.

(10) Solutions to a problem set in the Musical Times, Feb. 1896 (viz. the completion of a 3-part canon to a theme and bass by Mendelssohn), by Arthur Trickett, H[erbert] J[ames] Wrightson, James L[ively] Gregory, Albert, W[illiam] Ketelbey, E[dward] R. Billingham, W[illiam] B[aird] Ross, and Frederick R[obert] Frye. ff. 31-41.

(11) 'Familiar songs and their histories': notes by F. G. Edwards, 1896, of which some were incorporated in subsequent articles in the Musical Times. ff. 42-52.

(12) Notes by F. G. Edwards on the organ works of Thomas Adams (1785-1858), n.d. ff. 53-54. Paper; ff. 54. Folio. XIX-XX centt.

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f. 1 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Letter to A. Novello: 1837.: Facs.
f. 3 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Corrections forthe hymn'Hearmy Prayer': circ. 1844.: Autogr.
f. 4 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Letter to W. Bartholomew: 1846.
f. 5 Edmund Chipp, organist: Testimonial in favour of, from J. L. F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: 1847.: Facs.
f. 5 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Testimonial to E. Chipp, organist: 1847.: Facs.
f. 6 Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, composer: Letter to Mrs A. S. Bartholomew: 1871.: Copy.
f. 7 Reverend Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, 2nd Baronet composer: Canon by: 1857.: Copy.
ff. 7, 8 Sir John Stainer, musicologist and composer: Letters to F. G. Edwards: 1897, 1900.
f. 9 Kellow J. Pye, organist: Letters to F. G. Edwards: 1899, 1901.
f. 10 Kellow J. Pye, organist: Lullaby 'Dormi Care': 1899.: Autogr.
ff. 12, 13 Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, teacher and conductor: Letters to F. G. Edwards: 1898, 1904.
f. 14 Eugène Ysaÿe, violinist: Musical autogr. and signature: 1900.
f. 15 Eugène Ysaÿe, violinist: Sketch of: 1900.
f. 15 Art. Portraits: Coloured sketch of E. Ysayë: circ. 1900.
f. 16 Edgar Frederick Jacques, music critic and lecturer: Letter to F. G. Edwards: 1900.
ff. 19, 23 Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet; composer: Letters to F. G. Edwards: 1908.
ff. 21-22b Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet; composer: Analysis of his own motet, 'Beyond these voices there is peace': 1908.: Autogr.
ff. 24-27 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer: Letters to F. G. Edwards: [1909?].
f. 28 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer: Opening bars of 'Onaway! Awake beloved!': Autogr.
f. 29 Sir Edward William Elgar, Baronet; OM; composer: Letter to F. G. Edwards: 1909.
f. 31 Arthur Trickett, composer: Solution to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896.
ff. 31-41 Music: Solutions to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896.
f. 32 Herbert James Wrightson, composer: Solution to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896.
f. 34 James Lively Gregory, FRCO; composer: Solution to a problem set in the'Musical Times': 1896.
f. 36 Albert William Ketèlbey, composer and conductor: Solution to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896.
f. 38 Edward R. Billingham, ARCO: Solution by, to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896.
f. 39 William Baird Ross, ARCO: Solution to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896.
ff. 40, 41 Frederick Robert Frye, composer: Letter, etc., rel. to a problem set by the 'Musical Times': 1896.
ff. 42-52 Frederick George Edwards, organist and writer on music; d.1909: Notes on 'Familiar songs and their histories': 1896.
ff. 42-52 Music: Notes by F. G. Edwards on 'Familiar Songs and their histories': 1896.
f. 53 Thomas Adams, composer and organist: Notes on his organ works, by F. G. Edwards: n.d.
ff. 53-54 Frederick George Edwards, organist and writer on music; d.1909: Notes on the organ works of T. Adams: n.d.
ff. 53-54 Music: Notes by F. G. Edwards on the organ-works of Thomas Adams (1785-1858): n.d.

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Add MS 41570-41574 : PAPERS of, and letters addressed to, Frederick George Edwards, F.R.A.M. (1853-1909), editor of the Musical Times 1897-1909…

Add MS 41570 : EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol. I. Miscellaneous musical autographs and letters, addressed to F. G. Edwards, unless otherwise stated:- (1)…

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1800

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1999

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