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SMART PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. I94). Correspondence, etc., of Sir George Thomas Smart, largely in connection with the Philharmonic Society (including some letters written to Lady Smart after her husband's death); 1790-1867, n.d.

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ff. 1-3, 35, 47, 88 London; City Companies. Stationers' Company: Indentures of apprenticeship to Grocers: 1790-1830.
f. 2 John Barnard Edmonds: Indenture as Grocer of London: 1797.
f. 3 Thomas Robert Smart, brother of Sir G T Smart: Indenture as Grocer of London: 1799.
f. 5 Army; England: Commission to G. T. Smart as Lieut. of Volunteers: 1803.
f. 6b Philharmonic Society; The: Plan for establishing a Royal Academy of Music: 1813.: Printed.
ff. 8, 10 John Spencer: Letters to Sir G. T. Smart: 1813.
f. 11 Jean Baptiste Viotti, violinist: Note by: 1813.: Signed.
f. 11 Muzio Clementi, composer: Alterations in plan for a Royal Academy by: 1813.
ff. 12, 38, 42 Carl Kramer, musician: Letters to Sir G. T. Smart: 1813-1827.
f. 13 William Crotch, composer and organist: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1815.
ff. 14-17 William Ayrton, writer on music and impresario: Letters to Sir G. T. Smart: 1815.
ff. 19, 21, 38, 40 William Dance, musician: Correspondence with Sir G. T. Smart: 1815-1821.
f. 23 Professional Society; The: Concert programme: 1816.: Printed.
f. 24 Mrs Eliza Salmon, vocalist: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1817.
ff. 26, 28, 32, 33 Colonel John Peter Addenbrooke, Equerry to Princess Charlotte: Letters to Sir G. T. Smart: 1817.
ff. 29, 30 Mrs Campbell, Woman of the Bedchamber to Princess Charlotte: Letters to Sir G. T. Smart: 1817.
f. 35 John Findlater, grocer, of London: Indenture by: 1817.
f. 36 Thomas John Dibdin, actor and dramatist: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1819.
f. 38 Philharmonic Society; The: Letter from the Directors to C. Kramer and F. L. Latour: 1821.
f. 38 b Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield: Letter to the Philharmonic Society: 1821.
f. 41 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Circular to members: 1822.: Fr.
ff. 41, 43 London; Royal Academy of Music: Circulars rel. to proposal for: 1822.: Printed.
f. 45 John Liston, actor: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1823.
f. 47 Edward John Stephenson: Indenture as Grocer of London: 1824.
f. 48 Alexander Innes: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1824.
ff. 51-55 Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber,; composer: Correspondence with Sir G. T. Smart: 1826.
f. 56 Mary Ann Wood, née Paton; opera singer: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1826.
f. 57 Charles Kemble, actor: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1826.
f. 59 Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber,; composer: Circular letter from: 1826.: Signed.
f. 60 William Ward, MP; Director Of the Bank of England: Letter to C. M. von Weber: 1826.
f. 60 Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber,; composer: Letter to, from W. Ward, M.P.: 1826.
f. 62 Charles Fergusson Forbes, MD; GCH 1842: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1826.
ff. 64, 70 Carl August Boettiger, archaeologist: Correspondence with Sir G. T. Smart: 1826.
f. 65 F. Bardili, MA: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1826.
ff. 66, 79 H. Goschen: Letters to Sir G. T. Smart: 1826.
f. 68 Anton Bernhard Fürstenau, flautist: Letter to C. A. Boettiger: 1826.: Engl. transl.
f. 71 H. Watts, Secretary of the Royal Academy of Music: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1826.
ff. 72-78 Caroline von Weber, wife of C M F E von Weber: Letters to Sir G. T. Smart: 1826.: Germ. and Engl. transl.
f. 80 John Forbes, of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1826.
f. 81 Anton Felix Schindler, biographer of Beethoven: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1827.: Engl.
f.83 Giuditta Maria Constanza Pasta, née Negri; Italian soprano: Letter to Sir G.T.Smart: 1827.: Fr.
ff. 85, 133 Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer: Letters to Sir G. T. Smart: 1827, 1857.
f. 87 P. Meyer: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1827.
f. 88 Samuel Cartwright junior: Indenture as Grocer of London: 1830.
f. 89 Jacob West, Lord Mayor of Dublin: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1830.
f. 90 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1831.
f. 92 Sir John Andrew Stevenson, composer: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1831.
f. 93 Maria Felicita Malibran, vocalist: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1831.
f. 95 Fanny Shockhausen, vocalist: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1831.: Fr.
ff. 97-104 Drama: Parliamentary papers on theatres: 1832.: Printed.
ff. 105-108 General Sir Andrew Francis Barnard, KCB: Correspondence with Sir G. T. Smart: 1831-1843.
f. 109 Royal Society of Musicians: Signatures of members present at a general meeting: 1834.
f. 110 John Parry, Secretary of the Royal Soc. of Musicians: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1834.
f. 111 John Braham, tenor and composer: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1834.
f. 112 Adelaide Kemble, vocalist: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1835.
f. 115 Domenico Dragonetti, double-bass player and composer: Recelpt by: 1838.
ff. 116-117b Royal Band Fund Association: Laws and Regulations: 1840.: Printed.
f. 118 V. Gras-Dorus, husband of Julie Dorus-Gras: Letterto Sir G. T. Smart: 1840.: Fr.
ff. 120, 120b Sir George Job Elvey, organist and composer; d.1893: Correspondence with Sir G. T. Smart: 1837-1841.
f. 121 Reverend Sydney Smith, Canon of St Paul's: Letter to W. Hawes: 1844.: Copy.
f. 124 George Frederick Anderson, Master of the Queen's Music: Letters to Sir G. T. Smart: 1843-1858.
f. 124 Royal Band Fund Association: Letter from the sec. to Sir G. T. Smart: 1847.
f. 126 Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, composer: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1854.
ff. 128, 130, 146 Johanna Maria Lind-Goldschmidt, alias 'Jenny Lind'; singer: Correspondence with Sir G. T. Smart: 1854, 1864.
f. 134 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1861.
f. 135 Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, composer: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1861.: Copy.
f. 137 Eliza Spencer, wife of A G Spencer, Bishop of Newfoundland: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1861.
ff. 139-142b Aubrey George Spencer, Bishop of Newfoundland: Verses by: 1834, 1858.: Copies.
ff. 139-142b Poetry ENGLISH: Verses by Bp. Spencer: 1834, 1858.
f. 143 George Hogarth, music critic and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to, from Sir G. T. Smart: 1862.: Copy.
f. 144 Lucy Anderson, wife of George Frederick Anderson: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1864.
f. 150 Mendelssohn Scholarships Committee: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1864.
f. 152 Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Letter to Lady Smart: 1864.
f. 154 William Hutchins Callcott, musician: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: 1865.
f. 156 Helene Klingemann: Letter to Lady Smart: 1867.
ff. 159, 172 Marianne Skerrett: Letters to Lady Smart: 1867.
f. 161 S. Klingemann: Letter to Lady Smart: 1867.
f. 163 Elizabeth Fanny Henriette Wach, née Mendelssohn Bartholdy; alias 'Lili'; daughter of the composer: Letter to Lady Smart: 1867.
ff. 165, 170 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letters to Lady Smart: 1867.
f. 167 Charlotte Moscheles, wife of I Moscheles: Letter to Lady Smart: 1867.
f. 174 Richard Limpus, Secretary of the College of Organists: Letter to Lady Smart: 1867.
f. 176 London; Royal Academy of Music: Letter to Lady Smart: 1867.
f. 177 Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, composer: Letter to Lady Smart: 1867.
f. 179 Lablache family, vocalists: Letter to Lady Smart: 1867.
f. 184 Ferdinand Ries, composer and pianist: Letter to Lady Smart, n.d.: 19th cent.
f. 186 Nicholas Mori, violinist: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: n.d.
f. 187 Michael Kelly, singer and composer; d.1826: Letter to Sir G. T. Smart: n.d.
f. 189 Art. Portraits: Abbé Stadler; engr.: 1818.
f. 189 Abbé Maximilian Stadler: Portrait: 1818.: Engr.
ff. 193-194b Johann Baptist Cramer, composer and publisher: Introduction and Rondo Grotesque for the pianoforte: n.d.: Autogr.

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Add MS 41771-41779 : PAPERS of Sir George Thomas Smart (knt. 1811; d. 1867), musician and orchestral conductor. Smart was an original member of…

Add MS 41771 : SMART PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. I94). Correspondence, etc., of Sir George Thomas Smart, largely in connection with the Philharmonic…

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1790

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1867

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