MS Mus. 1796/1

f. 1. Letter from Johan Joseph Abert; n.d. With a musical quotation, signed by the composer; 1874 (f. 2).

ff. 3-4. Letter from Franz Abt; 1870. With a portrait engraving (f. 5).

ff. 6-7. Letter from Adolphe Charles Adam; 1854.

f. 8. Letter from Désirée Artôt to [Matteo?] Salvi; n.d.

f. 9. Letter from Daniel François Esprit Auber; 1836. With a portrait engraving (f. 10).

f. 11. Part of a letter from Berthold Auerbach; 1867.

ff. 12-14. Two postcards and a letter from Walter Bache to Julius Cyriax, and two further letters addressed to Kate Terry, Mrs Lewis; n.d. (ff. 15-16).

f. 17. Letter from Michael William Balfe; 1862.

f. 18. Signature of Simon Barere; 1937.

f. 19. Letter from Joseph Barnby to Julius Cyriax; 1875.

ff. 20-21. Letter from Julius Benedict to Julius Cyriax; 1875.

f. 22. Letter from Charles Auguste de Bériot; n.d. With a portrait engraving (f. 23).

f. 24. Letter from Franz Betz to Julius Cyriax; 1882.

ff. 25-26. Letter and postcard from Robert Biberti to Julius Cyriax; 1885, [1887?].

ff. 27-28. Letter from Henry Gamble Blagrove to the Rev’d Frederick Hamilton; 1837. With a further letter to J. Pickering (1871, f. 29), a portrait engraving and a biographical notice (ff. 30-32).

f. 33. Letter from Jacques Blumenthal to Julius Cyriax; 1877.

ff. 34-36. Letter from Max Bruch to [Alfred] Volkland; 1867. With an undated postcard to Julius Cyriax, a card dated 1881 and addressed to a lady, and a musical quotation from his Violin Concerto no. 1, inscribed to Georg Goltermann in 1890 (ff. 37-39).

f. 40. Inscription by Ole Bull, with a musical quotation; 1859.

ff. 41-45. Two letters from Richard Burmeister to Julius Cyriax; 1882-83.

ff. 46-55. Five letters from Dory Burmeister-Petersen to Julius and Anna Cyriax; 1880-83, n.d.

ff. 56-57. Letter from Hipployte André Jean-Baptiste Chélard to Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand Guhr; 1845.

ff. 58-60. Letter from Luigi Cherubini to Mrs Lacy [perhaps the wife of Rophino Lacy?]; n.d. With three portrait engravings (ff. 61-64).

f. 65. Signature of John Coates; 1932.

ff. 66-88. Letters from Sir Michael Costa, as follows: to Mrs Abbitt (two letters, both undated, ff. 66-67); to Willett Adye, 1872 (f. 68); to the Rev’d F. J. Bailey, 1879 (f. 69); to Mr Bernal, n.d. (f. 70); to Mrs Brigstocke, 1842 (f. 71); to Major Goodenough, 1875 (f. 72); to Charles Mawby, 1875 (f. 73); to Mr J. O. Mason (six letters, 1852-66 and undated, ff. 74-84); to Henry Mogford, 1850 (f. 85); to Vernon Rigby, 1869 (f. 86); to the Rev’d John J. Wilkinson, 1857 (f. 87); and to an unidentified correspondent, 1855 (f. 88). With a musical quotation signed by the composer (1873), a biographical notice, a printed testimonial on his retirement, obituary notices, a printed caricature and a portrait engraving (ff. 89-104).

f. 105. Letter from Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen to [Julius Cyriax]; n.d.

f. 106. Letter from Sophie Cruvelli; [1871?].

ff. 107-111. Postcard and three letters from Edward Dannreuther to Julius Cyriax; 1882-85, n.d.

f. 112. Signature of Toti Dal Monte (Antonietta Meneghel); 1938.

f. 113. Portrait Engraving of Félicien David; n.d.

ff. 114-115. Letter from Ferdinand David; 1854.

ff. 116-117. Letter from Josef Dessauer; n.d.

ff. 118-120. Letter from Louis Diémer to Salvatore de Castrone, ‘Monsieur Marchesi’; n.d.

f. 121. Letter from Theodor Doehler; 1854. With a printed obituary notice (f. 122).

f. 123. Letter from Alexandre Dreyschock; 1846. With a portrait engraving (f. 124).

ff. 125-126. Letter from Gilbert-Louis Duprez to M. Leduc; 1840. With eleven portrait engravings, in various operatic roles, two as part of newspaper articles (ff. 127-143).

ff. 144-153. Four letters from Albert Eilers to Julius and Anna Cyriax; 1882-83. With a printed notice of the death of Josefine Eilers (f. 154).

ff. 155-156. Letter from Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst to M. Schlesinger; n.d. With a portrait engraving (f. 157).