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Benedict, Julius, 1804-1885. Autograph letters signed (30), dated : [London], to Joseph Bennett, 1869-1883.

Title: Autograph letters signed (30), dated : [London], to Joseph Bennett, 1869-1883.

Discussing arrangements for Benedict's oratorios St Peter and The Temple, his 50th anniversary in England, and many other musical matters, mentioning Limpus, Chorley, Gruneisen, Barnby, Joachim, Costa, Davison, Grove, Randegger, Chappell, Rosa, Marie [i.e. Mary] Krebs, Mr. Peyton from Birmingham, Carlo D'Ormeville, Sims Reeves, Michaelis, Jenny Lind, etc.

ArchivalResource: 30 items (71 p.) ; (12mo. and 32mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270672186 View

Cowen, Frederic H. (Frederic Hymen), Sir, 1852-1935. Autograph letters signed (94), dated : mostly [London, undated by year, some ca. 1886], also Manchester, 11 February 1897, Milan, Genoa, and Melbourne, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1899 Jan. 17 and 1888 Aug. 28 and 1886.

Title: Autograph letters signed (94), dated : mostly [London, undated by year, some ca. 1886], also Manchester, 11 February 1897, Milan, Genoa, and Melbourne, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1899 Jan. 17 and 1888 Aug. 28 and 1886.

Discussing a wide variety of musical matters, including work on and the critical reception of the oratorio Ruth, work on Evangeline, The Water Lily, Harold, describing the success of the Centennial Exhibition in Melbourne, mentioning Richter, Sullivan, Hallé, Boito, Sonzogno, de Reszke, Melba, Verdi, Berlioz's Trojans at Carthage, Harris, Littleton, Carte, Mapleson, Sainton, Rosa, etc.; with three brief musical examples; two letters are incomplete, and one is torn with loss of text.

ArchivalResource: 94 items (198 p.) ; (12mo and 8vo)

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Van Noorden, Walter, d. 1916. Autograph letter signed, dated : Brighton, 28 April 1905, to an unidentified recipient, 1905 Apr. 28.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Brighton, 28 April 1905, to an unidentified recipient, 1905 Apr. 28.

Saying he has read the recipient's unfavorable verdict on music in Bristol, that he would like "to be a witness to the love of the Bristolians for operatic music," reporting that performances of the [Carl Rosa Opera Company] of Faust, Carmen, etc., are always successful there, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

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Rosa, Carl, 1842-1889. Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 17 December 1878, to an unidentified recipient, 1878 Dec. 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 17 December 1878, to an unidentified recipient, 1878 Dec. 17.

Recommending a Mr. and Mrs. Parry , who have been employed by him for several years as chorus singers.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270676283 View

Bruno Schindler Collection, 1867-1967

Title: Bruno Schindler Collection 1867-1967

This collection contains the personal papers, photos, and correspondence of educator Bruno Schindler and journalist James Heckscher. The Heckscher materials include several letters from notable cultural figures like Moses Montefiore and Ivan Turgenev, as well as several from members of Parliament.

ArchivalResource: 0.25

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Photographs of musicians, composers, and singers, 1862-1948.

Title: Photographs of musicians, composers, and singers, 1862-1948.

Collection of photographs, cartes-de-visite, cabinet photographs, photographic postcards, copy prints, and photomechanical prints of musicians, composers, and singers.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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Rosa, Carl, 1842-1889. Autograph letters signed (20), dated : [London], Liverpool and Manchester, 1871-1889 [two are undated], to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1871 Mar. 21.

Title: Autograph letters signed (20), dated : [London], Liverpool and Manchester, 1871-1889 [two are undated], to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1871 Mar. 21.

Asking him to announce that Rosa's wife [Euphrosyne Parepa] is ill and will not be making her debut as scheduled, thanking him for various articles, mentioning [Cherubini's] Watercarrier [sic], [Beethoven's] Fidelio, [Wagner's] Lohengrin and [Flying] Dutchman, [Nicolai's] Merry Wives, [Massenet's] Manon, [A. Goring Thomas's] Nadeshda, Ludwig, Pollini, etc.

ArchivalResource: 20 items (45 p.) ; various sizes.

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Kenney, Charles Lamb, 1821-1881. Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 23 December 1873, to [Joseph] Bennett, 1873 Dec. 23.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 23 December 1873, to [Joseph] Bennett, 1873 Dec. 23.

Asking Bennett to publish something about the success of Balfe's operas revived by Carl Rosa at the Theatre Royal in Dublin--The Bohemian Girl, Satanella, and The Rose of Castille--in order to "reflect a little more éclat" on a forthcoming production of his posthumous opera Il talismano, with Nielson [i.e. Christine Nilsson] as Edith Plantagenet, mentioning Mme Balfe, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

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MacCunn, Hamish, 1868-1916. Autograph letters signed (14), dated : [London] and Greenock, 1888-1900 and [n.d.], to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1888-1900 and [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letters signed (14), dated : [London] and Greenock, 1888-1900 and [n.d.], to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1888-1900 and [n.d.].

Discussing their work on Jeanie Deans, suggesting a change in one of Bennett's verses, asking about a cantata libretto, mentioning his Ship o' the Fiend, Waverly, the "contemptible, scurrilous & untrue report of my 'Queen Hynde of Caledon'" that appeared in the Daily Telegraph, Augustus Littleton, Novello, Carl Rosa, Henschel, Lyall, etc.

ArchivalResource: 14 items (34 p.) ; various sizes.

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Rabut, Eléonore. Autograph letter signed R. Fechter : [London, n.d., 1877?], to [Joseph Bennett?], [n.d., 1877?].

Title: Autograph letter signed R. Fechter : [London, n.d., 1877?], to [Joseph Bennett?], [n.d., 1877?].

Saying that their daughter [Marie-Thérèse] has decided, against her parents' wishes, to go on the stage, that she will be engaged with the Opéra Comique, making her debut on 14 March under Ambrois Thomas's patronage as Mignon, adding that Carl Rosa has engaged her for the role of Marguerite in [Gounod's] Faust, mentioning Carvalho, her daughter's teachers Faure, Delle Sedie, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (12mo)

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Maas, Joseph, 1847-1886. Autograph letters signed (2), dated : London, 5 and 21 May 1879, to Richard Peyton, 1879 May 5 and 21.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2), dated : London, 5 and 21 May 1879, to Richard Peyton, 1879 May 5 and 21.

Concerning plans for Maas to sing in Birmingham, saying that Peyton's letter never arrived, that he saw [Carl] Rosa the previous Wednesday about the Festival but that Rosa "does not think my concert engagements & Festivals are identical with his interests," adding that "with all due respect to the Birmingham Festival, I wish to remind you that I am not a novice asking for the favorable ear of the Public but (an Artist endorsed by the Public & Press of two thirds of the civilized Globe &) one who can go anywhere and demand it," etc.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (8 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270581404 View

Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte, 1821-1885. Autograph letters signed (23, two incomplete), dated : [London], 1876-1884 [and n.d.], to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1876-1884 [and n.d.], including 1876 Feb. 5.

Title: Autograph letters signed (23, two incomplete), dated : [London], 1876-1884 [and n.d.], to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1876-1884 [and n.d.], including 1876 Feb. 5.

Mostly of a personal and social nature, sending some information on her professional career, sending [not present] a Berlioz letter, mentioning Thalassa, Grisi, Malibran, Caradori[-Allan], Mario, Rubini, Tamburini, Lablache, Blagrove, Miss Bruce (now Mrs. Deacon), Mendelssohn, Surman, Sainton, Tietjens, Grace Damian, Randegger, Carl Rosa, etc.

ArchivalResource: 23 items (89 p.) ; (12mo)

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Rosa, Carl, 1842-1889. Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [London], 10 and 19 May 1879, to Mr. [Richard] Peyton, 1879 May 10.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [London], 10 and 19 May 1879, to Mr. [Richard] Peyton, 1879 May 10.

Concerning the engagement of Mr. Maas, saying Maas could not attend rehearsals for the [Birmingham] Festival after 9 August as Rosa's season begins in Dublin on 11 August, discussing Maas's fee, etc.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (4 p.) ; (12mo and 8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270676280 View

PH 2015, Brown, Zina Young Card 1888-1974. Zina Y. Card Brown family photographs circa 1860s-1930s

Title: PH 2015, Brown, Zina Young Card 1888-1974. Zina Y. Card Brown family photographs circa 1860s-1930s

ArchivalResource:

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Hauk, Minnie, 1851-1929. Autograph letters signed (10, one incomplete) : London, Lucerne, Gibralter, Basel, Leipzig, and Shanghai, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1879-[1906], 1894 May 23 and 1879 Nov. 22.

Title: Autograph letters signed (10, one incomplete) : London, Lucerne, Gibralter, Basel, Leipzig, and Shanghai, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1879-[1906], 1894 May 23 and 1879 Nov. 22.

Concerning her indisposition, Roze Mapleson's singing of [Bizet's] Carmen in her place, her offer to sing [Thomas's] Mignon in Mapleson's place, noting her various roles and engagements, mentioning the anniversary of the death of Hermann Goetz, who wrote his very last role for her on his dying bed--an aria at the end of the last act of The Taming of the Shrew, "which I alone possess"--, saying that she and her husband leave for Africa early in January [1907], mentioning Carl Rosa, etc., etc.

ArchivalResource: 10 items (36 p.) ; various sizes.

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Rosa, Carl, 1842-1889,. Autograph letter signed from Carl Rosa, Hull, Yorkshire, to G--- [manuscript], 1887 December 14.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Carl Rosa, Hull, Yorkshire, to G--- [manuscript], 1887 December 14.

Concerns his successful tour of the North. Mentions Daly.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244111533 View