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Rudersdorff, Hermine, 1822-1882,. Letter from Hermine Rudersdorff, Maida Vale, to Charles Kean [manuscript], 1855 May 18.

Title: Letter from Hermine Rudersdorff, Maida Vale, to Charles Kean [manuscript], 1855 May 18.

Rudersdorff writes that she appreciated last night's performance of Kean's production of Henry VIII. Although a foreigner, she is an ardent admirer of Shakespeare, whose tragedies she has seen in Dresden and Berlin.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/694182105 View

Benedict, Julius, 1804-1885. Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], to Roger Kerrison, 1859 Nov. 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], to Roger Kerrison, 1859 Nov. 8.

Explaining at some length why Mme Goldschmidt [i.e. Jenny Lind] will probably not be able to sing in the next year's [Norwich] Festival--she does not wish to commit herself so far in advance and risk disappointing her audience should she not appear--, saying the attempt should nonetheless be made to engage her, asking that the terms offered Lind not be made public--"all the other Artists would raise their pretences"--, mentioning Molique, Mlle Rudersdorff, Dr. Copeman, Lord Albemarle, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (6 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270672198 View

Richard Mansfield family papers, 1856-1940, 1905-1940

Title: Richard Mansfield family papers 1856-1940 1905-1940

Collection consists of correspondence, writings, legal documents, drawings, photographs, printed matter, and other Mansfield family papers. Papers are largely personal in nature with the bulk being Beatrice Cameron's papers. Other members of the family represented in the collection are Hermine Rudersdorff, Richard Mansfield's mother, and George Gibbs Mansfield, the Mansfields' son. Writings are plays and poems; family papers include diaries, daybooks, address books, photographs, drawings, blueprints, and newspaper clippings

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Correspondence and other papers of Arthur Sullivan, W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, and related persons, 1834-1979.

Title: Correspondence and other papers of Arthur Sullivan, W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, and related persons, 1834-1979.

19th and 20th century correspondence and papers of Arthur Sullivan, W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, and other related persons.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes and 1 portfolio box (1.25 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02273/catalog View

Loder, Edward J. (Edward James), 1813-1865. Autograph letter signed : [London], to J[ames] W[illiam] D[avison], [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London], to J[ames] W[illiam] D[avison], [n.d.].

Saying that the artists in his forthcoming concert will include S. Reeves, Weiss, [Charles and Hamilton?] Braham, Rudersdorf[f], Rebec[ca] Isaacs, and Pooley, and asking if Davison can persuade A[rabella] Goddard to add her name.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270668251 View

Rudersdorff, Hermine, 1822-1882. Autograph letter signed : [London, n.d.], to [Edward Tyrrell Smith?], [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London, n.d.], to [Edward Tyrrell Smith?], [n.d.].

Saying she is glad the Italian Opera is not coming to his theatre since "there might now be a chance for a really good [E]nglish Opera," asking if he would consider entering into negotiations with her on the subject, etc.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270581865 View

Drasdil, Anna. Autograph letter signed, dated : London, to H[enry] Sudlow, 1866 Jan. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : London, to H[enry] Sudlow, 1866 Jan. 24.

Saying that in the absence of Mme Rudersdorff, who is singing in Germany, she will accept the engagement to sing the contralto part in [Mendelssohn's] Elijah at the Philharmonic Society on 27 February.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270565969 View

Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907. Richard Mansfield family papers, 1856-1940, bulk (1905-1940).

Title: Richard Mansfield family papers, 1856-1940, bulk (1905-1940).

Collection consists of correspondence, writings, legal documents, drawings, photographs, printed matter, and other Mansfield family papers.

ArchivalResource: 8.75 linear feet (21 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122346255 View

Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress, circa 1000-circa 1990

Title: Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress circa 1000-circa 1990

The archives consist primarily of music (both manuscript and printed), correspondence, photographs, sound recordings, books, newspaper clippings, printed programs, drawings, and engravings. They span years from the Middle Ages to the present, and include documents of composers, musicians, and literary figures, among others. The music in the collection includes holograph scores or sketches, both published and unpublished, as well as a number of copyists' and printed scores, transcriptions, and arrangements by composers and musicians such as Beethoven, Bloch, Brahms, Chopin, Franck, Mendelssohn, Puccini, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schoenberg, Webern, and many others. Also included is historically important correspondence, such as letters of Metastasio and Handel. Some composers (Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, for example) are represented by numerous manuscripts. A sample of other composers, musicians, and literary figures that are represented by both music and nonmusical materials includes George Auric, Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Pierre Boulez, Anton Bruckner, Charles Burney, Feruccio Busoni, Claude Debussy, Frederick Delius, Hermann Hesse, György Ligeti, Federico Garca Lorca, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Marice Ravel, Rainer Maria Rilke, Frank Wedekind, Kurt Weill, and Gioseffo Zarlino.

ArchivalResource: 3,600 items; 131 boxes; 206 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003012 View