William Hayman Cummings manuscript material : 1 item 1878

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William Hayman Cummings manuscript material : 1 item 1878

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William Hayman Cummings, English singer and musical antiquarian. He was the first to unite the music of Mendelssohn's Festgesang with Charles Wesley's hymn 'Hark! the herald angels sing'. To [?] Young : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Jun 1878 : (MISC 4135) : from Brackley Villa, Thurlow Park Road, Dulwich, S. E. (printed stationery) : begins, "I am sorry I cannot come to you. I rehearse my choir tomorrow ..." Mounted on an album leaf as part of an autograph collection. Filed with Lady Byron letters (B'ANA 0615).

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915

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William Hayman Cummings, English singer and musical antiquary. He was the first to unite the music of Mendelssohn's Festgesang with Charles Wesley's hymn 'Hark! the herald angels sing'. From the description of William Hayman Cummings manuscript material : 1 item, 1878 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 677020996 William Hayman Cummings was an English organist, composer, singer and writer, author of Purcell (1881), a biographical dictionary (1892) and other works ...