COLLECTIONS by Eliza Wesley relating to English and foreign composers, musicians, singers and others, consisting of engraved portraits, photographs, newspaper-cuttings, and other printed matter, with a few original letters, etc. The names are all giv... 19th century

Benedict, Julius, 1804-1885

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German-English composer, conductor, and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 2 Manchester Square, [London], to Sir George Grove, [n.y.] Apr. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125514 English composer and conductor of German birth. From the description of Autograph letters signed (7), dated : [London], to Richard Peyton, 1870 Feb. 7-Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672208 From the description of Autograph letter signed, ...

Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit

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Composer. From the description of D. F. E. Auber miscellany, 1860-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122377121 Auber, French composer noted for his operas, including Manon. From the description of [Letter], 12 Jun. [18--] / Auber. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 152608612 French composer, pupil of Cherubini. Writer of grand operas and comic operas. From the description of Original manuscript copy of Fra Diavolo as sent to the printer b...

Crouch, F. Nicholls

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English composer and cellist; b. in London, 31 July 1808; d. Portland, Me., 18 Aug. 1896; imigrated to the United States in 1849; resided in Richmond, Va., Baltimore, Md., and Portland, Me. From the description of Words and music to Paddy Aroon, an Irish ballad, by F. N. Crouch, 1852. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 304576645 Anglo-American musician and composer; best known for the music to "Kathleen Mavourneen." From the description of F....

Schubert, Franz

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Composed originally for piano four hands, 1928. This orchestration 1984. For Felix Mottl's transcription see callno.: 826.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fantasy in F minor, op. 103 / by Franz Schubert ; orchestrated by Roman Pawlowski. 1984. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55011151 From the opera by Franz Schubert, libretto by Franz van Schober; first performed in Weimar at the Hoftheater, 24 June 1854. Cf. New Grove online. ...

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

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By 1831, Spontini's reputation has lost ground to the works of younger men, including Meyerbeer, whose Robert le Diable was first performed eight month after the date of this letter; this is perhaps the opera mentioned here, though Meyerbeer may be referring to the abortive Le Portefaix, the contract for which he had just signed. Despite the apparent warmth of their relationship, Spontini was already jealous. His own continuing lack of success he attributed to a plot orchestrated by Meyerbeer, "...

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848

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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], to "il principe di Colobrano" in Naples, 1841 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565897 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Vienna, 13 June 1843], to [Gaetano] Cobianchi in Paris, 1843 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565892 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, 13 October 1831, to his father, Andrea Doniz...

Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870

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Irish composer and singer. British composer. Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially The Bohemian Girl. (Wikipedia contributors, "Michael William Balfe," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_William_Balfe&oldid=1100078344 (accessed September 9, 2022). M. W. (Michael William) Balfe was an Irish composer, singer, and conductor. Balfe began his musical career as a ...

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

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Felix Mendelssohn, composer of the early Romantic period. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was bapt...

Moscheles, Ignaz

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Epithet: pianist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x0001f9 ...

Hitchen, Isaac, Reverend

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x00008a ...

Van Beethoven, Ludwig, 1770-1827, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x000251 ...

Bennett, William Sterndale

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0002f3 ...

Surman, Joseph, conductor and music publisher

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Epithet: conductor and music publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000068 ...

Langdon, Tobias, active 19th century, Priest Vicar'of Exeter Cathedral

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Epithet: Priest Vicar' of Exeter Cathedral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x000378 ...

Mozart, Franz Xaver, 1791-1844

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Austrian composer. From the description of [Douce amitié fille du ciel!] [manuscript]. 23 mars [1]843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270567716 Epithet: composer, son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00017e Composers. From the description of Franz Xaver Mozart and Carl Thomas Mozart autograph letter to Johann Anton André, 1826 June 7. (Unknow...

Hatton, John Liptrot, 1809-1886

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Epithet: composer and pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0002dc English composer, pianist, and singer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Cranch, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665445 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Pimlico July 5 1842, to an unidentified recipient, 1842 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2706...

Corelli, Arcangelo, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x0003d0 ...

Arne, Thomas Augustine

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x00024d ...

Smith, Albert

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Epithet: of Roseville Ohio British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x000038 Epithet: of Add MS 35027 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x0001e6 Albert Richard Smith (1816-1860) was an author, public lecturer, and mountaineer. He was best known for his travel lectures, which included entertaining accounts of hi...

Barnby, Joseph, Sir, organist and composer

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Epithet: organist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0003a5 ...

Phillips, Henry, 1903-

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Epithet: Singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x0002e2 ...

Bull, Ole Bornemann, violinist and composer

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Epithet: violinist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x00031f ...

Neate, Charles, 1784-1877,

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Epithet: composer and pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x00012f English pianist and cellist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 22 May [n.y.], to Mrs. Boyle, [n.y.] May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582847 ...

Novello, Vincent, 1781-1861

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Vincent Novello, English music publisher. From the guide to the Vincent Novello manuscript material : 6 items, 1822-1848, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English organist, choirmaster, conductor, editor, publisher, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 22 November 1828, to George Gwilt, 1828 Nov. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270583026 Epithet: organi...

Paganini, Nicolò, Italian violinist

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Epithet: Italian violinist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x00016b ...

Rubini, Giovanni Battista, of Add MS 35026

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Epithet: of Add MS 35026 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000065 ...

Mainzer, Joseph, active 19th century

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Woelfl, Joseph, active 19th century, Pianist

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Epithet: Pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x000364 ...

Goss, John

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Epithet: baritone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00009a Epithet: organist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000183 ...

Kelly, Michael, 1764-1826, singer and composer

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Epithet: singer and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x0002dc ...

Dreyschock, Alexander, pianist

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Epithet: pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x00011f ...

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886

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Note at end says "Original mss. in Weimar--date 1851. First published by Meyer in 1854--later by Litolff. Never been orchestrated--either by Liszt or anyone else."--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Scherzo and March / Franz Liszt ; orchestrated by Arthur Hartmann. [c1934]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 69683005 Composed originally for solo piano, 1849, on the deaths of Prince Felix Lichnowsky, Count Ladislaus Teleky and Count Lajos Ba...

Kemble, Charles, actor

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000208 ...

Schumann, Robert

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Originally composed for solo piano, 1833-1835. Collaborative orchestration of the score, 1908-1909, for the use of the Russian Imperial Ballet. No indication is given of each collaborator's contribution. First performance as a ballet St. Petersburg, 1910. First concert performance, Boston, 25 November 1938, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Carnival / Robert Schumann ; orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazounov, Li...

Phelps, Samuel

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000375 Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0001f2 ...

Arnold, Samuel

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Epithet: Secretary, Society of General Smiths, Fitters, Bellhangers and Whitesmiths British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x0002f9 Epithet: of Oxford, bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x0002f8 Epithet: Mus Doc British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogu...

Czerny, Carl, 1791-1857

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000294 Austrian piano teacher, composer, pianist, and writer on music. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna, 17 August 1834, to C. F. Peters in Leipzig, 1834 Aug. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564833 From the description of Libera CCzerny / 1836. [manuscript]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705624...

Grimaldi, Joseph, active 19th century, Clown

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Epithet: Clown British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001089.0x00038b ...

Macready, William Charles, actor

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000159 ...

Hohl, Frederick, active 19th century

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Cooke, Thomas Simpson, composer instrumentalist and singer

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Epithet: composer instrumentalist and singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00027b ...

Mozart, Maria Anna, active 19th century, of Add MS 35027

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Epithet: of Add MS 35027 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x00027d ...

Benedict, Mary C-, active 19th century, wife of Sir Julius Benedict

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Epithet: wife of Sir Julius Benedict British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x000026 ...

Joachim, Joseph

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Epithet: violinist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000336 ...

Burney, Charles

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Epithet: MusD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0000b6 Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000321 Epithet: Dr; of Add MS 16947 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0001be ...

Cramer, Franz

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Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm

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Epithet: violinist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x0001d2 ...

Jullien, Louis Antoine, conductor and composer

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Epithet: conductor and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x0001e9 ...

Dibdin, Charles

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Epithet: composer and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x00025e ...

Mozart, Leopold

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Siddons, Sarah, actress

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Epithet: of Add MS 20081 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x0001b6 Epithet: of Add MS 34710 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x0001b7 Epithet: of Add MS 37425 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x...

Pasta, Giuditta Maria Constanza, née Negri Italian soprano

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Epithet: née Negri Italian soprano British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000110 ...

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002c9 English writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Office of All the Year Round, 26 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C., to Frederick Lehmann, 1863 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125432 English novelist and publisher. From the description of ALS : Broadstairs, Kent, to Mr. Cullenford, 18...

Von Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst, 1786-1826, Baron, composer

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Epithet: composer Title: Baron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00015f ...

Halle, Charles

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Epithet: pianist and conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x0001da ...

Dragonetti, Domenico, 1763-1846

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Epithet: double-bass player and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0003b3 ...

Haydn, Franz Joseph, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00005b ...

Heller, Stephen, pianist and composer

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Epithet: pianist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x0001e1 ...

Sainton, Prosper Philippe Catherine, violinist and composer

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Epithet: violinist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00010d ...

Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus

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The Serenade from which this movement is taken originally composed for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, 1781; second version, with the addition of 2 oboes, in 1782 (see callno.: 2329). This transcription 1941.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Adagio, K. V. 375 / Mozart ; transcribed by Zoltán Fekete. [c1941]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42631243 Composed originally for solo piano, 1788. This transcription 1986.--Cf. Fleisher C...

Novello, Clara Anastasia, afterwards Gigliucci daughter of V Novello, soprano

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Epithet: afterwards Gigliucci daughter of V Novello, soprano British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0000e6 ...

Garibaldi, Giuseppe, of Add MS 36720

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Epithet: of Add MS 35026 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000446.0x00002b Epithet: Italian patriot British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x0002ec Epithet: of Add MS 37772 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000446.0x...

Stephens, Catharine, singer; widow of George, 5th Earl of Essex

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Epithet: singer; widow of George, 5th Earl of Essex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0000f0 ...

Candia, Giovanni Mario di, Marchese

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Epithet: Marchese British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000843.0x000123 ...

Hopkins, Edward John

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Epithet: organist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0000bd ...

Kean, Edmund

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Epithet: of Add MS 27925 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x000164 Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0003bc Epithet: Actor; of Add MS 35027 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x000...

Adams, Thomas, 1785-1858

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English organist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter, dated : [London], to [Edward Holmes?], [n.y., 1830's?] Nov. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680427 Epithet: composer and organist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x00022f ...

Molique, Bernhard, Composer

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Epithet: Composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x000167 ...

Macfarren, Ellen S-, active 19th century, sister of Sir G A Macfarren

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Epithet: sister of Sir G A Macfarren British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x000239 ...

Wesley, Samuel, 1766-1837

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Nephew of John Wesley. From the description of Autograph letter signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587895 English composer and organist. From the description of Autograph note in the third person : [n.p., London?, n.d.], to Sir G[eorge] Smart, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679129 Samuel Wesley, a well-known English organist and composer, was the son of the famous Methodist hymnist Charles Wesley, nephew of John Wesley, and fath...

Spohr, Louis, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x000201 ...

Thalberg, Sigismond

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Composed in 1829 for a concert tour through Germany--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for piano-forte and orchestra / S. Thalberg. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56034562 German or Austrian pianist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 2 July 1858, to an Ch[arle]s Breusing, 1858 July 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676646 From the description of Autog...

Harper, Thomas

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Epithet: trumpeter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x000208 Epithet: Publisher of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x000344 ...

Catalani, Angelica, Singer

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Epithet: Singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001093.0x000287 ...

Vaughan, Thomas

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Epithet: Treasurer of the Chamber British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000563.0x000185 Epithet: called Eugenius Philalethes; Alchemist and Poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000563.0x000180 Epithet: Secretary 's Assistant, Royal Academy British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/8...

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000089 Opera with a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Friedrich von Schiller's play Kabale und Liebe, premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on December 8, 1849. From the description of Luisa Miller : melodramma tragico in tre atti / sinfonia musica del Sigr. Mo. Giuseppe Verdi. [ca. 1850] (Yale University). WorldCat record id...

Grisi, Giulia, soprano

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Epithet: soprano British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000562.0x000099 ...

Parry, John

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Epithet: composer and harpist, d1782 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000233 Epithet: Bishop of Ossory British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x000390 Epithet: musician composer and dramatist, d1851 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descript...

Mori, Nicholas, violinist; of Add MS 41771

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Epithet: composer and violinist, son of Nicolas Mori British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000562.0x000237 Epithet: Violinist; of Add MS 35026 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x0001f1 Epithet: violinist; of Add MS 41771 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Per...

Carte, Richard, active 1801-1846, flautist and instrument maker

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Epithet: flautist and instrument maker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000562.0x000300 ...

Reeves, John Sims, of Add MS 35026

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Epithet: of Add MS 35026 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0003e3 ...

Bodda-Pyne, Singer

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Epithet: Singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000217.0x00017b ...

Malibran, Maria Felicita, vocalist

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Epithet: vocalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000256 ...

Cramer, Johann Baptist

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Epithet: composer and publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00008d ...

Sivori, Camillo, of Add MS 29999

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Epithet: of Add MS 29999 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x00015e Epithet: of Add MS 35026 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x00015f ...

Bishop, Anna, active 19th century, wife of Sir H R Bishop

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Epithet: wife of Sir H R Bishop British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x00031c ...

Von Neukomm, Sigismund Ritter, 1778-1858, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000242 ...

Macfarren, Walter Cecil, pianist and composer

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Epithet: pianist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x0000f9 ...

Costa, Michael, 1808-1884

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Sir Michael Costa was an Italian-English conductor and composer of operas. From the guide to the Contract : London, 1844 Feb. 14, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Italian-English composer and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 55 Eccleston Square, [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1862 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125570 Michael Costa, English conductor and composer of Italian birth, became director of mus...

Standigl, Joseph

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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

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Most material is from the oratorio; see Callno. 7087. This arrangement 1943.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphonic suite no. V : the triumph of Truth : based on / Handel ; free arrangement by Zoltan Fekete. c1943. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50064356 From the opera in three acts, librettist unknown. Composed 1707 or 1708.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dance of the sailors : from Rodrigo / G.F. H...

Rubinstein, Anton Grigorevich, pianist and composer

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Epithet: pianist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000975.0x00038a ...

Crotch, William, composer and organist

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Epithet: of Kensington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000844.0x000060 Epithet: composer and organist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0001d3 ...

Bishop, Henry R.

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Henry R. Bishop, English composer. He served as musical director of the top theatres in London, including and Covent Garden, King's Theatre and Drury Lane. Throughout his career, Bishop composed, contributed to, or arranged around 130 stage works, and selections from some 70 of them were published. These published volumes contain 48 overtures, 190 airs and ballads, 53 display songs, 73 duets and trios, 150 glees and ensemble pieces, and 340 melodramas, marches, and ballet airs. From ...

Jackson, William, active 1801, of Exeter; Composer

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Epithet: of Exeter; Composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x00019b ...

Elliston, Robert William, active 1801-1819, Actor; of Add MS 34584

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Epithet: Actor; of Add MS 34584 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x00024a ...

Paton, Mary Anne, active 19th century, Singer

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Epithet: Singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x00006a ...

Attwood, Thomas, composer and organist

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Epithet: composer and organist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0000c3 ...

Macfarren, George Alexander, Sir, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x000302 ...

Goldschmidt, Jenny, née Lind; wife of Otto Goldschmidt

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Epithet: née Lind; wife of Otto Goldschmidt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000702.0x000132 ...

Gluck, Christoph Willibald von, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x00016d ...

Clementi, Muzio, 1752-1832

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English composer, keyboard player and teacher, music publisher, and piano manufacturer of Italian birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 15 June 1818, to Mme Lehmann (née Bilguer) in Berlin, 1818 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564496 From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : Birmingham, 17 August 1829, 1829 Aug. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564500 Sonata first published 1795. This arrangement 1951.-...

Pyne, James Kendrick, junior; Organist of Manchester Cathedral

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Epithet: junior; Organist of Manchester Cathedral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000799.0x000301 Epithet: Organist of Bath Abbey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000799.0x000302 ...

Hofmann, Josef, active 19th century, Pianist

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Epithet: Pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x000370 ...

Persiani, Fanny, singer

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Epithet: singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000077 ...

Hullah, John Pyke, LLD, composer

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Epithet: LLD, composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000350 ...

Pauer, Ernst, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x000303 ...

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

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Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after Charles Perrault's Cendrillon and librettos by Charles-Guillaume Etienne for Nicolas Isouard's Cendrillon and Francesco Fiorini for Stefano Pavesi's Agatina, o La virtù premiata; first performed in Rome at the Teatro Valle, 25 January 1817; the Holtei translation first performed in Berlin 20 October 1825. Cf. A. Loewenberg. Annals of opera. From the description of Aschenbrödel : komische Oper in zwei Acten, für die Darstellung auf der Königstädt...

Potter, Philip Cipriani Hambly, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0002e2 ...

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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From the partita no. 2 for solo violin by J.S. Bach.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Bach's chaconne / transcribed for large orchestra by Louis Gesensway. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 144609295 Arranged 1856. First performance same year at the Philharmonic concerts, Vienna, von H. Esser conductor. Elgar's coda added subsequently.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Toccata : für die Orgel / compon...

Braham, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 15561 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x000285 Epithet: tenor and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x0003a8 ...

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000229 ...

Mellon, Harriet, active 19th century, Singer

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Epithet: Singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000304.0x0001a6 ...

Strauss, Johann

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Epithet: the younger, composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x0003de Epithet: Composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000571.0x00000c ...

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880

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Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880) was a German-born French composer and cellist of Jewish ancestry. He had a strong influence in popular music in Europe, and was one of the originators of the operetta, of which he wrote more than one hundred. His works were noted for their elements of satire and parody; two for which he is particularly known are the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld and the opera The Tales of Hoffman . From the guide to the Jacques Offenbach Letter, undated (after 1844)...

Russell, Henry, Composer

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Epithet: Composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x000167 ...

Anderson, Lucy

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Epithet: wife of George Frederick Anderson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000923.0x000347 Epithet: Pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000923.0x000346 Epithet: née Philpot pianist, wife of G F Anderson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x000...

Salaman, Charles, active 19th century, Composer

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Epithet: Composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000347.0x0002d6 ...

Thomas, Arthur Goring

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x0002a1 ...

Tietjens, Therese, singer

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Epithet: singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x0002a3 ...

Madan, Martin?, active 19th century, Reverend

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x00032f ...