Collection of Music, ca. 1770-1896.

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Collection of Music, ca. 1770-1896.

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Items 1-279 in this collection comprise orchestral and choral compositions, ca. 1770-1896. The 279 items include scores, parts, or scores and parts together, approximately 104 of which are manuscripts either entirely or in part, with the balance printed. The collection was compiled by the Musical Fund Society for use in its concerts and corresponds in content to the Society's "Catalog of Orchestral and Choral Compositions published and in Manuscript between 1790 and 1840," published 1974. Items 280-305 are chiefly orchestral works, including more overtures and concertos. Items 306-348 are principally chamber music and items 349-377 are miscellaneous items, including incomplete sets of parts and works by unidentified composers.

103 boxes (377 items).

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Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia

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The Musical Fund Society was founded in 1820 in Philadelphia by John K. Kane, Dr. Robert M. Patterson, Dr. William P. DeWees, and a number of noted professional musicians, including composer and conductor, Benjamin Carr. It had two purposes: "the relief of decayed musicians and their families, and the cultivation of skill and diffusion of taste in music." From 1824 to 1924 the Society owned and occupied Musical Fund Hall, where it produced musical concerts as well as rented the space to other or...