Autograph letters signed (8, one torn with loss of text), dated : London, 1861-1873, to Richard Peyton, 1861 Mar. 20.

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Autograph letters signed (8, one torn with loss of text), dated : London, 1861-1873, to Richard Peyton, 1861 Mar. 20.

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Of a social nature, discussing various singers and instrumentalists, accepting the conductorship of the Birmingham Music Festival for 1873, mentioning [Mendelssohn's] Elijah, Beethoven's Fidelio, [Cherubini's] Medea, Mlle Drasdil, Miss Eldon, Colchester, Thomas, Lockwood, Davis, Mme Sainton, Ries, Miss Wynne, Sims Reeves, Dr. Hiller, Horton, Baird, Tietjens, Rossini, and other persons.

8 items (21 p.) ; (12mo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Eldon, Miss.

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Lockwood.

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Thomas.

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Hiller, Ferdinand, 1811-1885

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Baird.

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Peyton, Richard Henry

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English philanthropist; founder of the Chair of Music, Birmingham University. From the description of Autograph letter copies signed : Birmingham Musical Festival, Southfield Edbaston, Near Birmingham, to Arthur Sullivan, 1870 Jan 10 to uly 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126574 ...

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...

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...

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

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Composer. From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Count Franz von Brunswick, [1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622425 From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Josef Blöchlinger, [1819 Aug.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622372 From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to the Chevalier Josef de Varena, 1812 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622275 From the description...

Wynne, Edith, 1842-1897.

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Drasdil, Anna.

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Contralto. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, to H[enry] Sudlow, 1866 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565969 ...

Davis.

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Horton.

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Ries.

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Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte H.

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English contralto, teacher, and composer. From the description of 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. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668495 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668502 From the description of "Fragment from an unpublished Cantata" : auto...

Colchester.

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Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842

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Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library)

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Tietjens, Therese, 1831-1887.

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German soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p.], 14 March [n.y.], to Mathilde [Marchesi?], 1831-1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677729 From the description of Clipped signature : [n.p., n.d.], [n.d., 1831-1887]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677734 ...