Papers, 1876-1928.

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Papers, 1876-1928.

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Include musical scores, instrumental, choral, and vocal; manuscripts for lectures on music history; letters from notable musicians including Edward J. Dent, Francis W. Galpin, Georg Kinsky, Alexandro Kraus, Victor C. Mahillon, and Curt Sachs, a letter from Alfred J. Hipkins to Frederick Stearns, and a letter from Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy to William Chappell; two autographed scores by Oscar G.T. Sonneck; the guest book of his daughter, Elsa Gardner Stanley, with inscriptions of noted musicians; and. ana.

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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...

Galpin, Francis W. (Francis William), 1858-1945

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Sonneck, O.G.

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Epithet: of the Library of Congress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x000030 American musicologist, librarian, editor, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 9 December 1927, to Mrs. [E.P.] Simons, 1927 Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873752 Musician, historian, and librarian. From the description of Papers of Oscar Geor...

Hipkins, Alfred J. (Alfred James), 1826-1903

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Epithet: of Add MS 35227 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x00036d Born in 1826, Alfred James Hipkins initially worked as a piano tuner for J Broadwood and Sons, piano makers. He went on to write a series of works relating to musical instruments, musicology and composers, some in collaboration with his daughter Edith. His publications included Canter lectures on musical instruments, their construction and...

Stearns, Frederick, 1831-1907

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Detroit pharmacist and patron of the arts. From the description of Frederick Stearns papers, 1889-1892. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 663460900 ...

Kinsky, Georg, 1882-1951

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German musicologist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Köln-Dellbrück, 3 June 1938, to Mr. [C.B.] Oldman, 1938 June 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873469 ...

Stanley, Albert A. (Albert Augustus), 1851-1932

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Also performed May Festival, 1943 (cf. Letter. C. A. Sink to W. G. Rice, May 12, 1943) From the description of Laus deo. For chorus, orchestra, and organ. Text by Notker Babulus (840-912). Music by Albert Augustus Stanley, 1934. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34363841 Professor of Music and Director of the School of Music, University of Michigan, 1888-1921. From the description of Albert Stanley papers, 1876-1928. (University of Michigan). WorldCat...

Mahillon, Victor-Charles

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Kraus, Alexandro, 1820-1904.

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Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888

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British musical antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Strafford Lodge [Weybridge], to Joseph Crawhall, 1878 Nov. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 460124713 Chappell was an English writer on music, an owner of the London musical firm of Chappell & Co., an antiquary, and ballad scholar. From the description of W. (William) Chappell English ballad index collection, 18--. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612844830 Willia...

Dent, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1876-1957

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Epithet: musicologist and translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x00021f Edward Joseph Dent (1876-1957), musicologist, was born at Ribston Hall, Wetherby, Yorkshire, on 26 July 1876. He attended Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a Fellow, 1902-1908 and from 1926 until his death. Dent was Professor of Music at the university, 1926-1941. He published pioneering studies in English on Ale...

Stanley, Elsa Gardner, 1878-1910.

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Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments

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Acquired in 1899 as a gift from Frederick Stearns, a Detroit manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, the collection originally contained 904 rare, old or simply unusual musical instruments from around the world. Further gifts from Stearns and others have considerably enlarged the collection, which was housed in Hill Auditorium for many years and is now displayed at the School of Music. From the guide to the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments records, 1897-1921, (Bentley Historical Li...

Sachs, Curt, 1881-1959

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