Richard Beattie Davis music collection, 1790-1920.

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Richard Beattie Davis music collection, 1790-1920.

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Musical scores, slides, programs, books. There is an unusual collection of over three hundred cadenzas to the piano concertos of Mozart and Beethoven. There are over 40 chamber works available for use. These are complete with parts and by a variety of composers. Additionally, various works of the English composer, artist and designer, Thomas B. Pitfield, are contained within the collection. The color slides in the collection are of title pages of the Belaieff miniature scores. There are programs in the collection as well, such as one for the performance of Bessel's work for "Tsar Saltan" in Paris, 1929, featuring an illustration of Russian costume by Russian artist, Bilibin. There are also books in the collection, mostly in Russian, on related subjects, including the Russian poet, Fet. There are also music catalogs, and English music journals from 1940 to the present that list many of Europe's best known antiquarian dealers.

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Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Campus, S.E. Wimberly Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7630009

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Campus, S.E. Wimberly Library

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Pitfield, Thomas

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0002e7 Pitfield was born Apr 5 1903 in Bolton, and worked in engineering on leaving school in 1917. In 1924 he entered the Royal Manchester College of Music for a year. He taught at Tettenhall College from 1935-1945, becoming composition tutor at the RMCM in 1947 and latterly the RNCM, retiring in 1973. His numerous compositions...

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...

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk, 1778-1837

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Austrian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Hummel to Sir George Smart, London, 1833 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122369537 Austrian pianist, composer, teacher, and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Weimar Dec. 12 1822, to Cappi & Diabelli in Vienna, 1822 Dec. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666515 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Stuttgart Oct. 31 ...

Davis, Richard Beattie, 1922-2008

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Music collector. Since the age of 17, Richard Beattie Davis was fascinated by music, particularly the Viennese piano music apotheosized by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. He was also interested in piano music by Mozart's pupil, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and Mozart's piano concertos, elaborated by Hummel, who wrote difficult cadenzas, compendium of Hummelian technique. Davis' initial interest was aroused in the advance of early nineteenth century piano tec...

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...

Besselʹ, Vasilīĭ Vasilʹevich, 1842 or 3-1907.

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Bilibin, Ivan I︠A︡kovlevich, 1876-1942

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Bilibin was a noted Russian illustrator and stage designer, especially noted for his illustrations of Russian fairy tales. From the description of [Letters to Ruth Thompson] / I. Bilibine. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 166268427 ...

Beliaev, M. P. (Mitrofan Petrovich), 1836-1904

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Russian music publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Petersburg, 23 April 1903, to Mr. [Edwin] Evans, 1903 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873161 ...

Fet, A. A. (Afanasiĭ Afanasʹevich), 1820-1892.

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