Collection of music-related autographs, 1796-1874.

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Collection of music-related autographs, 1796-1874.

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Eighteen autograph letters, chiefly by musical composers and performers, with dates between 1796 and 1874. Apparently removed from an autograph album (some letters are still mounted in the original album leaves with ms biographical annotations concerning their author). Includes a letter from Charles Burney to Samuel Rose, dated June 30, 1796, discussing the specifications for a pitchpipe commissioned by a Mr. Christopher Young, and an enquiry concerning double basses, on which Burney had apparently consulted the double bass player and publisher George Smart. Also of interest are a letter from William Sterndale Bennett to the publisher Friedrich Kistner, which refers to Mendelssohn, and a letter in French from M. W. Balfe to Henri Saint-Georges, and, outside the musical sphere, a letter by William Henry Fox Talbot to the artist Henry Collen, and a letter by Sir Rowland Hill.

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Saint-Georges, Henri, 1799-1875

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French dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?], 30 April 1855, to [Emile Perrin], 1855 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873676 ...

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 ...

Mario, Giovanni, 1810-1883

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Italian tenor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to M. [Giovanni] Bottesini, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581825 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Rome, 20 March 1875, to [Jules] Alary, 1875 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581821 From the description of Autograph sentiment signed, dated : [n.p.], 1871, to a named but unidentified recipient, 1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873549 ...

Fr. Kistner (Firm)

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Bennett, William Sterndale, 1816-1875

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William Sterndale Bennett was an English composer, conductor, and teacher of music. He wrote most of his best compositions in Leipzig, where he befriended Mendelssohn and Schumann. He later curtailed composition in favor of education, first as Professor of Music at Cambridge and later as Principal of the Royal Academy of music; he was also conductor of the London Philharmonic. His piano music remains a prime example of Victorian musical tastes. From the description of William Sternda...

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 ...

Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879

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Secretary of the South Australian Commission, 1835-39, Hill also secured the adoption of penny postage in the British budget of 1839. From the description of Correspondence [manuscript]. 1836-1839. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225831455 Epithet: preacher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000568.0x00037f Epithet: Preacher at Surrey Chapel, London British Library Archi...

Stevenson, John, Sir, 1761-1833

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Hullah, John, 1812-1884

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English conductor, composer, and teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Grosvenor Mansions, Victoria Street, S.W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1865 Mar. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125501 English teacher and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London, n.d.], to W.H. Callcott, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666508 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [Londo...

Burney, Charles, 1726-1814

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Charles Burney, British musician and author. He is the father of Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material : 1 item, 1792, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney established a reputation as an organist and composer before moving to London in 1760. There he became a central figure in the circle gathered around author Samuel Johnson...

Reeves, Sims, 1818-1900

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British singer. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Grange Mount, Upper Norwood ; and elsewhere, to Arthur Sullivan, 1869 Dec. 13 to 1897 May 17, a dn 1 undated letter. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125357 English tenor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 22 July 1858, to [Mr. William Sterndale? Bennett], 1858 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675918 From the description of Clipped signature, da...

Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877

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Photographic inventor and polymath William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) was descended on his mother's side from the earls of Ilchester, Somerset. His father, an infantry captain, died when he was a baby, leaving him Lacock Abbey estate in Wiltshire, along with enormous debts. The family rented out the estate in order to pay these off until Talbot was 27, when he took possession of the property and made it his home. Talbot married in 1832 and had four children. Having no natural artistic talent ...

Grisi, Giulia, 1811-1869

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Guilia Grisi (1811-1869), Italian opera singer, famous for her roles in Bellini's operas. From the description of Letters by Giulia and Maria Grisi, 1838-ca. 1850? (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 80370730 Italian soprano. From the description of Document signed, dated : [n.p., London?], 20 May 1843, 1843 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578357 From the description of Signature, dated, 1861 Nov. ...

Rose, Samuel, 1767-1804

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Epithet: of Chancery Lane British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x00001f ...

Smart, George, 1776-1867

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Sir George Smart was a prominent English conductor and musician. Remembered for his association with the music of Handel and Beethoven, and his patronage of Arthur Sullivan, he was involved in most aspects of music, and remained a sought after teacher until the end of his days. From the description of George Smart letter to John Kemble, 1841 Feb. 23. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50930055 Sir George Thomas Smart (1776-1867), the royal musicia...

Callcott, John Wall, 1766-1821

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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...