Guide to the Papers of Jamie and Michael Kassler
MS 10371
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: June 2025
Collection Summary
- Creator
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Kassler, Jamie Croy
Kassler, Michael - Title
- Papers of Jamie and Michael Kassler
- Date Range
- 1659 - 2021
- Collection Number
- MS 10371
- Extent
- 6.1 metres (15 ms boxes + 1 medium-folio box + 1 large folio-box + 1 phase box + 4 map folios)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection features correspondence, music scores, artworks, manuscripts, printed and published works and related papers. The correspondence is primarily with composers, music scholars and musicologists, as well as scientists working in the field of robotics.
Correspondents include Clarence Adler, Samuel Ashkensi, Ingmar Bengtsson, Noam Chomsky, Helen Coates, Aaron Copland, George W. Corner, Ernest Crome, Alfred Durr, Malcolm Elwin, Joseph F. Engelberger, Reis Wenger Flora, Allen Forte, Vittorio Giannini, Harry Glickman, Kerry Grant, Alfred D. Hagle, Sidney Harth, Olwen Hedley, Joyce Hemlow, Yehoshua Bar-Hillel, Peter Isaac, Stella D. Jenkins, Charles Jones, Slava Klima, Robert Koff, Howard Chandler Robbins Landon, Douglas Leedy, Roger Lonsdale, Bohuslav Martinu, Arthur Mendel, Gian Carlo Menotti, Darius Milhaud, Maboth Moseley, Nils J. Nilsson, Claude V. Palisca, Vincent Persichetti, Walter Piston, Alois Podhajsky, Edmund Poole, Alvaro Ribeiro, Wallingford Riegger, George Rochberg, Albi Rosenthal, A.L. Sachar, William Sacksteder, Percy A. Scholes, Peter Sculthorpe, Jose Serebrier, Elie Siegmeister, Herbert A. Simon, Vladimir Sokoloff, Meredith Wooldridge Thring, Alan Tyson, Sir Jack Westrup and John Young. Also included is correspondence written to or relating to Michael Kassler. Correspondents include Milton Babbit (American composer and music theorist, 1916-2011), Erno Balogh, Henry Cowell (American composer and writer, 1897–1965), Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist (1876–1970). There are also a small number of letters written to Max and Marsha Kassler.
Other material in the collection includes published music scores for works by Aaron Copland and Walter Piston; a manuscript by John Claudius Loudon; an extract from a sermon by Carleton M. Fisher; a translation of 'Treatise on Cryptography' by Andre Lange and E.A. Soudart; correspondence relating to new editions of writings by Charles Burney and his daughter, Frances Burney d'Arblay; a copy of 'Universal history of music, compiled from diverse sources, together with various original notes on Hindu music' by Raja Sir Sourindro Mohun Tagore; papers relating to the Spanish Riding School in Vienna; works by Stan Symonds; 'A bibliography of Thomas Holcroft' by Elbridge Colby; an undeciphered shorthand manuscript found inside book published in England in the 1890's; a dry point etching by Charles Wells of the composer Alban Berg; a watercolour cartoon entitled 'Kentucky Colonel', inscribed by the artist 'Jeff'; a collotype copy of Thomas Gainsborough's painting of Karl Friedrich Abel and a copy of William Hogarth's print 'Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism'; Centenary Medal to Dr Jamie Kassler.
Other material in the collection includes Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscripts concerning the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe); a set of 84 signed receipts of payments made between 1816 and 1840 to performers and managers of the Concerts of Antient Music held in London between 1776 and 1848; a set of engraved plates from Abraham Rees (1743–1825), ed. The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 39 volumes, 1802–1820; Playbills and programs for concerts at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, London; printed pictures (etchings and engravings); printed portraits (both small and large); Pictures and Tickets relating to the New Musical Fund (a charity established in London in 1786); Three Liverpool Musical Festival 'performer's tickets' granting admission to three venues where performances were held; Trade cards; historical autograph letters dated between 1781 and 1887 by various composers, musicians, authors, sopranos, singers, music writers and editors, music sellers, booksellers, music publishers, and printers; engraving on card of C. Wheatstone's paper 'An Explanation of the Harmonic Diagram, invented by C. Wheatstone', initially published as a pamphlet in 1824; and a souvenir box produced c2005 to illustrate early lithographic music printing, which this firm pioneered in 1800.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn5977647).
Conditions Governing Use
Please note that copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. Further information about copyright and the use of manuscript material is available from the Library's website.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item],Papers of Jamie and Michael Kassler, National Library of Australia, MS 10371, [class/series/file/items number(s)]
Provenance
The collection has been acquired from Jamie and Michael Kassler in instalments received in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023.
Related Materials
Related material in the Library's Manuscript Collection:
- Papers of Michael Kassler (MS 6295)
- Records of the Australian Robot Association (MS 7974)
Material donated by Jamie and Michael Kassler is also held in the Library's Published, Maps and Pictures Collections.
Biographical Note
Michael Kassler is an Australian musicologist and computer consultant. Research interests include: computers and music; the English composer Samuel Wesley; the English Bach awakening; Heinrich Schenker's theories of tonality; and music entries at Stationers' Hall, 1710-1818. Also involved with the Australian Robot Association and has published a guide to the Australian robot marketplace.
Jamie C. Kassler was elected a fellow (1991) of the Australian Academy of Humanities for contributions to musicological theory and received the Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and the humanities in the study of philosophy. Her interests include the use of musical models in the history of science; physical theory and metaphysics in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries; and the writings of the polymath, Roger North.
Item Descriptions
Class 1. Consignment received 2012
Bound manuscript written by John Claudius Loudon in Paris
Bound manuscript (File 1) - Folio-Box 1 (MS 10371)
Bound manuscript entitled 'On the establishments for public education in Bavaria, Wurtemburg & at Baden...', written by John Claudius Loudon in Paris, 1829, with remarks on educational improvements made in Germany with a view to their adoption in France, England and other countries. Loudon was a Member of the Society for Elementary Instruction in Paris, and of the Linnaen Horticultural, Zoological & Geological Societies in London. Inscription on preliminary page 'John F.M. Dovaston, Westfelton, 30 January 1830'.
Class 2. Consignment received 2013
Correspondence and papers
Correspondence, 1965-1983 (File 2) - Box 2 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Jamie and Michael Kassler with several persons involved in the preparation of new editions of writings of the Burney family, particularly Charles Burney (1726–1814), Mus.Doc. and his daughter Frances Burney d'Arblay (1752–1840). The correspondents include Joyce Hemlow (1906–2001), Slava Klima (1922–1999), Alvaro Ribeiro (1947–2013) and Kerry S[cott] Grant (b1945)
Spanish Riding School, Vienna, 1962 (File 3) - Box 2 (MS 10371)
Signed programme, dated 25 November 1962, and typed letter, dated 9 November 1962, to Miss Jamie Towle Croy (later Jamie C. Kassler), from Alois Podhasjsky, Director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria, together with documents about the School
Ernest and Virtie Crome, 1975-1978 (File 3) - Box 2 (MS 10371)
Autograph letter dated 2 March 1977 from Ernest A. Crome to Jamie and Michael Kassler ; Painting 'Morning Light'(oil on board) made by Ernest A. Crome in 1975, and inscribed on back to Jamie and Michael Kassler from the artist and his wife, depicting an area near Tugun, Queensland; Copy of the booklet Crossing the Pacific (BibID 2795885), inscribed in 1978 by Ernest A. Crome to Jamie and Michael Kassler, with Mr Crome's manuscript note to them dated 9 June 1978 on inside front cover
Fisher, Carleton M., 1961 (File 3) - Box 2 (MS 10371)
Typed extract from a sermon delivered 26 February 1961 in Wausau, Wisconsin, USA entitled 'The spiritual nature of non-conformity', describing the visit by Australian composer Percy Grainger to that city. [Rev. Carleton Fisher was pastor of the First Universalist Church of Wausau from 1953 to 1963]
Treatise on Cryptography, by André Lange and E. A. Soudart (File 4) - Box 2 (MS 10371)
Typescript translation, from the French, of Treatise on Cryptography
Stan Symonds, Australian 'modernist' architect, 1987-1998 (File 5) - Box 2 (MS 10371)
Painted sketch and architectural drawings relating to 2 West Crescent Street, McMahons Point NSW, and the extension to Unit 2 (former residence of Jamie and Michael Kassler); also included are pictures of some other homes designed by this architect
Universal history of music, compiled from divers sources, together with various original notes on Hindu music, by Raja Sir Sourindro Mohun Tagore (File 6) - Box 2 (MS 10371)
Copy inscribed by the author's nephew Maharajah Pradyot Kumar Tagore (1873?–1942), although he calls himself the author's son
Watercolour cartoon, signed 'Jeff' (File 7) - Map-Folio MS 10371 - File 7
Watercolour cartoon entitled 'Kentucky Colonel – 75th Kentucky Derby – a Yankee up'. 'Kentucky Colonel' was the name of one of the horses that ran in the 75th Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, on 6 May 1949; face of Abraham Lincoln (from a US banknote) shown as jockey; inscribed by the artist, 'Jeff', to Jamie Towle Croy (later Jamie C. Kassler); Lincoln was a 'Yankee', i.e., northerner; the artist was a southerner in Kentucky
Wells, Charles (1935–) (File 8) - Map-Folio MS 10371 - File 8
Dry point etching of the composer Alban Berg, no. 18 of an edition of 210 copies; inscription by the artist below the etching; a catalogue of an exhibition in 1969 of the artist's works is held by the National Library of Australia.
William Hogarth (File 9) - Map-Folio MS 10371 - File 9
Copy of Hogarth's satirical print entitled Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism; original engraved in London, 1761; it seems likely that this copy is from The Works of William Hogarth from the original plates restored by James Heath, 2nd ed., c1837
Class 3. Consignment received 2015
Correspondence with composers and music scholars, together with published music scores for works by Aaron Copland and Walter Piston
Correspondence and music scores (File 10) - Box 3 (MS 10371)
Correspondence with composers Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud, Bohuslav Martinu, Gian Carlo Menotti, Walter Piston and Wallingford Riegger, mostly concerning Michael Kassler's studies in the United States in the 1950s; correspondence with music scholars Reis Wenger Flora regarding Raja Sir Sourindro Mohun Tagore; and a letter from music scholar and dealer Albi Rosenthal. There are also published music scores of 'Piano Fantasy' and 'Piano Variations' by Aaron Copland, and 'Serenata for Orchestra' by Walter Piston.
Class 4. Consignment received 2017
Corrrespondence of Jamie and Michael Kassler
Correspondence, 1970-1997 (File 11) - Box 3 (MS 10371)
Michael Kassler with: musicologist and Haydn scholar Howard Chandler Robbins Landon and musicologist and editor Sir Jack Westrup regarding the discovery of how Haydn's 'Surprise' symphony got that name (1970); musicologist Alan Tyson regarding the 1805 London performance of a Beethoven symphony (1973); and robotics researcher Meredith Wooldridge Thring (1997). Letters to Michael Kassler from: computer scientist and robotics researcher Nils J. Nilsson (1982); musicologist and J.S. Bach scholar Alfred Durr (1988) and Olwen Hedley of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, author of a biography of Queen Charlotte (1977).
Notes and Christmas cards, 1993-2009 (File 12) - Box 3 (MS 10371)
From Joseph F. Engelberger, regarded as the 'father of robotics'.
Correspondence, 1981-1992 (File 13) - Box 3 (MS 10371)
Jamie Kassler with musicologist Claude V. Palisca. National Library of Australia holdings of books inscribed by Palisca: The Florentine Camerata : documentary studies and translations and Humanism in Italian Renaissance musical thought.
Class 5. Consignment received 2018
0.06 metres,Book titled 'Memorials of the Wesley Family: including biographical and historical sketches of all the members of the family for 250 years', written by George J. Stevenson (London, 1876) (File 14) - Box 3 (MS 10371)
This collection comprises a book titled 'Memorials of the Wesley Family: including biographical and historical sketches of all the members of the family for 250 years', written by George J. Stevenson (London, 1876), with annotations by Rev. Louis Henry Wellesley Wesley (Anglican clergyman, 1844-1931). The book includes an additional autograph note by Wellesley Wesley. This copy was inscribed to Evelyn Katrine Gwenfra Wellesley nee Williams (1855-1939), Duchess of Wellington and wife of Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington, and it bears the bookplate of her brother-in-law Arthur Richard Wellesley (1849-1934), 4th Duke of Wellington from 1900. This copy lacks Preface pages vii-x, and is stamped 'The Wellesleys' in gold lettering on the spine and front cover.
Arrangement
Letter originally enclosed within the book has been removed and placed in mylar in a separate folder. Both the book and the folder have been placed in one large archival bag together. Book has been labelled volume 14 and letter folder 14A.
Class 6. Consignment received June 2019
This instalment includes a copy of A bibliography of Thomas Holcroft (1922) by Elbridge Colby (1891–1982), together with correspondence and offprints of articles.
Colby, Elbridge (1891-1982). A bibliography of Thomas Holcroft. New York, New York Public Library, 1922, 1922 (File 15) - Box 4 (MS 10371)
The author's annotated copy, with loosely inserted notes and correspondence (including a 23 January 1922 letter from W. Clark Durant, editor of a 1927 edition of the Memoirs of Mary Wollstonecraft, held by the Library at https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1754828).
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 2000 (File 16) - Box 4 (MS 10371)
Vol. 22, No. 4, Oct-Dec 2000. Includes an article entitled 'Allan Bromley explores [Charles] Babbage's Analytical Engline plans 28 and 28a'. Front cover inscribed by Allan Bromley to Jamie and Michael Kassler.
Correspondence, 1971 (File 17) - Box 4 (MS 10371)
Letter to Michael Kassler from Waldemar Cordeiro (1924–1973, 'computer artist') and newspaper cuttings regarding the Brazilian exhibition Arteônica, which he organised in São Paulo, Brazil that year.
Correspondence, 1963-1976 (File 18) - Box 4 (MS 10371)
Comprises: letters to Michael Kassler from Alfred D. Hagle of the Library of Congress, Marjorie S. Hooper of the American Printing House for the Blind, and Stella D. Jenkins of the Perkins School for the Blind, regarding the potential development of a computer system to scan printed music and to convert it into Braille music notation, 1963; correspondence of Michael Kassler with the authors Maboth Moseley (1906–1975) and Malcolm Elwin (1902–1973) concerning references by Charles Babbage (1791–1871) or Ada Augusta King, Countess of Lovelace (1815–1852) to the use of Babbage's planned Analytical Engine to process musical data, 1966 ; correspondence of Michael Kassler with Alan Noel Latimer Munby (1913–1974) concerning his catalogue of book sales, 1974; letters from Arthur Mendel (1905–1979) to Michael Kassler regarding computers and music, 1974 and 1976; letters from Peter Isaac (1921–2002), 1975; and copy of a letter from Michael Kassler to Ivan Page, then First Secretary (National Library) at the Australian High Commission, London, suggesting that subscription lists in the National Library's holdings of 18th-century British books be included in a computer database being compiled at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the U.K., 1976.
Correspondence, 1974-1976 (File 19) - Box 4 (MS 10371)
Correspondence between Michael Kassler and Rudolf [Kh[afizovich]] Zaripov (1921–1991) and Boris Bizjukov in the USSR, regarding research and publications relating to computers and music.
Correspondence, 1977-1989 (File 20) - Box 4 (MS 10371)
Comprises: letters from Olwen Hedley (author of biography of Queen Charlotte), 1977-1978; letter from Michael Kassler to The Editor, Times Literary Supplement, London, proposing computer storage of texts and editions, 1980; letter from Michael Kassler to The Editor, Times Literary Supplement, London, proposing computer storage of texts and editions, 1980; copy of form letter from Dr Graham Chataway, Manager, Technology Policy & Development, Queensland Department of Industry Development, requesting senior members of Queensland Government departments to meet Michael Kassler to discuss current and potential uses of robots in Queensland, 1986; and fax from Michael Kassler in Bordeaux, France to be sent to Joe Williams of the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce, Canberra, regarding Australian membership in the International Advanced Robotics Programme, 1989.
Correspondence and papers, 1981-1997 (File 21) - Box 4 (MS 10371)
Comprises: correspondence with Dr Jacob 'John' Rose (1917–2007), Director-General of the World Organisation of General Systems and Cybernetics, concerning robotics. In the 20 May 1982 letter Michael Kassler suggested the name Robotica for the journal of that name published by Cambridge University Press from 1983 (BibID 4388293), of which Dr Rose was the foundation editor and to which Michael Kassler contributed and edited special issues, 1981-1982; proposal prepared by Michael Kassler, then National Co-ordinator, Australian Robot Association, recommending that OECD conduct a study of existing or proposed national robotics/automation policies, 1990; and letter and certificate from William R. Low, Acting Manager, Business Assistance Branch, Queensland Department of Tourism, Small Business and Industry, certifying that Michael Kassler is approved as a specialist operations-improvement consultant, 1997.
Offprints, 1973-1992 (File 22) - Box 4 (MS 10371)
Article 'Kinematic optics: a study of the wave theory of light in the seventeenth century' by Alan E. Shapiro (b1942), inscribed by the author to Jamie C. Kassler, 1973; article 'Aspects of the L'Homme arme tradition' by Lewis Lockwood (b1930), inscribed by the author to Michael Kassler, 1976; and article 'Was Galileo's father an experimental scientist?' by Claude V[ictor] Palisca (1921–2001), inscribed by the author to Jamie C. Kassler, 1992.
Class 7. Consignment received October 2019
Manuscript in shorthand, c1890s (File 23) - Box 4 (MS 10371)
Undeciphered shorthand manuscript found inside book published in England in the 1890's. Written on laid paper (vertical lines) with the watermark 'van' - in the form of a gothic letter. Paper is machine made and was called SYLVAN. It was made in the UK by John Dickinson and Co. Ltd. throughout the 1880s and 1890s.
Class 8. Consignment received March 2020
This consignment comprises Centenary Medal and accompanying diploma from the Commonwealth Government to Dr Jamie Kassler received in 2001; correspondence and papers of Michael Kassler relating to robotics, music and other topics, and correspondence between Jamie Kassler and several scholars including Edmund Poole, William Sacksteder and Douglas Leedy.
Correspondence and papers, 1981-1982 (File 24) - Box 5 (MS 10371)
Correspondence and papers of Michael Kassler relating to a study funded by the Australia Council to investigate potential support for an Australian institute to study the world's musical languages. The study was carried out by Computer Music Company, a business name of Michael Kassler and Associates Pty Limited, and involved overseas visits by Michael Kassler to discuss the proposed institute with relevant persons. Includes: Article by Nicholas Rothwell (1950– ) describing the project, published in The Australian, 26 January 1982; Media release describing the project and November 1982 report of the study by Michael Kassler to the Australia Council; Research report by Dr (now Professor) Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan describing publications relating to the proposed institute, and an article by her inscribed to Jamie and Michael Kassler; Correspondence with Professor Sir Frank Callaway (1919–2003) and others concerning the proposed institute; letter dated 6 August 1982 from Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan to Michael Kassler (restricted)
Correspondence, 2001-2012 (File 25) - Box 5 (MS 10371)
Mostly by or to Jamie C. Kassler with Doreen Bridges (1918– )
Correspondence, 1972-2006 (File 26) - Box 5 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Jamie and Michael Kassler with H[erbert] Edmund Poole (1912–1984), historian of printing, and his wife Anne Rosemary Dorothea ('Posy') Poole (1918–2015)
Correspondence, 1999-2004 (File 27) - Box 5 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Jamie C. Kassler with Robert E. Crane (1919–2003), composer and professor of music in the University of Wisconsin
Correspondence, 1987-2000 (File 28) - Box 5 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Jamie C. Kassler with William Sacksteder (1925–2000), professor of philosophy in the University of Colorado at Boulder
Correspondence, 1999-2015 (File 29) - Box 5 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Jamie C. Kassler with Douglas Leedy (1938–2015), composer and musical scholar
Correspondence, 1999-2012 (File 30) - Box 5 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Jamie C. Kassler with Ivor Grattan-Guinness (1941–2014), historian of mathematics and logic
Correspondence, 1984-2001 (File 31) - Box 5 (MS 10371)
Correspondence (1984–2001) of Jamie C. Kassler with Warren D Anderson (1920–2001), scholar of ancient Greek music
Correspondence, 1983-1999 (File 32) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Correspondence (by or to Jamie C. Kassler) with Sam Bass Warner Jr (1928– )
Correspondence, 1972 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler regarding publication of the report Music in Australia (Bib ID 484076) by Roger Covell (1931–2019)
Offprint of article 'Hippocrates' complaint and the scientific ethos in early modern England' (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
By Professor Richard Yeo of Griffith University, inscribed by the author to Jamie C. Kassler
Correspondence, 2000 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Jan Fullerton AO, Director-General of NLA, with Jamie and Michael Kassler
Correspondence, 1993 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Francis Sevila (1950–2010) of the Centre National du Mechanisme Agricole du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts, France, with Michael Kassler
Correspondence, 2013 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Email from the English conductor and musicologist Christopher Hogwood (1941–2014) to Michael Kassler, regarding Michael Kassler's edition of The Memoirs of Charlotte Papendiek
Correspondence, 1981 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Lesley A. Albertson of the Telecom Australia Research Laboratories with Michael Kassler, regarding an article he wrote published in Rydge's magazine
Correspondence, 2005 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Letter from Professor Donald Burrows of The Open University, U.K., to Michael Kassler regarding a man in England named Handel
Correspondence, 2009 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Email submission by Michael Kassler to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy regarding regulatory reform of telecommunications
Correspondence, 2007 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Letter from Michael Shenstone (1928–2019), earlier a Canadian ambassador, to Michael Kassler regarding Shenstone's ancestor, the author Lewis Engelbach
Correspondence, 1992 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Letter from Takeo Kanade (1945-), Director, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, to Michael Kassler regarding a novel camera
Programme, 1994 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Programme of 1994 workshop at the University of Sydney on An Automation Policy for Australia, at which Michael Kassler spoke on 'International Models of Automation Policies'
Correspondence, 1973-1974 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler concerning the English music theorist Alfred Day (1810–49), in connection with a planned article about him for the 6th edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, which ultimately was written by Patricia Collins Jones, from whom a 1975 letter is included. Correspondents include the music theorist Erwin R[euben] Jacobi (1909–79), John Tyrrell (1942–2018) and John [Hamilton] Warrack (b1928), as well as the British Homeopathic Association and other sources thought to have information about Day, who was a homeopathic physician in London
Correspondence, 1977 (File 33) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Letter by Michael Kassler to the Managing Editor of Creative Computing magazine, and 1979 letter by him to the editor of Computer Music Journal
Correspondence and other documents relating to Robo Foods Pty Limited, 1985-1999 (File 34) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Correspondence and other documents relating to Robo Foods Pty Limited (initially Robo Foods Limited), a company of which Michael Kassler and Paul Charles Wong were directors and principal shareholders.The documents concern, amongst other projects, the Robosorter system developed with the CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Technology and delivered to Buderim Ginger Limited, the Robosandwich system proposed to Qantas Flight Catering, and several other proposals of this company, including the February 1985 concept description of Roboburger, a system for robotic ordering and preparation of hamburgers. Also included is a Collaborative Research and Development and Licence Agreement between the CSIRO and Robo Foods
Correspondence of Michael Kassler & Associates Pty Ltd, 1980-1996 (File 35) - Box 6 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler & Associates Pty Ltd regarding robots and mining, ethical aspects of robots, robots for the service industries, and other topics, including a proposed book about robots, which never eventuated. Includes the June 1996 quality manual of this company (such a manual was required by the Queensland Government)
Correspondence, October 1994 (File 36) - Box 7 (MS 10371)
Fax inviting Michael Kassler to participate in the French-Australian Industrial Research mission to France
Paper presented by Michael Kassler to the Landsat for Primary Industry seminar, July 1981 (File 36) - Box 7 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler and Associates Pty Ltd, 1989-1991 (File 36) - Box 7 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler and Associates Pty Ltd relating to Australian opportunities in construction robotics
Correspondence and proposals of Michael Kassler and Associates Pty Ltd, 1981-1989 (File 36) - Box 7 (MS 10371)
Correspondence and proposals of Michael Kassler and Associates Pty Ltd relating to applications of robotics in agriculture and primary industries
Correspondence and papers relating to the Robotics for Health Care Seminar, 1992 (File 37) - Box 7 (MS 10371)
Correspondence and papers relating to the Robotics for Health Care Seminar organised by Michael Kassler and Associates Pty Ltd and held at the Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort. Correspondents include Professor Pierre Rabischong (1932- ), the neurosurgeon Dr Leigh Atkinson and Lee McLean, public relations consultant
Correspondence, 1975-1996 (File 38) - Box 7 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Dr Stanley Sadie (1930–2005) and others regarding contributions to the 6th Edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians [renamed The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians] which Dr Sadie edited
Class 9. Consignment received February 2022
This instalment includes correspondence regarding robotics, academic grants, research interests, music theory, computer-based music printing and the PAM (Parallel Array Manipulator) project. The correspondents include Ernest Alfred Crome, Noam Chomsky, Alvaro Ribiero, Felix Salzer and Peter Sculthorpe. Other items include conference guides and reports.
Correspondence, 1975 - 1979 (File 40) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Letters from Ernest Alfred Crome (1902-1987) written between 1975 and 1979 to Michael and Jamie Kassler regarding various matters. The 19 March 1978 letter enclosed and refers to two issues of the Ansett Airlines journal Panorama that includes his annotations.
Related Materials
The National Library of Australia holds the papers of Ernest and Virtie Crome (MS 1925 Papers of Ernest and Virtie Crome [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn742484]).
Correspondence, June 1976 - July 1976 (File 41) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Professor Chappell White (1920-2004) regarding letters of the Chinnery family that Ernest Crome donated to the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney. Includes printed obituary from the online Emory Magazine, Spring 2005.
Correspondence, 1977 - 1979 (File 42) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Professor Ingmar Bengtsson (1920-1989) regarding computer programs to analyse the rhythms of musical performance. Includes print out of Wikipedia biography.
Correspondence, 1990 - 1995 (File 43) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler regarding robotic fuel dispensing and the possibility of its application in Australia, including a brochure of the Tankomatic system developed in Sweden.
Correspondence, 1991 - 1992 (File 44) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Joseph Engelberger (1925-2015) concerning Australian interest in robotics for health care. According to Kassler, Engelberger is regarded as the 'father of robotics'.
Correspondence, 1974 (File 45) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Two letters. One from Gordon N[orton] Ray (1915-1986, author and scholar) informing Michael Kassler that he has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. The other is from J[ohn] R[oss] Quinlan of the Basser Department of Computer Science, University of Sydney, informing Michael Kassler that office space and computer time would be available for him to carry out his research project.
Correspondence, 1996 (File 46) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Dr Murat Balaban, then of the University of Florida, regarding his proposal for funds to investigate machine vision applications to shrimp.
Correspondence, 1995 (File 47) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Correspondence from the Department of Industry, Science and Technology offering Michael Kassler a grant to attend the Fourth Workshop on Robotics in Agriculture and the Food Industry held in Toulouse, France. Patrons are advised several of the items are faded. Darker photocopies have been included.
Correspondence, 1971 - 1996 (File 48) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Dr Frank Baker (1910-1999), editor-in-chief of the Oxford Edition of [John] Wesley's Works, regarding Wesley correspondence in Australia and letters of the musician Samuel Wesley (1766-1837); 1983 letter from Baker relating to his 1980 trip to Sydney and Michael Kassler's research on Samuel Wesley's correspondence; and 1996 letters from Michael Kassler resuming contact with Dr Baker.
Correspondence: Dr Alvaro Ribeiro, 1974 (File 49) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Letter from Dr Alvaro Ribeiro, S.J. (1947-2013) to Michael Kassler regarding areas of research and planned travel.
Postcard, 1976 (File 50) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Postcard from the book collector and author Dr Mary Hyde, later Viscountess Eccles (1912-2003), to Michael Kassler (whom she mistakenly calls 'Professor'), which refers to the fourth David Nichol Smith Memorial Seminar held in Canberra.
Correspondence, 1979 (File 51) - Box 8 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Stanley Sadie (1930-2005, editor of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and The Musical Times) and Natasha Spender, Lady Spender (1919-2010, pianist and author, wife of the poet Sir Stephen Spender and mother-in-law of Barry Humphries). Discusses amusia and musical grammars.
Correspondence, 1989 - 1990 (File 52) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with the University of Western Australia and the Australian Wool Corporation. Includes report by Michael Kassler regarding discussions in France with Gérard Fraize of the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, regarding the utilisation of robotic sheep-shearing technology for remote handling of radioactive materials.
Correspondence, 1976 (File 53) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Letter from Catherine Santamaria (1943-2012), Manuscript Librarian, National Library of Australia, to Michael Kassler, regarding his interests in the musicians Samuel Wesley and Charles Burney.
Correspondence, 1971 - 1972 (File 54) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with the Haydn scholar Anthony van Hoboken (1887-1983) regarding scores with Haydn's manuscript corrections.
Correspondence, 1970 (File 55) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with the American author and columnist John Gould (1908-2003) regarding an authority on British army officers.
Correspondence, 1996 (File 56) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Alvaro Ribiero of The Burney Papers project regarding material from the Burney collection and Samuel Wesley.
Correspondence, 1964 (File 57) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Letter and attachment from D. Stempel AG to Michael Kassler regarding music type symbols made by Gebrüder Klingspor in Offenbach am Main, Germany.
Correspondence, 1976 (File 58) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Letter and attachment from Larry Rittenhouse of IBM Canada regarding their advertisement of the use of computers to process musical data.
Correspondence, 1979 (File 59) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Letters to Michael Kassler from [Avram] Noam Chomsky (1928- ), Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and from his secretary, Bonnie Walker Stephens, regarding 'music as a language'.
Correspondence, 1970 (File 60) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with the Austrian/American music theorist Felix Salzer (1904-1986) regarding Heinrich Schenker's theory of tonality.
Correspondence, 1975 - 1976 (File 61) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with John Myhill (1923-1987), Professor of Mathematics in the State University of New York at Buffalo, regarding the explication of Heinrich Schenker's theory of tonality.
Correspondence, 1973 (File 62) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Dr John Henry de La Trobe (1923-2002) regarding letters of his ancestor Christian Ignatius Latrobe (1757-1836).
Correspondence, 1976 - 2003 (File 63) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler relating to his article 'The Chinnery/Viotti papers in Sydney' published in Musicology V (Sydney, Musicological Society of Australia, 1979, pp. 237–241).
Correspondence, 1978 (File 64) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Note to Michael Kassler from the Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014) and Australian pianist and composer Thomas 'Tommy' Tycho (1928-2013) regarding the introduction of computer-based music printing to Australia.
Related Materials
The National Library of Australia holds MS 9676 Papers of Peter Sculthorpe [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn109182].
Computers and Music, ABC Radio 2, 1979 (File 65) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Printed announcement of three talks on ABC Radio 2 by Michael Kassler on Computers and Music.
Correspondence, 1978 (File 66) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Letter to Michael Kassler with enclosures from Knud Dalbøge Andersen, Managing Director of Dataland, Århus, Denmark, describing that company's Scan-Note system for printing music.
Related Materials
Futher material regarding the Scan-Note System can be found in the Overseas ephemera collected by Michael and Jamie Kassler for the National Library of Australia collection [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6485534].
Correspondence, 1977 (File 67) - Box 9 (MS 10371)
Letter to Michael Kassler and enclosure from Garry Wittlich (b.1934), Indiana University, regarding encoding the rhythm of performed music.
Correspondence, 1977 - 1978 (File 68) - Box 10 (MS 10371)
Letter to Michael Kassler and enclosure from Peter Comerford (1934-2018), University of Bradford, regarding the Bradford Computing Organ.
PAM (Parallel Array Manipulator) Project, 1989 - 1995 (File 69) - Box 10 (MS 10371)
Papers and letters relating to the PAM project, a joint venture of Michael Kassler and Associates Pty Ltd, Applied Robotics Pty Ltd, and the University of Wollongong to develop a parallel array manipulator. Includes agreement drafts, meeting minutes, agenda, correspondence, Australian market analysis, diagrams, proposals, project plans and reports.
PAM (Parallel Array Manipulator) Project, 1989 - 1995 (File 69b) - Box 10 (MS 10371)
Papers and letters relating to the PAM project, a joint venture of Michael Kassler and Associates Pty Ltd, Applied Robotics Pty Ltd, and the University of Wollongong to develop a parallel array manipulator. Includes agreement drafts, meeting minutes, agenda, correspondence, Australian market analysis, diagrams, proposals, project plans and reports.
PAM (Parallel Array Manipulator) Project, 1989 - 1995 (File 69c) - Box 10 (MS 10371)
Papers and letters relating to the PAM project, a joint venture of Michael Kassler and Associates Pty Ltd, Applied Robotics Pty Ltd, and the University of Wollongong to develop a parallel array manipulator. Includes agreement drafts, meeting minutes, agenda, correspondence, Australian market analysis, diagrams, proposals, project plans and reports.
Correspondence, 1987 (File 70) - Box 10 (MS 10371)
Letter to Michael Kassler from Rupert Murdoch (1931- ) declining an invitation to deliver the opening address to the 19th International Symposium on Industrial Robots held in Sydney in 1988.
Correspondence, 1981 (File 71) - Box 10 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Miss J. Kuek of the Department of Computer Science, University of Queensland, regarding automatic production of staff notation from recorded music.
Correspondence, 1979 - 1980 (File 72) - Box 10 (MS 10371)
Letter of Michael Kassler to Stanley Sadie (1930-2005, editor of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and The Musical Times proposing a letter to the editor regarding the first making of the suggestion that a computer could compose music. The suggested letter was published in the January 1980 edition of The Musical Times (copy attached).
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics university courses, 1981 - 1985 (File 73) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Papers relating to courses in artificial intelligence and robotics taught by Michael Kassler in the Basser Department of Computer Science, University of Sydney, and also in the New South Wales Institute of Technology. Includes correspondence, test and exam questions, class timetable, assignment instructions, syllabus and reading lists.
Correspondence, 1999 - 2003 (File 74) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Michael Kassler relating to his membership of the editorial board of the journal Robotica.
Musicological Society of Australia study weekend, 1979 - 1980 (File 75) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Includes programme of the 1980 Musicological Society of Australia study weekend in Canberra at which Michael Kassler spoke and Jamie Kassler was a panelist; preamble of Michael Kassler's remarks on child music acquisition; and correspondence with Stephen Wild (1941- ) of the Australian Institute of Aboriuginal Studies relating to this event.
Science Bookshop, ABC Radio, 1980 (File 76) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Talk by Michael Kassler broadcast on the ABC radio 'Science Bookshop' programme which reviewed the book Language and Learning: The Debate between Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky edited by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini.
'Robot gingers up production at Buderim', Australian Financial Review, 19 January 1994 (File 77) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Article by Helen Meredith with photograph of Michael Kassler mentioning his work on the Robosorter machine delivered to Buderim Ginger Limited in Yandina, Queensland.
Correspondence, 1988 (File 78) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Letter from Brian Johnston, operations manager of B. Seppelt & Sons Limited, 'to whom it may concern', commending the consultancy services of Michael Kassler and Associates.
Correspondence, 2021 (File 79) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Email correspondence from Nick DiBeradino of the Curtis Institute of Music inviting Michael Kassler to compose music celebrating the Institute's centenary, and Michael Kassler's reply giving reasons for declining this invitation.
Correspondence, 1967 (File 80) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Letter from Arthur Mendel (1905-1979) of Princeton University identifying Michael Kassler as a scholar who holds a PhD from that university.
Correspondence, c.1970 (File 81) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Card to Jamie and Michael Kassler from June and Julian Russell, the latter a musician and music critic. The card includes a painting by June Russell. The Kasslers met the Russells in Vienna c.1970, a few years before they arrived in Australia in 1974.
Related Materials
The National Library of Australia holds Biographical cuttings on Julian Russell, musician and music critic, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn492914].
Northern Prawn Fishery Pre-Season Workshop, 1991 (File 82) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Annotated program and papers of the Northern Prawn Fishery 1991 Pre-Season Workshop (Cairns, 19-20 February 1991), including paper by Michael Kassler entitled 'Development of a System for Automatic Grading and Packing of Prawns'.
Correspondence, 1978 (File 83) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Letters to Michael Kassler from Henry Schwarzschild (1925-1996) of the American Civil Liberties Union, concerning the violinist George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (1778-1860).
Speech abstract 'Where do we go from here?', 1981 (File 84) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Typewritten abstract of speech by Michael Kassler entitled 'Where do we go from here?', presented to the LANDSAT for Primary Industry seminar in Sydney.
Correspondence, 1977 - 1978 (File 85) - Box 11 (MS 10371)
Correspondence of Jamie C. Kassler with Denise Bacon (1920-2013, obituary enclosed), piano teacher (including of Jamie) and founder of the Kodály Center of America which promotes the system of music education developed by the Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967). Reference is made to Deanna Hoermann, founder of the Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia.
Class 10. Consignment received February 2023
This consignment comprises correspondence, photographs and ephemera relating to music and musical composition and composers. Correspondents include Vladimir Sokoloff, Professor of Computer Science and Technology Herbert A. Simon, Elie Siegmeister, Composer Jose Serebrier, A.L. Sachar, Vincent Persichetti, Director of Publications George Rochberg, Robert Koff, Charles Jones, Sidney Harth, Harry Glickman, Vittorio Giannini, Allen Forte, Helen Coates, Yehoshua Bar-Hillel, Samuel Ashkensi, and Clarence Adler.
Correspondence, 1998 - 2014 (File 86)
Correspondence with Robin Myers, 10 January 2002 - 1 September 2002 (Item 86.1) - Box 12
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Honorary Archivist Ms Robin Myers.
Correspondence with Lesley Adamson, 2002 - 2003 (Item 86.2) - Box 12
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with the Secretary of the Hinrichsen Foundation, Lesley Adamson.
Correspondence with Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 11 January 2014 - 13 January 2014 (Item 86.3) - Box 12
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Ivor Grattan-Guinness.
Correspondence, 1963 - 1973 (File 87)
Correspondence with Roger Lonsdale, 3 June 1976 - 18 April 1977 (Item 87.1) - Box 12
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Roger Lonsdale, Professor at Balliol College in Oxford.
Correspondence with H.C. Robbins Landon, 7 May 1971 (Item 87.2) - Box 12
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with American musicologist, historian and journalist, H.C. Robbins Landon.
Correspondence with George W. Corner, 12 June 1968 - 10 June 1970 (Item 87.3) - Box 12
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with Executive Officer of The American Philosophical Society, George W. Corner.
Picture engravings, c.1819 - 1830 (File 88) - Box 12
Includes two picture engravings of Old Queens Head in Inslington and Old Queens, Head and Artichoke, Regents Park.
Pamphlet and information sheets, c.1836 - 1908 (File 89) - Box 12
Includes an information pamphlet on Gloucester Composer, John Stafford Smith and two informational manuscripts on violin specifications.
The Isotonic Notation by John Stephan, c.1950s (File 90) - Box 12
Includes a typescript by Don John Stephan relating to the essay "The Isotonic Notation". Also includes an announcement of the Sydney Lee edition of the Isotonic Notation and two cards signed by Stephan illustrating how a passage of music by the composer Max Reger looks in conventional and isotonic music notation.
Correspondence and manuscripts, 1952 - 2021 (File 91) - Box 12
Correspondence of Michael Kassler with various composers, university professors and editors including Vladimir Sokoloff, Professor of Computer Science and Technology Herbert A. Simon, Elie Siegmeister, Composer Jose Serebrier, A.L. Sachar, Vincent Persichetti, Director of Publications George Rochberg, Robert Koff, Charles Jones, Sidney Harth, Harry Glickman, Vittorio Giannini, Allen Forte, Helen Coates, Yehoshua Bar-Hillel, Samuel Ashkensi and Clarence Adler. Also includes manuscript on violist Peter Randal Marsh and a photograph.
Manuscripts relating to engraver Isaac Taylor, c.1790-2023 (File 92) - Folio-Box 13
Includes a Wikipedia printout on Isaac Taylor, a photocopy of the cover to the "Encyclopedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" and a mechanic's article titled "Mechanic's Tab: III", with several mechanical illustrations.
Portrait of Karl Friedrich Abel, n.d. (Item 93) - Folio-Box 13
Picture collotype copy of Thomas Gainsborough's painting of Karl Friedrich Abel.
Catalogue of the musical library of the late Wm. Euing, Esq., bequeathed to Anderson's University, Glasgow, (now called Anderson's College) (1878) by the Euing Musical Library, compiled by Thomas Henderson (Item 94) - Box 12
Inscribed 'F. G. Edwards, 19th September 1893'. Includes a tipped-in letter from John Young, Secretary of The Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, 18 September 1893.
Class 11. Consignment received September 2023
Surrey Institution, c. 1809 (Item 96) - Map-Folio 20 (MS 10371)
Etching, aquatint and hand-coloured engraving by Joseph Constantine Stadler (c1755–1828) after designs and etching by Augustus Charles Pugin (c1768–1832) and Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827). Published at R. Ackermann's Repository, London, 1 September 1809, plate 81, and printed in Ackermann's The Microcosm of London v. 3, London, c1809, facing p. 158.
Portrait of Anton Bemetzrieder (musician, 1739–1817), n.d. (Item 97) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Half plate engraving featuring portrait of Anton Bemetzrieder. Copy is printed from the top plate, and contains Bemetzrieder's handwritten message to Ludwig/Louis Count Starhemberg (1762–1833, Ambassador of Austria), subscriber no. 16 to Bemetzrieder's Musical, Poem for voice and pianoforte or harp, published in parts in London from April 1804. Bemetzrieder offers to have this work performed at Starhemberg's house. (Bemetzrieder used paper printed from just the top plate to send at least one other message: BM K,67.29 includes his 1 November 1804 handwritten note to the music historian Charles Burney (1726–1814), requesting a time for Burney to hear a performance of the Musical Poem.)
Jan Ladislav Dussek (composer and pianist, 1760–1812), c. 1835 (Item 98) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Stipple, etching and engraving of J.L. Dussak by Peter Condé (c1768–1840); ½-length in oval after painting by Richard Cosway (1742–1821), published by Christopher Lonsdale (bap1795–1877), London, c1835. Lonsdale started business under his own name in 1834. Previously published by Cianchettini & Sperati, London, 1 April 1808. Also published by R[ichard] Williamson, BM 1875,0814.1257 and 1944,1014.500 (BM misnames Lonsdale).
Francis North (1st Baron Guilford, 1637–1685), 1818 (Items 99.1-2) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Etching and stipple engraving by John Samuel Agar (1773–1858), after drawing by William Hilton (1786–1839), based upon painting by John Riley (1646–1691). Published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Maver & Jones and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, 2 February 1818. Printed in Edmund Lodge, Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, London, 1818. BM Nn,d.47.4; NPG D35002, D35003 and D14365.
Two copies: one uncut with plate-marks; the other slightly trimmed.
Joseph Ferdinand Sonnleithner (librettist, 1766–1835), n.d. (Item 100) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Photogravure print of Josef Sonnleithner by the Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna; ½-length. After painting in oils by Alois Karner.
Concert programmes - Royal Academy of Music, 1825-1826 (File 101) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Various concert programmes from the Royal Academy of Music.
Royal Academy of Music Concert Programme: 1. A Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music, for the benefit of the Royal Academy of Music, Friday, 25 March, 1825 (Item 101.1) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
London, Royal Academy of Music, 1825. Includes names of persons associated with the institution, and list of subscribers.
Royal Academy of Music Concert Programme: 2. Royal Academic Concerts. Season 1826. First concert, Monday, 6 March, 1826 (Item 101.2) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
London, Royal Academy of Music, 1826.
Royal Academy of Music Concert Programme: 3. Royal Academic Concerts. Season 1826. Second concert, Monday 10 April, 1826 (Item 101.3) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
London, Royal Academy of Music, 1826.
Royal Academy of Music Concert Programme: 4. Royal Academic Concerts. Season 1826. Fifth concert, Monday, 22 May, 1826 (Item 101.4) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
London, Royal Academy of Music, 1826.
Programme of the Voyage Musical, 27 May, 1835 (File 102) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
This pamphlet presents the programme notes for Bochsa's composition 'Voyage Musicale', performed at the King's Theatre, London, on 27 May 1835. Bochsa's authorship is established by the pamphlet's author referring to himself as 'I', and his programme notes closely follow the advertisement for this performance published in The Morning Post, 30 April 1835, p. 1 (a scan is enclosed with the file), including mention of the Ukrainian-born tenor Nicola Ivanoff (1810–1880) who sang a Russian melody as part of this performance of Bochsa's composition.
Portrait of John Julius Angerstein (banker, 1735–1823), 1829 (Item 103) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple and line engraving by Edward Scriven (1775–1841); ½-length in oval after portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830). Published by Fisher, Son & Co., London, 1829. NPG D15647.
Portrait of Samuel Arnold, Mus. D. (musician, 1740–1802), 1803 (Item 104) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple and etching engraving by William Ridley (1764–1838); ½-length in oval after portrait by Samuel James Arnold (1774–1852) of his father. Published in The Monthly Mirror, 1803. BM 1944,1014.229.
Portrait of Samuel Arnold, Mus. D. (musician, 1740–1802), 1 June 1790 (Item 105) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving; ½-length in oval after portrait by John Russell (1745–1806). Published by Bellamy & Roberts, 1 June 1790. BM 1868,0808.1314.
Portrait of Daines Barrington (lawyer and antiquary, 1727–1800), 1795 (Item 106) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Engraving by William Bromley (1769-1842); bust after portrait by Samuel Drummond (1766–1844). Published in The European Magazine, 1795. BM 1920,1211.187.
Portrait of James Bartleman (singer, 1769–1821), 1 February 1829 (Item 107) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Etching and engraving by William Henry Worthington (c1790–1839); bust, in oval, above four bars of music by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–36). Published by Richard Clark, 1 February 1829. BM 1944,1014.230.
Portrait of Francesco Bianchi (composer, c1752–1810), 1805 (Item 108) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving by Albin Roberts Burt (1783–1842); ¾-length, after portrait by George Chinnery (1774–1852). Published 1805.
Portrait of John Blow (composer and organist, 1648–1708), 1779 (Item 109) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Engraving; ½-length in oval; engraved for The Universal Magazine. Printed for John Hinton (1716–1781), the magazine's publisher. Published in The Universal Magazine, December 1779, page 337. BM 1875,0710.4071.
Portrait of William Bowyer (the elder, printer, 1663–1737), 1812 (Item 110) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Etching and engraving by James Basire II (1769–1822); bust in oval, after portrait in oils at Stationers' Hall. Published by J. Nichols & Son, 1 January 1812. Used as frontispiece of John Nichols, Biographical and Literary Anecdotes of William Bowyer, London, 1812. BM K,67.54.
Portrait Johannes Brahms (composer,1833–1897), 1947 (Item 111) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Photographic print of head, for program of 1947 Berliner Brahms-Fest.
Portrait of Charles Burney (music historian, 1726–1814), n.d. (Item 112) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Engraving ½-length. Related to the 1784 engraving of Burney by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727–1815) made from the 1781 oils portrait of Burney by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–92).
Portrait of Edward Cave (printer, 1691–1754), 1812 (Item 113) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Etching and engraving by James Basire II (1769–1822); bust in oval after 1740 portrait by Francis Kyte (1710?--1745. Published by J. Nichols & Son, 1 January 1812. Frontispiece to volume V of John Nichols, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1812. BM K,67.93.
Portraits of William Crotch (musician, 1775–1847), 1823 (File 114) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Two portraits. Engraving by William Read. Published in Public Characters of All Nations, v. 1 (1823) facing p. 423. Supplied with article 'Dr Crotch' that includes his portrait (artist not identified) published in The Illustrated London News, 8 January 1848, p. 5.
Portrait of John Dennis (critic and dramatist, 1658–1734), 1793 (Item 115) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple and etching engraving by R. Clamp; ½-length in oval. Published on unnumbered page in Shakespeare Illustrated, London, 1793. BM 1868,0822.6319.
Portrait of Johann Nikolaus Forkel (music historian, 1749–1818), 1813 (Item 116) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving by Karl Traugott Riedel (1769–1832); ½-length in oval, after 1786 portrait by Johann Günther Bornemann (1757–1815). Published 1813 on the title-page of Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung, v. 14, containing the issues of this periodical published in Leipzig in 1812.
Portrait of Rev.d John Gaulter (Methodist churchman, 1765–1839), n.d. (Item 117) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Engraving by Thomas Anthony Dean (1801–1860); ½-length, after portrait by John Jackson (1778–1831). BM 1938,1222.27.
Portrait of John Harrison (horologist, 1693–1776), 1835 (Item 118) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Engraving by William Holl (1807–1881); ½-length, from a 1768 engraving by Philippe Joseph Tassaert (1736–1803) after a painting by Thomas King (fl. 1756–1769). Published by Charles Knight in The Gallery of Portraits, v. 4, London, 1835.
Portrait of Rev. Thomas Haweis (clergyman, 1734–1820), 1796 (Item 119) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving by William Ridley (1764–1838); bust in oval. Similar but not identical to a print published in The Evangelical Magazine, v. 4, 1 January 1796.
Portrait of James Hook Esqr. (musician, 1746–1827), 1 September 1813 (Item 120) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving by Thomas Blood (1777–1850); bust, for The European Magazine, from a painting by Samuel Drummond (1776–1844). Published by James Asperne, London, 1 September 1813. BM K,67.229.
Portrait of William Jackson (musician, 1730–1803), 1819 (Item 121) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Mezzotint portrait by James Walker (c1760–1822); ½-length. Published by Hurst, Robinson & Co., London, 25 April 1819. BM 1837,0513.202; NPG D3145.
Portrait of Sir William Jones (orientalist, 1746–1794), 1833 (Item 122) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving by William Holl the elder (1771–1838); ½-length. From a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–92). Published by Fisher, Son & Co., London, 1833. BM 1866,1013.760.
Portrait of Johann Philipp Kirnberger (musician and music theorist, 1721–1783), 1807 (Item 123) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple and etching engraving by Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger (1777–1825); bust in oval. Published 1807 on the title-page of the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung, v. 9. Nnother copy of this print in http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38642391s——BM 1983,U.2696 has a variant of this print that names Breitkopf & Härtel——(publisher of the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung) as the print's publisher.
Portrait of Edward Miller (musician, 1731–1807), 1796 (Item 124) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving by Thomas Hardy (1757–1804) from his painting of Miller, in Miller's possession; ½-length. Published by Francis Linley (1771–1800), London, 1 January 1796. NPG D15688.
Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer, 1756–1791), 1814 (Item 125) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Anonymous bust engraving published in Ackermann's Repository of Arts, v. 11, London, 1 January 1814, facing p. 8. Copied from the engraving by Friedrich Wilhelm Nettling (fl1793–1824). Printed as the frontispiece to Ignaz Theodor Ferdinand Cajetan Arnold, Mozarts Geist, Erfurt, 1803.
Portrait of James Nares (musician, 1715–1783), 1795 (Item 126) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving by Thomas Hardy (1757–1804); bust in oval from a painting by George Engleheart (1750–1829). Printed by John Sewell (publisher of The European Magazine), 1 June 1795. Also published in The European Magazine, April 1796, facing p. 224. BM 1864,0611.53, lacks image. Kassler copy may have been trimmed to remove Sewell's name.
Portrait of John Nichols (printer, 1745–1826), 1812 (Item 127) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Engraved etching by Charles Heath (1785–1848); ½-length, from a drawing by John Jackson (1778–1831). Published as frontispiece to vol. 3 of John Nichols, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1812.
Portrait of Brownlow North (bishop, 1741–1820), 1815 (Item 128) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving; ½-length, after portrait by Henry Howard (1769–1847). Published by J. Nichols & Co., 1 March 1815; facing p. 668 of v. 9 of John Nichols, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1815. BM 1875,0508.645.
Portrait of Francis North (1st Baron Guilford, 1637–1685), 1829 (Item 129) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple and etching engraving by W. T. Mote (presumably William Henry Mote (1803–1871)); ¾-length, after painting by John Riley (1646–1691). Published by Harding & Lepard, London, 1 May 1830. BM 1920,1211.744; NPG D29863; both published 1 October 1829. Printed in Edmund Lodge, Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, London, Harding & Lepard, v. 9, 1829.
Portrait of Frederick North (2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister, 1732–1792), 1833 (Item 130) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple and line engraving by W. T. Mote (presumably William Henry Mote (1803–1871)); ¾-length, after painting by Nathaniel Dance later Dance-Holland (1735–1811). Published by Harding & Lepard, London, 1 March 1835. NPG D35506, published 1 June 1833. Printed in Edmund Lodge, Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, London, Harding & Lepard, v. 11, 1835
Portrait of Roger North (lawyer and writer, 1651–1734), 1740 (Item 131) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
1740 line engraving by George Vertue (1684–1756); ½-length in oval, after 1680 painting by Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680). Printed as frontispiece to North's Examen, London, 1740. BM P,5.272; NPG D29886.
Portrait of Roger North (lawyer and writer, 1651–1734), 1826 (Item 132) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple and line engraving by Robert Cooper (c1795–c1836), after 1680 painting by Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680). Printed as frontispiece in Roger North's The Lives of Francis North, Sir Dudley North and Dr. John North, London, Henry Colburn, 1826.
Portrait of John Christopher Pepusch (composer and music theorist, 1667–1752), 1778 (Item 133) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Line engraving; ½-length in oval, engraved for The Universal Magazine, printed by John Hinton (1716–1781). Published in that magazine in December 1778. NPG D14283. BM 1944,1014.273 (has printed text mentioning The Universal Magazine and Hinton.)
Portrait of John Ray (naturalist, 1627–1705), 1824 (Item 134) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving by Henry Hoppner Meyer (1780–1847), after a portrait attributed, perhaps incorrectly, to Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680). Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, December 1824.
Portrait of Rev. John Sharp (1645–1714, Archbishop of York), 1824 (Item 135) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple and line engraving by Robert Cooper (c1795–c1836); ½-length, after a portrait attributed, perhaps incorrectly, to Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680). Published by C[harles] and H[enry] Baldwyn, London and printed in Portraits Illustrative of the Novels, Tales & Romances of the Author of 'Waverley', London, C. Baldwyn, 1824.
Portrait of Christopher Simpson (musician, c1605–1669), 1659 (Item 136) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Line engraving by William Faithorne (c1620–1691); nearly ½-length in oval, after portrait by John Carwarden (fl.1636–1660). Published as frontispiece to Simpson's Division-Violist, or, An Introduction to the Playing upon a Ground (London, the author, 1659). BM 1944,1014.284; NPG D22934.
Portrait of John Stanley (musician, 1712–1786), n.d. (Item 137) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Etching engraving; ½-length in oval, printed and sold by Thomas Bakewell, London; copy in Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, Massachusetts. BM 1887,0406.82 copy of the Bakewell portrait cropped. Also published in London with textual changes by C[luer] Dicey (1715–1775); a copy is in the University of St Andrews Library. Kassler copy is cropped from either the Bakewell or Dicey publications.
Portrait of Daniel Steibelt (musician, 1765–1823), 1824 (Item 138) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Etching and stipple engraving by Francis Vincent (c1799–1840); bust. Published July 1824 by Samuel Leigh, London, to face p. 18 of his publication The Harmonicon v. 2 part 1 no. 13 (issued January 1824) when all the numbers for 1824 were bound. BM 1887,0722.46.
Portrait of Rev. Carl Friedrich Adolph Steinkopff (Lutheran minister, 1773–1859), 1807 (Item 139) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving by William Ridley (1764–1837) & Co.; ½-length in oval. Published by Williams & Smith, London, 1 July 1807. BM 1946,1014.118.
Portrait of Benjamin Stillingfleet (botanist and musician, 1702–1771), 1810 (Item 140) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Line engraving by James Basire II (1769–1822); bust in oval, after c1761 portrait by Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733–1810). Published by J. Nichols & Son, London, 1 May 1810. Printed as frontispiece to volume 1 of William Coxe, Literary Life and Select Works of Benjamin Stillingfleet (London, Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme & Brown,1811). BM K,68.15.
Portrait of Samuel Webbe the elder (composer, 1740–1816), c1835 (Item 141) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Etching and engraving by William Skelton (1763–1848); ½-length, after portrait by William Behnes (1795–1864). Published by Christopher Lonsdale (bap1795–1877), London, c1835. Lonsdale started business under his own name in 1834. BM 1944,1014.298 (which misnames the publisher and misdates the print)
Portrait of John Wilkins (Bishop of Chester and natural philosopher, 1614–1679), 1785 (Item 142) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Line engraving; bust in oval. Published by Alexander Hogg, London, 29 January 1785. Royal Society Picture Library MS/849; not in BM or NPG. Kassler copy trimmed at bottom, removing publisher information; it otherwise matches the portrait in the Royal Society Picture Library.
Portrait of John Sebastian Bach, 1845 (Item 328) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Portrait of John Sebastian Bach (composer, 1685-1750) with views of The St Thomas School, Bach's Monument, St Thomas's Church, & Observatory at Leipzig. London: Brain & Payne, 12, Paternoster Row. Stipple and etching engraving by Albert Henry Payne (1812–1902); ½-length after portrait by Henry Bibby of Bach (½-length) and views of Leipzig. The portrait of Bach is based upon the 1840 lithograph of Bach by Friedrich Gustav Schlick (1804–69)
Portrait Sir William Herschel, 1835 (Item 329) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Portrait of Sir William Herschel (astronomer, 1738–1822) from a crayon picture by John Russell (1745–1806). Stipple engraving by Edward Scriven (1775–1841); ½-length from a crayon picture by John Russell (1745–1806). Published by Charles Knight in The Gallery of Portraits, v. 5, London, 1835. The surname Herschel is twice misspelled Herschell in this engraving. BM 1890,1002.4; NPG D35725.
Engraved plates from The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature by Abraham Rees (1743–1825) - Music, 1803-1818 (File 143a) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Thirty four engraved plates concerning music published between 1803 and 1818 to illustrate articles by Charles Burney (Mus.Doc., 1726–1814). The articles were published anonymously. They were engraved primarily by John Lee (1781–1858); one was engraved by Wilson Lowry (1762–1824). A list of these 34 plates is provided showing plate no., subject field, date of publication and name of engraver. The plates are listed below. Please also see list for more detailed information.
Plate I: Music modern time table; Plate II: Musical characters (graces and marks of expression); Plate I: Music (arpeggio); Plate II: Music (thorough base and accompaniment; Plate III: Music (thorough base; Plate IV (thorough base); Plate V: Music (cards); Plate VI: Music (counterpoint); Plate VII: Music (counterpoint); Plate VIII: Music (counterpoint; Plate IX: Music (counterpoint); Plate X: Music (counterpoint); Plate XI: Music (counterpoint); Plate XII: Music (counterpoint); Plate XIII: Music (counterpoint); Plate XIV: Music (counterpoint); Plate XV: Music (counterpoint); Plate XVI: Music (counterpoint); Plate XVII: Music (double counterpoint at the octave); Plate XVIII: Music (contrapunto doppio, in genere cromatico); Plate XIX: Music (contrapunto doppio, in genere cromatico continued); Plate XX: Music (contrapunto doppio, in genere cromatico continued); Plate XXI: Music (modulation); Plate XXII: Music (modulation from a given note...); Plate XXIII: Music (Rousseau's regular modulation in the key of C major); Plate XXIV: Music (miscellaneous); Plate XXV: Music (modulation, acciaccature); Plate XXVI - missing; Plate XXVII: Music (fingering keyed instruments); Plate XXVIII: Music (iteration in fingering); Plate XXIX: Music (fingering semitonic or chromatic divisions); Plate XXX: Music (shakes); Plate XXXI - missing; Plate XXXII: Music (scale of the bassoon); Plate XXXIII (Air upon three notes, sent to the author of this article by the late M. Rousseau...); Plate XXXIV and Plate XLIV - missing; Plate XLV: Music (original melodies to the hymn of ossian in Temora); Plate XLVI - missing; No plate no. possible Plate XLVII: Euclidis Section Canonis; Plate XLVIII: Music (2 canons, complete set of key on the piano forte).
Engraved plates from The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature by Abraham Rees (1743–1825) - Musical Instruments, 1803-1813 (File 143b) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Fifteen engraved plates concerning Musical instruments published between 1803 and 1818 to illustrate articles by Charles Burney (Mus.Doc., 1726–1814). The articles were published anonymously. They were engraved primarily by John Lee (1781–1858). A list of these 15 plates is provided showing plate no., subject field, date of publication and name of engraver. The plates are listed below. Please also see list for more detailed information.
Plate I: Musical Instuments (ancient); Plate II: Musical Instruments and Masks); Plate IIIMuscial Instruments (ancient); Plate IV Muscial Instruments (ancient); Plate V: Musical Instruments (Indian); Plate VI: Musical Instruments (Pandean Minstrels in performance at Vaux-Hall); Plate VII: Musical Instruments (Welsh harps); Plate VIII: Musical Instruments (origin of the bow); Plate IX: Musical Instruments (Russian); Plate X: Muscial Instruments (harps); Plate XI: Musical Instruments (woodwind, gong and tabour); Plate XII: Musical Instruments (brass); Plate XIII: Musical Instruments (stringed); Plate XIV: Musical Instruments (stringed); Plate XV: Musical Instruments (stringed)
Engraved plates from The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature by Abraham Rees (1743–1825) - Anatomy of the ear, 1808 (File 143c) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Four engraved plates numbered I-III, including two stages of plate no. II, concerning Anatomy of the ear, engraved by Thomas Milton (1743–1827) and published 1 October 1808.
Engraved plates from The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature by Abraham Rees (1743–1825) - Miscellany, 1818-1819 (File 143d) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Four engraved plates headed 'Miscellany'. Plate XIV, engraved by Wilson Lowry after drawings by John Farey (1766–1826) and published in 1816, depicts the 'Claviole or Finger Keyed Viol' of John Isaac Hawkins (1772–1855). Plate XV engraved by Lowry after drawings by Farey published in 1814. Plates XVI and XXV, engraved by Lowry, published in 1818 and 1819 respectively.
Engraved plates from The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature by Abraham Rees (1743–1825) - Organ, 1814, 1817 (File 143e) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
Three engraved plates headed 'Organ' engraved by Lowry after drawings by John Farey Jr (1791–1851). Plates I and II published in 1814. Plate IV published in 1817.
Engraved plates from The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature by Abraham Rees (1743–1825) - Telegraph, 1818 (File 143f) - Box 14 (MS 10371)
One engraved plate headed 'Telegraph' engraved by Lowry after drawings by John Farey (1766–1826) and published in 1818.
Engraved plates from the 3rd edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, Edinburgh drawn and engraved by Andrew Bell (1726–1809), 1797 (File 144) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Four engraved plates from the 3rd edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, Edinburgh, completed 1797, drawn and engraved by Andrew Bell (1726–1809), co-publisher of this encyclopædia.
Plate I: Acoustics and Aerostation, 2d Plate II, featuring (Fig. 13, coloured) 'A View from a Balloon above the clouds, seen by Mr (Thomas) Baldwin' (bap1742–1804); Plate II: Blind, Plate XCVIII, including (Fig. 9) an illustration of the pincushion 'machine' of Griffith James Cheese (1751–1804) for teaching music to people deprived of sight; Plate III: Mechanics, Plate CCXC, including (Fig. 108) a picture of the universal joint devised by Robert Hooke (1635–1703); Plate IV: Articulate Trumpet, Plate DXII, showing diagrams of devices to enhance speaking and hearing.
Engraved Plates from other editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica, 1801, 1815 (File 145) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Two engraved plates.
Plate XLV, engraved by Daniel Lizars (1754–1812), from George Gleig (1753–1840), ed., Supplement to the Third Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, Edinburgh, Thomson Boner, volume 2, 1801, including a picture of the stringed musical instrument called 'trumpet marine'.
Plate no. CXLIV with headings 'Chimes', 'Cipher' and 'Cleft', engraved by Edward Mitchell (1773–1852) and published in the 5th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, v. 5, Edinburgh, 1815. Accompnaied by a photocopy with handwritten annotations
Engraved plate from Encyclopaedia Londinensis, London, 1818 (File 146) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Engraved Plate from the Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Plate no. XXI headed 'Music', engraved by 'John Pass' (pseudonym of John Paas, c1783–1832). Depicted are nine wind instruments and four 'time measurers': the 'regulator' (no. 10) and 'balance regulator' (no. 11) devised by Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834), the 'chronometer' (no. 12) devised by Henry Smart (1778–1823), and the 'metronome' (no. 13) invented by Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772–1838).
Thomas Wood (d1783) - Advertisement leaf headed 'The following treatises of musick, &c. may be had of Mr Wood, in Brownlow-Street, Long-Acre' (File 147) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
The list includes some manuscript additions. Mr Wood is identifiable as Thomas Wood (d1783) because the February 1784 sale catalogue of the 'collection of books … the property of Mr Thomas Wood, deceased … on the premises, Brownlow-Street, Long-Acre' includes several treatises listed in this copy of the advertisement. The title-page of the Kassler copy of A Treatise of Musick … by Mr Rameau, London, printed by Robert Brown, for the proprietor (London, 1752), bears the ink addition 'T. WOOD' after the word 'proprietor' suggesting that Thomas Wood had a financial interest in this publication. Kassler copy is in the National Library of Australia catalogue (Bib ID 8649977)
Playbill for concerts at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, London, in which Samuel Wesley (1766–1837) was scheduled to perform. Oratorios, 21 February 1817., 1817 (Item 148) - Folio-Box 13
Syllabus of a course of lectures of music to be delivered at the Surry Institution by William Crotch … to commence on …, 1813 (Item 149) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
By William Crotch (1175-1847), Mus. D. Professor of Music in the University of Oxford.
Syllabus of a course of lectures of music to be delivered at the Surry Institution by William Crotch … to commence on Tuesday, the 14th February, 1815 (Item 150) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
By William Crotch (1175-1847), Mus. D. Professor of Music in the University of Oxford.
Syllabus of a course of lectures of music to be delivered at the Surry Institution by William Crotch … to commence on Tuesday, the 20th February, 1816 (Item 151) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
By William Crotch (1175-1847), Mus. D. Professor of Music in the University of Oxford.
Letters to Michael Kassler from Milton Babbit, 1957-1963 (File 152) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Letters from Milton Babbit (American composer and music theorist, 1916-2011) to Michael Kassler.
Letters include: 1. Undated letter with envelope postmarked 26/8/1957; 2. Letter dated 6/10/1958 sent to Michael Kassler when a student at Harvard University; 3. Letter dated 18/10/1962 referring to William Frederick Friedman (American cryptologist, 1891–1969) and Richard Branfield Thomas (American computer scientist and musician, 1922–2019, with whom Michael Kassler worked at the RCA Data Systems Center); 4. Letter dated 15/11/1962 referring to Lewis Lockwood (American musicologist, b1930); 5. Letter dated 13/3/1963 regarding lecture by Michael Kassler at Princeton University(Included with this correspondence is a carbon copy of a 16/5/1962 Michael Kassler to Milton Babbitt regarding the music theorist Augustus F. C. Kollmann (1756–1829) and an announcement by Milton Babbitt and his wife Sylvia of the marriage of their daughter Betty Ann.)
Letters from Erno Balogh to Michael Kassler, 1955-1958 (File 153) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Letters from Erno Balogh to Michael Kassler and one letter to Michael Kasslers mother Marsha Kassler.
1. Letter with envelope to Michael Kassler dated 28/7/1955 apologising for the delay in writing; 2. Birthday card with note to Michael Kassler dated 6/4/1956, with envelope; 3. Letter with envelope to Michael Kassler dated 6/10/1956 referring to the publication by Elkan-Vogel of his piano composition Prelude, Waltz and March; 4. Letter to Michael Kassler dated 2/11/1956 inviting him to choose up to three long-playing records from a catalogue; 5. Letter to Michael Kassler dated 8/4/1958 sending birthday greetings and referring to the resignation of Reginald Stewart (1900–1984, then head of the Peabody Conservatory); 6. Letter to Marsha Kassler dated 17/5/1958 saying that he believes in Michael Kassler's talent and will do what he can to publicise this.
Letters to Michael Kassler and correspondence with Max and Marsha Kassler from Henry Cowell, 1951-1953 (File 154a) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Letters from Henry Cowell (American composer and writer, 1897–1965) to or about Michael Kassler. Also includes correspondence with Max and Marsha Kassler (Michael Kassler's parents).
1. Letter dated 28/7/1951 from Henry Cowell to Milton (last name unknown) enclosing several piano compositions by Michael Kassler; 2. Letter dated 20/9/1951 to Marsha Kassler from Henry Cowell; 3. Letter dated 10/11/1952 from Henry Cowell regarding Michael Kassler; 4. Letter dated 22/11/1952 regarding the possibility of Michael Kassler studying in Baltimore at the Peabody Conservatory and Park School; 5. Letter dated 2/1/1953 from Max and Marsha Kassler to Reginald Stewart (1900–1984); 6. Letter dated 25/1/1953 to Marsha Kassler regarding the possibility of Michael Kassler playing some piano solos at the Cooper Union college in New York City; 7. Postcard dated 8/6/1953 to Marsha Kassler.
Also includes 3 x black and white photographs: Two photographs with Michael and Max Kassler, and one photograph of Henry Cowell with Michael Kassler's father Max Kassler, taken at Henry Cowell's home in Shady, New York, in the 1950s.
Letters to Michael Kassler and correspondence with Max and Marsha Kassler from Henry Cowell, 1955-1962 (File 154b) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Letters from Henry Cowell (American composer and writer, 1897–1965) to or about Michael Kassler. Also includes correspondence with Max and Marsha Kassler (Michael Kassler's parents).
8. Letter and envelope dated 13/7/1955 to Michael Kassler mentioning his enrolment in a chemistry course and his study with Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959, Czech composer) at the Curtis Institute of Music; 9. Postcard dated 27/7/1955 to Michael Kassler; 10. Schedule of 'The Harmony Hill' musical events in Woodstock, New York, in July-August 1955, annotated by Henry Cowell and enclosed in envelope postmarked 1/8/1955; 11. Letter dated 5/12/1955 and postmarked envelope to Michael Kassler; 12. Letter dated 12/1/1956 and postmarked envelope to Michael Kassler; 13. Undated letter enclosed in envelope postmarked 7/3/1956 to Michael Kassler.; 14. Postcard dated 4/8/1956 to Michael Kassler referring to his studies with Darius Milhaud (1892–1974, French composer) at the Aspen Music School in Aspen, Colorado; 15. Letter dated 27/4/1956 to Michael Kassler mentioning his studies with Vittorio Giannini (1903–1966, American composer) at the Curtis Institute of Music; 16. Letter dated 1/5/1956 to Michael Kassler promising to write a good letter of recommendation; 17. Postcard to Michael Kassler dated 6/10/1956 written in Munich; 18. Christmas card and postmarked envelope to Michael Kassler dated 9/12/1956 written in Tehran, Iran; 19. Undated postcard to Michael Kassler referring to the publication by Elkan-Vogel of his piano composition Prelude, Waltz and March ©1956; 20. Note to Michael Kassler dated 7/2/1957 written in Tehran; 21. Letter to Michael Kassler dated 5/6/(1957) written in Tokyo, referring to Michael Kassler receiving his high-school equivalency certificate from the state of New Jersey; 22. Aerogramme to Michael Kassler dated 8/6/1957 written in Tokyo, requesting that greetings be sent to Randall Thompson (1899–1984) and Walter Piston (1894–1976), professors of music at Harvard University, where Michael Kassler was a student; 23. Postcard to Michael Kassler postmarked 20/12/1957; 24. Postcard to Michael Kassler postmarked 23/1/1958, referring to Henry Cowell's composition The Banshee played on the strings of a piano; 25. Letter dated 25/3/1958 to Michael Kassler referring to Kishibe Shigeo (1912–2005, Japanese musicologist whose lectures on Japanese music at Harvard University Michael Kassler attended) and to the completion of Henry Cowell's 13th symphony; 26. Letter dated 1/6/1958 to Michael Kassler referring to an award from Broadcast Music Inc. for Michael Kassler's music compositions; 27. Extract from the July 1958 issue of the Music Bulletin of the Pan American Union annotated by Henry Cowell and sent to Michael Kassler, as it mentions his award from Broadcast Music Inc.; 28. Letter dated 23/8/1958 and envelope to Michael Kassler referring to compositions for orchestra by Henry Cowell and Michael Kassler; 29. Postcard postmarked 19/2/1959 to Michael Kassler; 30. Postcard dated 24/3/1961 to Michael Kassler; 31. Letter dated 10/4/1962 to Michael Kassler, thanking him for his telegram congratulating Henry Cowell on his 65th birthday.
Card from Claude Rains and his fifth wife Agi Jambor Rains to Max and Marsha Kassler, 19 November, 1959 (Item 155) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Card from Claude Rains (1889–1967, British actor) and his fifth wife Agi Jambor Rains (1909–1997)Hungarian/American pianist) dated 19/11/1959, with envelope, written to Max and Marsha Kassler (Michael Kassler's parents). The card appears to be in the handwriting of Claude Rains.
Letters and cards from Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist to Michael Kassler, 1956-1958 (File 156) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Letters and cards from Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist (1876–1970), founder of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia), where Michael Kassler studied. 1. Card and envelope dated and postmarked 28/2/1956; 2. Card and envelope dated and postmarked 7/6/1956 congratulating Michael Kassler on his award and noting that the period of Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959, Czech composer) at the Curtis Institute of Music was unsatisfactory; 3. Letter dated 12/4/1957 saying he could not attend the class recital of Vittorio Giannini (1903–1966, American composer); 4. Letter dated 12/4/1957 saying that she was ill and could not come to the class recital of Vittorio Giannini; 5. Letter dated 21/11/1957 sending good wishes to Michael Kassler; 6. Letter dated 6/6/1958.
Thomas Wright - The Royal Society of Musicians - documents relating to land in Lisle Street, London, 24 June 1808 (Items 157.1-2) - Map-Folio 18 (MS 10371)
Document 1. is a 'Deed of Covenants'. Document 2. is a 'Bargain and Sale', both regarding 'a piece of ground in Lisle Street', London. By these documents Thomas Wright (of the banking firm Wright & Co., Henrietta Street, London) sells for £700 a described parcel of land in Lisle Street to The Royal Society of Musicians. Prior interests in the land are noted in Document 1. The documents are witnessed by Henry Dance (of Burgoyne, Dance & Crompton, Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, solicitors to the Royal Society of Musicians).
Portrait of Col. Francis Marcus Beresford, MP (1818–1890), 1876 (Item 158) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Caricature chromolithograph drawn by 'Spy' (pseudonym of Sir Leslie Ward, 1851–1922), lithographed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son. Published in Vanity Fair v. 15, London, 13 May 1876, p. 282.
Portrait of John Wall Callcott (musician, 1766–1821), 1820 (Item 159) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Crayon-manner with stipple engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis (1779–1856), ½-length; after oil painting by Callcott's brother Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (1779–1844).
Kassler copy is in open letter state, printed before the engraved plate was lettered, and is printed on paper watermarked 1820. BM 1944,1014.239. A lettered copy of this portrait was published as frontispiece to John Wall Callcott's A Collection of Glees, Canons, and Catches…, London, Birchall, Lonsdale, and Mills, v. 1, 1824.
Portrait of Benjamin Cooke, (musician, 1734–1793), n.d. (Item 160) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Etching and engraving by William Skelton (1763–1848); ½-length in oval. BM 1940,1007.4.72 and 1940,1007.4.73; NPG D2203.
Portrait of François/Franz Cramer (musician, 1772–1848), n.d. (Item 161) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Engraving by Benjamin Phelps Gibbon (1802–1851); ¾-length, after painting by Frederick William Watts (1800–1882). Published by James Wyatt (carver and gilder, 1774–1853), Oxford, 6 June 1826. Republished in London after 1833 by Christopher Lonsdale (bap1795–1877).
Portrait of George Frideric/Frederick Handel (composer, 1685–1759), 1738 (Item 162) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Etching and line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698–1780) in Amsterdam; ½-length in oval; with surrounding ornaments designed by Hubert-François Gravelot né Bourguignon (1669–1773). Published by John Walsh, London, 22 April 1738. NPG D3215.
Portrait of George Frideric/Frederick Handel (composer, 1685–1759), c. 1790 (Item 163) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Line engraving by Jean Marie Delattre (1744–1843); whole length, after drawing by Edward Francis Burney (1760–1848), based upon sculpture by Louis François Roubillac (1702–1762). Initially published in London, 14/1/1785, and printed as plate 2 facing p. xvi of Charles Burney, An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster-Abbey, and the Pantheon...in Commemoration of Handel, London, T. Payne and Son and G. Robinson, 1785.
The engraving plate later altered, removing the plate number and replacing the publication date with text that the engraving is published for, the edition of Handel's works by Samuel Arnold (1740–1802). Kassler copy is of the altered state and was published in that edition c1790. BM 1980,U.1100 and NPG D3212 copies both have the 1785 date.
Portrait of William Hayes (musician, 1706–1777), 1787 (Item 164) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Mezzotint portrait by Thomas Park (1760–1835); ½-length, after painting by John Cornish (fl.1751–1765). Published London, 1 August 1787. BM 1837,0513.203; NPG D10567.
Portrait of Raphael Georg Kiesewetter (music historian, 1773–1850)., 1824 (Item 165) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Lithographed 'from life' by Maxim Gauci (1774–1854); ½-length in oval. Printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789–1850). Published by T. Boosey & Co., London, 23 February 1824. BM 1904,1019.13.
Portrait of John Orlando Parry (actor, musician and artist, 1810–1879), n.d. (Item 166) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Proof of lithograph by Edward Morton (fl1836–1850); ¾-length, after 1838 drawing by Emily Combe later Larken (1815–1843; sister of Parry's wife Anne née Combe). Printed in London by Jeremiah Graf (fl. 1824–1852). Kassler copy inscribed with the phrase 'to his kind Friend J. French Esqr'.
Portrait of John Christopher Pepusch (composer and music theorist, 1667–1752), n.d. (Item 167) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Mezzotint portrait by Alexander van Haecken (1701–1757); ½-length, after painting in oils (NPG 2063) by Thomas Hudson (1701–1779). BM K,68.26.
Portrait of John Purkis Jr (musician, 1781–1849), 1811 (Item 168) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Mezzotint engraving by William Say (1768–1834); ½-length, after painting by J. Vaughan (not identified). Published by Edward Orme (1775–1848), London, 20 September 1811. BM 1902,1011.4150.
Portrait of Johann Peter Salomon (musician, 1745–1815), 1792 (Item 169) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Stipple and etching engraving by Johann Gottlieb Facius (c1748–1845), or his brother Georg Siegmund Facius (c1749–1850); almost ½-length, after portrait by Thomas Hardy (1757–1804). Published by John Bland (c1750–c1840), London, 12 December 1792. BM 1944,1014.280; NPG D21104 and D21105.
Portrait of William Shield, (musician, 1748–1829), 1796 (Item 170) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Stipple engraving by Thomas Hardy (1757–1804); ½-length, from a painting by Hardy 'in the possession of Mr Linley'. Published by Francis Linley (1771–1800), London, 1 January 1796. BM 1864,0611.65; NPG D5978.
Portrait of John Stanley (musician, 1712–1786), 1781 (Item 171) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Proof of stipple engraving by Mary Ann Rigg later Scott (1754–1799); ½-length in oval; after lost portrait by Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788).
Kassler copy has marks showing where she subsequently formed the letters of text that she engraved below the portrait. Copies of the final engraving were published by Mary Ann Rigg, London, 9 April 1781. BM 1841,1211.20 and NPG D14076 have the printed engraving but confuse the engraver's maiden and married surnames.
Portrait of John Andrew Stevenson (musician, 1761–1833), n.d. (Item 172) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Stipple and etching engraving by Edward Scriven (1775–1841); ¾-length, after painting by George Francis Joseph (1764–1846). BM 1893,0123.5 and 1944,1014.289 have the same portrait but different texts beneath the portrait.
Print of engraved portraits (busts in ovals) of five musicians, 1801 (Item 173) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Print of engraved portraits (busts in ovals) of five musiciansThomas Augustine Arne (composer, 1710–1778); John Blow (composer and organist, 1648–1708); William Boyce (composer, bap1711–1779); William Croft (composer and organist, bap. 1678–1727); Henry Purcell (composer, 1658–1695).
Etching and engraving by L. R. Drayton, after portraits by Robert Smirke (1752–1845). Published by Robert Bowyer (1758–1834), London, 1 September 1801. Printed in David Hume, History of England…, London, R. Bowyer, 1806——BM 1858,1009.221.
Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, 1816 (Item 174) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Etching and engraving by William Wise (active 1812–1876) after a drawing by Robert Bremmel Schnebbelie (1781–1847). Published by Robert Wilkinson, London, 11 October 1816, and printed facing p. 120 of Londina Illustrata, published by Wilkinson, London, 1 January 1819.
Wareham Church, Dorsetshire, 1822 (Item 175) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Etching and aquatint by Samuel Prout (1783–1852). Published at R. Ackermann's, London, 1 April 1821, plate 88, and printed in The Cabinet of the Arts, 2nd edition (edited by John Dougall (1760–1822)), v. 2, London, R. Ackermann's Repository, (1822).
Messrs Wilkinson & Wornum's Upright Patent Pianaforte (sic), 1812 (Item 176) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Hand-coloured engraving published by R[udolph] Ackermann and printed in The Repository of Arts, v. 7 no. 38 (February 1812), plate 10, facing p. 110.
Trade card labelled Apollo No. 26 Cheapside, the London address of the variously styled music sellers Longman & Co., c. 1770s (Item 177) - Folio-Box 13
This trade card, depicting Apollo holding a lyre, was drawn and engraved by George Burder (1752–1832), who appears to have stopped engraving about 1776 when he became a preacher. The card therefore presumably was engraved in the 1770s.
Trade card labelled Cooper, Musical Instrument & Music Seller, 406 High Street, Cheltenham, 1826 (Item 178) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Trade card engraved with a drawing of a harp by Jonas Radford (c1802–1866) and printed by S. Y. Griffith & Co. near the end on an unnumbered page of (Samuel Young Griffith), Griffith's New Historical Description of Cheltenham … embellished with copperplate engravings, 2nd edition, vol. 1, London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1826.
'Cooper's Harp and Piano-Forte Warehouse, and Circulating Library of Music' is described on pp. 74-75 of this volume, where its proprietor, Mrs Cooper (first name not discovered), is identified as 'a professor of the harp and piano-forte'.
Pictures and Tickets relating to the New Musical Fund (a charity established in London in 1786) - No. 1. Large stipple and etching engraving by John Thornthwaite, n.d. (Item 179) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Large stipple and etching engraving by John Thornthwaite (c1741–c1795) after painting by Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817), depicting, within an oval, Apollo with a lyre pouring coins into a woman's apron with two children clinging to her dress and a group of musicians behind. This engraving, with engraved lettering added beneath it, was printed on tickets to New Musical Fund benefit concerts at least between 1788 and 1799.
Pictures and Tickets relating to the New Musical Fund (a charity established in London in 1786) - No. 2. Tipple and etching engraving, n.d. (Item 180) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
A superficially similar engraving to the one listed above (i.e. Large stipple + etching engraving by John Thorntwhaite after painting by Julies Caesar Ibbetson...). Apollo is on the left and the woman on the right.
Pictures and Tickets relating to the New Musical Fund (a charity established in London in 1786) - No. 3. Etching and engraving by James Milan (1776–1822) printed on tickets, c. 1812-1817 (Item 181) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Etching and engraving by James Milan (1776–1822) after painting by Richard Cosway (1742–1821) showing an angel sitting on a cloud, playing a lyre resting on her left shoulder. This engraving, with engraved lettering added beneath it, was printed on tickets to New Musical Fund benefit concerts at least between 1812 and 1817.
Pictures and Tickets relating to the New Musical Fund (a charity established in London in 1786) - No. 4. Ticket for the 4 March 1802 benefit concert at the Opera House, 1802 (Item 182) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Stipple and etching engraving showing Apollo with lyre flanked by two females, engraved by Louis Legoux (1763–1835), 'late pupil' of Francesco Bartolozzi (1727–1815).
Pictures and Tickets relating to the New Musical Fund (a charity established in London in 1786) - No. 5. Ticket for the 20 May 1824 benefit concert at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, 1824 (Item 183) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Stipple and etching engraving showing Apollo with lyre flanked by two females, engraved by Louis Legoux (1763–1835), 'late pupil' of Francesco Bartolozzi (1727–1815). This ticket has the same engraved picture as the 4 March 1802 ticket described above.
Pictures and Tickets relating to the New Musical Fund (a charity established in London in 1786) - No. 6 and No. 7 -Subscribers ticket for the 22 June 1827 benefit concert at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, 1827 (File 184) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Engraved by Richard Sawyer (1785–1852). Two copies.
Pictures and Tickets relating to the New Musical Fund (a charity established in London in 1786) - No.8. Subscribers ticket for the 10 April 1828 benefit concert at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, 1828 (Item 185) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Engraved by Richard Sawyer (contains the same picture as the 22 June 1827 ticket above).
Dr Bradley's Medical Lectures, c. 1780-1805 (Item 186) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Engraving by William Skelton (1763–1848) after artwork by Edward Francis Burney (1760–1848) that contains, in Greek, the text of Hippocrates' aphorism 'Life is short; art is long'. Thomas Bradley (1715–1813) gave medical lectures in London between 1780 and 1805.
Theatre, Oxford. 1st Concert, June 2nd, 1818 (Item 187) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Engraving by Joseph Skelton (1783–1871) after a painting by John Baptist (né Giovanni Battista) Cipriani (1727–1785) depicting Apollo holding his lyre.
Invitation ticket for The Anniversary Meeting of the Guardians of the Asylum, held at the London Tavern on 22 February, 1827 (Item 188) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
The ticket features an engraving by William Skelton (1763–1848) after a painting by Thomas Stothard (1755–1834) showing a soldier falling in battle and a widow with daughters.
Ticket for the Free Masons Hall. Readings & Music, c. 1790-1817 (Item 189) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Engraving by John Thornthwaite (fl1771–1795) after painting by Mather Brown (1761–1831). The only other copy located is in the British Museum, catalogue no. K,65.157, which gives the production date of this engraving as some time between 1790 and 1817.
Ticket for Royal Institution: Omnes Artes Habent Quoddam Commune Vinculum, c. 1795-1805 (Item 190) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Engraving by Abraham Raimbach (1776–1843) after painting by Richard Westall (1765–1836) showing Minerva and the Muses. The only other copy located is in the British Museum, catalogue no. C,2.691, which gives the production date of this engraving as some time between 1795 and 1805.
Liverpool Musical Festival, 1827 (Item 191) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Three 'performer's tickets' granting admission to three venues where performances were held. Each ticket is signed by Joseph Langton (Liverpool banker, 1792–1855), secretary to the 1827 Liverpool musical festival.
Print labelled Asylum for Female Orphans, instituted in the year 1758, c. 1788 (Item 192) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
An etching and engraving by William Skelton (1763–1848) after a painting by Thomas Spence Duché (1763–1790), featuring an image in oval of a lady 'Hope' escorting two orphans, with nuns in the background. A copy of this print is in the British Museum, catalogue no. 1983,U.1748, where it is described as an admission ticket.
Page entitled 'Musick', engraved by George Bickham the elder (1684–1758), 1738 (Item 193) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Page entitled 'Musick', engraved by George Bickham the elder (1684–1758) after drawing by W. Clark (not identified), being plate no. 65 and item no. XXIII of The Universal Penman which was published in London in instalments between 1733 and 1741 and subsequently reprinted. The page includes a drawing of musicians and calligraphy of two quotations about music that were previously published in Nicholas Ling, Politeuphia (London, 1688) and William Congreve, A Hymn to Harmony (London, 1702).
Engraved trade card of The Dublin Harmonic Institution, 112 Grafton Street, Dublin, music sellers and publishers., c. 1836-1853 (Item 194) - Folio-Box 13
The Institution removed to 112 Grafton Street in December 1836, when Samuel James Pigott (1797–1853) was its proprietor. Therefore this trade card was printed between 1836 and 1853. The only other copy of it located is in Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, where it is pasted on a copy of Beethoven string quartets published in 1846 and presumably sold by the Institution.
Billhead or letterhead of Hart & Fellows, music sellers and instrument manufacturers, 71 Fetter Lane, Holborn, c. 1818-1826 (Item 195) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
The firm appears to have been located at that address between 1818 and 1826. The partnership between Joseph Hart (c1797–1856) and George Fellows (dates unknown) was dissolved on 7 February 1828.
Rules and Regulations to be observed by the Parents of Children admitted into The National School of Mapledurham, Oxon., c. 1830 (File 196) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
A single page that lists seven rules. The National School of Mapledurham was instituted by Lord Augustus FitzClarence (1805–1854, the youngest illegitimate son of King William IV and his mistress, the actress Dorothea Jordan) who was appointed Vicar of Mapledurham in 1829; the school, linked to the parish church, was established shortly thereafter. Accompanied by photocopies reflecting the history of the school.
Pierre Leduc receipt, 10 November 1792 (Item 197) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Receipt for Pierre Leduc (Parisian music seller, 1755–1826) who received various items from François-Hippolyte Barthélemon including a copy of Deserteur (his ballet The Deserter), a copy of 'airs de Danse' (dance tunes) from his operas, four copies of Cecilia Maria Barthélemon's op.1 sonatas, two airs by Barthélemon's wife Maria (1749–1799, née Polly Young), and one copy of François-Hippolyte Barthélemon's Methode.
This Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscript concerns the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe)
Barthélemon/Henslow account with Thomas Preston, 1803-1807 (Items 198.1-2) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
These documents concern a statement of account presented to Cecilia Maria Henslow by James Nainby Hallett (1769–1834), an employee of the London music seller Thomas Preston (c1764–1834).
Item 1. 'Preston & Hallett's Bills for Music-Engraving &c. of Barthélémon' is a sheet (watermark 1805) bearing Henslow's handwritten note.
Item 2. 'Mr Barthelemon To Thomas Preston 71 Dean St Soho'. This item is a statement of Barthélemon's account with Thomas Preston from 6/10/1803 to 2/7/1807.
This Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscript concerns the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe)
James Nainby Hallett to Cecilia Maria Henslow, 1 March 1816 (Item 199) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
James Nainby Hallett sends Cecilia Maria Henslow her account with Thomas Preston from 26/7/1815 to 30/12/1815. The account lists various costs for engraving of music plates, engraving of a title page, for printing, and sale of works.
This Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscript concerns the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe)
Thomas Preston to Cecilia Maria Henslow, 10 March 1816 (Item 200) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
A further account, showing a 22/2/1816 purchase of the song 'Cease thine anguish' (presumably 'Cease thy anguish' from George Frideric Handel's oratorio Athalia), and a statement detailing the sale of the 200 copies of Barthélemon's Hymn (for the Indigent Blind School) that were printed. Account is endorsed by Cecilia Maria Henslow 'Settled the above with Mr (James Nainby) Hallet (sic) March 21st 1817'.
This Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscript concerns the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe)
Letter from James Nainby Hallet annotated by Cecilia Maria Henslow, 18 March 1822 (Item 201) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
A printed letter signed by James Nainby Hallett 'for Mr Preston', advising that the Preston firm has removed from 97 Strand to 71, Dean Street, Soho, and thanking recipients for their custom.On the back of this letter Cecilia Maria Henslow wrote 'Preston & Hallett settled all with them Septr 1823'.
This Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscript concerns the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe)
Henslow account with Thomas Preston, 21 June 1828 (Item 202) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
A statement of Preston's account with Cecilia Maria Henslow, mainly for printing The Royal Lullaby by François-Hippolyte Barthélemon.
This Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscript concerns the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe)
James Nainby Hallett to Cecilia Maria Henslowe, 28 September 1831 (Item 203) - Box 15 (MS 10371)
Letter from James Nainby Hallett to Cecilia Maria Henslowe, written from Thomas Preston's shop. Hallett regrets that because of indisposition he has been unable to reply to Henslowe's letters. Preston desires Hallett 'to say that his walls are nearly covered' and therefore he declines to buy Henslowe's painting. Hallett thinks it 'a great pity' to 'melt down & destroy the [engraved] plates of your Song & Hymns'. The resulting value of each plate would be only about a shilling. In order that the plates be 'kept in being' Hallett 'will allow 5/- for each plate', and Henslowe may keep the printed copies of this work.
This Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscript concerns the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe)
François-Hippolyte Barthélemon exercises in figured bass, c. 1780 (Item 323) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
This item, the front cover of a previously bound volume, has a sheet of paper pasted on the backside containing three music examples of figured bass and commentary about them, written by François-Hippolyte Barthélemon. A note at the bottom of this sheet written by his daughter Cecilia Maria states that these annotated examples were 'exercises' he wrote for her 'when I began Thorough Bass'.
This Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscript concerns the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe)
François-Hippolyte Barthélemon 'Preface or Introduction', c. 1798 (File 324) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
The first four pages (the remainder missing) of François-Hippolyte Barthélemon's autograph manuscript of the preface to his 'A New Tutor for the Violin'. This manuscript presumably was prepared for the engraver of the tutor's publication, which Barthélemon entered at Stationers' Hall on 4 July 1798. The text of the manuscript differs slightly from the printed text (for instance, the name of the composer and violinist Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770) appears in the first sentence of the printed text but not in this manuscript). The manuscript bears an annotation by Barthélemon's daughter Cecilia Maria asserting that the publication was printed by the music sellers Longman & Broderip. Accompanied by a photocopy of the original published item.
This Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscript concerns the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe)
Maria Barthélemon composition with words by Prince Hoare, c. 1800 (Item 325) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
The manuscript of an apparently unpublished composition for voice and orchestra (two violins, viola, two flutes, two horns in D, and bass); written to text by Prince Hoare (English librettist, 1755–1834). An annotation by the composer's daughter Cecilia Maria states that the manuscript is in the handwriting of the composer's husband François-Hippolyte Barthélemon.
This Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscript concerns the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe)
François-Hippolyte Barthélemon composition dated 1800, with Cecilia Maria Henslow's 1820s annotation, c.1820 (Item 326) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
François-Hippolyte Barthélemon's manuscript score of 'Hymn for the indigent Blind-school', composed for two voice parts with figured bass accompaniment to text by Rev. John Smyth beginning 'Hark sisters hark that bursting sigh'. On the back page of the score Cecilia Maria Henslow writes that this manuscript was given to her by 'her dear friend Mrs Elizabeth Grindlay, widow of Docr Rev. John Grindlay (1756-1818, LL.D., chaplain and secretary of the School for the Indigent Blind) after my father's death (1809)'. Cecilia adds that she 'afterwards publish'd it for the benefit of that excellent charity' )regarding that publication see the 1816 letters to her described below.
This Barthélemon/Henslowe Manuscript concerns the French composer, teacher and violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808), his wife Maria Barthélemon née Young (1749-1799, known before her marriage as Polly Young), and his daughter Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (singer and composer, 1767–1859, from 1797 Henslow, from the late 1820s Henslowe)
Receipts of payments - Concerts of Antient Music, London, 1816-1840 (Items 204.1-84) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Set of 84 signed receipts of payments made between 1816 and 1840 to performers and managers of the Concerts of Antient Music held in London between 1776 and 1848. The payments were made on behalf of the directors of the concerts by the music-seller Robert Birchall and his firm's successors Birchall, Lonsdale & Mills, Lonsdale & Mills, and Christopher Lonsdale. Except where noted each payment was for one or more performances at these concerts. The receipts are stamped showing six-pence duty paid, and were printed from engraved text to which the amount paid and the recipient's signature have been added by hand. A few receipts are entirely handwritten.
Two signed receipts in the Kassler collection have been reproduced online. The 1813 receipt signed by the singer Jane Bianchi Lacy is reproduced on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane Bianchi. The 1829 receipt signed by the singer George Tolkien (great-grandfather of the writer J. R. R. Tolkien) is shown and discussed on http://tolkniety.blogspot.com/2022/11/tolkiens-great-grandfather-was-bass.html
The phrase 'laying out the Orchestra Books & turning over for Mr Knyvett', written on the 10 June 1837 receipt, refers to turning the pages for William Knyvett, conductor of the Antient Concerts from 1832 to 1840.
All receipts of payments were originally housed in one small brown folder except for the Jane Bianchi Lacy item, which was originally housed in a separate larger brown folder. The Jane Bianchi Lacy item is housed and listed within this file.
Receipts of payments are listed with name and date and include: Abbott, A. (name unclear), 10 June 1831; Alldridge, E., 14 June 1837; Anderson, George Frederick (1793-1876), 7 June 1823; Atkins, Joseph (d1841), 5 June 1840; Barclay, J., 11 June 1835; Bates, Jno (first name unclear), 6 June 1823; Beale (first-name initial unclear), 9 June 1836; Bellamy, Thomas Ludford (1770-1843), 11 June 1817; Bellamy, Thomas Ludford (1770-1843), 25 June 1823; Birch, Charlotte Ann (bap1817–1901), 15 June 1839; Birchall, Lonsdale & Mills, 26 June 1827; Böhmer, Carl (1799-1884), 9 June 1826; Bond, George James John (1785-1830), 9 June 1825; Byers, (Mrs) (first-name initial unclear), 7 June 1823; Calkin, Joseph (1781-1846), 6 June 1817; Card, William (1788-1861), 14 June 1833; Chipp, Thomas Paul (1793-1870), 6 June 1834; Cole, William (1764-1848), 4 June 1823; Collard, Archangelo Corelli (1772-1831), 16 June 1820; Cook, James, 9 June 1824; Cramer, William (1812-1854), 14 June 1833; Daniels, L. (last name unclear), 5 June 1840; Dibble, Robert, 14 June 1827; Denman, James (1791-1849), 9 June 1837; Doyle, James, 6 June 1816; Edwards, Edward, 9 June 1837; Elliott, James (1783-1856), 18 June 1824; Essen, William, 10 June 1837; Fairclough, John, 9 June 1825; Fleischer, Cornelius Thomas (1787-1839), 13 June 1833; Franklin, Joseph, 5 June 1834; Gattie, Henry (1794-1853), 6 June 1817; Glanvill, William James (1805-1885), 9 June 1838; Goodson, H., 11 June 1835; Goulden, Henry (d1840), 6 June 1834; Greatorex, William Anthony (1804-1879), 13 June 1828; Greaves, W., 11 June 1824; Green, William, 10 June 1825; Griffiths, George, 7 June 1839; Guichard, C., 6 June 1816; Hawes, William (1785-1846), 12 June 1835; Hawes, William (1785-1846), 7 June 1839; Harris, J. (name unclear), 9 June 1837; Hedgley, J. (assistant librarian and copyist), 10 June 1837; Henning, H. (first-name initial unclear), 12 June 1835; Henshaw, Thomas William (1780-1868), 6 June 1816; Hodgins, R., 19 June 1827; Leander, (Lewis) H(enry) (b1769), 6 June 1822; Lenten, John, 12 June 1828; Lewis, Thomas, 18 June 1834; Lindley, Charles, 9 June 1840; Ling, Thomas, 5 June 1834; Michelmore, Horatio Rowland (1799-1840), 7 June 1821; Moralt, John(né Johann) Alois (1785-1847), 18 June 1829; Nicks, George (d1841), 9 June 1831; Novello, Francis (1772-1843), 9 June 1825; Pyne, George (1790-1877), 7 June 1834; Platt, Henry (1795-1871), 9 June 1831, 9 June 1836, 13 June 1836, 9 June 1837, 5 June 1840; Price, W(illiam) (d1844), 9 June 1836; Pridham, G. 11 June 1825; Prior, R., 7 June 1825; Rae, James (1792-1870), 17 June 1833; Rawlings, Thomas Augustus (1774-1849), 5 June 1834; Rokes, G. F. (name unclear), 8 June 1839; Sharp, Michael (1771-1840), 11 June 1825; Smithies, James (1815-1851), 9 June 1831; Southgate, Samuel, 12 June 1835; Taylor, J., 9 June 1836; Terry, John, 12 June 1829; Tett, William, 10 June 1836; Tolkien, George (1784-1840), 13 June 1829; Tully, James (1777-1851), 13 June 1833; Vollrath, F., 7 June 1821; Wagstaff, William (1784-1852), 9 June 1838; Walker, Elizabeth, 11 June 1824; Waring, John, 5 June 1840; Watts, John (1780-1854), 6 June 1823; Wilcox, William Thomas (1806-1867), 12 June 1824; and L Welton or L Wilson (?), 10 June 1836. Larger receipt: Lacy, Jane Bianchi née Jackson (1776-1858), 9 March 1816.
Musikhaus André, Offenbach am Main, Germany, c. 2005 (Item 205) - Phase-Box 19 (MS 10371)
A souvenir box produced c2005 to illustrate early lithographic music printing, which this firm pioneered in 1800. The process, which then required notation to be drawn in reverse on stone, is illustrated in this souvenir by an extract from Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The box is labelled André, Senefelder, Mozart und Offenbach and includes a brief pamphlet with that title.
Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875) - The Harmonic Diagram Invented by C. Wheatstone, London, 1824 (Item 206) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Engraving on card.
A scan of Wheatstone's paper 'An Explanation of the Harmonic Diagram, invented by C. Wheatstone', initially published as a pamphlet in 1824 and reprinted in his The Scientific Papers of Sir Charles Wheatstone, London, Taylor and Francis, 1879, is enclosed.
Historical Autograph Letters - A, 1789-1833 (File A)
Letter from Samuel Arnold to 'Dear Sir', 1789 (Item 207) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Samuel Arnold (composer and organist, 1740–1802) to unidentified recipient.
Letter from Andrew Ashe to Robert William Elliston, 5 December 1821 (Item 208) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from Andrew Ashe (Irish flautist, c1756–1838, from 1810 to 1822 director of the Bath and Bristol concerts) to Robert William Elliston (actor and theatre manager, 1774–1831, from 1819 to 1826 lessee of Drury Lane Theatre)
Letter from Thomas Attwood to John Sainsbury, 6 December 1823 (Item 209) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Thomas Attwood (composer and organist, 1765–1838) informs Sainsbury (clerical and literary agent, c1793–1869), preparing to publish a biographical Dictionary of Musicians) that he, Attwood, has no information relating to Mr [Luffman] Atterbury (composer, c1740–1796), and recommends that Sainsbury apply to Mr [William] Hawes (musician and music publisher, 1785–1846).
Letter - Thomas Attwood to 'My Dear Sir', 26 January 1832 (Item 210) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Thomas Attwood (composer and organist, 1765–1838) regarding the subscriptions to the Philharmonic Society of John Iggulden (proctor and deputy registrar of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1777–1857) and his wife (Maria Susanna nee Gotobed, b1776) of (8) Russell Square.
Letter from Thomas Attwood to W. L. Bickley, 1 May 1832 (Item 211) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Thomas Attwood (banker and economist, 1783–1856; MP for Birmingham 1832–1839) sends the requested autographs and 'should be happy at any time' to assist 'in a more important way'.
Letter from Thomas Attwood to Marc-Antoine Jullien, de Paris, 22 August 1833 (Item 212) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Thomas Attwood (banker and economist, 1783–1856; MP for Birmingham 1832–1839) to Marc-Antoine Jullien, de Paris (French revolutionary and man of letters, 1775–1848).
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex to 'Dear Sir', 27 January 1828 (Item 213) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter details that Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843, son of King George III and Queen Charlotte) has opened the recipient's note in the absence of Mr (Henry Frederick) Stephenson (1790–1858, the duke's secretary and later MP for Westbury). Augustus Frederick will be 'most happy' to receive the recipient next Monday and congratulates him on the success of the December meeting.
Historical Autograph Letters - B, 1805-1853 (File B)
Note from Louisa Mary Barwell to Mrs Dalrymple, n.d. (Item 214) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Note from Louisa Mary Barwell (Norwich musician and educational writer, 1800–1885, daughter of Richard Mackenzie Bacon, printer and editor, 1775–1844) to Mrs Dalrymple (perhaps Anna Dalrymple, c1805–1870, daughter-in-law of the Norwich surgeon William Dalrymple, 1772–1847, or her mother-in-law Marianne Dalrymple).
William Beale to Executors of the late Robert Birchall, 18 April 1820 (Item 215) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
William Beale (composer, 1784–1854) acknowledges receipt of £14/14/– from the executors of Robert Birchall (music publisher, c1760–1819) for the copyright of three of Beale's musical compositions, a canzonet and two glees.
Admission of Charles Bertram to the Manor of Hendon, 15 January 1811 (Item 216) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
On 15 January 1811 the General Court of the Manor of Hendon determined as follows. Ludewig August Leukfeld (German-born piano maker, d1810, who was naturalised in 1805 by the act 45 George III c. 9P) was admitted tenant of copyhold fields and a house in the Manor of Hendon on 28/5/1805. Charles Bertram (wine merchant, d1815, responsible for introducing Charles Frederick Horn to Francis Fane Broderip, see Michael Kassler (ed.), Charles Edward Horn's Memoirs of his Family and Himself, Aldershot and London, Ashgate and Society for Theatre Research, 2003, pp. 3-4) presented to the Court the probate (dated 1/12/1810, in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) of Leukfeld's last will and testament, written on 20 (recte 26)/1/1810. In that document Leukfeld bequeathed his lands and cottage in the Manor of Hendon to Bertram and Samuel Shatford, their heirs and assigns, forever, upon trust, first to Leukfeld's wife (Jane, whom he had married in 1803), and after her death to Leukfeld's sister, Mrs Joseph Frederick Mehmall of Heringham (i.e., Horningen), Saxony and her children. Because Leukfeld's sister is an alien, and as Shatford has died (his will was proved 18/5/1810), Bertram prays to be admitted tenant of these copyhold hereditaments in trust, as Leukfeld devised. The Lord of the Manor—by his steward, Richard Lowndes—grants Bertram's prayer, and Bertram pays to the Lord a fine (i.e., a fee) of £80.
Letter from Henry Rowley Bishop to Alfred Pettet, 4 January 1825 (Item 217) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Henry Rowley Bishop (composer, 1786–1855, from 1842) to Alfred Pettet (Norwich organist, bap1788–1837)
Letter from Henry Rowley Bishop to Alfred Pettet, 20 October 1826 (Item 218) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from Henry Rowley Bishop (composer, 1786–1855, from 1842) to Alfred Pettet (Norwich organist, bap1788–1837)
Letter from Henry Rowley Bishop to Alfred Pettet, 14 November 1826 (Item 219) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Henry Rowley Bishop (composer, 1786–1855, from 1842) to Alfred Pettet (Norwich organist, bap1788–1837)
Letter from Henry Rowley Bishop to 'My Dear Sir', c. 1832-1833 (Item 220) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Henry Rowley Bishop (composer, 1786–1855, from 1842) to inidentified recipient.
Letter from Henry Rowley Bishop to Alexander Robert Reinagle, 26 December (1853) (Item 221) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Henry Rowley Bishop (composer, 1786–1855, from 1842) to Alexander Robert Reinagle.
William Bulmer to Cadell & Davies, 1808 (Item 222) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
William Bulmer (printer, 1757–1830) to publishers Cadell & Davies regarding cost of printing 1,000 copies of [John] Weyland [Jun.], [The Hon. Robert Boyle's "Occasionall Reflections", with a preface, which Bulmer printed for Cadell & Davies in 1808] would cost £47/11/- .
Thomas Busby to Lumley St George Skeffington, 14 March 1805 (Item 223) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Thomas Busby (composer and author, 1754–1838) submits a poem beginning 'Dame Nature, the Drama's great Mother, thought fit' to Skeffington (fop, playwright and 2nd baronet, 1771–1850) for 'his Approbation'. (Busby's poem subsequently published in the Gentleman's Magazine, v. 75 part 1 (May 1805) p. 453.)
Receipt from Thomas Busby to Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie, 17 June 1813 (Item 224) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Receipt from Thomas Busby (composer and author, 1754–1838) to Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie. Included with this receipt is a partly printed note from John Hearne, co-publisher of this translation, presenting the subscriber's copy to Glenbervie and advising subscribers not to bind the two volumes at present as they are not yet 'perfectly dry'.
Historical Autograph Letters - C, 1791-1846 (File C)
Letter from John Wall Callcott to Charles Burney, 3 February 1802 (Item 225) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from John Wall Callcott (composer and author, 1766–1821) to Charles Burney (Mus. Doc., 1726–1814, music historian) regarding him sending information about Boethius, bourée, and Dr (William) Boyce to Charles Burney (Mus. Doc., 1726–1814, music historian), to assist Burney's writing letter-B articles about music and musicians for Abraham Rees's Cyclopaedia.
Letter from Matthew Camidge to 'The Committee of the Royal Academy of Music', 5 February 1829 (Item 226) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Matthew Camidge (Mus. Doc., 1758–1844, organist of York Minster and composer) to 'The Committee of the Royal Academy of Music' asking whether [Ann] Childe (later Seguin, soprano, 1811–1888, from 1825 to 1830 a student at the Royal Academy of Music) 'could be spared to attend a course of four Concerts in York—and on what terms', between 27/2/1829 and 27/3/1829
Letter from Maria Caterina Rosalbina Caradori-Allan to Thomas Francis Dillon Croker, 4 July 1854 (Item 227) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Maria Caterina Rosalbina Caradori-Allan (French soprano, 1800–1865) to Thomas Francis Dillon Croker (antiquary and poet, 1831–1912) thanking him for giving her the Dramatic Register [a periodical that he compiled for the years 1851–1853, in which she is mentioned].
James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury to John Charles Crowle, 5 January 1791 (Item 228) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Warrant from James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury to John Charles Crowle (pay officer in the Lord Chamberlain's Department, 1738–1811) to pay £16/12/6 to John Willis (upholsterer, d1797) 'for Upholsterers Work done at St Pauls Cathedral'.
James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury to John Charles Crowle?, 6 January 1791 (Item 229) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
The subdean of the Chapel Royal (Rev. Anselm Bayly, 1718/19–1794) has certified that Henry C. Stocking, 'one of the Children of the Chapel is removed from the service thereof his Voice being broke and changed'. Therefore this warrant to pay him 'the usual allowance' of £20.
James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury to Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816, dramatist; MP from 1780 to 1812), n.d. (Item 230) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
A cover only, signed by Salisbury, of a communication to Sheridan.
William Frederick Collard to John Fane, Lord Burghersh, Thursday c. April 1826 (Item 231) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from William Frederick Collard (1776–1866, a partner of Clementi & Co.) on behalf of Muzio Clementi (composer and pianist, 1752–1832, partner in the music publishing and musical instrument manufacturing business Clementi & Co.) to 'your lordship' (almost certainly from John Fane, Lord Burghersh, 1784–1859, military man, envoy, from 1841 11th Earl of Westmorland, founder of the Royal Academy of Music in 1823 and chairman of its Committee of Management.) informing him that he forwared the note to him. Clementi has just replied, asking Collard to thank the lord for the ticket he sent 'for the first Academic Concert' [by students of the Royal Academy of Music; the first ever such concert took place on 6/3/1826] and to convey Clementi's regret that he could not attend.
Letter from Thomas Simpson Cooke to William Crotch, 19 January 1824 (Item 232) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from Thomas Simpson Cooke (singer and composer, 1782–1848) to William Crotch (1755–1847, composer, professor of music at Oxford, and Principal of the Royal Academy of Music (RAM)) regarding his sons Thomas William Cooke (cellist, 1807–1868), and Henry Angelo Michael 'Grattan' Cooke (oboist, 1808–1889), both pupils at the RAM].
Letter from Thomas Simpson Cooke to Henry Barry Peacock, 17 October 1840 (Item 233) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from Thomas Simpson Cooke (singer and composer, 1782–1848) who compliments Peacock (woollen draper and honorary secretary of the Manchester Glee Club, 1801–1876). Several acquaintances are mentioned, including Edward Taylor (1784–1863, singer, writer on music and from 1837 Gresham Professor of Music).
Letter from Thomas Simpson Cooke to Henry Barry Peacock, 20 November 1840 (Item 234) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter Thomas Simpson Cook (singer and composer, 1782–1848) to Henry Barry Peacock (woollen draper and honorary secretary of the Manchester Glee Club, 1801–1876) advising he has been fully employed 'in preparing the "Midsummer Nights dream" at Covent] Garden Theatre'.
Letter from Thomas Simpson Cooke to Henry Barry Peacock, 27 April 1841 (Item 235) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from Thomas Simpson Cooke (singer and composer, 1782–1848) to Henry Barry Peacock (woollen draper and honorary secretary of the Manchester Glee Club, 1801–1876). Cooke asks when Peacock plans to be in London, so that they can meet. There will be a Philharmonic concert on 3 May.
Letter from Thomas Simpson Cooke to Henry Barry Peacock, 10 June 1841 (Item 236) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from Thomas Simpson Cooke (singer and composer, 1782–1848) to Henry Barry Peacock (woollen draper and honorary secretary of the Manchester Glee Club, 1801–1876) describing some of his current activities.
Printed notice from Thomas Simpson Cooke to [Henry Barry Peacock?], c. 1843 (Item 237) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
This is an annotated printed notice seeking subscribers to pay £1/1/-.
Letter from Montague Philip Corri to Edward Fitzball, Friday (n.d.) (Item 238) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Montague Philip Corri (composer, c1784–1849) to Edward Fitzball (playwright, 1792–1873)
Letter from Charlotte Cotes to Sir George Thomas Smart, Sunday (n.d.) (Item 239) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Charlotte Cotes (1784–1859, a lady of the bedchamber to Princess Charlotte of Wales, 1796–1817) to Sir George Thomas Smart (teacher and conductor, 1776–1867) requesting on behalf of Princess Charlotte that he come to the King's Lodge [in Weymouth] as the princess 'wishes to try over some music before the party begins'.
Letter from Edward Cowper to Vincent Novello, 9 December 1846 (Item 240) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Edward Cowper (1790–1852, printing engineer, from 1839 lecturer and from 1848 professor in the civil engineering department of King's College, London) to Vincent Novello was (organist and music publisher, 1781–1861).
Letter from François (or Franz) Cramer to John Sainsbury, 10 December 1823 (Item 241) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from François (or Franz) Cramer (violinist and conductor, 1772–1848) to John Sainsbury declining his name appearing in the new Biographical Dictionary of Music.
William Crotch account, December 1824 (Item 242) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
An account, presumably for lessons given by William Crotch (1755–1847, composer, professor of music at Oxford, and Principal of the Royal Academy of Music) to Miss Trevelyan [not identified, not a student at the Royal Academy of Music].
Historical Autograph Letters - D, 1678-1850 (File D)
Letter from John Charles de Boffe to 'Sir', 28 December 1811 (Item 245) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from John Charles de Boffe (1785–1828, foreign-language bookseller in London who succeeded his father Joseph de Boffe, 1750–1807) to unidentifed recipient regarding supply of published items.
Letter from Charlotte Helen Dolby to Louisa Mary Barwell, Monday, n.d. (Item 246) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Charlotte Helen Dolby (from 1860 Sainton-Dolby, singer and composer, 1821–1885) to Louisa Mary Barwell (singer and author nee Bacon, 1800–1885)
Letter form John Donaldson to Charles William Bell, 16 December 1850 (Item 247) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
John Donaldson (1789–1865, from 1845 Reid Professor of the Theory of Music, University of Edinburgh) rejoices that Charles William Bell (physician, 1810–1862) is 'on the right path' regarding the way musical sounds are produced by vibrations.
Thomas Duppa certificate, 18 May 1678 (Item 248) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Statement certifying the appointment of a musician-in-ordinary to King Charles II.
Sir Thomas Duppa (1619–1694, gentleman usher, buried in Westminster Abbey), by virtue of a warrant from Henry (1st) Earl of Arlington (1618–1685), Lord Chamberlain (from 1674), certifies that he has admitted Richard Robinson (fl 1665–1690) as musician in ordinary to his Majesty (Charles II) in the Consort of wind music, in the place of Phillip Beckett (fl 1650–1678).
Historical Autograph Letters - F, 1812-1836 (File F)
Letter from John Fawcett to Joseph Hart, 21 January 1833 (Item 249) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from John Fawcett (1789–1867, musician and music seller in Bolton, Lancashire) to Joseph Hart (c1797–1856, London music seller) asking Hart his price for engraving 60 pages and printing 200 copies of a set of tunes composed by a deceased friend.
Letter from John Fawcett to Joseph Hart, 17 April 1833 (Item 250) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from John Fawcett (1789–1867, musician and music seller in Bolton, Lancashire) to Joseph Hart (c1797–1856, London music seller).
Letter from John Fawcett to Joseph Hart, 5 October 1835 (Item 251) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from John Fawcett (1789–1867, musician and music seller in Bolton, Lancashire) to Joseph Hart (c1797–1856, London music seller)
Historical Autograph Letters - G, 1761-1841 (File G)
Letter from William Gardiner to 'My dear Sir', 26 December 1841 (Item 254) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from William Gardiner (Leicester composer and author, 1770–1853) to unidentified recipient.
George III patent [contemporary copy], 19 September 1761 (Item 255) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
A contemporary copy of King George III's direction that, upon the resignation of Robert Wood (c1717–1771, MP for Brackley, 1761–1771) as Director and Supervisor of Musicians in Ireland, Alexander Wood )not further identified) is to hold this office during the lifetime of Robert Wood.
Letter from Thomas Greatorex to 'Sir', 30 May 1823 (Item 256) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Thomas Greatorex (composer, organist and Fellow of the Royal Society, 1758–1831) to unidentifed recipient.
Letter from Thomas Greatorex to John Sainsbury, 27 October 1823 (Item 257) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from Thomas Greatorex (composer, organist and Fellow of the Royal Society, 1758–1831) to John Sainsbury.
Letter from Thomas Greatorex to George Woolcott, 4 April 1825 (Item 258) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from Thomas Greatorex (composer, organist and Fellow of the Royal Society, 1758–1831) to George Walcott (builder, 1784-1855) refers to the plans and elevation for the Church at Birmingham' St Peter's Church, Dale End.
Letter from Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825–1899) to 'Sir', n.d. (Item 259) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825–1899). Signed 'Westminster', no earlier than 1869, when Grosvenor became Marquess of Westminster. He became Duke of Westminster in 1874.
Historical Autograph Letters - H, 1788-1863 (File H)
Charles Hallé note, 1863 (Item 260) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Item is a handwritten note bearing the text "With Mr Charles Halle's compliments" by Charles Hallé, pianist and conductor, 1819–1895, earlier Karl Halle, from 1888 Sir Charles. Watermarked 1863.
Letter from William Hawes to John Sainsbury, c. December 1823 (Item 261) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from William Hawes (musician, 1785–1846) to John Sainsbury referring to Hawes submittting his autobiography to the Sainsbury Dictionary of Musicians, in which he summarises his achievements and his memberships of professional organisations. Letter annotated by Sainsbury and Co. and endorsed 'ready, all but list of works', which was supplied subsequently.
Letter from William Herschel to Tiberius Cavallo, 8 December 1788 (Item 262) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from William Herschel (musician and astronomer, 1738–1822) to Tiberius Cavallo (natural philosopher and writer on musical temperament, 1749–1809), written from Slough addressed to Mr Cavallo, Nr 8 Little St Martin's Lane, London.
Letter from Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke to George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, 4 September 1792 (Item 263) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from Henry Herbert recommending that George Macartney choose John Sperati as cellist in the band of musicians to accompany Macartney's embassy to China which left Portsmouth on 26 September 1792).
Letter from John Frederick William Herschel to Baldwin & Cradock, 8 May 1830 (Item 264) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from John Frederick William Herschel (mathematician and astronomer, 1792–1871, from 1831 Sir John, from 1838 1st Baronet Herschel) to Baldwin & Cradock referrring to his article 'Sound' from the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana and 'the accompanying volumes of the complete work' published by Baldwin & Cradock. Letter is a handwritten copy of Herschel's original letter, presumably not extant.
Letter from John Frederick William Herschel to Charles Wheatstone, 8 January 1834 (Item 265) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from John Frederick William Herschel to Charles Wheatstone (inventor, 1802–1875, from 1868 Sir Charles)
Letter from Charles Edward Horn to Messrs Sainsbury and Co., 10 December 1824 (Item 266) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Charles Edward Horn (composer and singer, 1786–1849) to Messrs Sainsbury and Co.
Letter from Charles Edward Horn to Thomas D'Almaine, 9 September 1838 (Item 267) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Charles Edward Horn (composer and singer, 1786–1849) to Thomas D'Almaine (London music publisher, c1784–1866)
Historical Autograph Letters - K, 1802-1842 (File K)
John Kelly certificate from the Royal Academy of Music, 5 August 1842 (Item 270) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
This document, signed by [Philip] Cipriani [Hambly] Potter (1792–1871, composer, from 1792 to 1871 principal of the Royal Academy of Music (RAM)) and Sir George Clerk (1787–1867, 6th Baronet of Penicuik, Scotland, from 1841 to 1862 chairman of the RAM), certifies that John Kelly (1819–1882) has been a diligent student at the RAM from 1833 to 1842 and is 'duly qualified to teach the violin and harmony'.
Letter from Joseph Kemp to Sir Charles Stuart, 17 November 1819 (Item 271) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Joseph Kemp (composer and organist, 1778–1824) to Sir Charles Stuart (1779–1845, British Ambassador to France from 1815 to 1824 and again later; from 1828 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay)
Letter from Matthew Peter King to Clementi & Co., 19 January 1802 (Item 272) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Matthew Peter King (composer, 1773–1823) to Clementi & Co.
Letter from Matthew Peter King to 'Gentlemen', c. 1820s (Item 273) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Matthew Peter King to group of unidentifed recipients. Letter watermarked 182(?)
Letter from J.K. Jr to unidentified recipient, 13 December 1853 (Item 274) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
The letter bears a stamp that contains the word 'Cirencester', where the letter may have been written.
Letter from Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann to The Compilers of the Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 3 November 1823 (Item 275) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann (music theorist, 1756–1829) to The Compilers of the Biographical Dictionary of Musicians published by Sainsbury & Co.
Historical Autograph Letters - L, 1822-1888 (File L)
Letter from Henry Parry Liddon to William West Jones, 6 July 1888 (Item 276) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Henry Parry Liddon (1829–1890, Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at Oxford and a canon of St Paul's Cathedral) to William West Jones (1838–1908, from 1874 Bishop (and from 1897 Archbishop) of Cape Town) requesting him to 'to preach in St Pauls Cathedral' on Sunday 19/8/1888 at the service beginning 3.15 p.m.'
Letter from William Linley to 'Sir', 11 December 1822 (Item 277) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from William Linley (composer and writer, 1771–1835) discussing receipt of applications from six parents asking him to vote 'in favour of their Children becoming Students of the (Royal) Academy of Music' (RAM).'
Letter from William Linley to Alfred Pettet, 20 April 1824 (Item 278) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from William Linley (composer and writer, 1771–1835) to Alfred Pettet (Norwich musician, 1788–1837)
Letter from Richard Lumley-Saunderson to James Webster, 2 November 1822 (Item 279) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarborough to James Webster (Secretary of the Committee of the Royal Academy of Music) seeking instructions for placing a selected 'Young person' on the Royal Academy of Music Establishment List.
Historical Autograph Letters - M, 1781-1843 (File M)
Letter from Joseph Mainzer to 'My Dear Friend', 9 March 1843 (Item 280) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Joseph Mainzer (German-born promoter of choral singing by the masses, 1801–1851) to an unidentified recipient.
Letter from Mariana Georgina Malthus to 'Sir', 7 October 1819 (Item 281) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Mariana Georgina Malthus (1766–1830) to unidentified recipient. Letter is signed 'M G Malthus'.
Letter from Joseph Mazzinghi to Messrs Clementi, 26 August 1805 (Item 282) - Box 16 (MS 10371)
Letter from Joseph Mazzinghi (composer, 1765–1844, from 1834 Count Mazzinghi) to Messrs Clementi referring to the shipment of musical instruments from Clementi & Co.to Joseph Mazzinghi's brother Dominick Anthony Mazzinghi, 1767–1838, a seller of pianos made in London by Ball, Clementi and others in New York. Letter annotated by Clementi & Co. to record that 'the Instruments are ready' and that Mazzinghi is 'to call on Tuesday 3 September)'. This letter is published and its context presented in Michael Kassler, 'Dominick Mazzinghi, Seller of Clementi & Co. Instruments in New York City', The Galpin Society Journal, vol. 733 (2020) pp. 223-225.)
Letter from John Montagu to 'My dear Lord', 5 July 1781 (Item 283) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
John Montagu, 1718–1792 (4th Earl of Sandwich) writes to contradict the letter he wrote to the recipient yesterday regarding the debate in the House of Lords about 'Mr Philips's bill' (a Bill, supported by Sandwich, to grant £3,600 to Henry Philips for discovering a powder to destroy vermin).
Historical Autograph Letters - N, 1677-1849 (File N)
Letter from Charles Neate to William Watts, 17 December 1840 (Item 284) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Charles Neate (composer and performer, 1784–1877) to William Watts (from 1815 to 1847 Secretary of the Philharmonic Society).
Letter from Lawrence Cornelius Nielson to 'Sir', 27 October 1822 (Item 285) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Lawrence Cornelius Nielson (organist and composer, c1763–1843) to unidentified recipient.
Francis North statement, 8 November 1677 (Item 286) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Statement from Francis North (1637–1685, in 1677 Attorney General and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, from 1683 1st Baron Guilford) relating to his father's will (Dudley North, 1602–1677, 4th Baron North)
Roger North to Francis North, 14 December 1681 (Item 287) - Map-Folio 21 (MS 10371)
Roger North (1651–1734, lawyer, politician and author) to his brother Francis North (1637-1685). Roger North's signature 'Ror North' is written next to the seal. The summary of the indenture's content on the document's reverse side is in the handwriting of Francis North.
Written on vellum.
Letter from Roger North to Anne Foley, 8 December 1718 (Item 288) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter of reply from Roger North (1651–1734), to his niece Anne Foley (bap. 1675–7/1820) relating to the removal of china from the house of her late father (Robert Foley, M.P., bap1651–1702) and North's role as trustee of her father's will. The letter is franked by Dudley North, M.P. (1686?–1730), Roger North's nephew.
Letter from Vincent Novello to William Watts, 15 April 1828 (File 289) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Vincent Novello (organist and music publisher, 1781–1861) to William Watts (1778–1859, from 1815 to 1847 Secretary of the Philharmonic Society) writing that he has informed Mr Schneider's friend of the contents of a note from William Watts. This letter follows Novello to Watts, 29 March 1828, British Library RPS ms 357, p. 280, where Schneider is described as a German composer (Friedrich Schneider, 1786–1853)
Accompanied by a photocopy of the letter from Novello to Watts dated 29 March 1828.
Letter from Vincent Novello to Dawson Turner, 28 February 1849 (Item 290) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Vincent Novello (organist and music publisher, 1781–1861) to Dawson Turner (banker, botanist and autograph collector, 1775–1858). Novello sends an 'autograph of his former friend Samuel Wesley (musician, 1766–1837) as a gift to Dawson Turner (banker, botanist and autograph collector, 1775–1858). In return he 'will be delighted to accept in return Turner's book containing some letters by Isaac Newton (Turner's Thirteen Letters from Sir Isaac Newton … to John Covel, D.D., Norwich, 1848).
Historical Autograph Letters - O, 1829, 1887 (File)
Letter from George Onslow to 'My dear Sir', 2 April 1829 (Item 291) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from George Onslow (French composer, 1784–1853) writing to recommend François-Joseph Fétis (1784–1871), a Belgian musicologist, to the recipient's attention.
Letter from Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley to Allen Page Moor, 23 November 1887 (Item 292) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Rev. Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley (1825–1889), a musician, professor of music at Oxford, founder of St Michael's College, Tenbury, and canon of Hereford Cathedral, sent three autograph letters—written to his father, Sir Gore Ouseley (1770–1844), a diplomat and orientalist—by the Duke of Wellington and two others. These were given in return for three autograph letters that Rev. Allen Page Moor (1824–1904), canon of Truro Cathedral, had sent to Ouseley.
Historical Autograph Letters - P, 1825, 1833 (File)
Letter from John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley to 'Sir', 26 August 1825 (Item 293) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from John Parker (1772–1840, from 1815 1st Earl of Morley) to unidentifed recipient.
Cipriani Potter and Charles Lucas document, 24 June 1833 (Item 294) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter (1792–1871, composer, teacher, and principal of the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) from 1832 to 1859), with Charles Lucas (1808–1869, cellist, composer, director of the RAM orchestra from 1832, and Potter's successor as principal), compiled a list of male and female RAM students recommended to receive silver or bronze medals.The recipients include William Sterndale Bennett (composer, 1816–1875) and George Alexander Macfarren (composer, 1813–1887, who succeeded Lucas in 1866 as principal of the RAM and was knighted in 1871). Macfarren's medal was for 'Improvements in Piano & Composition'.
Historical Autograph Letters - R, 1850 (File)
Letter from Mary Ann Rudall to Georgiana Marian Kirkman, 27 June 1850 (Item 295) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Mary Ann Rudall, nee Smith (c. 1801–1857, wife of merchant John Henry Alexander Rudall (1793–1868), asking Georgiana Marian Kirkman (1828–1898), a member and later custodian of the Kirkman family piano-making business whether she can receive Henry—presumably her son, Henry Alexander Rudall (1837–1896), who later became a music critic and biographer of Beethoven. The letter is dated "Thursday" and the envelope is postmarked 27 June 1850.
Historical Autograph Letters - S, 1820-1883 (File)
Letter from Heinrich Schenker to Ludwig Landshoff, 16 January 1934 (Item 296) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Heinrich Schenker (music theorist, 1868–1935) thanks Ludwig Landshoff (musicologist, 1874–1941) for sendng a copy of the Landshoff's edition of J. S. Bach's two- and three-part inventions, published by Peters in 1933.
This letter is transcribed, translated and discussed in https://schenkerdocumentsonline.org/documents/correspondence/KA_1.html
Letter from John Robert Seeley to Hugh Reginald Haweis, 29 August 1883 (Item 297) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from John Robert Seeley (essayist and historian, 1834–1895, from 1869 Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, from 1894 Sir John) to Rev. Hugh Reginald Haweis (cleric and writer, 1838–1909).
Letter from William Shield to 'My Dear Friend', 1821 (Item 298) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from William Shield (composer, 1748–1829, from 1817 Master of the King's Music) to inidentified recipient. This item is a fragment cut out from a letter.
Letter from George Thomas Smart to John Terrail, 30 May 1820 (Item 299) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Sir George Thomas Smart to John Terrail (countertenor, c1784–1845)
Letter from George Thomas Smart to Andrew Ashe, 24 May 1821 (Item 300) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Sir George Thomas Smart to Andrew Ashe (Irish flautist, c1756–1838). Smart wishes to engage Ashe, his wife (Mary née Comer, singer, 1774–1843) and the 'Miss Ashes' (their elder daughters, the singers Mary Gertrude Honoria Ashe later Cumberbatch (1801–1847) and Honoria Maria Olympia Ashe (1802–1888)) for entertainment in Pall Mall of the Dukes of York and Clarence, organised by Harriot Coutts née Mellon later Duchess of St Albans (actress, c1777–1837, wife of the banker Thomas Coutts (1735–1822).
Letter from George Thomas Smart to Robert Nunn, 30 October 1828 (Item 301) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from Sir George Smart to Robert Nunn (organist of St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds) relating to a lock of hair from Carl Maria von Weber (composer, 1786–1826) on the day he died at Sir George's home. Nunn's son, Lindley Nunn, refers in his Musical Recollections..., London, 1899, p. 73, to this lock of hair, which he inherited.)
Letter from George Thomas Smart to William Martins, 3 February 1840 (Item 302) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Sir George Smart to William Martins (1786–1874, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Victoria, from 19 February 1840 Sir William) requesting to see him to 'upon some private business' presumably in connection with the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Chapel Royal on 10/2/1840, at which Smart was organist and Martins was a member of the procession).
Letter from George Thomas Smart to 'My Dear Harriet', 28 November 1844 (Item 303) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Sir George Smart to presumably his niece Harriet Anne Smart (amateur composer, 1817–1883, who married the landscape painter William Callow in 1846)
Letter from George Thomas Smart to John William Holland, 20 February 1865 (Item 304) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Sir George Smart resigning as Trustee of the Royal Society of Female Musicians (a position he has held since Society's establishment in 1839) and asking John William Holland (the Society's secretary, fl1820–1866) to communicate this news to the Society's members.
Historical Autograph Letters - T, 1833-1892 (File)
Letter from Edward Taylor to Vincent Novello, 22 February 1833 (Item 306) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Edward Taylor (writer on music, 1784–1863) to Vincent Novello (organist and music publisher, 1781–1861).
Letter form James Toovey to Trubner & Co., 14 December 1859 (Item 307) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from James Toovey (London bookseller and publisher, 1814–1893) to Trubner & Co. (London booksellers and publishers led by Nicholas Trübner, 1817–1884) in relation to the sale of a complete set of (more than 100) publications of the Bannatyne Club.
Letter from George Otto Trevelyan to John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 22 August 1892 (Item 308) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet (statesman and author, 1838–1928, on 22/8/1892 MP for Glasgow Bridgeton and Secretary of State for Scotland) to John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon (Scottish politician, 1847–1934, 7th Earl of Aberdeen, from 1893 to 1898 Governor-General of Canada, from 1916 Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair).
Historical Autograph Letters - U & V, 1822, 1829 (File)
Letter from John Ussher to John Samuel McCord, 1829 (Item 309) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from John Ussher (Canadian attorney, 1806–1858) to John Samuel McCord (Canadian barrister, 1801–1865, from 1857 a judge of the Superior Court of Lower Canada).
Writing a puzzle letter in which music symbols stand for many words, John Ussher accepts a dinner invitation from John Samuel McCord, and hopes that McCord will find the proper key to decipher his message.
Letter from George Charles Vernon to James Webster, 20 November 1822 (Item 310) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
George Charles Vernon George Vernon (1779–1835, from 1829 4th Baron Vernon) replying to a letter from James Webster (secretary of the Committee of the Royal Academy of Music (RAM)) asking him to pay his subscription to the RAM.
Historical Autograph Letters - W, 1809-1873 (File)
Letter from Joseph Warren to Julian Marshall, 9 July 1873 (Item 311) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Joseph Warren (composer, music editor and collector, 1804–1881) to Julian Marshall (music and print collector, 1836–1903) related to the sale of a copy of 'Salmon's Vindication' (Thomas Salmon's A Vindication of an Essay to the Advancement of Musick…, London, 1672). Joseph Warren was selling his library 'piece by piece' in 1873 because of paralysis.
Letter from Joseph Warren to Julian Marshall, 11 July 1873 (Item 312) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Joseph Warren (composer, music editor and collector, 1804–1881) to Julian Marshall (music and print collector, 1836–1903) related to the sale of a copy of Parthenia (the first printed collection of keyboard music published in England, about 1612), and a copy of Musical Companion by (John) Playford (1623–c1686).
Letter from Samuel Wesley to Tebaldo Monzani, 26 May 1809 (Item 313) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Samuel Wesley (musician, 1766–1837, nephew of Rev. John Wesley, founder of Methodism) to Tebaldo Monzani (1762–1839, of the firm Monzani & Hill, music sellers) relating to to 24 tickets (probably for Samuel Wesley's 3/6/1809 'musical morning party' in the Hanover Square Rooms on 3/6/1809) for sale). This letter published in Philip Olleson (ed.), The Letters of Samuel Wesley…, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 111.)
Letter from Samuel Wesley to Willoughby Lacy, 20 June 1809 (Item 314) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Samuel Wesley (musician, 1766–1837, nephew of Rev. John Wesley, founder of Methodism) to Willoughby Lacy (actor and theatre manager, 1749–1831). This letter published in Philip Olleson (ed.), The Letters of Samuel Wesley…, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 112.)
Letter from Samuel Wesley to 'My Dear Sir', 31 January 1825 (Item 315) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from Samuel Wesley (musician, 1766–1837, nephew of Rev. John Wesley, founder of Methodism) to unidentified recipient. Wesley misdated this letter 'Monday Feb. 1. 1825', an incorrect date. This letter published in Philip Olleson (ed.), The Letters of Samuel Wesley…, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 356.
Letter from Samuel Wesley to William Haseldine Pepys, 23 November 1827 (Item 316) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Samuel Wesley (musician, 1766–1837, nephew of Rev. John Wesley, founder of Methodism) tells William Haseldine Pepys (1775–1856, a manager of the London Institution), that he has 'no Objection to repeat a Course of Lectures similar to that delivered at the Royal Institution last Season'. Wesley's Royal Institution lectures are described in Jamie Croy Kassler, The Royal Institution Music Lectures, 1800-1831: A Preliminary Study, Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle no. 19 (1983-5) pp. 1-3.). This letter addressed to 'Sir', but Pepys identifiable as the recipient for reasons given in Michael Kassler and Philip Olleson, Samuel Wesley (1766–1837): A Source Book, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2001, p. 468 fn. 538. This letter is published in Philip Olleson (ed.), The Letters of Samuel Wesley…, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 421.)
Samuel Wesley to [?]: B–y–r, organick Umpire late become…, n.d. (Item 317) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
A four-line satirical poem saying that only fools would consider worthy the opinion of the 'organick umpire' named B–y–r. This umpire, not further identified, presumably belonged to a panel formed to select an organist. The document concludes 'Yours most truly | SWesley', so may have ended a letter the rest of which is missing.
Samuel Wesley copy of a note written by George Gordon Byron, n.d. (Item 318) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Samuel Wesley's copy of a footnote written by the poet George Gordon Byron (1788–1824, 6th Baron Byron) in his satirical poem English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers, first published in London in 1809.
Letter from Samuel Wesley to Stephen Jones, 13 January 1817 (Item 319) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from (musician, 1766–1837, nephew of Rev. John Wesley, founder of Methodism) to Stephen Jones (editor, 1763–1827, from 1817 editor of the European Magazine). This letter published in Philip Olleson (ed.), The Letters of Samuel Wesley…, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 286.
Letter from Samuel Wesley to John Fane, Lord Burghersh, 2 September 1822 (Item 320) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Samuel Wesley is flattered to accept the honour of being named a[n Honorary] Member of the Royal Academy of Music (of which Lord Burghersh, 1784–1859, was the principal founder and first president). This letter published in Philip Olleson (ed.), The Letters of Samuel Wesley…, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 304-305.
Letter from John White to Broadwood & Sons, 12 February 1818 (Item 321) - Folio-Box 13 (MS 10371)
Letter from John White (organist and conductor in Leeds, 1779–1831) to Broadwood & Sons (piano manufacturers in London) related to his account and his 'immediate want' of a second-hand square pianoforte with 'additional keys' and pedal.
Letter from William Weatherall Wilson to 'Dear Sir', 4 October 1852 (Item 322) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
Letter from William Weatherall Wilson (wholesale stationer, 1817–1882) to an unidentified recipient introducing James Sydney Crocker (actuary, 1802–1889) as someone 'well qualified' for the recipient's Society.
Royal Academy of Music. Resolutions - General Committee who have agreed to patronize this Institution [an Academy of Music], 1822 (Item 327) - Box 17 (MS 10371)
A four-page document dated London, 8 July 1822 and signed by 35 'noblemen and gentlemen', containing 31 resolutions advocating the establishment of 'an Institution for general Instruction in Music', subsequently the Royal Academy of Music. This document is discussed in Jamie Croy Kassler, 'Sketch of a plan for a public music school', The Musical Quarterly, v. 58 no. 2 (April 1972) pp. 210-234 at pp. 223-225, and on pp. 1100-1101 of her The Science of Music in Britain, 1714-1830, New York, Garland Publishing, 1979, online at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2927085023, images 1176-1177.