Collection Summary
Collection Title
Calvocoressi Collection
Description
Music manuscripts owned by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (d. 1944), the writer on music; Many of the manuscripts bear notes of presentation or dedication to Calvocoressi. The range includes Hungarian folksongs; incidental music; orchestral works; instrumental works; keyboard works; vocal works; string quartets; translations
Format
- Manuscript music
- Printed music
- Corporate/business records
- Private papers/diaries/letters
Date range of collection
1897 - 1936
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
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Location Details
British Library, Music Collections
96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB United Kingdom Open Map
Email
music-collections@bl.uk
Telephone
020 7412 7772
Fax
020 7412 7751
Visiting Information
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Collections Overview
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Additional Collection Information
Accrual Status
http://www.bl.uk/collections/musiccdp.html
Custodial History
Various, the main collection presented by Miss Ethel Glave in accordance with the wishes of her late aunt, the widow of M. D. Calvocoressi
Related Publications
- Ethnomusikologische Schriften Faksimile-Nachdrucke, I, Das Ungarische Volkslied, ed. D. Dille, Budapest, 1965; Bartók's, A Magyar Népdal, 1924; Calvocoressi Hungarian Folk Music, 1931; R. Threlfall, A Catalogue of the Compositions of Frederick Delius, 1
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