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| Adam Carse Collection (Horniman Museum & Gardens) Adam Carse Collection of 320 European wind instruments was given to the museum in 1947 in memory of his son Edward Ad... |
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| Additional Music (National Library of Ireland) The additional music collection consists of sheet music mainly from the nineteenth century with some material from th... |
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| Adrian Cruft Collection (Royal College of Music, Library) Manuscripts and printed music of Adrian Cruft, together with private and business papers, concert programmes, press c... |
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| Aladár Majorossy Manuscripts (British Library, Music Collections) Aladár Majorossy Manuscripts: music manuscripts of Aladár Majorossy; Mostly autograph. Collection includes orchestral... |
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| Alan Rawsthorne Manuscripts (British Library, Music Collections) pencil scores by Alan Rawsthorne |
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| Album of songs copied by Eliza Lane (British Library, Music Collections) Songs, traditional airs, etc., mostly by 18th and early 19th cent. English and French composers, including Sir Henry ... |
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| Aldeburgh Productions archives (Britten-Pears Library) Programmes, reviews and working papers relating to Aldeburgh Productions, including the Aldeburgh Festival and the B... |
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| Alfred Morten Collection (British Library, Music Collections) A collection of manuscripts, letters, and engraved portraits presented by the widow of Alfred Morten in accordance wi... |
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| Alick Maclean Collection (British Library, Music Collections) Music manuscripts and papers of the composer and conductor and Alexander Morvaren ('Alick') Maclean (1872-1936) |
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| Amateur Operatic Society records (West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale
) Records of Halifax Light Operatic Society (1924-1972), and Halifax Amateur Operatic Society (plan, 1949 and accounts ... |
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| Ancient Society of College Youths, bell ringers (London Metropolitan Archives) The Ancient Society of College Youths is a bell-ringing society, though little is known for certain of its history. I... |
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| Anthony Milner (British Library, Music Collections) Milner Manuscripts: musical compositions and correspondence of Anthony Milner; Autograph. Material includes choral an... |
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| ApIvor Manuscripts (British Library, Music Collections) Music manuscripts of Denis ApIvor (b.1916);. Autograph pencil scores with ink annotations except where otherwise stat... |
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| Archives (Philharmonica Orchestra) The collection is primarily information on concerts, records, tours, etc. from 1945 to the present. |
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| Archives of Jack Helyer (Nottinghamshire Archives and Southwell Diocesan Record Office) Substantial archive of the cinema organist Jack Helyer (1903-73). Helyer achieved fame as organist of the Ritz (later... |
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| Armitage, Doris M (d 1974) (Royal College of Music, Library) Papers of Doris M Armitage, 1911-1974, comprising 2 letters from Fanny Davies, 1911 and 1930, mainly in regard to les... |
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| Armstrong, Marianne Charlotte (Royal College of Music, Library) Papers of Marianne Armstrong, comprising letters from 'celebrity' friends and acquaintances (mostly of a minor nature... |
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| Arthur Benjamin Collection (British Library, Music Collections) Music Manuscripts of Arthur Leslie Benjamin (1893-1960) |
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| Arthur Goring Thomas (British Library, Music Collections) Collection of rough drafts, sketches, and autograph fragments, chiefly in full score, of compositions mostly publishe... |
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| Arts Council of Great Britain Archive (Theatre Museum) The Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts was established in January 1940. In 1945 it was announced t... |
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| Atholl Collection (A K Bell Library) A collection of mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music. It was assembled by Lady Dorothea Stewart Murray, daught... |
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| Audiovisual materials (Britten-Pears Library) Sound and video recordings of Britten's works and of performances involving Britten and Pears; recordings of intervie... |
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| August Manns Memorabilia (Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History) An Illuminated Address presented 11 January 1872; two illuminated albums presented on 17 January 1882, 30 April 1895... |
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| Autograph manuscript of Eric Coates (University of Nottingham, Manuscripts and Special Collections) The collection contains autograph fair copies of three songs with pianoforte accompaniment for mezzo soprano, compose... |
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| Ayrton Papers (British Library, Music Collections) Correspondence and papers of William Ayrton (b.1777, d.1858), musician and editor of The Harmonicon, and of his famil... |
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| Bagpipes collection (Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum) About 120 instruments including an especially fine group of Northumbrian small pipes dating from ca. 1680 to the 1930... |
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| Baines Manuscripts (British Library, Music Collections) Music, letters and papers of, or relating to, William Baines (b. 1899, d. 1922); Mostly autograph. the collection inc... |
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| Bate, Stanley (Royal College of Music, Library) Papers of Stanley Bate, 1940-1956, comprising letters received and written by Bate, mainly in regard to the publicati... |
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| Batons, medals and memorabilia (Royal College Of Music, Centre for Performance History) A collection of ca. 60 items. Conductors\' batons, medals, insignia and other musicians\' memorabilia. |
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| Bax Manuscripts (British Library, Music Collections) Music manuscripts of Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (b. 1883, d. 1953), Master of the Queen's Music; Mostly Autograph, ... |