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Archive File

Travel

1829

Vincent Novello and his wife Mary Sabilla Novello travelled through Europe in 1829 and both kept diaries from this time. The file contains Vincent Novello's diaries along with associated letters, memo...

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BC MS NCC/2/8/1 Lock of Mozart's hair
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Lock of Mozart's hair

1829

A lock of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's hair, tied with red string. Vincent and Mary Novello visited Mozart's widow Constanze in Salzburg, Vienna, as part of their travels across Europe in 18...

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Portrait of Felix Mendelssohn

c. 1830

A glazed and framed pencil portrait of the composer Felix Mendelssohn aged nineteen by Edward Petre Novello. The drawing and frame are in an oval form and the drawing is unfinished below the shoulder....

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Memoranda for Mozart's Life

c. 1829

One small notebook with yellow marbled covers containing notes on persons to apply to for anecdotes and works to consult for Vincent Novello's planned biography of Mozart, which remained unwritten. Or...

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Musical mementoes

c. 1850

Musical mementoes in ink, with musical notes and some with lyrics, by Clara Novello and her husband Giovanni Battista Novello, dedicated to the composers Bellini, Handel, Haydn, Meyerbeer, Rossini and...

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Case for Mozart's hair

c. 1829

A circular glass case backed with paper, inscribed with Mozart's name in ink and sealed with gold foil paper.

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Lock of Beethoven's hair and portrait

1824

A lithographic print of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, published in Vienna in 1824, attached to which is a lock of Beethoven's hair. It was gifted to Vincent Novello by their mutal friend, the har...

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Vincent Novello's questions for Mozart's sister

c. 1829

A list of questions for Mozart's sister, Maria Anna Mozart, about her younger brother Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, complied by Vincent Novello in preparation for his and his wife's visit to her in the sum...

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Vincent Novello's questions for Mozart's widow

14 Jul 1829

A copy of a list of questions for Mozart's widow, Constanze Mozart, compiled by Vincent Novello in preparation for his and his wife's visit to her. Novello intended to write a biography of Mozart but ...

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