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Total number of records: 62

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives59
Books and printed items3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection55
Brotherton Collection54
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive3
Leeds Russian Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
music publishing62
letter writing24
music24
copyright7
legal procedure7
business management6
classical music6
family5
finance5
retirement4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom39
Paris, France3
Genoa, Italy2
Salzburg, Austria2
Vienna, Austria2
Cambirdge, United Kingdom1
Dublin, Ireland1
Fermo, Italy1
Florence, Italy1
Germany1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Novello and Company3
Novello, Vincent3
Grove, Sir George (1820-1900)2
Alf1
Giuseppe1
Hartel, Gottfried Christoph1
Joseph1
Kidson, Frank (1855-1926)1
Lamb, John1
Novello, J Alfred (1810-1896)1

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From 17003
From 180053
From 19006

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189951
Up to 199911

Archive Collection

Novello Cowden Clarke

1739-1966

The Novello Cowden Clarkes were a well known Anglo-Italian family of musicians, writers, artists, singers and actors, with a wide and influential literary and artistic circle. Based in London and lat...

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BESSEL, Vasilii Vasil'evich (1892-1993)

1890s-1950s

Piano, orchestral, vocal scores, parts and arrangements of operas and other compositions, mainly published by Vasilii Bessel' i Ko (Moscow/SPb)/W Bessel & Cie (Paris), by: P I Chaikovskii, "Oprichnik"...

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NOVELLO COWDEN CLARKE, Music

c. 1800-1900

Manuscript music associated with the Novello Cowden Clarke family, primarily composed, transcribed or arranged by Vincent Novello and performed by his daughter Clara Anastasia Novello.

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NOVELLO, (Joseph) Alfred

1824-1896

Financial documents relating to Novello & Co. and (Joseph) Alfred Novello's investments in shipping and railways, business contracts, designs for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat, sketches and desi...

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Accounts

1833-1890

Financial documents relating to Novello & Co and (Joseph) Alfred Novello's investments in shipping and railways.

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Accounts

1843-1898

Various financial records for members of the Novello family and their wider relatives, associated with both their domestic and professional lives. Includes documents related to loans, investments and ...

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Various family accounts

1843-1898

Various family accounts, mostly between (Joseph) Alfred Novello and his sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, associated with the family business. Some of the documents are written in Italian.

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Manuscript Music

c. 1800-1900

Manuscript music associated with the Novello Cowden Clarke family, including drafts by Vincent Novello and performance copies belonging to the vocalist Clara Anastasia Novello, including transcribed c...

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Performances

1843-1845

Transcribed reviews of (Mary) Sabilla Novello's first vocal performances in public in 1843 and a print for the National Anti-Corn Law League Quadrilles dated 1845.

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Letter book relating to Music Publishing affairs

Novello, J Alfred (1810-1896); Novello and Company

25 Feb 1853 - 24 Sept 1853

Volume of letters (include both transcripts and attached correspondence) written by and addressed to (Joseph) Alfred Novello relating to Novello & Co. The volume includes correspondence, notes, partia...

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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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Business

1832-1907

Memoranda on copyright, circulars on the price of publications and methods of printing music, prints of Novello's new building at 16 Wardour Street, business contracts and legal documents on the estab...

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