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Total number of records: 68

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives67
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection68
Brotherton Collection52

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing26
family13
music11
travel9
diaries8
photographs7
portraits7
press cuttings7
death6
drawing4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom15
Genoa, Italy5
Paris, France5
Salzburg, Austria5
Florence, Italy3
Munich, Germany3
Rome, Italy3
Vienna, Austria3
Beckenham, United Kingdom1
Berkeley, Usa1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Gigliucci, Valeria4
Littleton, Augustus3
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla3
Chapman, Mrs1
Dyson, George1
Edwards, Frederick George1
Fuller Maitland, John Alexander1
Gifford, Edward1
Gigliucci, Contessa1
Gigliucci, Giovanni1

Count of Earliest date

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From 190062
From 20006

Count of Latest date

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Up to 18996
Up to 199962

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Memoirs

c. 1910

The draft manuscript, partial typescript, notes and corrections for 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' edited by her daughter Valeria Gigliucci and published in 1910.

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Obituaries for Clara Anastasia Novello

1908

41 press cuttings containing obituaries for Clara Anastasia Novello, published in 1908. 1 letter from the Daily Chronicle to Henry Littleton acknowledging a correction.

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Photographs of Villa Novello and Rotunda via Corsica

c. 1913

Two black and white photographs of the exterior of Villa Novello, with Rotunda via Corsica in the foreground, along with a stamped card and envelope. Inscriptions in later hands note that the photogra...

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Newspaper cuttings

c. 1964

Three newspaper cuttings which record the plan to commemorate Vincent Novello with the installation of a chamber organ at Westminster Abbey, after the memorial stained glass window to him was destroye...

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Photographs

c. 1950

Three photographs that reproduce a portrait of Vincent Novello and his signature.

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Fuller Maitland, John Alexander to Patteson, J. S. C.

1909

Three handwritten letters from the music critic John Alexander Fuller Maitland to J.S.C. Patteson, concerning the manuscript and publication of Valeria Gigliucci's biography of her mother Clara Anasta...

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Littleton, Augustus to Gigliucci, Valeria

1909

Nine handwritten letters from Augustus Littleton of Novello & Co. to Valeria Gigliucci, following the death of her mother Clara Anastaia Novello the previous year. They recount various pieces of news ...

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Pattison, J.S.C. to Gigliucci, Porzia

1909

Four handwritten letter from J.S.C. 'Patty' Pattinson to Porzia Gigliucci, describing their travels in Italy and accommodation in Lugano, Switzerland. Further correspondence concerns Valeria Gigliucci...

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Smith, Elder and Co. to Gigliucci, Valeria

1909

Four handwritten letters from the publishers Smith, Elder and Co. to Valeria Gigliucci, regarding the publication of her biography of her mother, 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences', which they decline.

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Alcock, Walter Galpin to Littleton, Jack

Sep 1944

Four handwritten letters from the organist and composer Walter Galpin Alcock to Jack Littleton, mentioning his stay in Dorset with his wife and the memories he holds of the place from childhood. He no...

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Philips-Layton [?], S. to [?]

Sep 1910

Two handwritten letters from S. Philips-Layton [?] to an unidentifed recipient, discussing a piece of music called 'A Tale of Old Japan' and various other musical matters.

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Explanatory note by Nerina Medici Gigliucci

1953

Explanatory handwritten note by Nerina Medici Gigliucci, titled 'Notes on places & people mentioned in these letters of 1873-74-75 of Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke to her sister [Mary] Sabilla Novello'....

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