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Total number of records: 59

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives58
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection45
Brotherton Collection36
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive14

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
music59
letter writing21
classical music14
music publishing12
vocal music11
social participation8
academies and institutes7
artists7
copyright7
food7

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom59
Genoa, Italy3
Vienna, Austria3
Rome, Italy2
Berlin (Germany)1
Fermo, Italy1
Florence, Italy1
Leeds, United Kingdom1
Linz, Austria1
Munich, Germany1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria2
Hunt, James Henry Leigh2
Novello, Vincent2
Anderson, G.F.1
Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley1
Cowden Clarke, Charles1
Cusins [William George?]1
Kramer, C.1
Nightingale, Florence1
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17001
From 180043
From 190015

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189941
Up to 199918

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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NOVELLO, Clara Anastasia

1838-1910

Material related to the soprano singer Clara Anastasia Novello, including a gift presented to her; notes, manuscripts and partial typescripts for 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' published in 1910; hon...

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NOVELLO, (Mary) Sabilla

1838-1904

Financial, artistic, legal and literary material related to (Mary) Sabilla Novello and her short singing career. Includes portraits of her, albums of greetings cards and her illustrations to her siste...

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Kenneth Leighton quartet

1964-1966

Original Kenneth Leighton notation manuscript of 'Variations for String Quartet' commissioned by Maurice de Sausmarez in memory of his mother Jessie Rose de Sausmarez in 1964, with a printed score pub...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1814-1856

34 handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles Cowden Clarke, beginning with his imprisonment at Surrey Jail from 1813 to 1815 and going on to contain references to publications and events...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

c. 1854-1855

Twelve undated handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning Hunt's writings for Novello's Musical Times, apologising for delays to his articles as a result of il...

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Beethoven Quartett Society

1845

A personalised invitation to a series of meetings and performances of the Beethoven Quartett Society and two leaflets detailing the first and third meetings Dated 21 April 1845 and 19 May 1845, with n...

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Medals

1857

A medal awarded to (Mary) Sabilla Novello as one of 2500 performers at the Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace in June 1857.

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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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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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Novello, Clara Anastasia to 'Dear Sir'

1853-1855

Seven handwritten letters from Clara Anastasia Novello to an unidentified recipient, concerning her professional singing engagements.

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Peter Bellis to Maurice de Sausmarez

Nov 1967

Two handwritten letters from Peter Bellis to Maurice de Sausmarez, requesting that he pay the bill for hifi equipment or return it. The second letter thanks de Sausmarez for the cheque and mentions th...

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