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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Crotch, William (1775-1847) | 7 |
| Parke, William Thomas (1762-1847) | 5 |
| Gardiner, William (1770-1853) | 4 |
| O'Meara, Eva Judd | 4 |
| Glover, William (1822-) | 2 |
| Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 | 2 |
| Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782 | 2 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 | 2 |
| Stendhal (1783-1842) | 2 |
| Tans'Ur, William (1699?-1783) | 2 |
Memorandum for copyright payment to William Horsley
4 Aug 1832
Printed and handwritten memorandum for the sum of fifty copies from (Joseph) Alfred Novello to the composer William Horsley for the copyright of a piece of vocal music titled 'Let thy merciful ears'.
Novello, Clara Anastasia to Cusins [William George?]
3 Mar 1882
Handwritten letter from Clara Anastasia Novello to [William George?] Cusins, introducing Cusins to an Italian musician and composer and requesting that he introduce him to his wider professional circl...
Leeds Waits music manuscript entitled 'English Airs', written probably by William Crawshaw.
Crawshaw, William
1760s-1770s
Contains the following fifty-seven 1, 2 and 3 part pieces: Strain of Mr. Chilcot, In praise of Bacchus, Collin's farewell to Grisy, The northern lad's complaint, Minuet by Mr. Festing, Vauxhall or Spr...
Scrapbook of English press-cuttings on Richard Wagner and his music, compiled by William Beadon
Beadon, William
1884-c.1887
Inscriptions on front paste-down. Ff.37-39 comprise a section from 'The Musical Times'
Two papers on the philosophy of music; read before the Philosophical & Literary Society of Leeds on the 17th February & 3rd March 1826 by William Hey, one of its vice-presidents
Hey, William (1772-1844)
1826
Not in William Hey's hand. Written on one side of the paper only, with occasional diagrams and notes on the other. The final 14 ff. are blank
Commonplace book
1810
Commonplace book belonging to Charles Cowden Clarke and dated 1810. 185 pages with an index at the back. It is bound in brown leather with decorative embossed borders. Inserts are in a separate envelo...
The Harmonicon
1823-1833 Edited by: William Ayrton. Imprint varies: London: Samuel Leigh. Monthly. Vols. 1-7, 9-10 issued in 2 parts: Pt. 1: Essays, criticisms, biography, foreign reports and miscelleneous ...
Various notes by Clara Anastasia Novello
c. 1840
Various manuscript items including blue folder inscribed ‘Odds and ends of pleasing lore.’ Containing her ‘Fragments torn from a notebook...1837-38’ with provenance noted; printed poem: ‘Sow...
Music
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1958-1977
Clippings and other items collected by Hill relating to music. Clippings are from 'The Listener' unless otehrwise stated.Includes clippings of Michael Tippett's 'Too Many Choices' (23 January 1958), W...
The life of Haydn : in a series of letters written at Vienna. Followed by the life of Mozart, with observations on Metastasio, and on the present state of music in France and Italy
Stendhal (1783-1842); Gardiner, William (1770-1853); Brewin, Robert; Carpani, Giuseppe (1752-1825); Winckler, Théophile Frédéric (1771-1807); Schlichtegroll, Friedrich von (1765-1822)
1817
"Canon cancrizans a 3 voce. Haydn": p. [331]. The life of Haydn is, in the main, a plagiarism of G. Carpani's Le Haydine (Milan, 1812) The biographical part of the Mozart, credited by Stendhal to Sc...
Collection of organ parts for various church services, anthems etc., compiled by John Alcock.
Alcock, John
175-?
Comprises organ parts for the following pieces (mainly also listed on the contents page): pp. 1-9 'Mr: Gibbons's Morning Service' [in G]; pp. 10-14 'Evening Service Dr: Gibbons' [in G]; pp. 15-18 'Mr:...