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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive9
Brotherton Collection6
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection6

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memorization15
death7
music4
family3
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art education2
cultural events2
hair2
lectures2
christianity1

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Fermo, Italy1
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Memorial events

1969-1990

Material related to memorial events organised to celebrate the life of Maurice de Sausmarez following his death in 1969, including a thanksgiving service, a series of memorial lectures and musical com...

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Memorials and mourning

1842-1947

Items related to memorials and mourning, including locks of hair and hair jewellery from members of the Novello Cowden Clarke family and tributes to composers in their circle.

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Programmes for thanksgiving service

15 Dec 1969

Three copies of the programme for a thanksgiving service for Maurice de Sausmarez at St Paul's Church Covent Garden.

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Printed score for 'Improvisation' by Kenneth Leighton

1969

Printed score for 'Improvisation: in memoriam Maurice de Sausmarez' by Kenneth Leighton, published by Novello & Company Limited. The work was composed for the thanksgiving service at St Paul's Church ...

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Text of 'The Art Lesson' by Professor Richard Wollheim

1971

Printed text of the inaugural Maurice de Sausmarez Memorial Lecture, 'The Art Lesson' by Professor Richard Wollheim. The lecture was introduced by Professor Sir William Coldstream and took place at th...

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Invitation cards to the Maurice de Sausmarez Memorial Lectures

1971-1990

Invitation cards to the Maurice de Sausmarez Memorial Lectures organised by the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting: 1971: 'The Art Lesson' by Richard Wollheim 1972: 'Answers to Unanswerable Q...

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Printed music for 'A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs' by Geoffrey Bush

c. 1972

Printed music for 'A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs' by Geoffrey Bush, inscribed 'For Jane [de Sausmarez], with happiest memories of Maurice, January 1972', with an enclosed copy og 'Two Latin Hymns' by...

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Kensington Post

19 Dec 1969

Two full copies and one partial copy of the Kensington Post from 19 December 1969, including a short article on the thanksgiving service for Maurice de Sausmarez at St Paul's Church Covent Garden on p...

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Press cuttings for thanksgiving service

1969

Three press cuttings, dated 24 November, 1 December and 16 December 1969, noting the thanksgiving service for Maurice de Sausmarez at St Paul's Church Covent Garden on 15 December 1969.

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Geoffrey Bush to Jane de Sausmarez

6 Jun 1971

Handwritten letter from Geoffrey Bush to Jane de Sausmarez, thanking her for informing them about the exhibition 'Homage to Maurice de Sausmarez' and discussing his publication of 'A Nice Derangement ...

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Cabinet photograph after Joseph Severn's portrait of John Keats

Apr 1876

Cabinet photograph after Joseph Severn's portrait of John Keats on his deathbed in 1821. The reverse is inscribed in the hand of Mary Cowden Clarke with a note on the conditions under which the origin...

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Woven hair bracelet

c. 1850

Woven and plaited brown hair bracelet with a metal clasp.

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