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Total number of records: 167

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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive116
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection51
Brotherton Collection50

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press cuttings167
newspaper press32
music29
exhibitions28
art education22
newspapers22
paintings13
retirement12
family11
portraits10

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London, United Kingdom43
Leeds, United Kingdom24
Guernsey4
Horsham, United Kingdom3
Norwich, United Kingdom3
Augsburg, Germany2
Cheltenham, United Kingdom2
Grenada2
Liverpool, United Kingdom2
Munich, Germany2

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Haines, Frederick1
Serle, Thomas James1

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From 180044
From 1900123

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Up to 189940
Up to 1999127

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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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Various complimentary verses written to Clara Anastasia Novello

c. 1850

Seventeen manuscript items including complimentary verses written to Clara Anastasia Novello, press cuttings and a drawing by Mahbran. In various languages.

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BC MS NCC/12/5/5 Photograph, Queen Victoria at the reopening of the Crystal Palace, 1854
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Photograph of the opening of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham

10 Jun 1854

Photograph of the opening of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham on 10 June 1854. The building had housed the Great Exhibition in 1851 and was transported from Hyde Park to Sydenham and rebuilt, including ...

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Press cuttings

1838-1911

Press cuttings relating to Clara Anastasia Novello, including performances, obituaries and reviews of the publication 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' edited by her daughter Valeria Gigliucci and publi...

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C.L.G., ‘Clara Novello’, Spectator, 28 January 1911, pp. 146-47

28 Jan 1911

C.L.G., ‘Clara Novello’, Spectator, 28 January 1911, pp. 146-47. A review of 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' compiled by her daughter Valeria Gigliucci and first published in 1910.

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'Tuesday Morning': Review of the Norwich Festival

1854

Article titled 'Tuesday Morning', a review of the Norwich Festival including reference to Clara Novello. The title of the periodical, the date and page numbers are missing from the cutting.

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Düsseldorfer Kreisblatt und Täglicher Anzeiger, 22 May 1839

22 May 1839

Cutting from the German periodical Düsseldorfer Kreisblatt und Täglicher Anzeiger, dated 22 May 1839, with reference to Clara Novello.

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'Miss Clara Novello', Beilage zur Augsburger Abendzeitung, 1838, p.1

1838

Article in German titled 'Miss Clara Novello', Beilage zur Augsburger Abendzeitung, 1838, p.1, printed on pink paper.

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'Clara Novello at the Sydenham Crystal Palace'

1854

Cutting titled: 'Clara Novello at the Sydenham Crystal Palace—Letter from Mary Cowden Clarke. Extract from a letter, received from Mrs. Cowden Clarke, by Mr. Balmanno, of this city, and communicated...

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'Clara Novello at the 'Sydenham Palace'

5 Jun 1854

Cutting titled: 'Clara Novello at the 'Sydenham Palace. Extract of letter from Mrs. Cowden Clarke to Mr. Belmano [Balmanno], relative to the opening of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, dated 15th June'...

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'Sketches of English Artists. No. II. Clara Novello', Musical World, 28 January 1854, pp. 54-56

28 Jan 1854

'Sketches of English Artists. No. II. Clara Novello', Musical World, 28 January 1854, pp. 54-56. A biographical article on Clara Novello, including a transcription of a letter from Mendelssohn to her ...

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'Clara Novello', The Times, 22 November 1860

22 Nov 1860

'Clara Novello', The Times, 22 November 1860. A short review of Clara Novello's farewell performance at St James's Hall, London.

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