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Total number of records: 12

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection12
Brotherton Collection8

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
biography as topic12
letter writing5
composers4
music3
music publishing3
poetry3
travel3
diaries1
transcription1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom4
Genoa, Italy2
Paris, France2
Salzburg, Austria2
Vienna, Austria2
Germany1
Linz, Austria1
Munich, Germany1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Charles1
Monckton-Milnes, Richard1

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From 180010
From 19002

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189910
Up to 19992

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Biographical notes on Mary Sabilla Serle

1945-1947

Handwritten notes in Italian and English which appear to have originally been attached to a portrait of Mary Sabilla Serle by Emma Aloysia Novello, the daughter of Cecilia Novello and Vincenzo Serle, ...

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Memoranda for Mozart's Life

c. 1829

One small notebook with yellow marbled covers containing notes on persons to apply to for anecdotes and works to consult for Vincent Novello's planned biography of Mozart, which remained unwritten. Or...

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Vincent Novello's questions for Mozart's sister

c. 1829

A list of questions for Mozart's sister, Maria Anna Mozart, about her younger brother Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, complied by Vincent Novello in preparation for his and his wife's visit to her in the sum...

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Vincent Novello's questions for Mozart's widow

14 Jul 1829

A copy of a list of questions for Mozart's widow, Constanze Mozart, compiled by Vincent Novello in preparation for his and his wife's visit to her. Novello intended to write a biography of Mozart but ...

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Gilchrist, Anne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

9 Nov 1882

Handwritten letter from Anne Gilchrist to Mary Cowden Clarke, requesting permission to quote from Cowden Clarke's published recollections of the poet Mary Lamb for her forthcoming biography. She asks ...

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Joseph Metzger to Vincent Novello

1829

Letter from Joseph Metzger in Salzburg to Vincent Novello in London, written in French, concerning Mozart's sister, with whom Mettzger lodged after Mozart's death. Originally found as part of Vincent'...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

11 Nov 1883

Handwritten draft letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Anne Gilchrist, apologising for the delay in her acknowledgement of the gift of Gilchrist's book on Mary Lamb as a result of her travels. She praise...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

12 Nov 1882

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Ann[e] Gilchrist, in which she grants permission to quote from her published recollections of the poet Mary Lamb for her forthcoming biography, but that s...

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Monckton-Milnes, Richard to Cowden Clarke, Charles

c. 1853

Two handwritten letters from Richard Monckton-Milnes,1st Baron Houghton, to Charles Cowden Clarke, noting that he had been asked to write a notice about John Keats' unpublished poems and requesting de...

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Original cover to the parcel containing Vincent Novello's travel diaries

c. 1829

A buff paper cover inscribed 'Vincent Novello's M.S. relative to his tour in Germany 1829'.

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Transcription of travel diary

1947-1949

Typed and annotated transcription of Vincent Novello's diary from his travels in Europe during the summer of 1829, along with his wide Mary Sabilla Novello. Transcribed by his great granddaughter Donn...

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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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