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Total number of records: 1592

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items873
Archives659
Indexes57
Objects2
Art items1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection683
ApIvor Collection143
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections96
English Literature92
Leeds Poetry64
Letters Database37
Ripon Cathedral34
Liddle Collection20
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse18
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture15

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
operas59
music38
symphonies17
piano music14
string quartets14
overtures13
anthems12
culture12
oratorios12
songs with piano12

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom5
Great Britain2
Iceland2
Norway2
Algeria1
England1
Horsham, United Kingdom1
Lyon, France1
Russia (Federation)1
Scandinavia1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)167
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)106
Nelson, S (1800-1862)45
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)35
Novello, Vincent (1781-1861)32
Vin32
Vincenzo32
Novello, Vincent29
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy26
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)26

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Earliest dateCount
From 13003
From 14007
From 15008
From 160027
From 1700271
From 1800477
From 1900662
From 200058

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
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Up to 1799133
Up to 1899546
Up to 1999690
Up to latest97

Archive Item

Score

1989

Original 'for xerox reproduction', ink MS, three large size copies of the same and one miniature (A4) version.

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Archive Sub-collection

Scores, vocal scores and piano music

1800-1899

Comprises piano reductions of 'famous' classical works and popular sheet music of the day.

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Archive File

Medea Score

c1996

Photocopied score with handwritten and typescript annotation.

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Archive File

“Patience scores”

1849-1928

MS list of self-cancelling cumulative figures; on 1 card, both sides written on; “E.G’s patience scores” added in pencil

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Archive Item

Full score

1954

Includes original 1954 handwritten MS of full score. The copies are reduced (in size) versions of the same.

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Full score

1955

Photocopy of original pencil MS

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Score with transparency

1958

Includes 1 copy of the handwritten MS and envelope containing 1 copy of the printed version (published by Schott) and a loose leaf photocopy of same.

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Score with transparency

1960

Includes 1985 corrected 'proof' version of early score, a later 'for xerox' master and 2 identical copies.

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Score with transparency

1960

There are two different versions of the score, one dating from 1960 which is designated 'proof'; the second dates from 1964 and was recopied for Stampstead Festival performance, Morley Coll.

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Full score

1967

Identical copies

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Full score

1969

Composer's 'Xerox' copy includes 'Marseilles pack' Tarot card reproductions.

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Full score

1978

Identical copies of full score.

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