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University of Sheffield Library. Special Collections and Archives Ref: MS 203 Title: The Sir Thomas Beecham Music Library Addenda 1 BBC Music Magazine, October 2007. Includes article and CD to celebrate 75th Anniversary of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, p. 36-40 2 ‘Beecham’. CD of off-air recordings of 2 programmes about Sir Thomas Beecham, one broadcast on Yorkshire TV in 1990, the second broadcast on Channel 4 in 1992(?) 3 Seven CDs of works conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham (EMI, 1988- 1995; Sony, 2001) 4 The LSO at 70 by Maurice Pearton (London: Victor Gollancz, 1974). Donated by the author 5 Sir Thomas Beecham: conductor and impresario compiled and edited by H. Procter-Gregg. (Donated by Maurice Pearton) 6 Opera, April 1979, including article on Maggie Teyte and Beecham by Garry O’Connor, p. 312-317. (Donated by Maurice Pearton) 7 Photocopy of the preface to Berlioz in London by A.W. Ganz, written by Sir Thomas Beecham (p. 7-8). (Donated by Maurice Pearton) 8 Catalogue of Sir Thomas Beecham Centenary Exhibition, St. Helen’s Museum and Art Gallery, 27th April – 26th May 1979. (Donated by Maurice Pearton) 9 Photocopies of articles from Jüdische Wochenschau, July-October 1958. 4 l. (Donated by Maurice Pearton) 10 Photocopy of articles from Argentinisches Tageblatt, June-September 1958. 1 l. (Donated by Maurice Pearton) 11 Collection of news cuttings relating to Sir Thomas Beecham. (Donated by Maurice Pearton) 12 Nineteen LPs (78s) of recordings of works conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. (Donated by Maurice Pearton) 13 Twenty five programmes for concerts conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, 1899-1913 (discovered among Beecham news cuttings) 14 Sixteen B&W photographs of Sir Thomas Beecham (discovered among Beecham news cuttings) 15 Obituaries, news cuttings and tributes to Sir Thomas Beecham collected by Leonard Salzedo, member of the RPO and assistant to Beecham (8 items), plus 3 photographs. (Donated by Caroline Salzedo) 16 Twenty three orchestral parts and one full score of an edition of ‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’, Sinfonia, Act III, Solomon, by G.F. Handel, arranged by Sir Thomas Beecham, created by the BBC for the Proms 2014. Based on Beecham Collection Q150 and PAM F20. 17 “Beecham: the man who made music”. BBC Documentary, 1968. Reel to reel tape 18 “Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart. ‘My encounters with Ethel Smyth’” (1958) and “Dame Ethel Smyth ‘Brahms – the man’” (27th December 1935). Reel to reel tape 19 Performance of The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 18th August 1951. 3 CDs (BBC broadcast) and 5 ll. 20. “Sir Thomas Beecham: the man and his music”, introduced by John Amis. BBC, 1979. 33 r.p.m. LP. (Donated by Michael Hannon) .

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