PAPERS Of, and Letters Addressed To, Frederick George Edwards, FRAM
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
British Library: Music Collections PAPERS of, and letters addressed to, Frederick George Edwards, F.R.A.M. (1853-1909), editor of the Musical Times 1897-1909 (where facsimiles of some of the autographs in these papers are to be found),... (1897-1909) (Add MS 41570-41574) Table of Contents PAPERS of, and letters addressed to, Frederick George Edwards, F.R.A.M. (1853–1909), editor of the Musical Times 1897–1909 (where facsimiles of some of the autographs in these papers are to be found),... (1897–1909) Key Details........................................................................................................................................ 1 Provenance........................................................................................................................................ 1 Key Details Collection Area British Library: Music Collections Reference Add MS 41570-41574 Creation Date 1897-1909 Extent and Format 5 items Title PAPERS of, and letters addressed to, Frederick George Edwards, F.R.A.M. (1853-1909), editor of the Musical Times 1897-1909 (where facsimiles of some of the autographs in these papers are to be found), and author of the History of Mendelssohn's Elijah, 1896, to which many of the letters relate. Five volumes. For other letters and papers of Edwards, see Add. MS. 38091 E, Egerton MSS. 3090-3097. (1897-1909) Scope and Content Frederick George Edwards, organist and writer on music; d.1909: Papers of, and letters addressed to: 19th-20th centt. Provenance Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 41570 (19th century-20th century) Collection Area British Library: Music Collections Reference Add MS 41570 Creation Date 19th century-20th century Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol. I. Miscellaneous musical autographs and letters, addressed to F. G. Edwards, unless otherwise stated:- (1) [Jakob Ludwig] Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, letter to Alfred Novello, Leipzig, 18 Nov. 1837 (facsimile), ff. 1-2b; autograph corrections to his 'Hear my prayer', [circ. 1844], f. 3; letter to William Bartholomew, Leipzig, 21 July 1846, printed in History of Mendelssohn's Elijah, pp. 64-65, f. 4; testimonial to Edmund Chipp, organist, London, 7 May 1847 (facsimile), f. 5. (2) Arthur S[eymour] Sullivan, [knt. 1883], letter to Mrs [Ann Shepherd] Bartholomew, 14 Feb. 1871, with a few bars of a humorous lullaby. Copy. f. 6. (3) [Sir] J[ohn] Stainer, letters, [27 Oct. 1897] and [1900], the second enclosing a copy of a canon by [the Rev.] Sir F[rederick Arthur Gore] Ouseley [2nd Bart.], published in the Musical Times, Nov. 1900. ff. 7, 8. (4) Kellow [John] Pye, letter, Exmouth, 9 Jan. 1899, enclosing a lullaby 'Dormi, care'. ff. 9-11b. (5) C[harles] V[illiers] Stanford, [knt. 1901], letters, 4 Nov. 1898, 24 Feb. 1904. ff. 12, 13. (6) E[ugène] Ysaÿe, musical autograph and signature (facsimile in Musical Times, Dec. 1900), with a covering letter from E[dgar] F[rederick] Jacques, enclosing a sketch of Ysaÿe. ff. 14-17b. (7) [Sir] C[harles] H[ubert Hastings] Parry, letters, 14 Aug., 21 Dec. 1908, enclosing an autograph analysis, printed in the Musical Times, Page 1 2021-07-27 Jan. 1909, of his motet 'Beyond these voices there is peace', no. 172 in the list of his works given in Grove's Dictionary of Music, 4th ed., 1928. ff. 19-23. (8) S[amuel] Coleridge-Taylor, letters, [1909 ?], enclosing the opening bars (autograph) of the song 'Onaway! Awake beloved' from Hiawatha. Facsimile in Musical Times, March 1909. ff. 24-28. (9) [Sir] E[dward William] E[lgar], letter, 18 July 1909. ff. 29-30b. (10) Solutions to a problem set in the Musical Times, Feb. 1896 (viz. the completion of a 3-part canon to a theme and bass by Mendelssohn), by Arthur Trickett, H[erbert] J[ames] Wrightson, James L[ively] Gregory, Albert, W[illiam] Ketelbey, E[dward] R. Billingham, W[illiam] B[aird] Ross, and Frederick R[obert] Frye. ff. 31-41. (11) 'Familiar songs and their histories': notes by F. G. Edwards, 1896, of which some were incorporated in subsequent articles in the Musical Times. ff. 42-52. (12) Notes by F. G. Edwards on the organ works of Thomas Adams (1785-1858), n.d. ff. 53-54. Paper; ff. 54. Folio. XIX-XX centt. includes: • f. 1 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Letter to A. Novello: 1837.: Facs. • f. 3 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Corrections forthe hymn'Hearmy Prayer': circ. 1844.: Autogr. • f. 4 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Letter to W. Bartholomew: 1846. • f. 5 Edmund Chipp, organist: Testimonial in favour of, from J. L. F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: 1847.: Facs. • f. 5 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Testimonial to E. Chipp, organist: 1847.: Facs. • f. 6 Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, composer: Letter to Mrs A. S. Bartholomew: 1871.: Copy. • f. 7 Reverend Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, 2nd Baronet composer: Canon by: 1857.: Copy. • ff. 7, 8 Sir John Stainer, musicologist and composer: Letters to F. G. Edwards: 1897, 1900. • f. 9 Kellow J. Pye, organist: Letters to F. G. Edwards: 1899, 1901. • f. 10 Kellow J. Pye, organist: Lullaby 'Dormi Care': 1899.: Autogr. • ff. 12, 13 Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, teacher and conductor: Letters to F. G. Edwards: 1898, 1904. • f. 14 Eugène Ysaÿe, violinist: Musical autogr. and signature: 1900. • f. 15 Eugène Ysaÿe, violinist: Sketch of: 1900. • f. 15 Art. Portraits: Coloured sketch of E. Ysayë: circ. 1900. • f. 16 Edgar Frederick Jacques, music critic and lecturer: Letter to F. G. Edwards: 1900. • ff. 19, 23 Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet; composer: Letters to F. G. Edwards: 1908. • ff. 21-22b Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet; composer: Analysis of his own motet, 'Beyond these voices there is peace': 1908.: Autogr. • ff. 24-27 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer: Letters to F. G. Edwards: [1909?]. • f. 28 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer: Opening bars of 'Onaway! Awake beloved!': Autogr. • f. 29 Sir Edward William Elgar, Baronet; OM; composer: Letter to F. G. Edwards: 1909. • f. 31 Arthur Trickett, composer: Solution to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896. • ff. 31-41 Music: Solutions to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896. • f. 32 Herbert James Wrightson, composer: Solution to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896. • f. 34 James Lively Gregory, FRCO; composer: Solution to a problem set in the'Musical Times': 1896. • f. 36 Albert William Ketèlbey, composer and conductor: Solution to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896. • f. 38 Edward R. Billingham, ARCO: Solution by, to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896. • f. 39 William Baird Ross, ARCO: Solution to a problem set in the 'Musical Times': 1896. • ff. 40, 41 Frederick Robert Frye, composer: Letter, etc., rel. to a problem set by the 'Musical Times': 1896. • ff. 42-52 Frederick George Edwards, organist and writer on music; d.1909: Notes on 'Familiar songs and their histories': 1896. • ff. 42-52 Music: Notes by F. G. Edwards on 'Familiar Songs and their histories': 1896. • f. 53 Thomas Adams, composer and organist: Notes on his organ works, by F. G. Edwards: n.d. • ff. 53-54 Frederick George Edwards, organist and writer on music; d.1909: Notes on the organ works of T. Adams: n.d. • ff. 53-54 Music: Notes by F. G. Edwards on the organ-works of Thomas Adams (1785-1858): Page 2 2021-07-27 n.d. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 41571 (1846-1847) Collection Area British Library: Music Collections Reference Add MS 41571 Creation Date 1846-1847 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol II. Vocal score of Mendelssohn's 4-Part motet 'Lauda Sion', with Latin and English words and a final note in the hand of the translator, W[illiam] Bartholomew (1793-1867); the German words and some pencil notes and references to the printed edition have also been added. Paper; ff. 26. Oblong folio. [A.D. 1846-1847.] Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Vocal score of motet 'Lauda Sion': [1846-1847].: Copy. William Bartholomew: Translation of the 'Lauda Sion', for setting by Mendelssohn: 1846-1847. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 41572 (1889-1903) Collection Area British Library: Music Collections Reference Add MS 41572 Creation Date 1889-1903 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol. III. Letters from Elizabeth Mounsey (1819-1905), with two (ff. 1-3) from her sister, [Mrs] Ann S[hepherd] Bartholomew, widow of William Bartholomew, chiefly relating to Mendelssohn's life and works; 1889- 1903. Enclosed are letters to Miss Mounsey from J[oseph] H[ayden] B[ourne] Dando, 1892 (f. 20), and Marie [Pauline Hé1ènel Benecke, 1894 (f. 71, Copy). Paper; ff. 150. Octavo. A.D. 1889-1903. Elizabeth Mounsey, musician: Letters to F. G. Edwards: 1891-1903. includes: • ff. 1-3 Ann Sheppard Bartholomew, née Mounsey; pianist, wife of William Bartholomew: Letters to F. G. Edwards: 1889. • f. 12 Ann Sheppard Bartholomew, née Mounsey; pianist, wife of William Bartholomew: Photograph of: bef. 1891. • f. 12 Art. Portraits: Ann S. Bartholomew; photogr.: bef. 1891. • f. 20 Joseph Haydon Bourne Dando, violinist and viola player: Letter to Miss E. Mounsey: 1892. • f. 71 Marie Pauline Hé1ène Benecke, daughter of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; wife of C V Benecke: Letter to Miss E. Mounsey: 1894.: Copy. Page 3 2021-07-27 Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 41573 (1885-1898) Collection Area British Library: Music Collections Reference Add MS 41573 Creation Date 1885-1898 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol. IV. Letters from Marie [Pauline Hélène] Benecke, daughter of Mendelssohn and wife of Charles Victor Benecke, and from other members of her family; 1885-1898. Enclosed is a copy of a letter to Mrs Benecke from Sir George Grove, 1894 (f.