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Subject(s)

• Composers—Germany—17th century [Browse]
• Music—17th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Musicologists—England—20th century—Correspondence [Browse]
• Music—20th century [Browse]
• Händel, George Frideric [Browse]
• Knapp, J. Merrill [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Correspondence—20th century [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

1935-1971

Restrictions note

The collection is open for research.

Summary note

• Consists chiefly of correspondence of British musicologist William Charles Smith related to music and to George Frederic Handel.
• The collection consists chiefly of correspondence of British musicologist William Charles Smith related to music and to George Frederic Handel. The correspondents represent a large group of musicians, composers, music editors and critics, music librarians, conductors, publishers, antiquarians and booksellers, authors, and music bibliographers. Correspondents include Elkin Mathews, Ltd., regarding Handel items for sale; the English conductor Charles Frederick Farncombe regarding opera performances; and Cecil Hopkinson of The First Edition Bookshop, Ltd., about purchasing Handel items. Other correspondents include Jacob Maurice Coopersmith, Thurston Dart, Winton Dean, Sir George Dyson, Sir Newman Flower, Julian Herbage, Jens Peter Larsen, Hans Lenneberg, Anthony Lewis, C. V. Pilkington of Sotheby & Co., Brian Priestman, Hans Ferdinand Redlich, Stanley Sadie, Percy Alfred Scholes, and John Tobin. In addition, there are forty-five autograph letters and cards between Smith and J. Merrill Knapp regarding music and Handel. Accompanying some of the correspondence is handwritten music.

OCLC

1418819367

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