Major accessions to repositories in 1998 relating to Music

Local

Anglesey County Record Office

• Anglesey Music Trust: records 1979-91 (WM 1850)

Birmingham City Archives

• Derek Moore-Heppleston of the British Institute for Organ Studies: papers 20th cent (MS 2163)

Conwy Archive Service

• Llanrwst Male Voice Choir: records c1940-66 (CONWY/X/17)

Essex Record Office

• Upminster Choral Society: records incl minutes and accounts 1963-97 (A10135: D/Z 323)

Lancashire Record Office

• Bacup Orchestral Society: records 1935-69 (DDX 1983 acc 8408)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

• Perth and District Pipe Band: records 1920-88

Portsmouth Museums and Records Service

• Milton Glee Club: records 1948-98 (1931A)
• Portsmouth Music Club: minutes 1969-75 (1904A)

The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

• Leicester Bach Choir: records 1928-94 (DE 5431)

Warrington Library, Museum and Archives Service

• Warrington Light Opera Society: records 1977-97 (MS 2796)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees

• Huddersfield Choral Society (addnl): records 1928-98 (Acc KC923)

National

British Library, Music Collections

• Farnham Music Festival: records incl music (Deposit 1998/32, Alan Fluck Collection)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

• Ronald Stevenson, composer: papers 1948-97 (Acc 11567)

National Library of Wales

• Cardiff Bay Opera House Trust: records incl minutes 1991-97 (Cardiff Bay Opera House Trust Archive)

University

Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department

• Sir Granville Ransome Bantock, composer and Professor of Music at Birmingham University: letters to his son Raymond 1911-38
• Anthony Edward Payne (b1936), composer: 'finished' score of Elgar's third symphony

Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Palace Green Section

• Durham Oriental Music Festival: records 1973-82 (Misc. 97/98:1)
• Fred Pratt Green, hymnologist: papers c1969-88 (Misc. 1997/98:8)

Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department

• John Blackwood McEwen Bequest: autograph scores of chamber music compositions 1956-90

London University: Institute of Education

• Benarr Rainbow (1914-1998), music educationist: corresp and papers (DC/RW, Accs DC/09/98, DC/21/98)

Sheffield University Library

• Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd baronet, conductor and composer: annotated music scores c1900-61 (MS 203)

Trinity College Dublin

• Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909), organist and composer: score of 'Hereward: a dramatic cantata' (11040)

University of Bristol Information Services: Special Collections

• Dame Moura Lympany, concert pianist: papers c1954-96 (DM 1820)