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Major accessions to repositories in 2021 relating to Music |
Local
- Carnoustie Music Club: corresp, leaflets, posters and a scrap book nd (MS626)
- The East Cornwall Bell Ringing Association: minutes 1890-1958 (X1469)
- Bromley Common Methodist Church: choir minute books 1918 (2021/31)
- Bolsover parish: bell ringing records including volumes of peals and hand bells rung, leaflets, newscuttings and other associated documents relating to bell ringing 1888-2018 (D190)
- Harrison & Harrison Ltd, organ builders, Durham: organ drawings H-K 19th-20th cent (D/Ha)
- Antonine Theatre Group, Bishopbriggs: programmes, photos, newscuttings, scrapbook for the Antonine Singers section of the Group 1968-1978 (2021/1)
- York Philharmonic Choir: records 1933-2018
- Dolmetsch company: technical drawings of musical instruments made by Dolmetsch 1927-1985 (E2110.1-19)
- Ernest Morris's updated version of Thomas North's "Church Bells of Leicestershire", 1876, compiled c1940 and c1960 [Digitalised by the John Taylor Bell Foundry Museum in association with the Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society - 2 CDs] 2015 (DE10184)
- Kirkby Light Operatic Society (later Ashfield Harmony Choir): photographs, programmes and ephemera c1960-1979 (Acc 9888)
- Roger Quail (fl 1991-2021), musician and A&R Manager, Dublin and Sheffield: podcast 'My Life in the Mosh of Ghosts' about the Sheffield post-punk music scene (1977-1980s) 2014-2021 (X918)
- Taunton Choral Society: minutes and programmes of the Taunton Madrigal Society, programmes of the Taunton Choral Society and a typed history of the two societies 1901-2016 (A/EXE)
- Burntwood Singers (originally Burntwood Choral Society): minutes, scrapbooks and programmes c1965-2019 (7880)
- Stirling City Choir: constitution, newsletters, corresp, programmes 1965-2012 (A2030)
National
- Charles I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland and Ireland: warrant appointing Thomas Flooyd to the role of king's trumpeter 1634 (Music Deposit 2021/10)
- Alan Bush (1900-1995), composer: letters (35) to the organist Robert Crowley 1987-1995 (MS Mus. 1861)
- Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981), composer: journals and diaries 1952-1972 (Music Deposit 2021/21)
- Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940), musician and instrument maker: manuscript volumes (2) from his library - one volume of lute music by German composers and one volume of divisions for bass viol 1650s-1750s (Music Deposit 2021/23)
- John Joubert (1927-2019), composer: manuscripts c1950-2019 (Music Deposit 2021_29)
- Patric Standford (1939-2014), composer: manuscripts c1960-2014 (Music Deposit 2021_28)
- Gilbert Askew (1893-1950), historian of the bagpipe: corresp and papers rel to his his research c1929-1950 (Acc.14222)
- Llio Rhydderch (fl1951-1980), traditional Welsh harper: musical compositions for the harp including one which won the first prize in the National Eisteddod 1951 1951-1980
Special
- Martin Brophy (b1955) musician: papers, ephemera and audio-visual material rel to LGBT chorus music groups and festivals 1982-2000 (BROPHY)
- Hazell Dean (b 1952) singer and musician: papers, ephemera and career archive c1975-2021 (DEAN)
- London Gay Men's Chorus: administrative archive, scores, props, promotional material 1991-2021 (LGMC)
- Kathleen Ferrier (1912-1953), singer: Paul Campion's collection rel to Ferrier, incl recordings, programmes, photographs, books, scores, magazines and articles, research materials, posters c1943-2000 (CMP)
- Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986), composer: letters to Roger Wright 1979-1989 (MSC105)
- A collection of philately, deltiology, ephemera and press photography rel to Britten and his associates, collected by Neil Arthur Williams 1922-2011 (MSC115)
- Highgate School, London: programmes, correspondence and reviews rel to the school's performances of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem c1963 (Acc. 2021/20/1-12)
- King's College, Taunton - Music Dept: files incl material rel to public subscription concerts, Chapel organ, School Choir of the Year competition; also photographs, plans of the Music School, and programmes 1958-2019 (2021/13)
- Musicians connected with the Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle: part books, organ book, score books, service and anthem books, used by the choir and organist in the Chapel Royal 19th cent (RCB Library Ms 1116)
- Sir John Andrew Stevenson (1761-1833) Irish composer: 'Royal service' composed by Stevenson, first performed in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1819 1819 (RCB Library MS 1111)
University
- Professor Thomas Brendan Wilson (1965-2005), composer: papers incl Wilson's original handwritten compositions, incidental music, correspondence, scrapbooks (containing reviews and programmes), framed pictures and photographs c1980-2005 (GLAASC ACCN 00025)
- Walter Ainscough (fl1970-2010), bandsman and Brass Bands England (1968-), national music organisation: c9000 music sets, programmes, Records, CD's, and memorabilia c1830-2021 (BBA)
- Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), British composer and pianist, and James Runciman Denny (1908-1978), British conductor, musicologist and academic: letters mainly from Denny to Leighton and one photograph 1953-1960 (MS 2083)
- Benjamin Burrows (1891-1966), composer: copy of lullaby for Joan Lane 1916 (ACC 2021/26 (D))
- Sheila Rock (b1980), photographer: prints, negatives, transparencies, contact sheets, book publications, and ephemera 1976-1978 (N/A)
- Anindita Ghosh (fl1999-2021), academic: archive material rel to the Singing Heritage project exploring Bengali folk songs 2019 (95)
- Rob Gretton (1953-1999), band manager and record industry figure: papers incl personal notebooks, scrapbooks, business and personal corresp, posters, ephemera, audio and video in various formats and memorabilia 1970s-1990s
- Fedele Fenaroli (1730-1818), Italian composer & teacher and Luigi Confidati (1772-1847), Italian composer: music manuscripts c1780-1820 (MS 1042)
- Trevor Hold (1939-2004), composer, poet & author: compositions including vocal, keyboard, opera, choral, instrumental and orchestral works and index 1957-2003 (MS 1038)
- Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham: playscripts, posters, press cuttings, show files, leaflets, brochures, programmes and catalogues relating to performances 1907-2019 (TRC)
- Nottingham Hippodrome Artistes and Hippodrome Grand Orchestra: ephemera relating to concerts and charitable performances including posters, programmes and correspondence c1916-1923 (Tw T)
- Marion Henry (fl1945-1984), PhD student at University of Strathclyde: oral history project on music from the coalfields 1945-1984 (SOHC/21)
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