Album of autographs, signatures, and letters of musicians, actors dramatists, and artists, including several undated pieces., 1884-1909 -

Containers:

Bound Bound

Scope and content:

1. Bound in black with the word Album stamped in gold on the cover
2. Sixty-six blank pages
3. Contents: 1) Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915, singer, musician antiquarian, Domine...14 bars of music with words, Feb. 17, 1899; 2) Robson, E. M., "When my cue comes...", May 14, 1902; 3) Couldery, Claudius H., Lento...8 bars of music, Dec. 20, 1899, prefaced by a drawing of a kitten; 4-5) blank; 6) Berger, Francesco, 1834-1933, pianist, composer, Gavotte...3 bars of music, May 3, 1902; 7) Santley, Sir Charles, 1834-1922, opera siner, It is enough...2 bars of music, Mar. 23, 1899; 8) blank; 9) Todhunter, John, 1839-1916, playwright, Aghadoe...5 bars of music with words, Apr. 13, 1899; 10) blank; 11) Moir, Frank Lewis, 1852-1904, song writer, And up and out...3 bars of music with words, Mar. 30, 1899; 12) blank; 13a) Ryland, Henry, 1856-1924, artist, Autograph, Apr. 13, 1904; 13b) Smith, Carlton Alfred, 1853-1946, artist, Autograph, Apr. 19, 1904; 13c) Linton, Sir James Dromgole, 1840-1916, artist, Autograph, July 27, 1904; 14) Kinsley, Albert, 1853-1946, artist, Autograph, July 22, 1904; 15) Reeves, Herbert Sims, Adelaide di L. V. Beethoven...3 bars of music for voice and piano accompaniment, Mar. 27, 1899; 16-18) blank; 19) Silas, Edouard, 1827-1909, organist, composer, Kat-denza from a Nocturne...with Minnie and Tom the cats as Clef marks for the cadenza, n.d.; 20) blank; 21) Prout, Ebenezer, 1835-1909, theorist, composer, From 'Suite de Ballet; Op. 28'...5 bars of music, Nov. 14, 1900; 22) Chauglet, Maud M., Autograph, n.d.; 23a) Hudleston, Jessie, "A poor little dummy am I...", May 13, 1900; 23b) Moore, Jessie, ?-1910, actress, Autograph, 1901; 24-26) blank; 27) Booth, Cecil, R. A., "On such a night as this"...5 bars of music with words, Jan. 1900; 28) blank; 29) Munck, Ernest de, 1840-1915, violincellist, Allegro...3 bars of music inscribed to Madame Haroldine Lane, Mar. 31, 1900; 30) blank; 31) Bach, Leonhard Emil, 1849-1902, pianist, Musical symbol inscribed to Mrs. Haroldine Lane, Mar. 29, 1899; 32) blank; 33) Liebling, Georg, 1865-1946, pianist, composer, Piano Concerto, Op. 22...2 bars of music, June 10, 1902; 34) blank; 35) Raine, A., Pensee fugitive...3 bars of music, July 19, 1902; 36-42) blank; 43) Kate Temple, Will A. Pepper, Howard Barnsley, Chas Neary, Chas Conyers, inscribed under "The White Coon's Bray," 1903; 44-65) blank; 66-67) Payne, Arthur W., 1863-?, violinist, conductor, Andante from Mendelssohn...3 bars of music, Aug. 1904, and photograph of Payne as conductor, Jan. 1, 1907; 68-69) Buccini, Edward, "Order was given to swing there..." accompanied by pencil sketch of mermaids with lyre and a Viking ship, Aug. 22, 1903; 70-76) blank; 77) Turnpenny, Henry, Autograph, Aug. 1904; 78-85) blank; 86-87) Warnford-Davis, A., Lines of Prospero from Act V, Scene I of The Tempest, accompanied by colored drawing of figures on the beach, 1909; 88-96) blank; 97a) Brough, Robert, 1872-1905, portrait painter, Signature signed Bobbie, n.d.; 97b) Weldon, Georgina, 1837-1914, soprano, composer, Admission ticket to the Amphitheatre of Royal Albert Hall, June 6, 1884; 97c) Paderewsi, Ignace, Jan, 1860-1941, pianist, Signature, n.d.; 98) blank; 99) Sainton, Joseph, 1878-?, pianist, conductor, Autograph, Sept. 7, 1906; 100) blank; 101) Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814, dramatist, Signature and picture, n.d.; 102a) Ganz, Wilhelm, 1833-1914, organist, Signature, n.d.; 102b) Williams, Bransby, 1870-1961, actor, Autograph, n.d.; 102c) Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm, 1853-1917, actor, manager, Signature, n.d.; 103a) Roeckel, Joseph Leopold, 1838-1923, teacher, composer, Signature, n.d.; 103b) Sothern, Edward Askew, 1826-1881, actor, Signature, n.d.; 103c) Powell, Maud, 1868-1920, violinist, Signature, n.d.; 104a) Ondricek, Frantisek, 1859-1922, violinist, Signature, n.d.; 104b) Sapelnikov, Vassily, 1865-1941, pianist, 3 bars of music, Feb. 1, 1902; 105a) Goldschmidt, Otto, 1829-1907, pianist, composer, Note to friend Berger, Aug. 23, 1900; 105b) Unidentified signature; 105c) Olitzka, Rosa, 1873-1949, contralto, Signature, n.d.; 106) Marchesi, Blanche, 1863-1940, opera singer, Note in German to unidentified person, n.d.; 107) Kubelik, Jan, 1880-1904, violinist, composer, Beethoven, Op. 67...4 bars of music, May 18, 1902; 108) Rosenthal, Moritz, 1862-1946, pianist, Note in German to unidentified person, n.d.; 109a) Unidentified signature; 109b) Unidentified signature; 109c) Dollman, John Charles, 1851-1934, painter, Signature, n.d.; 109d) Backhous, Wilhelm, 1884-?, pianist, Signature, n.d.; 110a) Sauer, Emil von, 1862-1942, pianist, composer, card to George Carr, Feb. 6, 1902; 110b) Albani, Dame Emma, 1852-1930, opera singer, Card to Mr. Berger, Mar. 10, 1902; 111) Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925, pianist, composer, Letter in German to Herr Berger, n.d.; 112) German Sir Edward, 1862-1936, violinist, composer, Letter to Mr. Berger, July 16, 1902; 113) Bridge, Sir John Frederick, 1844-1924, conductor, Letter to Berger, n.d.; 114a) Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence, 1836-1912, artist, Signature, n.d.; 114b) Elgar, Sir Eward William, 1857-1934, composer, Signature, n.d.; 114c) Black, Andrew, 1859-1920, baritone, Signature, n.d.; 115) Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers, 1852-1924, composer, Letter to Mr. Berger, Oct. 1, 1895; 116) Becker, Hugo, 1863-1941, violinist, Letter in German to unidentified recipient, Mar. 8, 1902; 117a) Browne, Paddie, Quotation mentioning A. W. Pinero, n.d.; 117b) Waller, Lewis, 1860-1915, actor, Signature, n.d.; 118) Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings, 1848-1918, composer, tenor, Signarure, n.d.; 119a) Chandos, Lloyd, fl. 1938, tenor, Signature, n.d.; 199b) Oxenford, Edward, 1837?-1929, playwright, librettist, Signature, n.d.; 119c) Unidentified autograph, June 12, 1899; 120) Marsick, Martin Pierre Joseph, 1848-1924, violinist, Note in French to unidentified person, Dec. 11, 1898; 121a) Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907, violinist, Signature, n.d.; 121b) Unidentified signature; 121c) Needham, Alicia Adelaide, 1875-1945, composer, Signature, n.d.; 122a) Chevalier, Albert, 1861-1923, music hall comedian, Signature, n.d.; 122b) Unidentified signature, n.d.; 122c) Unidentified signature, n.d.; 122d) Unidentified signature, n.d.; 122e) Unidentified signature, n.d.; 123a) Unidentified signature, n.d.; 123b) Unidentified signature, n.d.; 123c) Unidentified signature, n.d.; 123d) Carmichael, Mary Grant, 1851-1955, pianist, violinist, Signature, n.d.; 124a) Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell, 1847-1935, composer, violinist, Signature, n.d.; 124b) Bingham, Clifton, Signature n.d.; 124c) Unidentified signature, n.d.; 124d) Unidentified signature, n.d.; 124e) Somervell, Sir Arthur, 1863-1937, composer, Signature, n.d.; 124f) Ernest, Gustav, Signature, n.d.; 125) Arbos, Enrique Fernandez, 1863-1938, violinist, composer, Letter in French to unidentified person, Jan. 16, 1900; 126a) Blumenthal, Jacob, 1829-1908, pianist, composer, Signature, n.d.; 126b) Calsi, J. L., professor, Signature, n.d.; 126c) Janotha, Nathalie, 1856-1932, pianist, composer, Letter to unidentified person, June 30, 1899; 127) Unidentified writer of letter from Kew, July 20, 1896.
4. Unmounted pieces include 1) Austin, Walter, Note from 122 St. James Court to Mrs. Lane, Feb. 5, n.y.; 2) Lehmann, Liza Elizabeth Nina Mary Frederika, 1862-1918, soprano, composer, Signature, n.d.; 3) Ronald, Sir Landon, 1873-1938, composer, conductor, Letter to Mrs. Lane, Jan. 10, n.y.
5. The letters to Francesco Berger appear to be to him in his capacity as Honorary Secretary of the Royal Philharmonic Society in London

Acquisition information:

Purchased. Henry Bristow, Ringwood, Hants, England. 1975.

Physical description:

Autograph documents signed 127 p. 20 cm.

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