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

Date:
1884-1909 -
Scope Content:
Bound in black with the word Album stamped in gold on the cover Sixty-six blank pages 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. 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. The letters to Francesco Berger appear to be to him in his capacity as Honorary Secretary of the Royal Philharmonic Society in London
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  2. Miscellaneous mss., 2100 BCE-1992
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An Ethiopian amulet or ketab in Amharic., 19th century - Bound Bound

Date:
19th century -
Scope Content:
Probably (?) 19th century. Rubricated and with decorations and miniatures in red, black and green. Contains a number of small tracts in 3 or 4 different hands bound together between wooden boards, as follows: (a) blank, f. 1: trials of the pen (fatina bere) in red and black, f.2r; a charm? ff.2v-4r with a magic diagram on f.4v. (b) Golgota (Salot), prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on Mount Golgotha, ff.5r-32r; blank, f.32v (only the stub of f. 32 remains) (c) Various prayers and incantations, beginning "'Esaged lamalakoteka" and ending with an invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, ff.334-50r, with a sketch for a miniature of St George and the dragon on f.45r; a miniature of the archangels Michael and Gabriel shown as the protectors of a holy Theodore (qedus Tiwoderos), not further identified, on f.45v; a miniature of St. George slaying the dragon (the background painted in blood) on f.50r; blank f.50v (d) Prayers and incantations, beginning "Basam abe wawalid wamanfas kidusam" and in most of which the Blessed Virgin Mary is invoked (her name has been written in over an erasure in many of the rubrics towards the end), ff.51r-86v. See Rene Basset: Les Prieres de la Vierge a Bartos et au Golgotha. Paris, 1895. (Les Apocryphes ethiopiens, 5) Deborah Lifchitz: Textes ethiopiens magico-religieux. Paris, 1940. (Institut d'Ethnologie. Travaux et memoires, 38) p. 15. Accompanied by a card (5 x 8 cm.) in German. A translation follows: "Abyssinian magic and prayerbook from the year ca. 800. H Selata Egzitina / Mariam gologota Prayer to the Virgin Mary to be prayed in Jerusalem in addition to a few incantations (formulas of magic). 86 leaves. Amhara. Acquired 1904. It is said to have been decorated with human blood. The imperial royal court library wants to acquire (bids) this book for 900 Kcrowns. It is one of the oldest books known to date. M. R. Schmerha"
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  2. Miscellaneous mss., 2100 BCE-1992
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Contemplation., 19th century - Bound Bound

Date:
19th century -
Scope Content:
"Principally written during a tour in North America" Canto I - 40 stanzas; Canto II - 48 stanzas; Canto III (number only) Begins: The circling year again with steady course/Renews its infant days...and ends: Farewell. This book is now indeed my last,/And these bright scenes and hours will be forever past Poem commemorates the beauty and storms of nature in the New World (I-31), America (I-3, II-1), Hudson River (II-8), Trenton River (II-12), Lake Erie (II-24, 28), Niagara (II-29, 37), the name of Washington (II-1,2), and states: But Man is not my theme; again I turn/To thee sweet Nature... (II-3) Blank leaves: 37 Watermark: J Green Son 1825
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Coolidge, Mary. Actor's sides or lines for eight plays., 189- - box 6

Date:
189- -
Scope Content:
Contents: 1) Kathleen in Kathleen Mavourneen. 44 p. 13 cm.; 2) Kitty in Kathleen. Act II. 6 p. 16 cm.; 3) Dorothy Kavanagh in Kathleen Mavourneen. 7 p. 16 cm.; 4) Albert in Monte Cristo. Acts III IV. 13 p. 15 cm.; 5) Mercedes in Monte Cristo. 12 p. 13 cm.; 6) Mary Mortimer in Naval engagements. 25 p. 14 cm.; 7) Mrs. Lee in A noble outcast. 14 p. 16 cm.; 8) Daphne in Pygmalion and Galatea. 12 p. 14 cm.; 9) Fanny in Prologue--Ten nights. 5 p. 15 cm.; 10) Sadie. 17 p. 15 cm.; 11) Unidentified. 26 p. 16 cm. Name "Mary Coolidge" appears on the parts of Kathleen, Mercedes, and Mary Mortimer Some pages written on stationery of the Assumption Pioneer, Napoleonville, Louisiana, 189-; Hotel White, Edenton, North Carolina, 1899; Turnbull's Hotel, Warrenton, North Carolina, 189-; Orangeburg Hotel, Orangeburg, South Carolina, 189-. Accompanied by broadside and leaflet advertising the Carew-Kinsington theatre company featuring Mary and Janet Carew and managed by R. G. Kingston in "The Girl from Home"
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  2. Miscellaneous mss., 2100 BCE-1992
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