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Short-title catalogue of the English songbooks in the collection of Walter N. H. Harding

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MS. Mus. d. 206

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Typescript with manuscript annotations by the compiler, Walter Harding, iii + 483 leaves. Includes the Stainer collection, which Harding acquired in 1932. The spine title is misleadingly suggests this is Stainer's catalogue.

At the end are incomplete lists of his French and American songbooks.

Dates

  • Creation: 1935

Extent

486 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English
  • French

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MS. Mus. d. 206

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16720

Abstract

Short-title catalogue of the English songbooks in the collection of Walter N. H. Harding made in 1935.

Biographical / Historical

Walter Newton Henry Harding (1883-1973) was a pianist and music collector. See Grove Music Online for further details.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by Walter Harding to J. F. R. Stainer, Sir John Stainer's son, who gave it to the Library in 1939, long before the Harding Collection was bequeathed to the Bodleian.

Dimensions

Quarto

Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019 by Hannah Jordan and Margaret Czepiel
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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Weston Library
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