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

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Mus. d. 206].

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Shelfmark:

MS. Mus. d. 206

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16720

Additional Description

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.