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Music manuscripts and related material from the Horsley family papers

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Music manuscripts, with autographs of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, and related material from the Horsley family papers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1804-1982

Extent

1.5 Linear metres (10 physical shelfmarks)

Language of Materials

  • English
  • German
  • French

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. MS. Horsley b. 1, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Horsley b. 1, c. 1-9

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16134, 13030

Abstract

Music manuscripts and related material from the Horsley family papers, 1804-1982.

Biographical / Historical

The Horsley family included the musician William Horsley (1774-1858) and the artists John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903) and Rosamund Horsley (1864-1949).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given to the Library by descendants of Rosamund Brunel Gotch (née Horsley) in 1987.

Separated Materials

The main part of the archive is found at MSS. Eng. a. 2001, b. 2003-2009, c. 2196-2269, d. 205-95, e. 2134-2304, and is described in the Bodleian Archives and Manuscripts online catalogue.

Preliminary descriptions of the Mendelssohn manuscripts and letters contained in MSS. Horsley b. 1 and c. 1 were published in the Catalogue of the Mendelssohn papers in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3, compiled by Peter Ward Jones (Tutzing, 1989), pp. 308-311.

Title
Music manuscripts and related material from the Horsley family papers
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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