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Total number of records: 202

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Brotherton Collection188
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections7
Ripon Cathedral5
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music13
piano music10
oratorios7
operas6
string quartets6
cantatas, sacred6
symphonies3
string quintets (violins (2), violas (2), violoncello)3
choruses, sacred (mixed voices) with orchestra3
psalms (music)3

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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)202
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy202
Bartholomew, William (1793-1867)31
Bartholomew, William28
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix13
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-184710
Rietz, Julius (1812-1877)10
Rietz, Julius8
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)6
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Paul (1812-1874)5

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Felix Mendelssohn Collection

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)

1823-1868

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Mendelssohn (Felix), autograph letters mainly to Ignaz Moscheles

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)

1824-1846

76 letters from all periods of Mendelssohn's life, 65 of them to his friend, the Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso Ignaz Mosceheles, of whom he was at one time a pupil. The letters are full of refe...

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'Elijah. A sacred oratiorio'.

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847); Freemantle, W T; Bennett, Joseph (1831-1911)

c.1875

Title page reads: 'Elijah. A sacred oratorio. Composed expressly for the Birmingham Musical Festival, 1846. By Dr. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. With a manuscript copy of Mendelssohn's original draf...

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Miscellaneous ballads, arias, songs, and hymns by Mendelssohn and others

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)

c.1839-1894

Modern pencil foliation. Ruled for music. Printed songs, by Mendelssohn and others, paginated 37-42 (extracts from a volume) are inserted at the front. The signature 'A.R. Kenny' is written in pencil ...

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Thematisches Verzeichniss im Druck erschienener Compositionen

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847); Breitkopf & Härtel

[1873?]

Pl. no. : 12613.

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Sonata
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Sonata

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)

1823

Caption title. Attached manuscript note on flyleaf: "An Unpublished Sonata for Piano. Dated 27th Nov. 1823. by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy." "Sonatina" corrected on p.[1] to read "Sonata". "L. e...

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Etude in F minor

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)

1839

Title from attached typed title leaf. Interleaved with protective paper. Autograph manuscript of Mendelssohn's Etude in F minor. The piece was composed in 1836 but this is a copy written out by Me...

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Elijah : an oratorio. The words, selected from the Old Testament

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847); Bartholomew, William (1793-1867)

[1847]

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Lauda Sion

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)

[1846]

Manuscript of orchestral score, copied by Friedrich Louis Weissenborn, with additions by the composer. Omits no.6 (Sub diversis speciebus).

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Elijah : an oratorio in vocal score

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847); Bartholomew, William (1793-1867)

[1893]

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Elijah : an oratorio in vocal score

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847); Bartholomew, William (1793-1867)

[1893]

"Novello's pocket edition" - at head of title.

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The hunter's farewell : (part-song for two voices)

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)

[1877]

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