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Total number of records: 163

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	159
Archives	4

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	153
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	7
Ripon Cathedral	5

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
music	13
piano music	8
string quartets	6
operas	5
oratorios	5
cantatas, sacred	4
psalms (music)	3
choruses, sacred (mixed voices) with orchestra	3
string quintets (violins (2), violas (2), violoncello)	3
sonatas (organ)	2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)	163
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy	163
Bartholomew, William (1793-1867)	18
Bartholomew, William	17
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix	11
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847	7
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	6
Rietz, Julius (1812-1877)	6
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Paul	5
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Paul (1812-1874)	5

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1700	3
From 1800	159

Archive Collection:
BC MS Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn Collection

1823-1868

Archive Series:
BC MS Mendelssohn/Letters

Mendelssohn (Felix), autograph letters mainly to Ignaz Moscheles

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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MS 1700/2/56

'Elijah. A sacred oratiorio'.

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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Ripon Cathedral MS 48

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

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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Manuscripts BC MS Mendelssohn/Scores 1

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 Attached manuscript note on flyleaf: "An Unpublished Sonata for Piano.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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Manuscripts BC MS Mendelssohn/Scores 10

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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Ripon Cathedral Library XIV.A.12

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

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

[1847]

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Manuscripts BC MS Mendelssohn/Scores 12

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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Ripon Cathedral Library XIV.A.13

Elijah : an oratorio in vocal score

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