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{"value"=>"Drexel 663", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1858-1864", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1858/1864"}
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1858
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1864
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1858
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1858
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1864
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Musical Society of London papers"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 v. (unpaginated), bound"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"24 cm. or smaller"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Music Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Musical Society of London Collection consists primarily of printed materials related to the Society's activities from 1858-1864, as collected by member Edward. F. Rimbault."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Musical Society of London papers, Music Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Musical Society of London", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Musical Society of London (1858-1867) was formed by former members of the New Philharmonic Society. Their objective was the \"advancement of music in England\" and they held orchestral, choral, and chamber music concerts and conversazione, sponsored composition competitions, and operated a small music library open to fellows and associates of the society.</p> <p>The Society was made up of professional and amateur musicians from throughout United Kingdom, including women (admitted only as associates of the Society). Many of the Society's founding members were composers, performers, and scholars, including Charles Salaman, Augustine Sargood, Charles E. Horsely, W. Vincent Wallace, George A. Macfarren, Henry Smart, Alfred Mellon, and Edward F. Rimbault. Charles Salaman, who served as secretary of the Society from its founding until 1865, was a noted lecturer, pianist and composer and was involved in forming the Musical Association. Also noteworthy among the founding members was George A. Macfarren, who was one of the most prolific composers of the nineteenth century, writing several operas, cantatas, and symphonies, and W. Vincent Wallace, composer of the opera <em render=\"italic\">Maritana</em>.</p> <p>While normal membership was limited to those residing in the UK, the council did nominate prominent composers from the Continent for honorary fellowships to the Society. Auber, Berlioz, Meyerbeer, Rossini, and Spohr were among those that received the honor, and their works, as well as the works of their British colleagues, were frequently performed by the Society.</p> <p>Under the main objective of the Society, concerts and conversazione included a mixture of works from Classical repertoire, \"ancient\" works (usually meaning the Renaissance in England), and works by contemporary composers. Arthur Sullivan (who became a fellow in 1863) had the debut of his <em render=\"italic\">Tempest Music</em> at a Society concert in 1862. The Society also debuted several other works, including those of Macfarren and Salaman.</p> <p>While there was concern at the Society's inception that London did not need a second large music organization, the Society was able to prove its worth through several seasons, and at one time had close to 1,500 members. However, by April 1867, the Society lacked funds to continue its season and it was forced to suspend operations. The final concert of the Society was 20 March 1867 and included Beethoven's <em render=\"italic\">Choral Fantasia</em> with Clara Schumann on piano.</p> <p>Edward Francis Rimbault (1816-1876) was a musicologist, composer, and organist, best known for his editions of music by English Renaissance and Baroque composers. He received a doctorate from Göttingen University, and was offered (but declined) a position at Harvard University. He was a founding member of the Music Antiquarian Society and the Percy Society, in addition to being a founding member of the Musical Society of London. Rimbault was also a member of the Handel Society, editing several volumes of Handel's works for publication.</p> <p>From 1862-1863 he served as the librarian of the Musical Society of London, after the departure of the Society's first librarian, Charles E. Horsley.</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>\"[Formation of the Musical Society of London. Strictures on the content of comedies]\". <em render=\"italic\">The Musical World</em> 36, no. 51 (December 18, 1858): 808-810.</p> <p>Bashford, Christina. \"Salaman, Charles\". <em render=\"italic\">Grove Music Online</em>.</p> <p>http: //www. oxfordmusiconline. com/subscriber/article/grove/music/24355. (accessed September 16, 2010).</p> <p>Grove, Sir George, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, and Adela Harriet Sophia (Bagot) Wodehouse. \"Musical Society of London\". In A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A. D. 1450-1880) by Eminent Writers, English and Foreign, 2: 431-432. London: Macmillan, 1880.</p> <p>Husk, W. H., and Nicholas Temperley. \"Rimbault, Edward\". Grove Music Online.</p> <p>http: //www. oxfordmusiconline. com/subscriber/article/grove/music/23477. (accessed September 16, 2010).</p> <p>\"Music\". The London Review of Politics, Society, Literature, Art, & Science, January 31, 1863.</p> <p>\"Musical Society of London [Annual meeting]\". The Musical World 38, no. 6 (February 11, 1860) : 88-89.</p> <p>Temperley, Nicholas. \"Macfarren, Sir George\". Grove Music Online.</p> <p>http: //www. oxfordmusiconline. com/subscriber/article/grove/music/17324. (accessed September 16, 2010).</p> <p>Temperley, Nicholas, Philip Olleson, Roger Bowers, H. Diack Johnstone, Richard Rastall, Peter Holman, Marie Axton, et al. \"London (i)\". Grove Music Online.</p> <p>http: //www. oxfordmusiconline. com/subscriber/article/grove/music/16904pg6. (accessed September 16, 2010).</p> <p>Temperley, Nicholas. \"Wallace, Vincent\". Grove Music Online.</p> <p>http: //www. oxfordmusiconline. com/subscriber/article/grove/music/29838. (accessed September 16, 2010).</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Formerly owned by Edward F. Rimbault.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists largely of printed matter distributed by the Society from 1858-1864, as collected by founding member and fellow, Edward F. Rimbault. The dates of the materials begin just before the establishment of the Society itself, when meetings were seen as an attempt to reorganize the New Philharmonic Society. The collection contains notices and invitations to meetings and rehearsals, printed announcements advertising the Society and their activities, published membership lists, catalogs of the library collection, concert and conversazione programs, annual reports, and handwritten correspondence from fellow members Charles Salaman and Charles E. Horsely.</p> <p>Due to the bound nature of the collection, there is only one series of materials, but the series includes many different types of materials:</p> <p>Printed correspondence sent by the Society to its membership, including invitations to meetings and rehearsals, Society election information, and information relating to the payment of dues and the financial status of the Society.</p> <p>Printed announcements and other materials advertising the Society and its events.</p> <p>Membership information, including lists of members.</p> <p>Annual reports and bylaws of the Society.</p> <p>Printed catalogs of the library holdings.</p> <p>Programs from events held by the Society, including concerts, composition trials, and conversazione, which were events where members presented papers on musical topics and exhibited musical artifacts.</p> <p>Handwritten correspondence and miscellaneous materials related to the Society.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The materials in this collection are in a fixed arrangement, in a single bound volume. It is unknown who placed the collection in its present order.</p> <p>Materials are listed in the order in which they appear in the volume. The volume is unpaginated.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection was part of the library of Edward. F. Rimbault, which was purchased by Joseph W. Drexel. Upon his death it was donated to the Lenox Library, which was a founding collection of the New York Public Library.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Music Division, The New York Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- bibliography
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{"value"=>"<p>Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Edward Francis Rimbault (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge), p. 94, item 1405</p>"}
- note
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{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"A scrapbook of material from and relating to the society, including general laws, reports, announcements, autograph letters, and other materials"}
{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Title from spine"}
- extent_statement
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1 v. (unpaginated), bound