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Richard A. Northcott:
An Inventory of His Musicians and Composers Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
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Creator: |
Northcott, Richard A.,
1871-1931 |
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Title: |
Richard A. Northcott Musicians and
Composers Collection |
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Dates: |
circa 1737-1892 |
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Abstract: |
Seventy-three music-related letters,
notes, autographs, music manuscripts, and small portrait prints. |
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Extent: |
1 box (.21 linear feet) |
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Language: |
Most of the manuscripts are written in either French or Italian,
but others are written in English, German, or Spanish. |
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Repository: |
The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom
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The seventy-three items in this small collection include music-related letters,
notes, autographs, music manuscripts, and small portrait prints, circa 1737-1892,
that were originally acquired with and/or tipped into an extra-illustrated,
multi-volume set of Biographie universelle des musiciens et
bibliographie générale de la musique (1861-1866) by
François-Joseph Fetis (1784-1871). All items are arranged alphabetically by
creator name. Most of the manuscripts are written in either French or Italian, but
others are written in English, German, or Spanish.
According to information supplied by dealer Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd., the set was from
the library of Richard A. Northcott (1871-1931), archivist of the Covent Garden
Opera, and was extra-illustrated with over 1,100 engraved portraits (some colored)
plus original handwritten items by various composers, musicians, and singers. The
Ransom Center received the extra-illustrated set in the T. E. Hanley Collection.
Among the notable items are letters or notes written by César Cui,
César Franck, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, André Messager, Giacomo
Meyerbeer, Joachim Raff, and Wilhelmine Schroöder-Devrient. As many as five
of the letters in this collection may have originated from the same source as they
are all addressed to "mon cher Montaubry" in the
1860s.
Four of the manuscript items described in this finding aid remain tipped into the
volumes; archival photocopies of these items were made and added to this collection.
The following folder list includes asterisks next to the folder number for these
items, and the description indicates the particular volume in which the original
still resides.
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Open for research
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Four manuscript items remain tipped into Biographie
universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la
musique, call number ML 105 F416 1861. |
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Transfer, 1973; originally received with books in the T. E. Hanley Collection.
Joan Sibley, 2009
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| 1.1 |
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Achard, Léon, 1831-1905, French tenor; letter to "mon cher Montaubry," 12 July
1863 |
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| 1.2 |
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Alboni, Marietta, 1823-1894, Italian singer; single line of
music, at London, 11 July 1847 |
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| 1.3* |
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Antier, Marie, 1687-1747, French soprano; letter to unidentified
recipient, 8 January 1737; *original item is tipped into volume
1 |
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| 1.4 |
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Batta, Alexandre, 1816-1902, French violoncellist, composer;
letter to "mon cher Montaubry,"
undated |
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| 1.5 |
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Battu, Marie, 1838-1888, French soprano; fair copy of text "Romance de la Rose, del'opera de Marta (de
Flotow)," undated |
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| 1.6 |
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Bazin, François Emmanuel Joseph, 1816-1878, French
composer; letter to "mon cher
Montaubry," 29 May 1865 |
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| 1.7 |
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Belloc, Teresa, 1784-1855, Italian contralto; small printed
portrait with text, undated |
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| 1.8 |
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Benedict, Julius, Sir, 1804-1885, English composer and conductor;
letter to Schott & Co., 20 November 1852 |
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| 1.9 |
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Bertinotti, Teresa, 1776-1854, Italian soprano; small printed
portrait with text, undated |
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| 1.10 |
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Boccabadati, Luigia, 1800-1850, Italian soprano; fragment of
letter with signature, undated |
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| 1.11 |
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Bochsa, Robert Nicolas Charles, 1789-1856, French harpist and
composer; letter to Monsieur Courcier, 26 October, no year |
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| 1.12 |
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Braga, Gaetano, 1829-1907, Italian cellist and composer;
incomplete letter to unidentified recipient, 3 December, no
year |
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| 1.13 |
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Carafa, Michele, 1787-1872, Italian composer; incomplete letter
to Montaubry?, 23 January 1869? |
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| 1.14 |
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Cinti-Damoreau, Laure, 1801-1863, French soprano; four letters to
unidentified recipients (one to Heugel?), undated |
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| 1.15 |
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Clauss-Szávárdy, Wilhelmine, 1834-1907,
Bohemian-French pianist; letter to "chère Madame," 28 March 1883 |
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| 1.16 |
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Coletti, Filippo, 1811-1894, Italian baritone; single line of
music inscribed to I. Foscani, at London, 8 July 1847 |
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| 1.17 |
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Cui, César, 1835-1918, Russian composer; two letters,
one with music to "mon cher editeur," 16
February 1891, the other to "cher Monsieur
Heugel," 2 March 1892 |
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| 1.18 |
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Dahmen, Johan Arnold?, 1768-1829?, Dutch flautist?; receipt for
violoncello, at London, 29 April 1801 |
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| 1.19* |
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Devrient, Eduard, 1801-1877, German librettist and baritone;
letter to unidentified recipient, 9 February 1843; *original item is
tipped into volume 3 |
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| 1.20 |
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Dorus-Gras, Julie, 1805-1896, Belgian soprano; five items
including letter to Giacomo Meyerbeer, 4 September 1837; incomplete
letter to Monsieur Lepaule, undated; letter to Monsieur, 17 January
1842; and two unidentified items |
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| 1.21 |
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Duprez, Gilbert-Louis, 1806-1896, French composer; letter to
Monsieur, 4 June 1859 |
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| 1.22 |
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Falcon, Marie-Cornélie, 1814-1897, French soprano; two
letters to unidentified recipients, undated |
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| 1.23 |
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Farinelli, Giuseppe [Finco, Giuseppe Francesco], 1769-1836,
Italian composer; letter to "maestro e
amico," 10 January 1826 |
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| 1.24* |
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Fornasari, Luciano, 1815-after 1850, Italian bass; letter to
Charles Hervey, postmarked 13 August 1844; *original item is tipped into
volume 3 |
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| 1.46 |
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Fournier, Edouard, 1819-1880, French historian, dramatist; letter
to unidentified recipient, 3 February 1864 |
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| 1.25 |
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Franck, César, 1822-1890, French composer, organist, of
Belgian birth; two letters to "chère
madame," undated |
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| 1.26 |
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Frezzolini, Erminia, 1818-1884, Italian soprano; two letters to
unidentified recipients, one dated 20 September 1854? |
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| 1.27 |
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Guasco, Carlo, 1813-1876, Italian tenor; letter to Alberto Torre,
20 July 1846 |
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| 1.28 |
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Guglielmo, Pasquale D.?, 1810-1873, Italian composer; letter to
dear sir, undated |
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| 1.47 |
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Haizinger, Anton, 1796-1869, Austrian tenor; autograph,
undated |
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| 1.29 |
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Hummel, Johann Nepomuk, 1778-1837?, Austrian pianist, composer;
letter to Monsieur Baillot, postmarked 22 March 1830, and note signed by
Betty Hummel, 29 August 1838 |
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| 1.30 |
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Joachim, Amalie, wife of Joseph Joachim, 1831-1907, Hungarian
violinist, composer; letter to unidentified recipient, 13 February, no
year |
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| 1.48 |
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Kalkbrenner, Friedrich Wilhelm Michael, 1785-1849, French
pianist, teacher, and composer; letter to Loveday, Clara, 8 October
1836 |
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| 1.31 |
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Mélesville, M. [Duveyrier, Anne-Honoré-Joseph],
1787-1865, French dramatist and librettist; letter to "mon cher Montaubry," 28 July
1863 |
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| 1.32 |
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Messager, André, 1853-1929, French composer; letter to
unidentified recipient, 10 August 1892, and calling card with note,
undated |
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| 1.33* |
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Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864, German composer; two letters to
unidentified recipients, 22 June 1836; *original of one item is tipped
into supplement volume 2 |
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| 1.34 |
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Milanollo, Teresa, 1827-1904, Italian violinist and composer; two
autographs, undated |
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| 1.49 |
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Molique, Bernhard, 1802-1869, German violinist and composer;
calling card with handwritten note, undated |
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| 1.35 |
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Naumann, Emil, 1827-1888, German writer on music and composer;
note on calling card, undated |
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| 1.50 |
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Norman-Neruda, Wilma, 1838-1911, German violinist, daughter of
Josef Neruda; autograph, undated |
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| 1.51 |
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Nourrit, Adolphe, 1802-1839, French tenor, son of Louis Nouritt;
autograph, undated |
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| 1.36 |
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Panseron, Auguste-Mathieu, 1795-1859, French composer; letter to
Marie, 21 April 1817? |
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| 1.52 |
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Parepa-Rosa, Euphrosyne, 1836-1874, Scottish soprano; letter to
unidentified maestro, 6 November 1870? |
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| 1.37 |
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Pasdeloup, Jules Etienne, 1819-1887, French conductor; letter to
unidentified recipient, undated |
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| 1.38 |
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Polignac, Edmond, prince de, 1834-1901, French composer; two
letters to "monsieur et cher
collègue," 28 October 1878 and 7 January
1879 |
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| 1.39 |
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Potter, Philip Cipriani Hambly, 1792-1871, English pianist,
composer; two letters to unidentified recipient, 16 and 22 January 1868,
and an autograph, undated |
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| 1.40 |
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Raff, Joachim, 1822-1882, German composer; letter fragment with
autograph, undated |
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| 1.41 |
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Raffanelli [Rafanelli], Luigi, 1752-1821, Italian bass; small
printed portrait with text, undated |
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| 1.53 |
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Sainton, Prosper, 1813-1890, French violinist and composer;
letter to Arditi, Louis, 2 March 1871 |
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| 1.42 |
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Salvi, Lorenzo, 1810-1879, Italian tenor; letter to unidentified
recipient, March 1864 |
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| 1.43 |
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Schroöder-Devrient, Wilhelmine, 1804-1860, German
soprano; two short notes, one addressed to Monsieur Edouard Schultz, and
one autograph, all undated |
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| 1.54 |
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Stern, Julius, 1820-1883, German conductor; calling card with
handwritten note on verso, undated |
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| 1.55 |
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Strakosch, Moritz, d. 1887, American impresario of Czech origin;
letter to unidentified maestro, 24 April 1866 |
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| 1.44 |
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Unger, Caroline, 1803-1877, Austrian contralto; letter to
unidentified recipient, 13 July 1839 |
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| 1.56 |
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Vieuxtemps, Henri, 1820-1881, Belgian violinist and composer;
letter to Croese, 21 January 1842 |
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| 1.45 |
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Warot, Victor (Alexandre), 1834-1906, Belgian tenor; letter to
"mon cher ami," January?
1862 |
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