Items
listed on this page are normally on display in the Sir John Ritblat
Gallery: Treasures of the British Library at St Pancras, London.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC ITEMS
• The Caligula Troper Cotton MS Caligula A XIV (ff.
20v-21r)
• The Old Hall Manuscript Add. MS 57950 (ff. 12v-13r) more...
• Early English music printing: XX Songes (1530)
K.1.e.1.
• Purcell: 'Sound the trumpet, beat the drum' R.M.20.h.8
(ff. 139r-138v reversed)
• Portrait of Purcell from his 1683 Sonatas K.4.g.10
• Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks R.M.20.g.7 (ff.
26v-27r)
• Contemporary illustration of the Royal Fireworks 1889.b.10/5
• Mozart: Horn concerto K.447 Zweig MS 55 (ff. 7v-8r)
• Mozart's marriage contract Zweig 69 (f. 1r)
• Haydn: Symphony no. 96, 'The Miracle' Add. MS 64936
(ff. 1v-2r)
• Haydn's publishing contract Music Deposit 2006/09
• Beethoven: Violin sonata op. 30/3 Add. MS 37767 (ff.
9v-10r)
• Beethoven's tuning fork Add. MS 71148A
• Schubert: 'An die Musik' Zweig MS 81A more...
• Portrait of Schubert in 1826 Zweig MS 81B
• Mendelssohn: Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's
Dream Egerton MS 2955 (ff. 6v-7r)
• Ravel: Bolero (Ravel's arrangement for piano duet)
Zweig MS 74 (f. 1r)
• Elgar: Sketch for the third symphony, with doodles
Add. MS 56101 (f. 56r)
• Photograph of Elgar and his dog Add. MS 54781
• Vaughan Williams: Film music for Scott of the Antarctic
Add. MS 59537, ff. 34v-35r
• Miró - cover design for Digodal by Mestres Quadreny
K.6.d.5.(2.)
BEATLES LOANS
• MS Lyric In My Life (beginning 'There are Places I Remember')
Loan 86
• MS Lyric She Said (beginning 'I Know what it's Like to
be Dead') Loan 86
• MS Lyric I remember a time when everyone Loan 86
• MS Lyric Ticket to Ride Loan 86
• MS Lyric The Fool on the Hill Loan 86
• MS Lyric Yesterday Loan 86
• MS Lyric Help Loan 86
• Photo of John Lennon Loan 86
• Photo of the Beatles, including Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe
Loan 86
• Birthday card with MS Lyric A Hard Day's Night Loan
114
• MS Lyric Strawberry Fields Forever (beginning 'No-one
I think….' Loan 86
• MS Lyric I wanna hold your hand Loan 86
• MS Lyric Michelle Loan 86
• Hunter Davis biography
• The Beatles Book No 1, August 1963
• 45rpm single of A Hard Day's Night
• Beatles' 1963 Christmas record in cover
• Hammersmith Odeon concert ticket, 1965
• Fan club membership card
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