Manuscript music, compiled by Herbert Thompson

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  • Reference
      GB 206 MS 91
  • Dates of Creation
      1880-1885
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 vol. (19 ff.) 8 folios are blank. No foliation or pagination. Some half-sheets of exercises inserted. Limp red cloth cover, lettered: MUSIC, in gold

Scope and Content

Contains: (1) Schumann, Gypsy chorus; (2) Chopin, Valse, Op.64, no.2; (3) Stainer, Amen; (4) Twilight; (5) Shelley, "A widow bird" (song for soprano); (6) Song (Gama); and other exercises

Administrative / Biographical History

Herbert Thompson was born at Hunslet, Leeds, on 11th August 1856. He was educated privately, partly at Wiesbaden in Germany, and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1878 and later took the degree of LL.M. in 1881. After a career in law his deep interest in music drew him back to Leeds to accept the offer of a position with the Yorkshire Post as music and art critic in 1886. In 1897 he married Edith Mary Sparks, daughter of the honorary secretary of the Leeds Musical Festival. He also became the Yorkshire correspondent of the Musical Times. His writings included a study of Wagner in 1927 and contributions to Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He was awarded an honorary Litt.D. by the University of Leeds in 1924, and retired from the Yorkshire Post in 1936. He died on 6 May 1945

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Herbert Thompson, 1938

Note

In English