MUSICAL autograph album of Eliza Wesley, containing short pieces, inscriptions and signatures of numerous composers, musicians, singers and others, English and foreign, written between 1836 and 1895. At the beginning are a few miscellaneous autographs, including (f. 6) some verses by Thomas Hood addressed to Charles Dickens "on his departure for America," 31 Dec. 1841. The names of all the writers are given in the index. Paper; ff. 73. Ouarto.
Autographs: Album of Miss Wesley: 1836-1895.
Music: Album of signatures and short compositions of musicians and others, in London: 1836-1895.
includes:
- f. 1 b Lucy Anderson, Pianist: Signature: 1841.
- f. 1 b John Braham, tenor and composer: Signature: 1838.
- f. 1 b Adelaide Kemble, Singer: Signature: 1842.
- f. 1 b Charles Kemble, actor: Signiture: 1843.
- f. 5 Charles Dickens, novelist: Signature, etc.: 1844.
- f. 5 William Charles Macready, actor: Signature: 1843.
- f. 6 Thomas Hood, poet: Verses on Charles Dickens: 1841.
- f. 6 Poetry: Verses by T. Hood on C. Dickens: 1841.
- f. 6b Walter Duncan, Painter(?): Signature, etc: 1881.
- f. 7 Edward Duncan, Painter: Signature: 1863.
- f. 8 Giuseppe Garibaldi: Signature: n.d.
- f. 8 b Alfredo Piatti, cellist and composer: Signature: 1867.
- f. 8 b Sir George Alexander Macfarren, composer: Signature: [1867 ?].
- f. 8 b Ludwig Ries, Violinist: Signature: 1867.
- f. 8 b Arabella Goddard, Pianist: Signature: [1867 ?].
- f. 8 b Henry Gamble Balgrove, Violinist: Signature: 1867.
- f. 8 b Sir Julius al. Jules Benedict, composer and conductor: Signature: [1867 ?].
- f. 8 b Sir Charles Hallé, pianist and conductor: Signature: [1867 ?].
- ff. 8 b, 62 b Joseph Joachim, violinist: Letters to E. Wesley, etc.: 1862, 1867.
- f. 9 Samuel Wesley, composer and organist: Ode to St. Cecilia: circ. 1836.
- f. 10 Domenico Dragonetti, double-bass player and composer: Canzonetta: [1836].
- f. 10 b Robert Lindley, Violoncellist, etc: Canon: [1836].
- f. 11 b Vincent Novello, organist, composer and publisher: Chant: [1836].
- f. 12 William Crotch, composer and organist: Fugue: 1836.
- f. 13 Henry John Gauntlett, organist and composer: Serenade: 1836.
- f. 14 b Ignaz Moscheles, pianist and composer: Capriccio: 1836.
- f. 16 Thomas Attwood, composer and organist: Amen: circ. 1837.
- f. 16 Sir Julius al. Jules Benedict, composer and conductor: Andante for piano: 1838.
- f. 16 b Johann Sebastian Bach, composer: Canone enimmatico: 1838.
- ff. 17, 47 b Thomas Adams, composer and organist: Organ Fugues, etc.: 1810-1852.
- f. 18 James Kendrick Pyne, Organist of Bath Abbey: Pianoforte piece: 1837.
- f. 19 b Thomas Simpson Cooke, composer, instrumentalist and singer: Vocal trio: 1839.
- f. 20 John Barnett, Composer: Part of string quartet: 1837.
- f. 21 Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and singer: Fragment from "Siege of Rochelle".: 1837.
- f. 22 Ole Bornemann Bull, violinist and composer: Cadenza: 1837.
- f. 23 Nicholas Mori, Violinist: Cadenza: 1837.
- f. 24 Sigismond Fortuné François Thalberg, pianist: Fragment of piano music: 1837.
- f. 24 Reverend Isaac Hitchen: Organ piece: 1838.
- f. 24 b Giuditta Maria Constanza Pasta, née Negri; Italian soprano: Fragment of song [1837 ?].
- f. 25 Luigi Lablache, singer: Fragment for piano: 1837.
- f. 25 b Alexander Dreyschock, pianist: Fragment for piano: 1843.
- f. 26 Sir Michael Costa, composer: Fragment of sacred song: 1837.
- f. 26 Giulia Grisi, soprano: Autograph, etc.: 1837.
- f. 27 Henry Phillips, Singer: Kyrie eleison: 1839.
- f. 28 Elizabeth Rainforth, singer: Fragment of music: 1839.
- f. 29 Johann Baptist Cramer, composer and publisher: Piano piece: 1840.
- f. 29 b Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, composer: Canon: 1841.
- f. 31 Henry Adams, composer: Piano piece: 1839.
- f. 32 Maria Billington Hawes: Fragment of son: 1841.
- f. 32 b Thomas Harper, trumpeter: Fragment for trumpet: 1838.
- f. 33 Charles Neate, composer and pianist: Piano piece: 1841.
- f. 34 Franz Cramer: Violin piece: 1841.
- f. 35 Charlotte Ann Birch, singer: Song: 1841.
- f 36 John Parry, composer and harpist; d.1782: Song: 1841.
- f. 38 Philippe Musard, composer: Fragment of quadrille(?), etc.: 1841.
- f. 39 Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer: Piano piece: 1841.
- f. 40 Friedrich Anton Weber, Composer: Piano piece: 1842.
- f. 41 Stephen Heller, pianist and composer: Fragment of piano piece: 1862.
- f. 41 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, violinist and composer: Fragment for violin: [1862 ?].
- f. 42 Vincenzo Bellini, composer: Fragment from " I Puritani": 1841.
- f. 42. - Giovanni Battista Rubini: Signature, etc.: 1841.
- f. 43 Enrico Tamberlick, singer: Signature: 1862.
- f. 43 Antonio Tamburini, singer: Signature, etc.: 1855.
- f. 44 Marie Louise Dulcken, Pianist: Fragment for piano: 1841.
- f. 45 Joseph Standigl: Canon: 1843.
- f. 46 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer: Fragment from " Lucia di Lammermoor": 1849.
- f. 46 John Sims Reeves: Signature, etc.: 1849.
- f. 46 b Johann Strauss, Composer: Waltz: 1849.: Fragm.
- f.46 Jenny Goldschmidt, née Lind; wife of Otto Goldschmidt: Signature, etc.: 1847.
- f. 47 Fanny Persiani, singer: Cadenza: 1849.
- f. 48 Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Fragment for piano: 1852.
- f. 48 b Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, violinist and composer: Fragment for violin: 1853.
- f. 49 Giovanni Bottesini, double bass player, conductor and composer: Fragment of fugue: 1853.
- f. 50 John Liptrot Hatton, composer and pianist: Fragment of song: 1854.
- f. 51 Louis Antoine Jullien, conductor and composer: Operatic song: 1852.
- f. 52 Charles Kensington Salaman, pianist, composer and conductor: Serenade: 1860.
- f. 53 Ernst Pauer, composer: Piano piece: 1853.
- f. 54 Henry John Lincoln: Piano-piece: 1837.
- f. 55 Heinrich Herz: Fragment for piano: 1862.
- f. 55 b Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Fragment of overture: 1894.
- f. 56 Marchese Giovanni Mario di Candia: Canon: 1854.
- f. 57 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer: Fragment of overture: 1855.
- f. 58 Sir Charles Hallé, pianist and conductor: Fragment for piano: 1859.
- f. 59 Alfredo Piatti, cellist and composer: Secular Canon: 1854.
- f. 60 b William Pole, Mus. Doc: Part of motet: 1895.
- f. 62 b Johann Sebastian Bach, composer: Fragment of chaconne: 1862.
- f. 63 Heinrich August Marschner, composer: Fragment of music: 1857.
- f. 64 b Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Fragment of the " Creation".: 19th cent.
- f. 65 Camillo Sivori: Fragment of violin capriccio: 1843.
- f. 65 b Sir Joseph Barnby, organist and composer: Fragments of part song and piano piece: 1891.
- f. 66 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Canon: 1837.
- f. 66 Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer: Fragment of opera: 1853.
- f. 67 Louis Spohr, composer: Canon: 1843.
- f. 68 Bernhard Molique, Composer: Canon: 1852.
- f. 69 Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco Verdi, composer: Fragment of " La Traviata": 1862.
- f. 70 Walter Cecil Macfarren, pianist and composer: Fragment for piano: 1890.
- f. 71 Bodda-Pyne, Singer: Letters to E. Wesley, etc.: 1894, 1895.
- f. 72b Edward John Hopkins, organist and composer: Hymn: 1886.
- f. 73 b Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Mus.D: Hymn: 1870.