Letters to and from William Sterndale Bennett (Volume XVI) copied by his son J.R. Sterndale Bennett
MS. Sterndale Bennett 72
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letters to and from William Sterndale Bennett (Volume XVI) copied by his son J.R. Sterndale Bennett
Shelfmark
MS. Sterndale Bennett 72
Summary
Copies of letters from and to William Sterndale Bennett covering the years 1836-1874. The first letter is said to have been copied in 1919. Where the original letter was written in German, an English translation is also provided.
Among the original letters to William Sterndale Bennett are those written by: Johann von Goethe, Julius Kistner, Felix and Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Clara and Robert Schumann, and Louis Spohr. There are hand- and typewritten indexes at the front of the volume.
Date
1919, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Archive of William Sterndale Bennett acquired from the Sterndale Bennett family
Diaries, letters and other texts in the archive
Copies of letters
Letters to and from William Sterndale Bennett (Volume XVI) copied by his son J.R. Sterndale Bennett
