Identity area
Reference code
R./2.68
Title
Autograph manuscript of Musical Composition: A Short Treatise for Students, by Sir Charles Stanford
Date(s)
- Apr. 1911 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume (27 x 22 cm), containing 193 leaves numbered i–iii, 1–190, with an unnumbered flyleaf at the front and another at the back. Bound in green leather.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Presented by Sir Charles Stanford in 1912 (see the bookplate). The accession stamp is dated 30 Jan.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Sir Charles Stanford
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Stamped on the spine, in the spaces between the bands: ‘MUSICAL | COMPOSITION’, ‘STANFORD’, ‘AUTOGRAPH MS.’, ‘1911’. The prefatory note is dated Apr. 1911.
Allied materials area
Publication note
Published by Macmillan in 1911 (copy at 255.c.91.3 in this Library).