Item 2.68 - Autograph manuscript of Musical Composition: A Short Treatise for Students, by Sir Charles Stanford

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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

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).

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