MEYERBEER, Giacomo (1791-1864)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1249 7379 |
Held at | : Royal College of Music Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rcm.ac.uk/library/contactus/archivesandrecords/ › |
Full title | : MEYERBEER, Giacomo (1791-1864) |
Date(s) | : 1824-1860 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : Meyerbeer | Giacomo | 1791-1864 | German composer |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jacob Liebmann Beer), 1791-1864, was the most frequently performed operatic composer during the 19th century. Major works include Il Crotiato in Egitto, 1824; Robert le Diable, 1831; Les Hugenots, 1836; Ein Feldlager de Schliessen, 1844; Le Prophete, 1849 and L'africaine, 1865. He composed much other music in a variety of styles and forms including concerti and church music.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters (10) and papers of or relating to Giacomo Meyerbeer, including to Giovanni Ricordi, 29 Jun 1824; to Leopold Ganz, 17 May 1847; to Jean-Antoine-Just Géraldy, c1850; to Annette Le Brun, ?before 1854; to James Steuart Bowes, ?1854; to C L Gruneisen, [14 Apr 1860]. With two testimonials for Leopold Ganz, 1845.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Usual conditions of the Library of the Royal College of Music apply. See the RCM website or contact the RCM Library for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying is permitted at the discretion of the Archivist for research purposes only.
Finding aids:
A detailed entry is given in the supplement to volume 3 of the Manuscripts catalogue in the library of the Royal College of Music.
Archival Information
Archival history:
This collection was brought together from a number of different sources by Oliver Davies, Royal College of Music, and contains his notes on content, translation and provenance of individual items.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
RCM holds Sir August Manns autograph book which contains a letter from Meyerbeer (Ref: MS 6925).
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Source; article on Meyerbeer by Matthias Brzoskca, Grove Dictionary of Music.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Jul 2002
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