Collection Summary
Collection Title
Granville Bantock collection
Collection of Bantock's manuscripts and some letters to his son, Raymond. Bantock was Professor of Music at Birmingham University 1908-34. Original autograph scores of most of Bantock's compositions. The collection comprises Choral Music, 1900-1914, including music for solos, chorus and orchestra, part-songs and unison songs; Music for Solo Voice, 1888-1946, with orchestra and piano and recitation music; Dramatic Music 1888-1921, including vocal dramatic music and dance, incidental music for plays; Instrumental Music, 1895-1920, including orchestral and chamber music, piano and other solos; Miscellaneous Manuscripts including unidentified pieces of music and sketches and fragments of work and sketches, 1888-1912 ; Printed Works including large numbers of short printed pieces, no dates
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- Manuscript music
- Private papers/diaries/letters
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Bantock
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Location Details
University of Birmingham, Barber Music Library
Edgbaston,Barber Institute of Fine Arts, The University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT United Kingdom Open Map
Email
Music-Library@bham.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5852
Fax
+44 (0)121 414 5853
Visiting Information
Loans of performance sets; photocopying
Collections Overview
Large academic music library with strong collections of late 19th century music and collected editions and anthologies
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