Collection Summary
Collection Title
Robert Lucas Pearsall
Collection of musical compositions-many of them rough drafts or sketches-works on music, and other writings, by Robert Lucas Pearsall, of Willsbridge House, in Bitton, co. Glouc., and afterwards of Wartensee Castle, near St. Gall, in Switzerland. Chiefly autograph, or in the hands of the writer's daughter, Philippa Swinnerton (wife of John Hughes, of Gwerclas and Kymmer, co. Merioneth), who has added many explanatory notes. The collection includes vocal works; instrumental works; arrangements and adaptations from other Madrigal-writers; sacred music; transcriptions by his daughter.
Format
- Manuscript music
- Corporate/business records
- Private papers/diaries/letters
- Drawings
- Images
- Books
Date range of collection
1817 - 1856; 1916
Associated People or Organisations
- Horsley, William -
- Gibbons, Orlando -
- Purcell, Henry -
- Tallis, Thomas -
- Bishop, Henry -
- Morley, Thomas -
- Linley, Thomas -
- Clarke, Jeremiah -
- Geminiani, Francesco -
- Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da -
- Cooke, Benjamin -
- Ravenscroft, Thomas -
- Stevens, R J S -
- Anerio, Felice -
- Bennet, John -
- Brewer, Marenzio -
- Brewer, Thomas -
- Callcott, Morley -
- Coclius, Johannes -
- Cumberland, George -
- Donato, Baldassare -
- Dowland, John -
- Edwards, Richard? -
- Este, Michael -
- Este, Thomas -
- Festa, Constanzo -
- Goudimel, Claude -
- Hughes, Philippa Swinnerton -
- Isaak, Heinrich -
- King of Navarre -
- Lassus, Roland de (Orlando di Lasso) -
- Leeves, William -
- Lejeune, Claude -
- Marcello, Benedetto -
- Mosel, H -
- Paxton, Stephen -
- Pearsall, Robert Lucas -
- Pinelli, G B -
- Pizzoni -
- Rogers, John Leman -
- Rossello, F -
- Savile, Jeremiah -
- Senfl, Ludwig -
- Tye, Christopher -
- Ward, John -
- Webbe, Samuel the elder -
- Weelkes, Thomas -
- Wilbye, John -
Associated Places
Associated Times
Details also available
For an overview of the catalogues of materials in the British Library see http://www.bl.uk/collections/musiccatalogues.html
This collection is about
Location Details
British Library, Music Collections
96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB United Kingdom Open Map
Email
music-collections@bl.uk
Telephone
020 7412 7772
Fax
020 7412 7751
Visiting Information
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Collections Overview
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For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
Additional Collection Information
Accrual Status
http://www.bl.uk/collections/musiccdp.html
Custodial History
The main part of the collection was presented in 1849 by George Cumberland, the son, on condition that it should not be opened until 1900. Other presentations include William Barclay Squire, Esq., Mrs. Philippa Swinnerton Hughes, daughter of the writer,
Related Publications
- Augustus Hughes Hughes, Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum 3 vols (London, 1906-9 R/1964-6); Sir A. W. Hill's memoir of his son, Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1919); G. A. Stephen, Dr. Arthur Henry Mann, Memoir and Catalogue . . . (Norwich P
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