Collection Summary
Collection Title
Cruft, Adrian Francis (1921-1987)
Personal papers of Adrian Francis Cruft, 1933-1990
Format
- Private papers/diaries/letters
- Corporate/business records
- Press cuttings
- Concert programmes
- Ephemera
Date range of collection
1933 - 1990
Associated People or Organisations
- British Music Information Centre -
- Rubbra, Edmund -
- Arnold, Malcolm -
- British Broadcasting Corporation -
- Rothwell, Evelyn -
- Stevens, Bernard -
- Royal College of Music -
- Baker, Janet -
- Cruft, Adrian -
- Cruft, Eugene -
- Jacob, Gordon -
- Pears, Peter -
- British Association of Symphonic Bands -
- Royal Society of Musicians -
- Society for the Promotion of New Music -
- World Association of Symphonic Bands -
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Associated Times
Details also available
http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/frames/fulldesc?inst_id=25&coll_id=5671&full=1
This collection is about
Location Details
Royal College of Music, Library
Prince Consort Road London
SW7 2BS United Kingdom Open Map
Website
Email
pthompson@rcm.ac.uk
Telephone
020 7591 4323
Fax
020 7589 7740
Visiting Information
Loans of performance sets to individual societies or persons; binding; reprographics; photocopying; microform printing
Collections Overview
Founded in 1883, the RCM Library primarily supports the performance, study and research of RCM members. It is also open to the public for reference and research. It contains some 300,000 items, including significant collections of early printed and manuscript material from the 16th to 19th centuries, given to the College upon its foundation, specifically the Libraries of the Sacred Harmonic Society and of the Concerts of Ancient Music. Donations since have included autographs of composers of international renown, amongst them Beethoven, Chopin, Haydn, Mozart and Schubert, as well as manuscripts and archives of major British composers. Although a British bias is apparent, the collection also has significant German and Italian manuscripts and early printed holdings. Later acquisitions of printed music include large quantities of out-of-print material, and sizeable collections of performance sets. Audio-visual holdings and the RCM's own sound archive's are also extensive.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
Additional Collection Information
Custodial History
Deposited in the RCM by Mrs Jocelyn Cruft, 1990-2001
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