IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1249 7379
Held at: Royal College of Music
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 AND 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.
Physical characteristics:
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
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
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
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Related material:
RCM holds Sir August Manns autograph book which contains a letter from Meyerbeer (Ref: MS 6925).
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
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.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2002