Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Archive
Autograph MS of pieces composed or arranged for the ensemble by Philip Jones and others, and annotated published editions and photocopies. The archive encompasses the vast range of repertoire from the Renaissance-period to works contemporary with...
Jones, Philip (1928-2000), Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, trumpeter, teacher
Music, artwork, writings & other output of Thomas Pitfield covering virtually his entire creative life. Also correspondence and photographs.
Pitfield, Thomas Baron (1903-1999), Composer, artist
Various MSS of original compositions and arrangements by a variety of composers including Delius, John Wray, Clifton Helliwell and George Lloyd.
Various persons/organisations
Hubert Harry: letters received
Letters to Hubert Harry, pianist, from Hilda Collens, Walter and Ida Carroll and Sir Clifford Curzon. Also contains some printed scores of songs composed by Harry.
Harry, Hubert (1927-2010), pianist
Autograph MSS, copy MSS and printed editions of music by Arthur Butterworth. Some correspondence related to Arthur Butterworth.
Butterworth, Arthur (1923-2014), composer, trumpeter
Concert programmes and other miscellaneous papers relating to Clifford Knowles
Knowles, Clifford Martin (1911-1993), violinist, teacher
Chiefly the surviving music owned and copied by the Shaw Club or Shaw Musical Society. With very few programmes and tickets, and two catalogues of works in their library.
Shaw Club (1740-1883), musical society
Terence Greaves: lecture notes and other paper
Lecture notes on various orchestras and their instruments through Mozart and Beethoven's eras. Also included - miscellaneous scores
Greaves, Terence (1933-2009), composer, teacher
Music in Manchester: various papers
Artificial collection of miscellaneous items given to the College reflecting aspects of musical life in the Greater Manchester area. Includes photographs of Manchester Womens' Orchestra, autograph books, letters from Charles Halle to a numbe...
Various persons/organisations
Correspondence, photographs, programmes and cuttings, music and a recording, autograph book and scrapbooks belonging to the cellist Carl Fuchs.
Fuchs, Carl (1865-1951), cellist