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Autograph letter book of Sir August Manns, containing c200 items of correspondence received 1862-1973 (predominantly 1870-1900), comprising short letters addressed to Manns (and a few to his daughter Augusta) from c100 correspondents, mainly eminent composers and musicians of the late 19th century, on musical or personal matters. Some later items appear to have been added by his daughter Augusta Bönten and grand-daughter Louise Bönten. The correspondents include: Johann Joseph Abert, Luigi Arditi, Waldemar Barziel, William Henry Bell, Sir Julius Benedict, Sir William Sterndale Bennett, Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, Ignaz Brull, Cecile Chaminade, Sir William Cusins, Antonin Dvorák, Sir Edward Elgar, Robert Franz, Niels Gade, Friedrich Gernsheim, Charles-Francois Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Sir George Grove, Frederick Gye, Sir Charles Hallé, John Liptrot Hatton, Ferdinand Hiller, Sir Henry Irving, Charles Lamoureux, Franz Liszt, Hamish MacCunn, Sir George Alexander Macfarren, Walter Macfarren, Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Jules Massenet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Sir Herbert Oakeley, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Ebenezer Prout, Joachim Raff, Anton Rubinstein, Camille Saint-Saens, Sir Charles Santley, Pablo de Sarasate, Xaver Scharwenka, Clara Schumann, Giovanni Sgambati, John Stainer, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Julius Stockhausen, Richard Strauss, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Ambroise Thomas, Arthur Goring Thomas, Giuseppe Verdi, Henri Vieuxtemps, Thomas Wingham. 'The Four Ps', a memorandum for young people, manuscript of Manns, 1902; 'Wiegenlied' manuscript of tune by Manns, undated; order of memorial service for Manns, 6 Mar 1907 (MS 6925). Letters (17) to Manns, c1882-c1897: correspondents include Luigi Arditi, Eugene D'Albert, John Carrodus, Robert Hausmann, Sir A C Mackenzie, Alfredo Piatti, Giovanni Sgambati, Anstruther Stirling, Paul Viardot, August Wilhelmi, (MS 6927). Two letters (1895 and undated) to Manns from Andrew Black (1859-1920) and Sir George Henschel (1850-1934) (Ref: MS 6928).