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Collecting Handel
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I STARTED my Handel Collection in the mid-193os. Its genesis was an interest both in fine books and music, and the idea that the two interests should be channelled into the formation of a collection of fine and first editions of music. After a false start collecting Mozart first editions, which turned out to be too expensive (and over-collected), the idea of a Handel collection was born. This dream could not have been translated into reality without the help of Percy Muir of Elkin Mathews whom I met through a mutual friend. Not only did he take immense trouble to learn about the subject—his firm had not previously done any business in this particular field—but he secured for me several indispensable guides, including a detailed list of the printed music in Newman Flower’s collection and a copy of Schoelcher’s catalogue of librettos.
Title: Collecting Handel
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Abstract
I STARTED my Handel Collection in the mid-193os.
Its genesis was an interest both in fine books and music, and the idea that the two interests should be channelled into the formation of a collection of fine and first editions of music.
After a false start collecting Mozart first editions, which turned out to be too expensive (and over-collected), the idea of a Handel collection was born.
This dream could not have been translated into reality without the help of Percy Muir of Elkin Mathews whom I met through a mutual friend.
Not only did he take immense trouble to learn about the subject—his firm had not previously done any business in this particular field—but he secured for me several indispensable guides, including a detailed list of the printed music in Newman Flower’s collection and a copy of Schoelcher’s catalogue of librettos.
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