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James S. Hall Collection of George Frideric Handel, 1714-1968 (bulk 1946-1968): Finding Aid

C0640

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Summary Information

Collector:

Hall, James S., 1899-

Title and dates:

James S. Hall Collection of George Frideric Handel, 1714-1968 (bulk 1946-1968)

Abstract:

Consists (primarily) of manuscripts of works by Handel and his contemporaries but also of correspondence and subject files gathered by James S. Hall, the English surgeon who collected the manuscripts.

Size:

7 linear feet (11 boxes, 26 volumes, one oversize folder)

Call number:

C0640

Location:

Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Manuscripts Division.
Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA

Language(s) of material:

English, German.

Storage note:

This collection is stored onsite at Firestone Library.

Biography of James S. Hall

James S. Hall (1899-1975) was a surgeon by profession but an ardent Handel scholar and collector by avocation. In addition to the Handel scores and libretti the Princeton University Library acquired Hall's correspondence with performers, composers, conductors, scholars and other collectors of his heyday, the 1950s and 60s. As the founder and manager of the Deal and Walmer Handelian Society, Hall was responsible for arranging performances of Handel's works, for public celebrations of Handel's achievements, such as the mounting of the plaque in Dublin on the hall where Messiah received its world premiere, and for representing English Handel lovers at festivals in honor of Handel's memory, especially those in the Handel town of Halle in the former East Germany. At the time of those festivals, travel to East Germany was complicated by Communist bureaucracy, the paper trail of which is preserved in the collection. Hall was also consulted during work on the Hallesche Handelausgabe, the standard edition in German of Handel's works, because of his authority as a Handel scholar. Because of these connections with Handel scholars in Germany, some of the material in the collection is in German. A Roman Catholic, Hall was interested in Handel's knowledge of Latin Church music and his use of it in his own compositions, especially during the period he was known to have spent in Italy. Hall published on this topic as well as on Handel's use of grace notes, in the context of his larger interest in the history of Handel performance.

Description

The James S. Hall Collection of George Frideric Handel includes nineteen volumes of musical manuscripts of Handel by various 18th-century copyists, mainly anonymous but some identified, collected by James S. Hall, a surgeon by profession and a Handel scholar and collector by avocation. Included are manuscripts of Belshazzar (circa 1744), the nearest in relation to Handel since it is entirely in the hand of John Christopher Smith, Sr., Handel's chief copyist and amanuensis; Alexander Balus (circa 1748) by the copyist “S5”, so called by scholar Jens Peter Larson; Joseph, also written by S5; Israel in Egypt (circa 1760) in various hands; Odes for St. Cecilia's Day (1739) and Queen Anne's Birthday (1714), one volume in the hand of several copyists; Te Deum (before 1780), in unidentified hand; the Ayelsford Collection, a set of miscellaneous manuscripts; and Messiah and Coronation Anthems, part-book for a bass.

Other manuscripts include a volume of operatic arias (circa 1738-1743) containing music of Handel and other composers; a folio manuscript book including two Handel pieces; and a photostat of a printed version of Israel in Babylon (1765), a potpourri of Handel's works and some unidentified music. The collection also contains festival medals, portraits of Handel, and prints of city views and churches associated with the composer, as well as an original issue of the London Chronicle, an 18th-century newspaper that reported Handel's burial in Westminster Abbey, and an original watercolor by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, showing a performance of a Handel oratorio at Convent Garden before its 1808 fire. In addition, the papers of James S. Hall are comprised of correspondence, including letters by Benjamin Britten, counter-tenor Alfred Deller, harpsichordist Thurston Dart, Handel collectors Sir Newman Flower and William Charles Smith, and various other composers, performers, scholars and collectors, as well as subject files, including articles by Hall and material relating to Handel festivals and societies, especially the Deal and Walmer Handelian Society which he founded in 1946.

For a more descriptive look at the collection, see: Knapp, J. Merrill. “The Hall Handel Collection,” Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol. XXXVI, No. 1 [Autumn, 1974], pp. 3-18.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

• Series 1: Manuscripts of Handel's Works and Works by Contemporary Composers
• Series 2: Correspondence of James S. Hall
• Series 3: James S. Hall as Handel Scholar
• Series 4: James S. Hall as Handel Collector
• Series 5: Handel Societies and Festivals
• Series 6: Miscellaneous Handel Material
• Series 7: Non-Handel Material Relating to James Hall

Access and Use

Access

Collection is open for research use.

Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Acquisition and Appraisal

Provenance and Acquisition

This manuscripts collection is part of a larger collection containing 425 volumes of printed music from 1714 through the mid-19th century. All material was acquired by private sale in 1974.

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James S. Hall Collection of George Frideric Handel, Volume or Box and Folder Number; Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Subject Headings

These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.

• Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
• Deal and Walmer Handelian Society.
• Composers -- England -- 18th century -- Manuscripts.
• Coronation music -- England -- 18th century.
• Collectors and collecting -- England -- 20th century.
• English newspapers -- 18th century.
• Music -- England -- 18th century.
• Manuscripts.
• Musical scores -- England.
• Scrapbooks.
• Copyists -- England.

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Contents List

1. Series 1: Manuscripts of Handel's Works and Works by Contemporary Composers Series Description A collection of 26 bound manuscripts including but not restricted to contemporary copies of Handel's musical works. Some of these copybooks include works by other contemporary composers. Also included are several indices of Handel's works and a scrapbook concerning 19th-century performances at various Handel festivals.

2. Keyboard-vocal score for Handel's opera Orlando (1 volume (182 p.)) Written in unknown hand. Probably derived from H-G. volume 82, but has the keyboard part realized throughout. Original may have been for a Cambridge performance circa 1935. The score was again used for the Abingdon Handel Festival on May 6-8, 1959. Also includes a broadside for the 1959 Abingdon Handel Festival.

   Volume 1

3. Composite volume containing manuscript copies of three works by Handel, Dettingen Te Deum, Utrecht Te Deum, and Utrecht Jubilate (1 volume (83 leaves)) Written in unknown hand on a pale blue paper, which is probably to be dated 1807. The 3/4 section of the first chorus of the Dettingen Te Deum has two missing bars at 82-84, a mistake which occurs in all the early printed scores (Walsh, Randall, Wright, etc.) until corrected in the English Handel Society's edition of 1846/7. This suggests that this manuscript may have been copied from the early printed scores.

   Volume 2

4. Composite volume containing manuscript copies of opera arias by Handel and others (1 volume (276 p.)) Written in unknown hand. Contains the Italian setting of “Return O God of Hosts,” used in the pasticcio opera Rossane, or Alexander in India, the year following the first performance of Samson, and which has not been printed. Two other unpublished Handel songs include “La gloria e la fortuna,” and “Son questi vaghi,” originally written for later performances of Alexander in India, are here written out for Rossane, in November and December of 1743. Titles include: “Diro che l'ami” and “Spera fors'anche” from Vello d'oro, and “Parla de studi” and “Bella diva” from Diana by Giovanni Battista Pescetti ( 1704-circa 1766); “Amorosa la lusingho,” “Il cor fedel,” “Vidi al par” and “Tui per senno” from Partenio by Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768); “Dirti ben mio” by [Leonardo Leo]; Air in A “O Love Regard a Virgin's Sigh,” Air in F “O Beauteous Maid,” Air in D minor “O Power of Bliss,” Air in G “Her Breath Perfumes the Vale,” Air in “A While on My Breast,” Air in F “O Gentle Sleep,” Air in F (French horns) “Beneath That Shade;” and “Ah, no, non voler,” “Il cor mio,” “La gloria e la fortuna,” “Lusinghe pie care,” “Fra le guerre,” “Men fedele,” “Placa l'alma,” “Permettete ch'io,” “Superbette,” “Son questi vaghi,” “Sempre fido e disprezzato,” “Alla sua gabbia,” and “In generoso onor,” and “Return O God of Hosts” from Rossane, Air in F “What Beauteous Scenes,” “O Godlike Youth,” “As I by Charming Chloris,” “Thou Rising Sun,” “Per pieta: l'Incontanza delusa,” and “Minuets in E and G,” by Handel.

   Volume 3

5. Manuscript volume containing the full score of two odes by Handel (1 volume (193 p.)) Written in unknown hand. Includes “Song for St. Cecilia's Day,” with the overture and no. 5-11 wanting (Novello edition). Several mistakes in the notation, corrected on p. 7 in contemporary pencil as “wrote not right.” Together with “Serenata on Queen Ann's Birth Day.” The score follows that later printed in H-G 46a version B of “Let Flocks & Herds.” Also includes two songs “As Cloe Came By,” and “Mirth Admit Me” (Allegro) Soprano version, dated circa 1739.

   Volume 4

6. Manuscript vocal part-book from the mid 18th century (1 volume (70 p.)) appears to be for a church or cathedral bass singer, whose name may have been William Thompson. Among a number of anthems is the bass part of the choruses in the Messiah in an arbitrary order but with occasional reference to the paging of the Randall & Abell edition ( 1767 or later). Titles include: Psalm 1, 29, 81, and 118; “Hallelujah Chorus,” “All We Like Sheep,” The Son of Levy,” “Thou That Tel[l]est Good Tidings,” “Unto Us a Child,” “Since by Man Came Death,” Glory to God;” also includes “Life Up Your Heads,” Behold the Lamb of God,” Surely He Hath Born[e] our Grief,” “...And With His Stripes,” “His Yoke is Easy,” “He Trusted in God,” “Let All the Angels,” “The Lord Gave the Word,” “Their Sound is Gone Out,” “Let Us Break Their Bonds,” “But Thanks Be to God,” and “The Amen Chorus.” The manuscript was originally bound with a printed copy of Handel's Coronation Anthems edited by Randall (1768-1776) with this name on the cover.

   Volume 5

7. Disbound volume containing six late 18th-century music manuscript scores for string quartet (4 volumes) Adapted from the opera overtures to Parthenope, Lotharius, Ptolemy, Siroe, Richard I, and Admetus. The selection and order of these overtures is that first published by Walsh as XXIV Overtures Fitted to the Harpsichord or Spinnet(1730) and later editions, of which the above form the first six. There are added dynamics and small omissions and different orchestration in places from the above and other Walsh editions. Copyist unknown.

   Volume 6

8. Manuscript copy of a second violin part-book for Handel's oratorio Joshua (1 volume (22 leaves)) Written in the early 18th century, in unknown hand.

   Volume 7

9. Manuscript copy of a bassoon part-book with vocal line for the triptych Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (1 volume (22 leaves)) Written in the late 18th century, in unknown hand. The libretto, by Charles Jennens, is adapted from Milton's L'allegro ed il penseroso and Jennens's Il moderato. The original work was composed in 1740.

   Volume 8

10. Manuscript copy of a second violin part-book for the triptych Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (1 volume (43, 5 p.)) Written in the late 18th century, in unknown hand. Inverted at back are 2 one-page sketches for the choruses “Oh, the Pleasure of the Plaine,” (for oboe) and “Galatea, Dry Thy Tears ...”

    Volume 9

11. Manuscript copy of a first violin part-book for the triptych Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (1 volume (75, [5] p.)) Written in the late 18th century, in unknown hand. Together with an oboe and violin duet entitled “As Steals the Morn” (2 p.) and a sketches for the bassoon part for Macbeth (7 p.). Program announcement for a Shaw Musical Society performance and a book of words (2 leaves) to accompany the performance, laid in.

    Volume 10

12. Music manuscript parts for various instrumental ensembles (1 volume (100 p.)) Written in the hand of Le Tellier, copyist to Louis XVI, and at least 2 other unidentified hands. Includes two works by Handel: his minuet from Samson and the flute part of “Fixed in His Everlasting Seat.” The names of Guadagni and Glassi appear against one duet. Titles include “Les desirs de dames,” “Les drapeaux,” “Duo des deux avares, “La dum dolerita,” “Contredanse,” and L'amabilité;” untitled minuet from Handel's Samson; untitled work of “Sigr. Di Vienne” [possibly François Devienne (1759-1803)]; “Baldàn” [rondo], and “La chasse de Venus,” of Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816); “Ciaccole” of Sigr. [Tomelli]; “Romance” of Valentin Roeser (fl. 1735-circa 1782); flute part for Handel's “Fixed in His Everlasting Seat;” “Menuet de caprice,” “Menuet allemande,” Double,” Menuet da cupid” [variation], and “La Furstemberg” [with four variations]; and the violin part to Haydn's 10th symphony, dated circa 1793.

    Volume 11

13. 18th-century manuscript lesson book of pieces for harpsichord Probably belonging to a Miss Baring, who signed and dated the front flyleaf on 25th August 1755. Inverted at back are pastoral songs by Handel, some from Thomas Augustine Arne's Comus including “Let Me Wander,” with ornaments. Titles include: “Concerto in F,” “Minuet in F,” “Minuet in D,” and “Sonata in G” by Hasse; “Chorus Happy Pair” and “Water Music (variations on I)” by Handel; “Air & variations in G” by Jack Latin; “Air in C” by [Alessandro] Scarlatti; “Air and variation in A” “Minuet in A,” “Minuet in D,” “Air in F,” “Air in C,” “Song in F: In vain you tell,” “Lesson in B flat,” “Larghetto in G minor,” “Gigue in B flat,” “Song in G: Cupid, God of soft,” “Sonata in D,” “Allegro in D,” “Minuet & Variations in C,” “Air in F (minuet),” “Sonata in E,” “Aria in E & Variation,” “Air in E,” “Air in A,” “Minuet in G,” “Air in C,” “Minuet in B flat,” and “Air in C” by Felton; “Air in A” and “Minuet in G” by Thomas Linley (1732-1795); “Air in F,” “Minuet in E,” “Minuet in D,” “Air in E,” “Minuet in E,” “Air (Ailen Aroon),” “El Fandango (in D minor),” “Aria in E,” and “Minuet in D” by Groot; “Minuet in E” by [Vauxhall?]; “Minuet in G” by William Herschell (1738-1822); “Adagio (1st Concerto),” and “Adagio (4th Concerto) by Handel; “Fandango in B flat” by Thicknape; “Allegretto in D,” “Minuet in D,” and “Air in A;” “March from Montezuma” by Karl Heinrich Graun (1704-1759); “March in E flat;” and “Air in Alonzo & Imogene” by Morhead.

    Volume 12

14. Full score in manuscript of Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt (1 volume (276 p.)) Written in at least 2 different scribal hands. Probably in the hand of Copyist S6 (Larsen) for the first 37 p. and in the hand of Copyist S10 (Larsen) for the remainder, dated 1738. Together with an 18th-century copy of the original trombone parts for Israel in Egypt (p. 261-276) laid in at back.

    Volume 13

15. Second violin parts in manuscript for 30 pieces from Handelian operas (1720-1723) (1 volume (23 p.)) Probably written by a Smith copyist, S8. Titles include: “Deh! fuggi,” “L'ingrato non amar,” “Si che ti renderai” and “Overture” from Radamisto; “Pupille s'degnose,” “Lungo pensar,” and “Ma come amar” from Muzio Scaevola; “Dimmi o' speme,” “Seri solvi,” and “Vivere per penare” from Floridante; “Non credo,” “Con un vezzo,” and “Amante stravagante” from Flavius; “Gode l'alma,” “Pensa adamare,” “Quanto dolci,” “Notte cara,” “D'ell onda,” “A teneri affetti,” “Sio dir potessi,” “Ah tu no sai,” “Trema tiranno,” “Affanni del pensier,” “Benche me sia,” and “Spera ti,” “Alla fama,” “La speranza,” “Le profonde,” and “Overture” from Otho; “Da ti parto,” “Sirti scogli,” and “Rompo di ucco” from Flavius; and “Sweet Echo” from Arne's Comus.

    Volume 14

16. Violoncello and contrabass parts in manuscript for 30 pieces from Handelian operas (1720-1723) (1 volume (23 leaves)) Probably written by a Smith copyist, S8. Titles same as in Hall-Handel manuscript no. 14 (see above).

    Volume 15

17. Manuscript scribal copy of the full score of Handel's oratorio Joseph (1 volume (274 p.)) Probably in the hand of John Christopher Smith (the elder). This volume is no. 10 in a series made for Frederick, Prince of Wales about 1745. An engraving by Heath – The Apotheosis of Handel (1787) – has been inserted later as a frontispiece. The contents are as in the Arnold edition except in part III where the air “Tho' on Rapid Whirlwinds” and the recitative “Already There Retaken” are omitted.

    Volume 16

18. Manuscript scribal copy of the full score of Handel's oratorio Alexander Balus (1 volume (246 p.)) Probably in the hand of John Christopher Smith (the elder). This volume is no. 13 in a series made for (Frederick) Prince of Wales about 1745. The contents generally follow the Prout-Novello score, except that n. 38 and 39, “Triumph Hymn” and “Glad Time at Length” are omitted and the order of “Heroes may Vaunt” and “Mighty Love” have been retained in their correct original position in the score.

    Volume 17

19. Manuscript scribal copy of the full score of Handel's oratorio Belshazzar (1 volume (252 p.)) Probably in the hand of John Christopher Smith (the elder). This volume is no. 8 in a series made for (Frederick) Prince of Wales about 1745. The contents generally follow the Novello vocal score, with the exception of n. 4, 5, 7, 8, and the two Chandos Anthems. Handel did not include numbers 4 and 5 “The Fate of Babylon” and “Lament Not Thus” in the performance. Contains the final instruction “Ends with the Anthem 'I Will Magnifie Thee o God my King &c.”

    Volume 18

20. Scrapbook, compiler unknown (1 volume (77 leaves)) Containing materials related to 19th-century performances of Handel's music in England. Includes manuscript letters, magazine and newspaper clippings, performance ticket stubs, embossed rehearsal tickets (1834), printed programs, printed publications, engraved plates (portraits, illustrations), etc. Contains memorabilia from performances of the Royal Music Festival, Westminster Abbey (1834); Clippings about the first performance of Handel's “Coronation Anthem” and the “Overture to Samson,” at the Music Festival at Westminster Abbey in 1834; printed programs from the Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace (1857-1859); printed diagrams of sections of roofs of various cathedrals, music halls &c used for great musical festivals; printed diagram of the comparative dimensions of the principal orchestras of England; Autograph letters signed by various musicians (some from the Handel Festival at Crystal Palace, 1859). Includes correspondence of: Mr. Michael Costa, conductor of the Handel Festival, 1859; Clara Novello (Soprano); James Howell, R. S. Pratton (flutist), and others; and newspaper clippings concerning the Handel Festival at Crystal Palace in 1862.

    Volume 19

21. Typescript copy of an alphabetical index of French and Italian songs composed by Mr. Handel (1 volume ([42] p.)) Originally compiled from a manuscript in the Royal Music Library (RM 19.f.8) attributed to Victor Schoelcher. Revised and augmented by James S. Hall, September 1953, Courtlands, Walmer. Includes 1 ALS from Isabelle Coopersmith to Dr. Hall, dated May 23, 1968.

    Volume 20

22. Photostatic copy of an alphabetical index of French and Italian songs from the Schoelcher collection, Royal Music Library, dated Oct. 1952 (1 volume (28 leaves))

    Volume 21

23. Typescript alphabetical index of songs, cantatas, sacred music, and important recitatives set by Mr. Handel in French, German, Latin, Italian, and Spanish (1 volume ([42] p.)) Compiled by James S. Hall, Walmer, 1953. Includes 1 TLS from Merrill [?] to “Jimmie,” dated Wotton House, Wotton Underwood, Aylesbury, Bucks, June 18, 1968.

    Volume 22

24. Typescript catalogue of Julian Marshall's Handel collection, dated circa 1953 (1 volume (50 p.)) Together with an account of the correspondence regarding its sale. The collections is now in the National Library of Scotland.

    Volume 23

25. Typescript list of the Aylesford Handel manuscripts in the possession of Sir Newman Flower with a table of contents, watermarks, and copyists, compiled by James S. Hall, circa 1958 (1 volume (16 leaves)) There are two additional copies in Box 11, Folder 4.

    Volume 24

26. Photostatic copy of a manuscript of Handel's Forest Music Schoelcher 164 (a) and Schoelcher 192 p. 1 from the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la musique, Ms. 36734. (1 volume (4 p.))

    Volume 25

27. Manuscript full score of Handel's Te Deum ( 1780 or earlier). (88 ff. (161 pp.)) Notated on 12-stave ruled paper in an unidentified hand, with occasional corrections, bound in original blindstamped suede (worn, lacking spine). This Te Deum in Bb is scored for soprano and two tenor soloists, men's choir, and instruments, and pre-dates the first printing of the work in 1788.

    Volume 26

28. Series 2: Correspondence of James S. Hall Series Description Alphabetical files of correspondence between Handel scholar and collector James S. Hall and various performers, composers, conductors, and other Handel scholars and collectors of his day.

29. A	Box 1, Folder 1

30. B	Box 1, Folder 2

31. Britten, Benjamin, (1959)

    Box 1, Folder 3

32. C	Box 1, Folder 4

33. Capell, Richard, (1954)

    Box 1, Folder 5

34. Clements, John, (1953)

    Box 1, Folder 6

35. Coke, Gerald, ( 1957-1968, undated)

    Box 1, Folder 7

36. D	Box 1, Folder 8

37. Dart, Robert Thurston, ( 1956-1957, undated)

    Box 1, Folder 9

38. Dean, Winton, (1957-1969)

    Box 1, Folder 10

39. Deller, Alfred, (1953-1959)

    Box 1, Folder 11

40. Deutsch, Otto Erich, (1951-1956)

    Box 1, Folder 12

41. Farncombe, Charles, (1956-1968)

    Box 1, Folder 13

42. Flower, Newman, (1954-1965)

    Box 1, Folder 14

43. G	Box 1, Folder 15

44. Girton College Musical Society, (1953-1954)

    Box 1, Folder 16

45. Godman, Stanley, (1956)

    Box 1, Folder 17

46. Goehr, Walter, (1953)

    Box 1, Folder 18

47. H	Box 1, Folder 19

48. Henschel, Helen, (1952)

    Box 1, Folder 20

49. Hill, Roland, (1959)

    Box 1, Folder 21

50. Hinrichsen, Max, (1956)

    Box 1, Folder 22

51. Howes, Frank, (1954-1958)

    Box 1, Folder 23

52. J	Box 1, Folder 24

53. K	Box 2, Folder 1

54. Kitching, Alan, (1963)

    Box 2, Folder 2

55. Knapp, Merrill, (undated)

    Box 2, Folder 3

56. Koehler's Publishing House, (1959)

    Box 2, Folder 4

57. L	Box 2, Folder 5

58. Larsen, Jens Peter, (1957-1972)

    Box 2, Folder 6

59. Loorij, Jack, (1955-1973)

    Box 2, Folder 7

60. M	Box 2, Folder 8

61. National Federation of Musical Societies, ( 1957, undated)

    Box 2, Folder 9

62. Novello Company Music Publishers, ( 1957-1970, undated)

    Box 2, Folder 10

63. R	Box 2, Folder 11

64. Richardson, Eddie, (1957-1972)

    Box 2, Folder 12

65. S	Box 2, Folder 13

66. Smith, William Charles, (1951)

    Box 2, Folder 14

67. Smith, William Charles, (1952)

    Box 2, Folder 15

68. Smith, William Charles, (1953)

    Box 2, Folder 16

69. Smith, William Charles, (1954)

    Box 3, Folder 1

70. Smith, William Charles, (1955)

    Box 3, Folder 2

71. Smith, William Charles, (1956)

    Box 3, Folder 3

72. Smith, William Charles, (1957-1958)

    Box 3, Folder 4

73. Smith, William Charles, (1959-1965)

    Box 3, Folder 5

74. Smith, William Charles, (1966-1972)

    Box 3, Folder 6

75. V	Box 3, Folder 7

76. W	Box 3, Folder 8

77. Y-Z	Box 3, Folder 9

78. Unidentified

    Box 3, Folder 10

79. Series 3: James S. Hall as Handel Scholar Series Description Includes drafts, notes and correspondence, arranged in order of importance, relating to James Hall's research on Handel's Latin Church music, Handel's use of grace notes, and biographical topics such as Handel's publisher, Handel's musical instruments, and the time Handel spent in Salisbury and Bath. Also included are correspondence, notes and documents relating to the standard edition in German of Handel's works, the Hallesche Handelausgabe.

80. “Handel in Italy”: Hall's research into Handel's Latin church music

    Box 4, Folder 1

81. “Handel's Graces”: draft, notes and correspondence

    Box 4, Folder 2

82. Letters for publication

    Box 4, Folder 3

83. John Walsh, Handel's publisher

    Box 4, Folder 4

84. Correspondence and notes, regarding Handel's musical instruments as well as a bust of the composer

    Box 4, Folder 5

85. Handel's visits to Salisbury and Bath

    Box 5, Folder 1

86. Hallesche Handelausgabe: correspondence, notes and documents

    Box 5, Folder 2

87. Research assistance to various correspondents

    Box 5, Folder 3

88. Series 4: James S. Hall as Handel Collector Series Description Includes two copies of the October 1955 issue of Country Life, which carried an article by Hall entitled “Collecting Old Music,” followed by fan mail relating to this article, and subject files, arranged in order of importance, relating to Hall's collecting activity, particularly with regard to Handel's oratorios.

89. “Collecting Old Music”, Country Life, 27 October 1955 [2 copies]

    Box 5, Folder 4

90. Fan mail, regarding the article “Collecting Old Music”.

    Box 5, Folder 5

91. Notes on the provenance of Handel's manuscripts

    Box 5, Folder 6

92. History of the editing and publication of Handel's music

    Box 5, Folder 7

93. Miscellaneous photostats of Handel manuscripts

    Box 5, Folder 8

94. Handel-related clippings

    Box 5, Folder 9

95. Photostats of oratorios

    Box 6, Folder 1

96. Photostats of Messiah

    Box 6, Folder 2

97. Editing history of Handel oratorios

    Box 6, Folder 3

98. Correspondence and notes relating to editions and performances of Messiah and Samson

    Box 6, Folder 4

99. Correspondence with Dr. Konrad Ameln, re: Alexander's Feast and Samson

    Box 6, Folder 5

100. Photostats of subscriber lists for premieres of Handel's oratorios

     Box 6, Folder 6

101. Photostats of L'Allegro

     Box 7, Folder 1

102. Messiah: annotated musical examples

     Box 7, Folder 2

103. Series 5: Handel Societies and Festivals Series Description Includes files of the activities of the Deal and Walmer Handelian Society, founded by Hall in 1946, arranged by event, followed by files on other such societies, including one in Brisbane, Australia. Following the files on Handel societies is material on East German Handel festivals. At the end of the series is a box of commemorative medals, minted for various anniversaries and festivals in honor of the composer.

104. The Deal and Walmer Handelian Society's Messiah memorial plaque (1)

     Box 7, Folder 3

105. The Deal and Walmer Handelian Society's Messiah memorial plaque (2)

     Box 7, Folder 4

106. “John Christopher Smith” by James Hall, The Musical Times, March, 1955, re: the erection of the memorial plaque in Bath by the Deal and Walmer Handelian Society

     Box 7, Folder 5

107. John Christopher Smith, the younger, re: Bath memorial plaque

     Box 7, Folder 6

108. John Christopher Smith, father and son: notes and drafts

     Box 7, Folder 7

109. Correspondence between James Hall and Konrad Sasse, re: John Christopher Smith

     Box 7, Folder 8

110. John Christopher Smith in Germany

     Box 7, Folder 9

111. John Christopher Smith in London

     Box 7, Folder 10

112. Handel Festspiele in the German Democratic Republic (1)

     Box 8, Folder 1

113. Handel Festspiele in the German Democratic Republic (2)

     Box 8, Folder 2

114. Handel Festspiele in the German Democratic Republic (3)

     Box 8, Folder 3

115. GDR clippings, re: Handel Festspiele

     Box 8, Folder 4

116. Other Handel Societies

     Box 8, Folder 5

117. Handel Anniversary and Festival Medals, (1791-1959)

     Box 9

118. Twelve molds of the seal from John Christopher Smith's will, accompanied by a letter from E. W. Pedley, dated “October 28th, London”.

     Box 9

119. Handel Bicentennial Medal, plaster mold only, East Germany, 1959, Halle, 11-19 April (3 copies)

     Box 9

120. Handel Medal, undated, Dodds Cheap Shop for Musical Instruments

     Box 9

121. Handel Festival Medal, Crystal Palace, June, 1857

     Box 9

122. Handel Commemorative Medal, 1784, silver [case inscribed for Dr. Charles Hague, Cambridge University musicologist who died in, [1821?].

     Box 9

123. Handel medal of the Benevolent Choral Fund, inst. 1791, inscribed, “I know that my Redeemer liveth”.

     Box 9

124. Sacred Harmonic Society, founded 1832, medal to commemorate its 50th and last season in 1882 [E.A.Waugh, member]

     Box 9

125. Handel Centenary Medal, Crystal Palace, 1859 [E.A.Waugh, Esq.]

     Box 9

126. Handel Centenary Medal, Crystal Palace, 1859 [H.D.Drury, Performer]

     Box 9

127. Handel Centenary Medal, Crystal Palace, 1859 [A.G.McKinnon, Steward]

     Box 9

128. Handel Centenary Medal, Crystal Palace, 1859 [punctured] [Barnby, Performer]

     Box 9

129. Handel Festival Medal, Crystal Palace, June, 1857 [Major Jeff Sharp, Steward]

     Box 9

130. Three medal cases

     Box 9

131. Series 6: Miscellaneous Handel Material Series Description Includes Victor Schoelcher's four-volume typescript catalog of Handel's works; prints and engravings of the city views and churches where Handel was active, as well as reproductions of portraits of the composer; facsimile reproductions of parts of Handel manuscripts; an original watercolor by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, showing a performance of a Handel oratorio at Convent Garden before its 1808 fire; an original issue of the 1759London Chronicle that ran a description of Handel's burial in Westminster Abbey; a sample of the X-ray film boxes in which Hall preserved his files and sent them to the Library; a typescript survey of the Aylesford Manuscripts by James S. Hall; and a microfilm of Hall's copy of the 1760 Walsh imprint of the Six Concertos for Harpsichord or Organ.

132. The Catalogue of Mr. Handel's Music by Victor Schoelcher [4 volumes]

     Box 10

133. Portraits of Handel

     Box 11, Folder 1

134. Original 18th-century watercolor by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd of a Handel oratorio at Convent Garden

     Box 11, Folder 2

135. Facsimile reproductions of Handel mss and engravings of city views and churches related to Handel's career

     Box 11, Folder 3

136. Original of The London Chronicle for April 24, 1759, printing the review of Handel's interment in Westminster Abbey

     Box 11, Folder 4

137. “The Aylesford Manuscripts of G. F. Handel,” compiled by James S. Hall, together with notes and correspondence [2 copies]

     Box 11, Folder 5

138. Sample X-ray film box used by Hall to house his collection

     Box 11, Folder 5

139. Negative master microfilm of 1760 Walsh publication of Handel's Six Concertos for Harpsichord or Organ, from Hall's library

     Box 11, Folder 5

140. Wills Contains facsimiles of the wills, codicils, and probate papers of George Frideric Handel, John Christopher Smith (junior and senior), and John Walsh (junior and senior).

     Box 11, Folder 6

141. Oversize portraits of Handel, city views and musical facsimiles

     Folder Oversize folder 1

142. Series 7: Non-Handel Material Relating to James Hall Series Description James Hall's published memoirs of his activity as a lifeboat doctor during World War II and afterwards, Sea Surgeon, Pain Pocket Edition, 1968.

143. Sea Surgeon; the memoirs of the lifeboat doctor in peace and war, by James S. Hall, O. B. E

     Box 11, Folder 7

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