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Sorry for resurrecting this thread, but does anyone know what happened to www.thomasdunhill.com ? It doesn't seem to work lately.

And while we're here, have Dunhill's diaries been published? Some excerpts were available on the above mentioned website, but I didn't see anything beside this...

Hi!

I'm wondering if members have recommandations for websites offering full-text search of 19th- and early 20th-century music newspapers. I'm using some of these to dive deep into reviews of unsung repertoire, but there might be other interesting sources I'm unaware of. All of these are not always user friendly, but here are some I already know:

- jstor.org
- Gallica.bnf.fr
- delpher.nl
- anno.onb.ac.at
- belgicaperiodicals.be
- digizeitschriften.de
- archive.org
- Google Books

Thanks!

Some very mouthwatering samples I'd say! Thanks!

Hi! I'm looking for the manuscripts/archives of these composers, in relationship with some chamber music for wind instruments. If you have any idea, let me know! Thanks!!

- Louis Brassin (1840?-1884)
- Flodoard Geyer (1811-1872)
- Josef Haindl (1869-1931)
- Johann Christian Hauff (1811-1891)
- Johann Julius Schneider (1805-1885)
- Friedrich Gustav Schreiber (1817-1889)
- Moritz Siering (1821-1892)

Richard has misjudged Brown, though, because the Dictionary makes no mention of the quintet.

Actually it's in the 1897 version of Brown's British Musical Biography, on page 42 ("A quintet for pianoforte and wind instruments").

https://archive.org/details/britishmusicalb00brow/page/n3/mode/2up

Just to make things clear, here is a follow-up by Richard Andrewes, emeritus Vice President of Cambridge University Musical Society (CUMS):

"[...] I have only just been able to get my hands on the right volume of programmes that include reports on the concerts made by the President of the Society.

The concert on 17th November 1856 was the 73rd given by the Society, and the new professor [Sterndale Bennett] did take part as conductor of the orchestral items and as accompanist for some of the other pieces. CUMS did not have a very strong band, and Bennet brought up four professional wind players from London to strengthen the performance of Beethoven's Symphony no. 2 which opened the concert. The report continues to say that he played the piano in the quintet with the four professional wind players (presumably oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon), but does not give the name of the composed, and without the programme it could be inferred that it was a quintet by himself. However the programme clearly gives the name of the composer of the quintet as Beethoven, and that therefore it must be Beethoven's Opus 16 in E flat.

I suspect that Brown's Dictionary got his information from the erroneous information in Grove.

The only music by Bennett in the programme was his song "Winters macht is ueberwunder" and two piano pieces "Genevieve: romance" and "Rondo piacevole" played by the composer. Bennet did conduct return several times for his annual concert: Mozart's requiem on 4-12-1857; Mendelssohn's Antigone on 28-5-1858, probably Bennett's May Day on 7-11-1860, and Mendelssohn's Antigone (again) on 20-5-1860, possibly Bennett's Ode for the International Exhibition on 4-6-1862, and possibly Bennett's Piano concerto in F minor. Neither the programmes nor the president's reports do the name of the conductor for these Bennett performances.

I hope that clears up the mystery of the missing Piano and wind quintet!"


I must add that I am very thankful to Mr Andrewes for allowing me to share this answer with members of this forum and for solving that chamber music mystery (even though I wish Sterndale Bennett would have actually performed his own Quintet, which never existed in the end, instead of Beethoven's...).

For those curious, the RAM has made available some of Waley's most notable works, including some piano pieces, the Romance for oboe and piano, the two Piano Trios and the Piano Concerto (solo part only).

https://archive.org/details/0134496/mode/2up

From the same book of Etudes, the Passacaglia is quite remarkable, once again infused with the spirit of Rachmaninov. The complete set of Etudes is available on Toccata Classics and there are a handful of live recordings available on YouTube as well.

https://youtu.be/YH-0R-DGC_g

According to a comment under the video of 3rd and 4th movements on (the very reliable) YouTube, there is a recording of this Symphony (and the Triple Concerto) currently in production by the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie. No more details regarding if it's already recorded or the label, though.

There is, of course, no such thing as Raff's "Ein Heisser Tag" Symphony. "Ein heisser Tag" is the title of the first movement of Raff's Symphony No.9, "Im Sommer". 

Sorry! Not a Raff specialist here...

I'd like to bring to the attention of UC members the wonderful work done by Paolo Pietropaolo during his show In Concert, broadcasted on CBC Radio 2. Unfortunately it's only available live on Sunday mornings from 11am to 3pm, Eastern time. Listen here https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/2-4292-in-concert

First of all, Pietropaolo features beautiful music, some of it rarely heard on public radio (this morning show included Salieri's Danaïdes overture, and a very nice live concert recording by the European Soloists and Christoph König - Schumann's Genoneva overture, Raff's "Ein Heisser Tag" Symphony,  Albert Dietrich's Symphony in D minor and Brahms' Schicksalslied).

Another feature of this show is the "Revival hour" where Pietropaolo explores almost each week the music of one unfairly neglected composer (among others, George Onslow, Mel Bonis  and Augusta Holmes). Of course, it's not always by romantic composers, but it's well worth listening! Enjoy!

Next week : music by Emilie Mayer

And after some research, the Requiem (at least the beginning) is by Joseph Leopold Eybler...

https://youtu.be/nq9Ki0SKEBU

So whoever attributed this music to Mr. Prztokowski was either very poorly informed, or deliberately misleading listeners...

The first part (Funeral March) is actually the first movement of Joseph Martin Kraus' Symphonie funèbre.

https://youtu.be/rOeTnQbZfWg

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your answer. I'm actually looking for his more substantial works... Hopefully the sonatas and the Quintet!

Sydney Peirce [sometimes Peine] Waddington (1869-1953)

I'm wondering if anybody can help with Waddington's chamber music. I have no clue about the location of his estate/manuscripts...

S.P. Waddington was a good friend of Vaughan Williams, who held him in high esteem. Counting among the first composition students of Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music during the 1880's, Waddington's talent as a young composer inspired high hopes.

His Piano Concerto in G minor, said to be strongly influenced by the "modern German schools", but nevertheless showing "a vigorous hand and much real power", was performed in April 1889 by students of the Royal College of Music. In its critique, The Musical Times was among the most enthusiastic : "Excellent as to form and construction, the work is also marked by a certain freshness of manner, and the writing generally resembles that of an experienced musician rather than of one who is still a student. "

But it seems that his composition skills were eventually left aside for others duties (he was also an organist, conductor and teacher of harmony and counterpoint at the Royal College of Music).

Among others, Grove credits him with several chamber music works:
violin and cello sonatas, a string Trio and Quartet, a Quintet for wind and pianoforte, a Fantasy for pianoforte solo, a Suite for pianoforte duet... but I have found no trace of these. Any idea?

Thanks!