Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903 (Knight | Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh)

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Autograph Letter Signed from Herbert S. Oakeley, Professor of Music at Edinburgh University to Sir Lovelace Stamer, attacking the degraded standard of English hymn tunes. Bristol, 10 June 1875.

Scope and Contents This is an autograph letter in the third person sent by Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley, Reid Porfessor of Music atthe University of Edinburgh, to Geogre Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zeland and from 1867 Bishop of Lichfield. 35 Montpellier Villas, Cheltenham, 21 October 1877.In the letter, "in reply to his Lordship's letter just received", Oakeley "begs to say it is not in his power to give the permission for reprintting No. 37 from hymns A[ncient] & M[odern]", a tune...

Content Description The collection contains music, orchestrations and arrangements for strings, wind, brass etc by Professor Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley. Many of the sheets are stamped Edinburgh University, Musical Society. There are also board-mounted diplomas and certificates, with list of these.Music in Box 1: Die Ehre Gottes in der Natur It was a friar of orders grey The Briton's fatherland Volkslied by Mendelsohn Freedom Up in the morning...