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

Scope and Contents Autograph letter from Herbert Stanley Oakeley, Reid Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh from 1865 to 1891, to the soprano Thérèse Tietjens. He writes to thank Tietjens for her "photogram", is looking forward to a performance of Fidelio that evening for which he has procured tickets for some of his students: he admires her performance greatly and writes "I wish you could see your own expression of defiance, fury & triumph, when you are following Pizarro with...

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...