Music owned by the family of William Morris, Viscount Nuffield

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Mus. f. 33-4
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Music owned by the Morris family, comprising:

  • second clarinet part of band music, marches, dances etc., early 19th century
  • songs and catches for one, two and three voices, sometimes with accompaniment, c. 1800. Fols. 30v-36 contain later additions of songs with piano accompaniment.

Administrative / Biographical History

William Richard Morris (1877-1963), Viscount Nuffield, was an industrialist and philanthropist.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Given to the Library in 1957.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

Subjects

Music