Helm collection [ca. 1780-ca. 1880] [music] : a collection of 18th and 19th century European and English vocal and instrumental music such as piano, symphonies, choral, operas and songs and includes music manuscripts and pictorial title pages
- Bib ID:
- 2969824
- Format:
- Music
- Author:
- Helm, Everett, 1913-1999, collector
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not available for loan.
- Description:
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- [ca. 1780-ca. 1880]
- 49.0 m. (ca. 7550 items)
- Summary:
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The collection consists of : Helm I: Instrumental, vocal, piano music, libretti, French operas, early editions of major composers, music lithographs, manuscripts of secondary composers, European didactic materials and monographs covering all fields of music (approximately 1100 monographs and 1542 music items); Helm II: Important English vocal music (songbooks, folksongs, cantatas), instrumental music (piano, church music) monographs (670 items); Helm III: European instrumental (piano, flute, chamber), vocal (German lieder 1800-1850, French songs), studies and technical works, facsimile ed. operas, manuscript and French sheet music with illustrated title pages (1725 items); Helm IV: 18th and 19th century piano music (1150 items ); Helm V: Late 18th and 19th century music mainly published in England by English composers; (ca. 1300 items); Helm VI: Dance items, 19th century European music, mainly 1840-1890 French, English, Italian and German composers and publishers, piano, dance, operatic and vocal music with some pictorial title pages (1750 items and 750 sheet music items)
- Notes:
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Related Material:
- Monographs covering all fields of music (ca. 1100 items) part of the HELM I collection NLA general stacks Listed in a bound NLA accession register (No. M86438) located on the Music Stack with Helm I material. A copy of this accession register is also kept with the six Helm Collections lists.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Items from the 6 Helm collections are listed in 6 separate lists located with the collections in the Music Stacks. Items from HELM II are also individually listed by composer in the Music Overseas card catalogue in the Main Reading Room. Items from HELM III are also individually listed by composer and form in a card catalogue located in Information Services work area.
- Subject:
- Music -- 19th century
- Related Records:
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This is a collection.
This collection contains 5,958 records. - Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2069 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1999
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1800
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