Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- King, A. Hyatt (Alec Hyatt), 1911-1994
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of printed materials and correspondence compiled by the noted British music librarian, bibliographer, and musicologist Alec Hyatt King. The printed materials include offprints of articles, complete journal issues, exhibition catalogs, catalogs from music publishers and booksellers, membership lists and organizational histories, and concert programs.
- Extent:
- 14 boxes and (450 folders)
- Language:
- Collection material in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Polish .
Background
- Scope and Content:
The bulk of the collection consists of 246 published musicological writings, most of which are in the form of offprints of journal articles. Many of these were accompanied by correspondence that was removed to form a separate series. The collection also includes 9 complete journal issues that were not identified as being from a single author. The collection contains an assortment of booklets, including membership lists, organizational histories, and conference programs, from sixteen institutions. There are eighteen exhibition catalogs in the collection and sixteen catalogs from publishers and booksellers. Also, there are approximately eighty concert programs from various organizations from the years 1949-1998.
- Biographical / Historical:
Alec Hyatt King (1911-1994) was a noted bibliographer, musicologist, and author of more than forty articles and books. He began his career at the British Museum at the age of twenty-three and continued his employment there until his retirement in 1977. He served as superintendent of the Music Room 1944-1958 and was named deputy keeper of the Department of Printed Books in the British Museum in 1959. His research specialties included Mozart, Handel, music printing, music sales catalogs, and music bibliography. King was also active in the fields of musicology and librarianship through his membership and participation in organizations such as the Royal Musical Association, the International Association of Music Libraries, the Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum, and RISM.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Alec Hyatt King's son, Edmund King, in 2002.
- Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in nine series:
- I. Published writings by King and others
- II. Correspondence
- III. Complete journal issues
- IV. Institutional documents
- V. Exhibition catalogs
- VI. Vendor catalogs
- VII. Programs
- VIII. Papers related to King's Some British Collectors of Music
- IX. Monographic titles collected by King
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard . ).
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