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Thirty letters and cards, 1886-1913 and [n.d.], from Adelina Patti, all except two addressed to Wilhelm Ganz, containing news of her concert and other tours abroad, life at Craig-y-nos, and family and other news.

An album containing over two hundred signatures, including those of members of the Royal Family, presented to Wilhelm Ganz on the occasion of a Diamond Jubilee Concert in his honour, 26 May 1908, together with a typescript copy of the presentation address by Marie Effie Bancroft (ff. i-ii).

A letter-book of Wilhelm Ganz, 24 May 1910 - 25 May 1912, containing a record of letters, etc., sent, with brief notes of their contents.

Over thirty letters and cards, 1876-[c. 1911], in English, French and German, mostly addressed to Wilhelm Ganz from singers and musicians and reflecting his prominence in the concert life of Victorian England. Among the correspondents are Emma Calvé (2) 1898 and 1902, Edouard de Reszke (2) 1900 and n.d., Jean de Reszke (1) 1904, Dame Nellie Melba (3) n.d., Christine Nilsson (2) 1881 and 1883, and J. Sims Reeves (2) 1880.

Nineteen letters and two telegrams, 1914, to the Misses Adelina or Georgina Ganz concerning concert arrangements (ff. 3-34 verso); and other miscellaneous letters and papers, 1851-1950, including a transcript, 1937, of a letter, 1860, to Edouard Silas from Hector Berlioz, with explanatory notes by Alfred W. Ganz, 1938 (ff. 37-41), a note in the hand of Edward VII, 1886 (f. 48), and a silk concert programme, 1898 (f. 50).

The visitors' book, 1923-35, of Georgina Ganz, daughter of Wilhelm Ganz.

Correspondence and papers, 1851-1950, of composer, conductor and pianist Wilhelm Ganz, together with correspondence and papers of members of his family, including letters, 1876-1913, to Ganz from Adelina Patti and other contemporary singers and musicians, and an album of signatures presented to Ganz on the occasion of a Diamond Jubilee Concert in his honour held on 26 May 1908.