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Investigating the Shipton Hoard

Authors

  • Iain Fenlon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/dmd19.2.02

Keywords:

The Purcell Society, Edward Taylor, Edward Francis Rimbault, antiquarianism, book collectors

Abstract

In August 1840 a letter published in The Musical World announced the discovery of “four large iron chests filled with music-books”, some of great rarity, which have never been recovered. The truth is that the announcement is a hoax. But who perpetrated it? This essay sifts the evidence and attempts to solve the mystery.

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Author Biography

Iain Fenlon

University of Cambridge

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2024-01-25

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Fenlon, I. (2024). Investigating the Shipton Hoard. De Musica Disserenda, 19(2). https://doi.org/10.3986/dmd19.2.02