I'm not sure what the arrangements were. Presumably it wasn't given to the RAM free, gratis and for nothing. Probably other organizations would have liked to get their hands on it. To be honest I don't think the RAM was a suitable location for it. They don't or didn't have the facilities for academic researchers. Some of the entries in their catalogue are incorrect too. Their cataloguer doesn't seem to me to have the necessary expertise. I pointed out some errors to the librarian e.g. that there are two different books by Corbetta titled "La guitarre royale" and the entry for the Millioni book is all wrong - but as far as I know they have never been corrected. Bob taught at RAM but it would have been better if the collection was given to the British Library. Monica
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of WALSH STUART Sent: 27 October 2015 11:21 To: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Spencer Collection, Royal Academy of Music, London I'm sure this quote from the Royal Academy of Music makes sense - but it seems puzzling. Did cash-rich museums/libraries abroad want to get the Collection and so money had to be raised in Britain to prevent it from being whisked away? The Spencer Collection was acquired by the Academy in 1998 with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Mrs Jill Spencer, the Britten-Pears Foundation and contributors to a public Appeal. __________________________________________________________________ [1]Avast logo This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. [2]www.avast.com -- References 1. https://www.avast.com/antivirus 2. https://www.avast.com/antivirus To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
