Yes. I think we are just going to have to live with it. However I was told by someone who has used the RAM a lot that they are much more accommodating now than they were when I tried to get in. It's just that the collection is not currently available for some reason - because they are having some sort of exhibition I believe. Have you tried getting in touch with them? Monica
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stewart McCoy Sent: 27 October 2015 17:16 To: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Spencer Collection, Royal Academy of Music, London I think the Royal Academy paid £1,000,000 for the collection, which was probably a bit of a gift. Bob once told me that his books were his pension, and he would sell them off gradually as he needed money. The money from the RAM would have gone to his wife, Jill, to be her pension. It is sad that Bob's books are less accessible now than they were. When Bob was alive, you'd just go round to his house to see them. He was a generous man. He was keen for people to see his books, and would willingly make photocopies for you. He would bring originals to Lute Society meetings, and they would be passed round the room. That could never happen now. Stewart. -----Original Message----- From: M Hall Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 3:14 PM To: 'WALSH STUART' Cc: Lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: Spencer Collection, Royal Academy of Music, London 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
