Music Manuscript And Archival Cataloguer - British Library - St Pancras

2x Full

Time Fixed Term Contract.

The British

Library is now seeking to appoint two archivists for a period of six months to

sort, arrange and describe recent music archives and manuscripts, in particular

the Boosey & Hawkes music archive.

Formed in

1930 from the merging of two companies each with an impressive pedigree, Boosey

& Hawkes built up a publishing catalogue that reads like a roll call of the

greatest composers of the 20 th century, including Stravinsky,

Bartók, Britten, Rachmaninov, Elgar, Copland and Strauss. It also published

much popular music, film music, ballads, and music for wind and brass bands.

All of this activity placed the company at the heart of music making in the UK,

as explained in Helen Wallace’s Boosey & Hawkes: the publishing story

(2007).

The Boosey

and Hawkes archive of its music publishing business was acquired by the British

Library in March this year. It covers the period ca. 1880 – 1980, and contains

production material relating to the company’s music publications (e.g. proofs

and associated correspondence with the composers), as well as other

documentation relating to its day-to-day business, such as correspondence,

financial records, minutes of meetings, contracts and documentation of other

legal matters.

Applicants

should be qualified archivists, with relevant experience of arranging and

cataloguing collections in an online cataloguing system to international

standards (ISAD(G), NCA Rules etc.). Knowledge of music and foreign languages

would be advantageous but not essential. They should be available to take up an

appointment at the beginning of October.

Closing

Date: 11 August 2016

Interview

Date: 22/23 August 2016