Pendlebury Music Library

The Pendlebury Library of Music is the library of the music department of the University of Cambridge .

The library is named after Richard Pendlebury (1847-1902), who donated his collection of printed notes, manuscripts and music books to the Cambridge Fitzwilliams Museum .

Richard Pendlebury (1847-1902), a graduate and member of St. John's College , a professor of mathematics at Cambridge University, as well as a musician, climber and bibliophile. He collected early mathematical texts and printed musical works and books on music. The collections he collected were donated to Cambridge University. The mathematical collection was transferred to the College of St. John, and the music collection to the Fitzwilliams Museum. Richard Pendlebury made his first gift to the Fitzwilliams Museum in 1880 in the amount of 100 volumes, and subsequently replenished the collection every year, donating about 2000 volumes of notes, manuscripts and music books.

Subsequently, the collection of Richard Pendlebury was transferred from the Fitzwilliams Museum to the University of Cambridge library .

In 1929, the music collection was transferred to the music department of the university. It was from this time that the term "Pendlebury Music Library" began to be used. In 1984, a special building was constructed for the library, designed by architect Leslie Martin (1908-2000) opposite the building of the Faculty of Music of the University of Cambridge.