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![[ Ragheb Moftah discussing Ernest Newlandsmith's transcriptions with Egyptian musicologist Dr. Adel Kamel, and Hungarian ethnomusicologist, Margit Tóth, ca. 1970s]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvcmFnaGViLW1vZnRhaC1kaXNjdXNzaW5nLWVybmVzdC1uZXdsYW5kc21pdGhzLXRyYW5zY3JpcHRpb25zLXdpdGgtZWd5cHRpYW4tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/205/jpg "[ Ragheb Moftah discussing Ernest Newlandsmith's transcriptions with Egyptian musicologist Dr. Adel Kamel, and Hungarian ethnomusicologist, Margit Tóth, ca. 1970s]")
![[ Ragheb Moftah reviews and discusses the Ernest Newlandsmith collection with Margit Tóth, ca. 1970s]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvcmFnaGViLW1vZnRhaC1yZXZpZXdzLWFuZC1kaXNjdXNzZXMtdGhlLWVybmVzdC1uZXdsYW5kc21pdGgtY29sbGVjdGlvbi13aXRoLXNtYWxsLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/25/webp "[ Ragheb Moftah reviews and discusses the Ernest Newlandsmith collection with Margit Tóth, ca. 1970s]")
![Letter from Ernest Newlandsmith to Ragheb Moftah, March 16, [1933]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzMvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tZXJuZXN0LW5ld2xhbmRzbWl0aC10by1yYWdoZWItbW9mdGFoLW1hcmNoLTE2LTE5MzMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "Letter from Ernest Newlandsmith to Ragheb Moftah, March 16, [1933]")
!["The Ancient Music of the Church of Egypt," notes by Ernest Newlandsmith, undated, [ca. 1930s]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvdGhlLWFuY2llbnQtbXVzaWMtb2YtdGhlLWNodXJjaC1vZi1lZ3lwdC1ub3Rlcy1ieS1lcm5lc3QtbmV3bGFuZHNtaXRoLXVuZGF0ZWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/44/webp "\"The Ancient Music of the Church of Egypt,\" notes by Ernest Newlandsmith, undated, [ca. 1930s]")
![Musical Transcriptions of Coptic Sacred Music by Ernest Newlandsmith. [A Guide to Ernest Newlandsmith's Folios of Coptic Music Transcriptions]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5OTcvMDEvMDEvbXVzaWNhbC10cmFuc2NyaXB0aW9ucy1vZi1jb3B0aWMtc2FjcmVkLW11c2ljLWJ5LWVybmVzdC1uZXdsYW5kc21pdGgtYS1ndWlkZS0zLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "Musical Transcriptions of Coptic Sacred Music by Ernest Newlandsmith. [A Guide to Ernest Newlandsmith's Folios of Coptic Music Transcriptions]")
![Letter from Ernest Newlandsmith to Ragheb Moftah, May 12, [1933]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzMvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tZXJuZXN0LW5ld2xhbmRzbWl0aC10by1yYWdoZWItbW9mdGFoLW1heS0xMi0xOTMzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Letter from Ernest Newlandsmith to Ragheb Moftah, May 12, [1933]")
![Letter fragment from Ernest Newlandsmith to Ragheb Moftah, [February 17, 1934?]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzQvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyYWdtZW50LWZyb20tZXJuZXN0LW5ld2xhbmRzbWl0aC10by1yYWdoZWItbW9mdGFoLWZlYnJ1YXJ5LTE3LTE5MzQtMy02NDAuanBn/40/61/webp "Letter fragment from Ernest Newlandsmith to Ragheb Moftah, [February 17, 1934?]")
