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University of Edinburgh. Faculty of Music (university faculty)

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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Charles Glover Barkla from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 27 October 1928

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L9
Scope and Contents

Letter, 7 October 1928, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Charles Glover Barkla. The teaching of music at Edinburgh University. Typescript signed.

Dates: 27 October 1928

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from James Hilleary, 04 September 1949

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2224
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Letter, 4 September 1949, Washington D. C, James Hilleary to Mary Grierson. Explaining the influence that Edinburgh University music faculty had on Hilleary and other American soldiers. Holograph signed.

Dates: 04 September 1949

Letter to Edward Joseph Dent from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 14 November 1931

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L66
Scope and Contents

Letter, 14 November 1931, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Edward Joseph Dent. Description of Tovey's ideas of university musical education, comparison of Edinburgh degrees with that of Oxford and Cambridge. Typescript copy.

Dates: 14 November 1931

Letter to [Edward Speyer] from Franz Moser, 03 July 1927

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2325
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Letter, 3 July 1927, Franz Moser to [Edward Speyer]. Outlining plans to do a doctorate in music at Edinburgh University and plans to compose chamber music. Holograph signed, L2317 - L2325 sewn together in a book.

Dates: 03 July 1927

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from 'A. Student', 12 March 1923

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1731
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Letter, 12 March 1923, Edinburgh, 'A. Student' to Donald Tovey. Thanking Tovey for his Bach lectures and requesting that they be continued. Holograph signed.

Dates: 12 March 1923

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Albert Schweitzer, 08 May 1932

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1647
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Letter, 8 May 1932, Holland, Albert Schweitzer to Donald Tovey. Discussing Schweitzer's plans to collect an honorary doctorate from St. Andrews university and hoping to do something with Tovey at the University of Edinburgh music faculty. Holograph signed.

Dates: 08 May 1932

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from L. M. Prentis, 26 March 1934

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1500
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Letter, 26 March 1934, Edinburgh, L. M. Prentis to Donald Tovey. From the guardian of a student of music at the University of Edinburgh criticising the teaching in harmony and suggesting the student would had been better studying at The Royal Academy of Music. Holograph signed.

Dates: 26 March 1934

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Sir Charles Grant Robertson, 10 March 1923

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1528
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Letter, 10 March 1923, Birmingham, Charles Grant Robertson to Donald Tovey. Discussion of the Chair of music at Birmingham University and the discussion of music as a faculty within a University. Holograph signed.

Dates: 10 March 1923

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 07 June 1924

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L679
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Letter, 7 June 1924, Liverpool, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. News of the Reid orchestra and details of the arts course in music at Edinburgh University. Holograph signed.

Dates: 07 June 1924