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Busch, Adolf, 1891-1952 (violinist and composer)

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Adolf Busch from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1900

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L20
Scope and Contents

Letter, [n.d], Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Adolf Busch. Discussion of string quartet variations in B Opus II, working methods and the loneliness of the profession. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.

Dates: c1900

Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1913

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L202
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Letter, [1913], Donald Tovey to Robert Trevelyan. The commissioning of Tovey's Symphony by Adolf and Fritz Busch. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.

Dates: c1913

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Adolf Busch, 17 July 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L837
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Letter, 17 July 1935, Basel, Adolf Busch to Donald Tovey. Concern over Tovey's health, looking forward to Tovey's string quartet and reports on Adolf Buschs' composition work. Holograph signed.

Dates: 17 July 1935

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Julius Rontgen, 19 November 1916

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1538
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Letter, 19 November 1916, Amsterdam, Julius Rontgen to Donald Tovey. Describing the concerts of the Busch brothers, and informing Tovey that Rontgen has written a sonata for Piano. Holograph signed.

Dates: 19 November 1916

Postcard to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Adolf Busch, 11 November 1937

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L840
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Postcard, 11 November 1937, Adolf Busch to Donald Tovey. Discussing Tovey's cello concerto and Buschs' variations of Tovey's work being played in Edinburgh by Tovey's quartet. Holograph signed.

Dates: 11 November 1937

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