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Allt, Greenhouse, 1889-1969 (Organist and teacher | Conductor of Edinburgh Royal Choral Union)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1889 - 1969

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Four bundles of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser arrs. [arrangements] of songs, Part 1, 2, 3, & 4, c 1900-1946

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Scope and Contents Four bundles of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser arrs. [arrangements] of songs, Part 1, 2, 3, & 4. Sheets prepared for engraving by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, music and text sheets generally held together song by song, in no particular order, manuscripts, including songs from the different Songs of the Hebrides, vols., some Scots songs, some arrangements for voice and harp (piano), marked as arranged by Patuffa Kennedy-Fraser, but mainly in Marjory...
Dates: c 1900-1946

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Dame Ethel Mary Smyth, 14 January 1931

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2465
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Letter, 14 June 1931, Woking, Ethel Smyth to Mary Grierson. Informing Grierson that Smyth will be at Allt's choir rehearsal and discussing a forthcoming performance. Holograph signed.

Dates: 14 January 1931

Letter to Mary Gardner Grierson from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1934

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L273
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Letter, 1934, Czechoslovakia, Donald Tovey to Mary Grierson. Suggestions for organisation of a choir, and recommendations on what they should sing. Holograph signed.

Dates: c1934

Letter to Mr Carruthers from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1926

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L26-L27
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Letter, [1926], Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Mr Carruthers. Discussion of programme for a concert, a request for a clavichord, and the Reid orchestra. Holograph.

Dates: c1926

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Rosalind Maitland, c26 May 1924

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1390
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Letter, 26 May 1924, Edinburgh, Rosalind Maitland to Donald Tovey. News of a meeting with Allt concerning a performance of Beethoven and a discussion of the problems of the Reid concerts. Holograph signed.

Dates: c26 May 1924

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Rosalind Maitland, c07 July 1922

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1391
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Letter, 7 July 1922, Edinburgh, Rosalind Maitland to Donald Tovey. Details of the Reid Orchestra's guarantor's meeting, news of Adrian Boult's praise for Tovey's work and a meeting with Allt. Holograph signed.

Dates: c07 July 1922

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from W Greenhouse Allt, 05 July 1934

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L699
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Letter, 5 July 1934, Edinburgh, Allt to Donald Tovey. Informing Tovey that Holst's ' Hymn of Jesus' may be too difficult to perform, because of the choir and difficulty in arranging rehearsals. Typescript signed, with pencil letter from Tovey to Mary Grierson on the back, objecting to Allt's points.

Dates: 05 July 1934

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Chamber Orchestra 2
Concert Programs 2
Edinburgh -- Scotland 2
Performance practice (Music) 2
Performances 2