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Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from George Parker, 18 November 1924

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2337
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Letter, 18 November 1924, Middlesex, George Parker to Mary Grierson. Expressing his appreciation for the chance to sing with the Reid orchestra and praising Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: 18 November 1924

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Godfrey H. Grantham, 04 February 1942

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2177
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Letter, 4 February 1942, Perth, Godfery H. Grantham to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's conducting of the Reid Orchestra and the interpretation of Beethoven's sonata op. 110. Holograph signed.

Dates: 04 February 1942

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from J. R. Potts, 02 April 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2404
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Letter, 2 April 1952, Leeds, J. R. Potts to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey, particularly for the description of the history of the Reid Orchestra. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 02 April 1952

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Johannes Röntgen, 19 March 1924

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2438
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Letter, 19 March 1924, Amsterdam, Johannes Rontgen to Mary Grierson. Thanking Grierson for sending an Easter Egg, comments on the improvement of the Reid orchestra and best wishes. Holograph signed.

Dates: 19 March 1924

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 10 November 1933

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2286
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Letter, 10 November 1933, Edinburgh, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Praising an orchestral concert and Grierson's efforts in keeping the orchestra together and encouraging it and concern for Tovey. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 10 November 1933

Letter to Ernest Walker from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 08 October 1919

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L214
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Letter, 8 October 1919, Edinburgh Donald Tovey to Ernest Walker. Covering note for list of members of the Reid orchestra and letter from Lord Murray. Dictated signed.

Dates: 08 October 1919

Letter to Ernest Walker from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1916

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L215
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Letter, [n.d], Donald Tovey to Ernest Walker. Suggestions for the Reid Orchestra. Holograph signed.

Dates: c1916

Letter to Lord Charles David Murray from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L110
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Letter, [1935], Edinburgh, Donald Tovey to Lord Murray. Concerning the resignation of the leader of the Reid Orchestra. Holograph, signature missing.

Dates: c1935

Letter to Lord Charles David Murray from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 17 March 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L111
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Letter, 17 March 1935, Edinburgh, Donald Tovey to Lord Murray. Suggestion that Kenneth Anderson take over the leadership of the Reid Orchestra. Holograph signed.

Dates: 17 March 1935

Letter to Lord Charles David Murray from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1934

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L112
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Letter, [1934], Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Lord Murray. Asking Lord Murray to intervene on behalf of the Reid Orchestra. Holograph signed.

Dates: c1934

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Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 53
Grierson, Mary Gardner (pianist and conductor) 18
Weisse, Sophie, 1852-1945 (Scottish music teacher) 7
Murray, Lord, 1866-1936 5
University of Edinburgh. Faculty of Music (university faculty) 4
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Maitland, Rosalind (Rosalind) 3
Walker, Ernest, 1870?1949 (musicologist) 3
Allt, Greenhouse, 1889-1969 (Organist and teacher | Conductor of Edinburgh Royal Choral Union) 2
Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951 (composer) 2
Ewart nee Muir, Edith Fairlie, 1878-1953 (third wife of James Cossar Ewart) 2
Niecks, Professor, Friedrich, 1845-1924 (Professor of Music) 2
Ritter, Camille (Camille) 2
Rontgen, Johannes, 1898-1969 2
Smart, WD (WD) 2
Taylor, William, 1857-1934 (publisher and Honorary Secretary of the Reid Orchestra) 2
Trevelyan, Robert Calverley, 1872-1951 2
Wainsupp, W ( Scottish Arts Club) 2
Adams, A (A) 1
Anderson, Kenneth (Kenneth) 1
Arányi, Jelly d', 1893-1966 (violinist) 1
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1848-1930 (politician and statesman) 1
Bantock, Sir Granville, 1868-1946 1
Barcley, Thomas (honorary secretary of the Reid Orchestra) 1
Boult, Adrian Cedric, 1889?1983 (conductor) 1
Bruce, Robert (Robert) 1
Busby, Thomas R (Thomas R) 1
Busch, Adolf, 1891-1952 (violinist and composer) 1
Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973 (cellist) 1
Corbett-Smith, A (A) 1
Cornish, Mary Warre (Mary Warre) 1
Cowan, Maud (Maud) 1
Dickson, J Douglas H (lawyer and chairman of the Reid Orchestra) 1
Dunn, fl1925 1
Erdmann, Eduard, Erdmann, Eduard |1896-1958 (pianist and composer) 1
Fachiri, Adila Adrienne Adalbertina Maria, 1886-1962 (violinist) 1
Foulds, John Herbert, 1880?1939 (composer and author) 1
Godley, Hugh (Hugh) 1
Grantham, Godfrey H (Godfrey H) 1
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 (composer and theorist) 1
London Symphony Orchestra 1
McEwen, Robert Finnie, 1861-1926 1
Merrick, Frank, Frank |1886-1981 (pianist, teacher and composer) 1
Moonie, WB (WB) 1
Parker, George (George) 1
Potts, JR (JR) 1
Powell, John, 1882-1963 (pianist and composer) 1
Reid Choir 1
Richardson, Willliam, fl 1930 1
Rushforth, FV (FV) 1
Schumann, Robert Alexander, 1810-1856 (composer) 1
Schwiller, Isabelle (Isabelle) 1
Shaw, Francis, fl 1921 (pianist) 1
Smyth, Dame Ethel Mary, 1858?1944 (composer, writer and suffragist) 1
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 (composer) 1
Wallace, Clara (wife of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 1
Wilson, William ( Secretary of the University) 1
Wittgenstein, Paul, 1887-1961 (pianist) 1
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