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A Burmese Dance, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2520
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Photograph of a group of Burmese women performing a dance in a courtyard with a group of men and musicians sitting and standing to the right hand side in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter ( post script) to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1922

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L670
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Letter ( post script), [1922], Canstatt, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Description of a production of Salome and a Roger concert, and news of Swoboda. Holograph signed, post-script of L669.

Dates: c1922
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Clara Tovey from Helen Christian Sutherland, c 26 May 1930

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2507
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Letter, 26 May [1930], London, Helen Sutherland to Clara Tovey. Praising Tovey's performance of Beethoven and Bach and praising Tovey's contribution to music. Holograph signed.

Dates: c 26 May 1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Clara Tovey from Pablo Casals, 21 October 1927

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L857
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Letter, 21 October 1927, Barcelona, Pablo Casals to Clara Tovey. Praising Tovey's playing. Holograph signed.

Dates: 21 October 1927
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Clara Tovey from Thea Hunter, 04 March 1941

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2245
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Letter, 4 March 1941, Edinburgh, Thea Hunter to Clara Tovey. Describing Tovey's absence at Concert series as a tragedy. Holograph signed.

Dates: 04 March 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to D.F.A. Fox from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 08 October 1938

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L72
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Letter, 8 October 1938, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to D.F.A. Fox. Praising Fox's performance. Ms. transcript.

Dates: 08 October 1938
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Dame Ethel Mary Smythe, 14 June 1930

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2463
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Letter, 14 June 1930, Woking, Ethel Smythe to Mary Grierson. Attempting to arrange a suitable date to perform a work called ' The Prison', . Holograph signed.

Dates: 14 June 1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Fanny Davies, 20 June 1931

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2117
Scope and Contents

Letter, 20 June 1931, London, Fanny Davies to Mary Grierson. Accepting an invitation to play at a Brahms concert in Edinburgh, asking about expenses, and details of the concert. Holograph signed.

Dates: 20 June 1931
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Fanny Davies, 25 June 1930

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2119
Scope and Contents

Letter, 21 June 1930, London, Fanny Davies to Mary Grierson. Accepting to be on a committee, and of performing a work. Holograph signed.

Dates: 25 June 1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Fanny Davies, 27 November 1930

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2121
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Letter, 27 November 1930, Humshaugh - on - Tyne, Fanny Davies to Mary Grierson. News of Davies performance in Newcastle. Holograph signed.

Dates: 27 November 1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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University of Oxford (c1096-:) 6
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Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951 (composer) 3
Godley, Hugh (Hugh) 3
Halle, Lady Wilma Maria Francisca 1839-1911, 1838-1911 3
Holst, Gustav, 1874?1934 (composer and teacher of music) 3
Kruse, Johann Secundus, Johann Secundus |1859-1927 (violinist) 3
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Huberman, Bronislaw, 1882-1947 (Polish violinist) 2
Joachim, Harold Henry, 1868-1938 (philosopher) 2
Maitland, Alexander, 1856?1936 (music critic) 2
Maitland, Rosalind (Rosalind) 2
Mandyczewski, Eusebius, 1857-1929 (Russian musicologist) 2
McEwen, Robert Finnie, 1861-1926 2
Moonie, WB (WB) 2
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Rontgen, Johannes, 1898-1969 2
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Soldat-Roeger, Marie, 1864-1955 (violinist) 2
Trevelyan, Robert Calverley, 1872-1951 2
Vecsey, Franz von, 1893-1935 (violinist and composer) 2
Adams, A (A) 1
Anderson, Kenneth (Kenneth) 1
Arányi, Jelly d', 1893-1966 (violinist) 1
Arbós, Enrique Fernández, 1863-1939 (violinist, conductor and composer) 1
Aschberg, Aped and Crew Ltd. 1
Augner Ltd 1
Barclay, Thomas (honourary secretary of the Reid Orchestra) 1
Barcley, Thomas (honorary secretary of the Reid Orchestra) 1
Bax, Arnold, 1883?1953 (composer) 1
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Benecke, PVM, 1868-1944 (Fellow of Magdalen College Oxford) 1
Benson, Mona (Mona) 1
Blumenthal, Jacob, 1829?1908 (composer and pianist) 1
Bottomley, Gordon, 1874?1948 (poet and playwright) 1
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Busch, Adolf, 1891-1952 (violinist and composer) 1
Carruthers, Mr (Mr) 1
Chalmers, Lady Elizabeth (Elizabeth) 1
Chisholm, Erik 1904-1965, 1904-1965 (conductor, composer, administrator and writer on music) 1
Cleg (Cleg) 1
Coates, John, 1865-1941 (tenor) 1
Cornish, Margaret Warre (Margaret Warre) 1
Davis, Walford, 1869-1941 1
Deas, Stuart (Professor of Music at Sheffield University) 1
Dohnanyi, Erno, 1877-1960 (Hungarian pianist, composer, conductor, teacher and administrator) 1
Don, Gretta, fl 1922 1
Dunlop, Isabelle (Isabelle) 1
Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc (1768) 1
Ewing, Sir James Alfred, 1855-1935 (principal, University of Edinburgh) 1
Farmer, fl1900 1
Fleming, Joyce (Joyce) 1
Fleury, Louis, 1878-1926 (French flautist and musical scholar) 1
Foss, Hubert James (music publisher and composer) 1
Fox, DFA (DFA) 1
Friskin, Kate (Kate) 1
Fullinger, Mr (Mr) 1
Gal, Hans, 1890-1987 (composer and musicologist) 1
Gaskell, fl 1890 1
Giles, HF (University of Edinburgh) 1
Gill, Marion, fl 1920 1
Gould, Clara (Clara) 1
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Hall, Marie Pauline, 1884?1956 (violinist) 1
Hambourg, Jan, 1882-1947 (violinist) 1
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Herbert, Mary (Mary) 1
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