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Letter to Albert Schweitzer from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 09 April 1929

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L132
Scope and Contents

Letter, 9 April 1929, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Albert Schweitzer. Covering letter for the score of "The Bride of Dionysus". Holograph signed, photocopy.

Dates: 09 April 1929
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Albert Schweitzer from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 28 October 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L135
Scope and Contents

Letter, 28 October 1935, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Albert Schweitzer. Discussing plans for performing in Edinburgh with Schweitzer at the McEwen and Usher hall. Holograph signed, photocopy.

Dates: 28 October 1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Annie Friedberg from Charles Guthrie, 28 July 1925

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2198
Scope and Contents

Letter, 28 July 1925, Edinburgh, Charles Guthrie to Annie Friedberg. Covering note for some press cuttings which Guthrie suggests may be used in. Holograph signed.

Dates: 28 July 1925
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Annie Friedberg from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 02 February 1925

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L73
Scope and Contents

Letter, 2 February 1925, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Annie Friedberg. Arrangement for U.S concerts. Ms. transcript.

Dates: 02 February 1925
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Arthur Melville Clark from Sir Donald Francis Tovey,, 11 October 1937

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L38
Scope and Contents

Letter, 11 October 1937, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Arthur Melville Clark. Thanking Clark for editing a work, discussing musical scholarship. Typescript.

Dates: 11 October 1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to ' Bessie' [Elizabeth Trevelyan] from Florence Emily Barger, 23 November 1925

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2024
Scope and Contents

Letter, 23 November 1925, Edinburgh, Florence Barger to ' Bessie' [Elizabeth Trevelyan]. Informing 'Bessie' of Tovey's engagement to Minnie Wallace, discussing the engagement and news of Tovey . Holograph signed.

Dates: 23 November 1925
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
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
Scope and Contents

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 Daniel Duff from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 19 October 1937

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L58
Scope and Contents

Letter, 19 October 1937, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Daniel Duff. Request for luminous paper, or gold leaf. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss, with covering letter from Daniel Duff.

Dates: 19 October 1937
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
Scope and Contents

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

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Speyer, Edward 1839-1934, 1839-1934 (music collector and entrepreneur) 4
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Boult, Adrian Cedric, 1889?1983 (conductor) 3
Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951 (composer) 3
Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973 (cellist) 3
Dickson, J Douglas H (lawyer and chairman of the Reid Orchestra) 3
Edinburgh Opera Company 3
Ewing, Sir James Alfred, 1855-1935 (principal, University of Edinburgh) 3
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Moor, Emanuel, 1863--1931 (composer and pianist) 3
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 (composer) 3
Walker, Ernest, 1870?1949 (musicologist) 3
Allt, Greenhouse, 1889-1969 (Organist and teacher | Conductor of Edinburgh Royal Choral Union) 2
Anderson, Kenneth (Kenneth) 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750, 1685-1750 2
Bantock, Sir Granville, 1868-1946 2
Beecham, Sir Thomas, 1879?1961 (conductor) 2
Bottomley, Gordon, 1874?1948 (poet and playwright) 2
Davies, Fanny, 1861-1934 (pianist) 2
Duff, Isabelle (Isabelle) 2
Fleming, WG (WG) 2
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Gal, Hans, 1890-1987 (composer and musicologist) 2
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Kennedy, Margaret, c 1865-1951 (Sister of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser | ‘sub-professor’ at the Royal Academy of Music) 2
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Newman, Sidney Thomas Mayow, 1906-1971 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 2
Salvesen, Isabelle GM, 1865-1939 2
Schumann, Robert Alexander, 1810-1856 (composer) 2
Stanton, W. K., 1891-1978 (conductor) 2
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Whittaker, Mary Jane Gillies, 1854?1932 (wife of William Gillies Whittaker) 2
Wilson, Sir James Steuart, 1889?1966 (singer and musical administrator) 2
Allen, Hugh Percy, 1869?1946 (university professor and conductor) 1
Anderson, Ronald Kinloch, 1912-1984 (pianist and piano teacher) 1
Auld, John (John) 1
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel 1714-1788, 1714-1788 (composer) 1
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Brian, Havergal, 1876-1972 (composer) 1
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Cobbett, Walter Wilson, 1847-1937 (amateur violinist, patron, and lexicographer) 1
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Curtis, William Alexander, 1876-1961 (principal of New College, Edinburgh) 1
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Deas, FW, fl 1927 1
Deas, Stuart (Professor of Music at Sheffield University) 1
Deis, Carl, 1883-1960 (composer) 1
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Duff, David, fl 1937 1
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