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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
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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

Letter to Albert Schweitzer from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 09 May 1932

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L133
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Letter, 9 May 1932, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Albert Schweitzer. Concerning ' The Bride of Dionysus', an organ recital in St. Giles cathedral, Edinburgh and Scweitzer's honorary degree from Edinburgh University music faculty. Holograph signed, photocopy.

Dates: 09 May 1932

Letter to Charles de Sousy Ricketts from Robert Calverley Trevelyan, 09 November 1928

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2538
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Letter, 9 November 1928, Surrey, Robert Trevelyan to Charles Ricketts. Agreeing to pay Ricketts three hundred pounds for his work on the ' Bride of Dionysus' sets. Holograph unfinished.

Dates: 09 November 1928

Letter to Charles de Sousy Ricketts from Robert Calverley Trevelyan, c1928

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2539
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Letter, [n.d], London, Robert Trevelyan to Charles Ricketts. Enclosing the libretto of the ' Bride of Dionysus' and arranging a meeting with Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: c1928

Letter to Charles Guthrie Esq. from Robert Calverley Trevelyan, 29 January 1929

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2543
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Letter, 29 January 1929, Surrey, Robert Trevelyan to Charles Guthrie Esq.. Discussion of the performance of the opera and the financial and legal considerations. Typescript copy.

Dates: 29 January 1929

Letter to Charles Guthrie from H. Middleton, 30 April 1929

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2309
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Letter, 30 April 1929, London, H. Middleton to Charles Guthrie. Discussing the success of ' The Bride of Dionysus' and Tovey's greatness. Ms. Transcript.

Dates: 30 April 1929

Letter to Donald Tovey from Pablo Casals, 25 March 1929

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L859
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Letter, 25 March 1929, Pablo Casals to Donald Tovey. Congratulating Tovey on his opera and outlining Casals future engagements and performances. Holograph signed.

Dates: 25 March 1929

Letter to Edward Speyer from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 18 August 1912

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L184
Scope and Contents

Letter, 18 August 1912, Paris, Donald Tovey to Edward Speyer. Turning down an invitation to stay, plan to finish `the opera'. Holograph signed, L177 - L185 sewn together.

Dates: 18 August 1912

Letter to Hubert James Foss from Ernest Bryson, 30 December 1941

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2057
Scope and Contents

Letter, 30 December 1941, Gloucestershire, Ernest Bryson to Hubert Foss. Memories of Tovey, conducting the Reid Orchestra, programme notes, ' The Bride of Dionysus', and completion of the Bach fugue. Holograph signed.

Dates: 30 December 1941

Letter to [Hubert James Foss] from Margaret. N. O. Baily, 27 November 1941

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2011
Scope and Contents

Letter, 27 November 1941, Midlothian, Margaret. N. O. Baily to [Hubert Foss]. Covering letter for letters from Tovey, informing Foss of the wealth of material Baily has on the Bride of Dionysus, suggesting she write down her reminiscences of Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: 27 November 1941

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Trevelyan, Robert Calverley, 1872-1951 42
Weisse, Sophie, 1852-1945 (Scottish music teacher) 14
Ricketts, Charles, 1866?1931 (artist and art collector) 11
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Beecham, Sir Thomas, 1879?1961 (conductor) 3
Christie, John 1882-1962, 1882-1962 (founder of Glyndebourne Opera) 3
Edinburgh Opera Company 3
Foss, Hubert James (music publisher and composer) 3
Grierson, Mary Gardner (pianist and conductor) 3
Allen, Hugh Percy, 1869?1946 (university professor and conductor) 2
Baily, Mrs (Mrs) 2
Benson, Mona (Mona) 2
Campbell, Mr (Mr) 2
Corbett-Smith, A (A) 2
Hedmount, Mr (Mr) 2
NOBODIES 2
Rontgen, Julius, 1855-1932 2
Schweitzer, Albert 1875-1965, 1875-1965 (medical missionary) 2
Shannon, Charles Haslewood, 1863?1937 (lithographer and painter) 2
Shepherd, Loudoun (Edinburgh Opera Company) 2
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 (composer) 2
Baily, Margaret N O, 1899-1953 1
Bridges, Robert, 1844?1930 (poet) 1
British Broadcasting Corporation (1922-:) (radio and television broadcasters) 1
Bryson, Ernest, 1867-1942 (composer) 1
Busch, Adolf, 1891-1952 (violinist and composer) 1
Cameron, Mr (Mr) 1
Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973 (cellist) 1
Clarkson, W, fl 1929 1
Dakyns, Mr (Mr) 1
Duff, Jane, fl 1929 1
Erhardt, Otto, 1888-1971 1
Foulds, Maud, 1880-1939 (violinist, wife of John Herbert Foulds) 1
Grundy, Maud (Maud) 1
Hall, Florence, 1884-1956 1
Hedmondt, Charles, 1857-1940 (Canadian tenor) 1
Henschel, George, 1850-1934 (English composer and baritone of German birth) 1
Jack, RC (of Wallace and Guthrie, W.S.) 1
Jacobs, IM (IM) 1
Joachim, Harold Henry, 1868-1938 (philosopher) 1
Maitland, Alexander, 1856?1936 (music critic) 1
McCarthy, Dame Maud, 1858?1949 (army matron-in-chief) 1
Middleton, H, fl 1929 1
Ranken, T (T) 1
Reid Orchestra 1
Ritchie, Emily (Emily) 1
Ritter, Camille (Camille) 1
Rontgen, Johannes, 1898-1969 1
Schlapp, Walter, 1898-1966 (Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester) 1
Simmons (1857-1964) 1
Speyer, Edward 1839-1934, 1839-1934 (music collector and entrepreneur) 1
Stanton, W. K., 1891-1978 (conductor) 1
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 (composer and conductor) 1
Strecker, Ludwig, 1883-1978 (German librettist and publisher) 1
Strecker, Wilhelm, b. 1877 1
Such, Percy, 1878-1959 1
Swoboda, Henry, 1897-1990 (conductor) 1
Trevelyan, Elizabeth (wife of Robert Trevelyan) 1
University of Edinburgh. Faculty of Music (university faculty) 1
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