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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 Albert Schweitzer from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L136
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Letter, 1935, Suffolk, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Albert Schweitzer. Discussions of Tovey's speech with Casals and Schweitzer and informing Schweitzer that Tovey has received a knighthood. Holograph signed, photocopy.

Dates: c1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Arnold Rose from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 19 July 1928

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L122
Scope and Contents

Letter, 19 July 1928, Suffolk, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Arnold Rose. Introducing Mary Grierson. Holograph signed, written on "Cadenza for Brahms violin concerto" by Donald Tovey, with envelope.

Dates: 19 July 1928
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Bernard Hoffman from Frank Morley Fletcher, 30 April 1924

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2231
Scope and Contents

Letter, 30 April 1924, California, Frank Morley Fletcher to Bernard Hoffman. Suggesting that Tovey be told of the diversities of the musical community of Santa Barbara before he arrives. Typescript signed.

Dates: 30 April 1924
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
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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 Clara Gould from Annie Friedberg, 02 January 1925

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2164
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Letter, 2 January 1925, New York, Annie Friedbourg to Clara Gould. Wishing Gould a happy New Year and informing her that she has had no news from Tovey. Typescript signed.

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

Letter to Clara Tovey from Pablo Casals, 17 May 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L905
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Letter, 17 May 1935, Barcelona, Pablo Casals to Clara Tovey. Hoping Lady Tovey had a good voyage, praising her husband and wishing her well. Holograph signed.

Dates: 17 May 1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Clara Wallace from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1890

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L216
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Letter, [n.d], [London], Donald Tovey to Clara Wallace. Apologising for not visiting and accepting an invitation. Holograph signed.

Dates: c1890
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Clara Wallace from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 15 June 1891

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L217
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Letter, 15 June 1891, Moffat, Donald Tovey to Clara Wallace. Notifying Clara Wallace that Tovey will not be attending the Handel festival. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 15 June 1891
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

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Weisse, Sophie, 1852-1945 (Scottish music teacher) 319
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Schweitzer, Albert 1875-1965, 1875-1965 (medical missionary) 16
Walker, Ernest, 1870?1949 (musicologist) 14
Trevelyan, Robert Calverley, 1872-1951 13
Gould, Clara (Clara) 12
Dent, Edward Joseph 1876-1957, 1876-1957 (musicologist) 10
Reid Orchestra 10
Saumarez Bray, Sir Denys, 1875-1951 (Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and Indian delegate to the League of Nations) 10
Denecke, Margo (Margo) 9
Godley, Hugh (Hugh) 8
Arányi, Jelly d', 1893-1966 (violinist) 7
Ewart nee Muir, Edith Fairlie, 1878-1953 (third wife of James Cossar Ewart) 7
Henschel, George, 1850-1934 (English composer and baritone of German birth) 7
Parratt, Walter, 1841?1924 (organist) 7
Sayers, Dorothy L, 1893?1957 (writer and scholar) 7
Strecker, Wilhelm, b. 1877 7
Balfour, Elizabeth Edith, 1867-1942 (social hostess and biographer) 6
Davies, Fanny, 1861-1934 (pianist) 6
Fachiri, Adila Adrienne Adalbertina Maria, 1886-1962 (violinist) 6
Havergal, Henry, 1859-1937 6
Schweitzer, Helene (wife of Albert Schweitzer) 6
Swoboda, Henry, 1897-1990 (conductor) 6
Tovey, Duncan, -1912 (Eton master and father of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 6
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1848-1930 (politician and statesman) 5
Bantock, Sir Granville, 1868-1946 5
Boult, Adrian Cedric, 1889?1983 (conductor) 5
Busch, Adolf, 1891-1952 (violinist and composer) 5
Moor, Emanuel, 1863--1931 (composer and pianist) 5
Rollo Russell, Mrs (Mrs) 5
Trevelyan, Elizabeth (wife of Robert Trevelyan) 5
Wallace, Clara (wife of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 5
Allen, Hugh Percy, 1869?1946 (university professor and conductor) 4
Armstrong, Thomas, 1898?1994 (organist and college administrator) 4
Bottomley, Gordon, 1874?1948 (poet and playwright) 4
Fletcher, Frank Morley, 1866-1949 (British painter and printmaker) 4
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 4
Halle, Lady Wilma Maria Francisca 1839-1911, 1838-1911 4
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 (composer and theorist) 4
Hoffman, Bernard, fl 1924 4
Joachim, Harold Henry, 1868-1938 (philosopher) 4
Kelly, FS, 1881-1916 (composer and pianist) 4
Passer, Wally (Wally) 4
Rontgen, Julius, 1855-1932 4
Ro¨ntgen, Julius, 1885-1922 4
Teissier du Cros, Janet, 1905-1990 (nee Grierson) 4
Vesey, Evelyn, 1851-1939 4
Anderson, Kenneth (Kenneth) 3
Barger, Florence Emily (Florence Emily) 3
Baring, Maurice, 1874?1945 (poet and author) 3
Beecham, Sir Thomas, 1879?1961 (conductor) 3
Brahms, Johannes 1833-1897, 1833-1897 (composer) 3
Chisholm, Erik 1904-1965, 1904-1965 (conductor, composer, administrator and writer on music) 3
Denham, Lord (Richard) 3
Fisher, Lady, 1886- (nee Cornish |) 3
Friedberg, Annie (manager and concert agent) 3
Hess, Myra, 1890?1965 (pianist) 3
Rontgen, Johannes, 1898-1969 3
Smyth, Dame Ethel Mary, 1858?1944 (composer, writer and suffragist) 3
Speyer, Antonia (Antonia) 3
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Such, Percy, 1878-1959 3
Tovey, John Wellcome (adopted son of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 3
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Ballantine, Edward, 1886-1971 (American composer) 2
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Bell, CF, 1871-1966 (Assistant Keeper at the Ashmolean Museum) 2
Borwick, Leonard, 1868-1925 (pianist) 2
Classical Concert Society 2
Corbett-Smith, A (A) 2
Dakyns, Mr (Mr) 2
Davis, Walford, 1869-1941 2
Denman, RD, 1876-1957 (Civil servant) 2
Dickson, J Douglas H (lawyer and chairman of the Reid Orchestra) 2
Duff, Isabelle (Isabelle) 2
Elgar, Edward, 1857?1934 (composer and conductor) 2
Ewing, Sir James Alfred, 1855-1935 (principal, University of Edinburgh) 2
Fachiri, Alexander P, d.1939 (American lawyer, husband of Adila Adrienne Adalbertina Maria Fachiri) 2
Hess, Willy, 1859-1939| violinist 2
Hipkins, Alfred James, Alfred James |1826?1903 (writer on musical instruments) 2
Holst, Gustav, 1874?1934 (composer and teacher of music) 2
Hulbert, Percival W, fl 1922 2
Hunt, Hubert W (organist of Bristol Cathedral) 2
Hunter, Thea (Thea) 2
JL Strachan-Davidson, 1843?1916 (classical scholar) 2
Joachim, Ellen, fl 1900s 2
Kruse, Johann Secundus, Johann Secundus |1859-1927 (violinist) 2
Lauckner, R (Ralph) 2
Liddell, Cecil, barrister, brother of Guy Liddell also of MI5 2
Marsh, Eddie (Eddie) 2
McEwen, Robert Finnie, 1861-1926 2
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