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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 'a Professor' from Sir Hugh Percy Allen, c 04 January 1940

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2001
Scope and Contents

Letter, 4 January [n.y], Chichester, Hugh Allen to 'a Professor'. Inviting the recipient to join the committee of the Tovey memorial fund. Holograph signed.

Dates: c 04 January 1940
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 Dr. Jekyll from Sophie Weisse, 03 August 1917

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2619
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Letter, 3 August 1917, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Dr. Jekyll. Inviting Dr.Jekyll to stay, news that Miss. Weisse has been cataloguing Tovey's library. Holograph signed.

Dates: 03 August 1917
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Dr. Jekyll from Sophie Weisse, 26 Sepember 1917

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2621
Scope and Contents

Letter, 26 Sepember 1917, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Dr. Jekyll. Discussions concerning Tovey's library, an estimated cost of the library and a suggestion that the library be donated to Balliol college, Oxford. Holograph signed.

Dates: 26 Sepember 1917
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Dr. Jekyll from Sophie Weisse, 01 September 1917

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2620
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Letter, 1 September 1917, East Lothian, Sophie Weisse to Dr. Jekyll. Asking Jekyll to help Miss. Weisse catalogue Tovey's library. Holograph signed.

Dates: 01 September 1917
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Janet Tessier du Cros, 16 March 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2512
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Letter, 16 March 1952, Paris, Janet Tessier du Cros to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey, and her diplomatic style of writing and describing Tessier du Cros' musical training. Typescript signed, with stamped envelope, for Tessier du Cros see also Janet Grierson.

Dates: 16 March 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Patricia, 28 March 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2746
Scope and Contents

Letter, 28 March 1952, Bristol, Patricia to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey, and news of Patricia's family and her life in Bristol. Holograph signed.

Dates: 28 March 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2286
Scope and Contents

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 09 August 1925

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2582
Scope and Contents

Letter, 9 August 1925, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Requesting information about the parts to Tovey's symphony for a performance in Dresden. Holograph signed.

Dates: 09 August 1925
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings, 1st Baronet, Sir (composer and historian of music) 66
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Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907 (violinist) 24
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Foss, Hubert James (music publisher and composer) 9
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Higgs, James, 1829?1902 (professor of organ at the Royal College of Music) 7
Parratt, Walter, 1841?1924 (organist) 7
Reid Orchestra 7
Speyer, Edward 1839-1934, 1839-1934 (music collector and entrepreneur) 6
Beasley, Mary (Principle of Northampton School of Music) 5
Borwick, Leonard, 1868-1925 (pianist) 5
Halle, Lady Wilma Maria Francisca 1839-1911, 1838-1911 5
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Fisher, Lady, 1886- (nee Cornish |) 4
Kruse, Johann Secundus, Johann Secundus |1859-1927 (violinist) 4
Niecks, Professor, Friedrich, 1845-1924 (Professor of Music) 4
Wallace, Clara (wife of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 4
Beecham, Sir Thomas, 1879?1961 (conductor) 3
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer) 3
Busch, Adolf, 1891-1952 (violinist and composer) 3
Mandyczewski, Eusebius, 1857-1929 (Russian musicologist) 3
Moor, Emanuel, 1863--1931 (composer and pianist) 3
Ro¨ntgen, Julius, 1885-1922 3
Such, Percy, 1878-1959 3
Tovey, Duncan, -1912 (Eton master and father of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 3
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Tovey, Mary, -1908 (mother of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 3
Trevelyan, Elizabeth (wife of Robert Trevelyan) 3
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Behrens, Fanny, fl 1892 2
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Cleg (Cleg) 2
Dannreuther, Edward George, 1844?1905 (pianist and writer) 2
Denham, Lord (Richard) 2
Dent, Edward Joseph 1876-1957, 1876-1957 (musicologist) 2
Dvorák, Antonín Leopold, 1841-1904 (composer) 2
Farmer, John, 1836-1901 (English educationist and composer) 2
Fillinger, Marie (Marie) 2
Finke, Fidelio F, Fidelio Friedrich |1891-1968 (German composer and teacher) 2
Fleury, Louis, 1878-1926 (French flautist and musical scholar) 2
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Maitland, Alexander, 1856?1936 (music critic) 2
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Russell, Vernon (master of music at Westminster Roman Catholic Cathedral) 2
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Vesey, Evelyn, 1851-1939 2
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Allen, Hugh Percy, 1869?1946 (university professor and conductor) 1
Aolian Co. 1
Arányi, Jelly d', 1893-1966 (violinist) 1
Arbós, Enrique Fernández, 1863-1939 (violinist, conductor and composer) 1
Arnold, FT, 1861-1940 (English musical scholar) 1
Bantock, Sir Granville, 1868-1946 1
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Baring, Maurice, 1874?1945 (poet and author) 1
Bluth, Karl, 1892-19?? 1
Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896 (composer) 1
Caird, Edward, 1835?1908 (philosopher and Master of Balliol) 1
Curtis, William Alexander, 1876-1961 (principal of New College, Edinburgh) 1
Davies, Fanny, 1861-1934 (pianist) 1
Davis, Walford, 1869-1941 1
Denman, RD, 1876-1957 (Civil servant) 1
Dickson, J Douglas H (lawyer and chairman of the Reid Orchestra) 1
Dohnaìnyi, Erno, 1877-1960 (pianist, composer and conductor) 1
Fachiri, Adila Adrienne Adalbertina Maria, 1886-1962 (violinist) 1
Farmer, fl1900 1
Fullinger, Mr (Mr) 1
Gal, Hans, 1890-1987 (composer and musicologist) 1
Gaskell, fl 1890 1
Gould, Clara (Clara) 1
Hausmann, Robert, 1852-1909 (German cellist) 1
Henschel, George, 1850-1934 (English composer and baritone of German birth) 1
Holst, Gustav, 1874?1934 (composer and teacher of music) 1
Hood, Patricia KF (Patricia KF) 1
Hunter Blair, David, 1853-1939 1
J, T (T) 1
Jekyll, fl1940 1
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