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

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2582
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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

Letter to F. W. Kelly from Sophie Weisse, c1930

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2636
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Letter, [n.d], Sophie Weisse to F. W. Kelly. Arranging to perform a Brahms work and suggesting that Kelly should compose a work for Tovey. Holograph incomplete.

Dates: c1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to [Robert Calverley Trevelyan] from Sophie Weisse, c1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2635
Scope and Contents

Letter, [n.d], Surrey, Sophie Weisse to [Robert Trevelyan]. Discussion of a grave of a composer and news that Lady Tovey has deposited Tovey ms. in a bank. Holograph incomplete.

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

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Sophie Weisse, 21 January 1892

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1876
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Letter, 21 January 1892, Windsor, Sophie Weisse to Donald Tovey. Advising Tovey to work on the 'Airs', wishing Tovey well and advice on preserving his health. Typescript copy.

Dates: 21 January 1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Alfred James Hipkins, 16 March 1900

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2227
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Letter, 16 March 1900, London, A. J. Hipkins to Sophie Weisse. Praising a work by Tovey and agreeing to promote and support Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: 16 March 1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Hilaire Belloc, 08 July 1911

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2042
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Letter, 8 July 1911, Sussex, Hilaire Belloc to Sophie Weisse. Suggesting that Tovey put music to Belloc's children's verses. Typescript signed.

Dates: 08 July 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Robert Calverley Trevelyan, 20 October 1917

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2354
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Letter, 20 October 1917, Robert Trevelyan to Sophie Weisse. Reassuring Miss. Weisse that Trevelyan has Tovey's best interests at heart and is keen for Tovey to finish the ' Bride of Dionysus'. Holograph in pencil.

Dates: 20 October 1917
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 20 January 1894

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2370
Scope and Contents

Letter, 20 January 1894, London, Hubert C. Parry to Sophie Weisse. Attempting to arrange a time to look over Tovey's symphony. Holograph signed.

Dates: 20 January 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 27 February 1894

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2373
Scope and Contents

Letter, 27 February 1894, Gloucester, Hubert Parry to Sophie Weisse. Criticism of Tovey's composition and comment on Tovey's ability and talent. Holograph signed.

Dates: 27 February 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 01 October 1894

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2679
Scope and Contents

Letter, 1 October 1894, Oxford, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Talk of Tovey's finances, Tovey's plans for vacation work and news of Tovey's composition work. Photocopy of Holograph signed.

Dates: 01 October 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 68
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Ro¨ntgen, Julius, 1885-1922 2
Saumarez Bray, Sir Denys, 1875-1951 (Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and Indian delegate to the League of Nations) 2
Trevelyan, Robert Calverley, 1872-1951 2
Bantock, Sir Granville, 1868-1946 1
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870?1953 (poet and author) 1
Borwick, Leonard, 1868-1925 (pianist) 1
Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896 (composer) 1
Godley, Hugh (Hugh) 1
Grierson, Mary Gardner (pianist and conductor) 1
Hipkins, Alfred James, Alfred James |1826?1903 (writer on musical instruments) 1
Kelly, FW (FW) 1
McCarthy, Dame Maud, 1858?1949 (army matron-in-chief) 1
Parratt, Walter, 1841?1924 (organist) 1
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 (composer and conductor) 1
Szell, George, 1897-1970 (conductor) 1
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