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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

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

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

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

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Johannes Röntgen, 30 March 1922

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2435
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Letter, 30 March 1922, Amsterdam, Johannes Rontgen to Mary Grierson. expressing delight at news of Miss. Weisse's travels, suggesting he meet up with the Rontgens' in Holland, describing memories of Edinburgh, asking Miss. Weisse about the Reid orchestra, suggesting Bartock is the best modern composer living, and best wishes. Holograph signed.

Dates: 30 March 1922

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Margaret, 21 March 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2745
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Letter, 21 March 1952, York, Margaret to Mary Grierson. Discussing Grierson's biography of Tovey and suggesting the next work should be a biography of Miss. Weisse. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 21 March 1952

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

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2746
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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

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

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2286
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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

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 15 June 1932

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2584
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Letter, 15 June 1932, London, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Asking Grierson how Tovey is and expressing concern about his health. Holograph signed.

Dates: 15 June 1932

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 28 June 1932

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2585
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Letter, 28 June 1932, Bad Nauheim, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Miss. Weisse expressing anxiety over Tovey's sanity and health, expressing distaste for the Wallace family. Holograph signed.

Dates: 28 June 1932

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Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 319
Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings, 1st Baronet, Sir (composer and historian of music) 41
University of Oxford (c1096-:) 31
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Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951 (composer) 6
Trevelyan, Robert Calverley, 1872-1951 6
Godley, Hugh (Hugh) 5
Strecker, Wilhelm, b. 1877 5
Such, Percy, 1878-1959 4
Tovey, Duncan, -1912 (Eton master and father of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 4
Tovey, John Wellcome (adopted son of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 4
Trevelyan, Elizabeth (wife of Robert Trevelyan) 4
Beasley, Mary (Principle of Northampton School of Music) 3
Borwick, Leonard, 1868-1925 (pianist) 3
Busch, Adolf, 1891-1952 (violinist and composer) 3
Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973 (cellist) 3
Davies, Fanny, 1861-1934 (pianist) 3
Halle, Lady Wilma Maria Francisca 1839-1911, 1838-1911 3
Joachim, Ellen, fl 1900s 3
Parratt, Walter, 1841?1924 (organist) 3
Schumann, Eugenie, 1851-1938 3
Fisher, Lady, 1886- (nee Cornish |) 2
Fleury, Louis, 1878-1926 (French flautist and musical scholar) 2
Hess, Willy, 1859-1939| violinist 2
Hipkins, Alfred James, Alfred James |1826?1903 (writer on musical instruments) 2
JL Strachan-Davidson, 1843?1916 (classical scholar) 2
Joachim, Harold Henry, 1868-1938 (philosopher) 2
Kruse, Johann Secundus, Johann Secundus |1859-1927 (violinist) 2
Reid Orchestra 2
Ritchie, Emily (Emily) 2
Rontgen, Johannes, 1898-1969 2
Ro¨ntgen, Julius, 1885-1922 2
Sackville-West, Mrs (Mrs) 2
Speyer, Antonia (Antonia) 2
Speyer, Edward 1839-1934, 1839-1934 (music collector and entrepreneur) 2
Swoboda, Henry, 1897-1990 (conductor) 2
Tovey, Mary, -1908 (mother of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 2
University of Oxford, Balliol College. Balliol College (1263-:) 2
Vesey, Evelyn, 1851-1939 2
Wallace, Clara (wife of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 2
Walter Thomas, Anna (Anna) 2
Warre Cornish, F (F) 2
Aolian Co. 1
Arányi, Jelly d', 1893-1966 (violinist) 1
Balfour, Elizabeth Edith, 1867-1942 (social hostess and biographer) 1
Barger, Florence Emily (Florence Emily) 1
Baring, Maurice, 1874?1945 (poet and author) 1
Bartók, Bela, 1881-1945 (Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and pianist) 1
Beecham, Sir Thomas, 1879?1961 (conductor) 1
Behrens, Fanny, fl 1892 1
Brahms, Johannes 1833-1897, 1833-1897 (composer) 1
Caird, Edward, 1835?1908 (philosopher and Master of Balliol) 1
Casals, G, fl 1911 (may be Guilhermina Suggia, who referred to herself as Madame Casals, even though they were never married) 1
Cleg (Cleg) 1
Cobbett, Walter Wilson, 1847-1937 (amateur violinist, patron, and lexicographer) 1
Coffin, C, 1862-1935 (English actor and singer) 1
Cornish, Margaret Warre (Margaret Warre) 1
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Dannreuther, Edward George, 1844?1905 (pianist and writer) 1
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Denman, RD, 1876-1957 (Civil servant) 1
Dent, Edward Joseph 1876-1957, 1876-1957 (musicologist) 1
Dickson, J Douglas H (lawyer and chairman of the Reid Orchestra) 1
Dohnaìnyi, Erno, 1877-1960 (pianist, composer and conductor) 1
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Finke, Fidelio F, Fidelio Friedrich |1891-1968 (German composer and teacher) 1
Friskin, Kate (Kate) 1
Gal, Hans, 1890-1987 (composer and musicologist) 1
Hausmann, Robert, 1852-1909 (German cellist) 1
Henschel, George, 1850-1934 (English composer and baritone of German birth) 1
Higgs, James, 1829?1902 (professor of organ at the Royal College of Music) 1
Hood, Patricia KF (Patricia KF) 1
J, T (T) 1
Jekyll, Dr, fl1917 1
Kelly, FS, 1881-1916 (composer and pianist) 1
Kelly, FW (FW) 1
Keuchell, Alexandra (Alexandra) 1
Korngold, Julius, 1860-1945 (music critic.) 1
Lyttelton, E, 1855?1942 (schoolmaster, Church of England clergyman, and cricketer) 1
Macarthy, Mollie (Mollie) 1
Maitland, Margaret (Margaret) 1
Margaret, fl1952 1
McCarthy, Dame Maud, 1858?1949 (army matron-in-chief) 1
McCormick, Sir William Symington, 1859?1930 ( trustee of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, and chairman of its music committee.) 1
Mendelssohn, Robert V (Robert V) 1
Moor, Emanuel, 1863--1931 (composer and pianist) 1
Paderewski, Ignacy, 1860-1941 (Polish pianist, composer and statesman) 1
Ponsonby, Mary, courtier and advocate of women's advancement 1
Price, Alice M (Alice M) 1
Reinhardt, Hans (von) 1
Russell, Vernon (master of music at Westminster Roman Catholic Cathedral) 1
Scott, HA, Cobbet's Cyclopeadia of Chamber Music 1
Smith, Logan, 1865-1946 (American essayist and critic) 1
Spring-Rice, Thomas, 2nd Baron Monteagle of Brandon 1
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