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A Burmese Dance, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2520
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Photograph of a group of Burmese women performing a dance in a courtyard with a group of men and musicians sitting and standing to the right hand side in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter ( post script) to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1922

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L670
Scope and Contents

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, 11 May 1934

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L134
Scope and Contents

Letter, 11 May 1934, Suffolk, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Albert Schweitzer. Discussing plans for Schweitzer's Edinburgh Gifford lectures and concerts. Holograph signed, photocopy.

Dates: 11 May 1934
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Albert Schweitzer from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 28 October 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L135
Scope and Contents

Letter, 28 October 1935, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Albert Schweitzer. Discussing plans for performing in Edinburgh with Schweitzer at the McEwen and Usher hall. Holograph signed, photocopy.

Dates: 28 October 1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Clara Tovey from Helen Christian Sutherland, c 26 May 1930

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2507
Scope and Contents

Letter, 26 May [1930], London, Helen Sutherland to Clara Tovey. Praising Tovey's performance of Beethoven and Bach and praising Tovey's contribution to music. Holograph signed.

Dates: c 26 May 1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Clara Tovey from Pablo Casals, 21 October 1927

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L857
Scope and Contents

Letter, 21 October 1927, Barcelona, Pablo Casals to Clara Tovey. Praising Tovey's playing. Holograph signed.

Dates: 21 October 1927
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Clara Tovey from Pablo Casals, 06 February 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L889
Scope and Contents

Letter, 6 February 1935, Barcelona, Pablo Casals to Clara Tovey. Concerning dates for a performance. Holograph signed.

Dates: 06 February 1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Clara Tovey from Thea Hunter, 04 March 1941

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2245
Scope and Contents

Letter, 4 March 1941, Edinburgh, Thea Hunter to Clara Tovey. Describing Tovey's absence at Concert series as a tragedy. Holograph signed.

Dates: 04 March 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to D.F.A. Fox from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 08 October 1938

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L72
Scope and Contents

Letter, 8 October 1938, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to D.F.A. Fox. Praising Fox's performance. Ms. transcript.

Dates: 08 October 1938
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Donald Tovey from Julius Rontgen, 15 December 1922

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1551
Scope and Contents

Letter, 15 December 1922, Julius Rontgen to Donald Tovey. Discussing fees and the cost of giving a concert both publically and privately. Holograph signed.

Dates: 15 December 1922
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Schweitzer, Albert 1875-1965, 1875-1965 (medical missionary) 7
Walker, Ernest, 1870?1949 (musicologist) 7
Strecker, Wilhelm, b. 1877 6
University of Oxford (c1096-:) 6
Wallace, Clara (wife of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 5
Balfour, Elizabeth Edith, 1867-1942 (social hostess and biographer) 4
Borwick, Leonard, 1868-1925 (pianist) 4
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Lytton, Neville, 1879?1951 (artist) 4
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Halle, Lady Wilma Maria Francisca 1839-1911, 1838-1911 3
Holst, Gustav, 1874?1934 (composer and teacher of music) 3
Kruse, Johann Secundus, Johann Secundus |1859-1927 (violinist) 3
Rontgen, Johannes, 1898-1969 3
Szell, George, 1897-1970 (conductor) 3
von Stolzig, JPE (von) 3
Allen, Hugh Percy, 1869?1946 (university professor and conductor) 2
Allt, Greenhouse, 1889-1969 (Organist and teacher | Conductor of Edinburgh Royal Choral Union) 2
Arányi, Jelly d', 1893-1966 (violinist) 2
Arbós, Enrique Fernández, 1863-1939 (violinist, conductor and composer) 2
Dakyns, Mr (Mr) 2
Denecke, Margo (Margo) 2
Dickson, J Douglas H (lawyer and chairman of the Reid Orchestra) 2
Dvorák, Antonín Leopold, 1841-1904 (composer) 2
Fleury, Louis, 1878-1926 (French flautist and musical scholar) 2
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Foulds, Maud, 1880-1939 (violinist, wife of John Herbert Foulds) 2
Gal, Hans, 1890-1987 (composer and musicologist) 2
Hausmann, Robert, 1852-1909 2
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 (composer and theorist) 2
Huberman, Bronislaw, 1882-1947 (Polish violinist) 2
Joachim, Harold Henry, 1868-1938 (philosopher) 2
Lauckner, R (Ralph) 2
Maitland, Alexander, 1856?1936 (music critic) 2
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Mandyczewski, Eusebius, 1857-1929 (Russian musicologist) 2
McEwen, Robert Finnie, 1861-1926 2
Moonie, WB (WB) 2
Moser, Andreas, 1859-1925 (violinist, teacher, writer on music and editor) 2
Murray, Lord, 1866-1936 2
Niecks, Professor, Friedrich, 1845-1924 (Professor of Music) 2
Pollock, Sir Frederick, 1845?1937 (jurist) 2
Ro¨ntgen, Julius, 1885-1922 2
Schumann, Clara (Clara) 2
Smyth, Dame Ethel Mary, 1858?1944 (composer, writer and suffragist) 2
Soldat-Roeger, Marie, 1864-1955 (violinist) 2
Trevelyan, Robert Calverley, 1872-1951 2
Vecsey, Franz von, 1893-1935 (violinist and composer) 2
Adams, A (A) 1
Anderson, Kenneth (Kenneth) 1
Aschberg, Aped and Crew Ltd. 1
Augner Ltd 1
Barclay, Thomas (honourary secretary of the Reid Orchestra) 1
Barcley, Thomas (honorary secretary of the Reid Orchestra) 1
Bax, Arnold, 1883?1953 (composer) 1
Beecham, Sir Thomas, 1879?1961 (conductor) 1
Benecke, PVM, 1868-1944 (Fellow of Magdalen College Oxford) 1
Benson, Mona (Mona) 1
Blumenthal, Jacob, 1829?1908 (composer and pianist) 1
Bottomley, Gordon, 1874?1948 (poet and playwright) 1
Brahms, Johannes 1833-1897, 1833-1897 (composer) 1
Bruce, Robert (Robert) 1
Carruthers, Mr (Mr) 1
Chalmers, Lady Elizabeth (Elizabeth) 1
Chisholm, Erik 1904-1965, 1904-1965 (conductor, composer, administrator and writer on music) 1
Cleg (Cleg) 1
Coates, John, 1865-1941 (tenor) 1
Cornish, Margaret Warre (Margaret Warre) 1
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 1
Davis, Walford, 1869-1941 1
Deas, Stuart (Professor of Music at Sheffield University) 1
Dieslel, Miel (Miel) 1
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Don, Gretta, fl 1922 1
Dunlop, Isabelle (Isabelle) 1
Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc (1768) 1
Ewing, Sir James Alfred, 1855-1935 (principal, University of Edinburgh) 1
Farmer, fl1900 1
Fleming, Joyce (Joyce) 1
Fox, DFA (DFA) 1
Friskin, Kate (Kate) 1
Fullinger, Mr (Mr) 1
Gaskell, fl 1890 1
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