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Extracts from letter to Cecilia Warre Cornish from Margaret Warre Cornish, c1920
Extracts from letter, [n.d], Margaret Warre Cornish to Cecila Warre Cornish. Description of the opera, description of a gathering at Tovey's house. Ms. Transcript by Hubert Foss.
Letter to Edward Speyer from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 18 August 1912
Letter, 18 August 1912, Paris, Donald Tovey to Edward Speyer. Turning down an invitation to stay, plan to finish `the opera'. Holograph signed, L177 - L185 sewn together.
Letter to Hubert James Foss from Ernest Bryson, 30 December 1941
Letter, 30 December 1941, Gloucestershire, Ernest Bryson to Hubert Foss. Memories of Tovey, conducting the Reid Orchestra, programme notes, ' The Bride of Dionysus', and completion of the Bach fugue. Holograph signed.
Letter to Hubert James Foss from R. S. Cameron, 30 November 1941
Letter, 30 November 1941, Edinburgh, R. S. Cameron to Hubert Foss. Enclosing letters from Tovey, concerning the ' Bride of Dionysus' and Camerons memories of appearing in the opera. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey and Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Frances Dakyns, 24 April 1929
Letter, 24 April 1929, Sussex, Frances Dakyns to Donald Tovey and Robert Trevelyan. Expressing a desire to be in Edinburgh and congratulating Tovey and Trevelyan on the opera. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Julius Rontgen, 13 January 1932
Letter, 1932 Jun 13, Surrey, Julius Rontgen to Donald Tovey. Discussing an opera and compositions by Rontgen and inviting Tovey to stay. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from London A. Corbett-Smith, 12 November 1922
Letter, 12 November 1922, London A. Corbett-Smith to Donald Tovey. Promoting 'National opera handbooks', and news of a son born to Corbett-Smith. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Robert Calverley Trevelyan, 23 September 1908
Letter, 23 September 1908, Surrey, Robert Trevelyan to Donald Tovey. A plan for the words of the ' Dionysus duet', news of the Trevelyan family. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Sir Thomas Beecham, 06 December 1918
Letter, 6 December 1918, London, Thomas Beecham to Donald Tovey. Expressing regret that Beecham was unable to visit Edinburgh and meet Tovey and enquiries about Tovey's opera. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 19 October 1919
Letter, 19 October 1919, Edinburgh, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Wishing Miss. Weisse a Happy Birthday, comments on the start of the University term, especially on a gifted violin player, suggestion that his work be called a music-drama rather than grand opera, and notes on the Ms. of the work. Holograph signed, written on University of Edinburgh headed paper.