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Envelope to Sophie Weisse from Mary Beasley, 16 June 1941

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2760
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Envelope, 16 June 1941, Northampton, Mary Beasley to Sophie Weisse. Holograph.

Dates: 16 June 1941
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
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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 [Antonia Speyer] from Sophie Weisse, c1920

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2658
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Letter, [n.d], Sophie Weisse to [Antonia Speyer]. A condemnation of the Classical concerts and a suggestion that this concert series should not be continued. Typescript copy.

Dates: c1920
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
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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
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, 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. 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 Mary Gardner Grierson from Janet Tessier du Cros, 16 March 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2512
Scope and Contents

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 Johannes Röntgen, 30 March 1922

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2435
Scope and Contents

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
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) 601
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University of Oxford (c1096-:) 53
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Godley, Hugh (Hugh) 11
Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951 (composer) 10
Walker, Ernest, 1870?1949 (musicologist) 10
Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973 (cellist) 9
Parratt, Walter, 1841?1924 (organist) 9
Higgs, James, 1829?1902 (professor of organ at the Royal College of Music) 8
Speyer, Edward 1839-1934, 1839-1934 (music collector and entrepreneur) 8
Beasley, Mary (Principle of Northampton School of Music) 7
Borwick, Leonard, 1868-1925 (pianist) 7
Reid Orchestra 7
University of Oxford, Balliol College. Balliol College (1263-:) 6
Halle, Lady Wilma Maria Francisca 1839-1911, 1838-1911 5
Tovey, John Wellcome (adopted son of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 5
Trevelyan, Elizabeth (wife of Robert Trevelyan) 5
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Wallace, Clara (wife of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 5
Balfour, Elizabeth Edith, 1867-1942 (social hostess and biographer) 4
Beecham, Sir Thomas, 1879?1961 (conductor) 4
Fisher, Lady, 1886- (nee Cornish |) 4
Fleury, Louis, 1878-1926 (French flautist and musical scholar) 4
Kruse, Johann Secundus, Johann Secundus |1859-1927 (violinist) 4
Maitland, Alexander, 1856?1936 (music critic) 4
Moor, Emanuel, 1863--1931 (composer and pianist) 4
Niecks, Professor, Friedrich, 1845-1924 (Professor of Music) 4
Such, Percy, 1878-1959 4
Tovey, Duncan, -1912 (Eton master and father of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 4
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer) 3
Busch, Adolf, 1891-1952 (violinist and composer) 3
Davies, Fanny, 1861-1934 (pianist) 3
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Joachim, Ellen, fl 1900s 3
Kelly, FW (FW) 3
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Speyer, Antonia (Antonia) 3
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Tovey, Mary, -1908 (mother of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 3
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Caird, Edward, 1835?1908 (philosopher and Master of Balliol) 2
Cleg (Cleg) 2
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Dent, Edward Joseph 1876-1957, 1876-1957 (musicologist) 2
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Farmer, John, 1836-1901 (English educationist and composer) 2
Fillinger, Marie (Marie) 2
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Friskin, Kate (Kate) 2
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Holst, Gustav, 1874?1934 (composer and teacher of music) 2
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Jekyll, Dr, fl1917 2
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Mendelssohn, Robert V (Robert V) 2
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Rontgen, Johannes, 1898-1969 2
Russell, Vernon (master of music at Westminster Roman Catholic Cathedral) 2
Sackville-West, Mrs (Mrs) 2
Scott, HA, Cobbet's Cyclopeadia of Chamber Music 2
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 2
Vesey, Evelyn, 1851-1939 2
Walter Thomas, Anna (Anna) 2
Warre Cornish, F (F) 2
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
Barger, Florence Emily (Florence Emily) 1
Baring, Maurice, 1874?1945 (poet and author) 1
Bartók, Bela, 1881-1945 (Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and pianist) 1
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870?1953 (poet and author) 1
Bluth, Karl, 1892-19?? 1
Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896 (composer) 1
Casals, G, fl 1911 (may be Guilhermina Suggia, who referred to herself as Madame Casals, even though they were never married) 1
Cobbett, Walter Wilson, 1847-1937 (amateur violinist, patron, and lexicographer) 1
Cornish, Margaret Warre (Margaret Warre) 1
Cunningham, fl1908 1
Curtis, William Alexander, 1876-1961 (principal of New College, Edinburgh) 1
Dabis, Therese (Therese) 1
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