Papers of George Firth relating to his published work on Donald Tovey
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of a typed draft, other drafts, a spiral bound copy of Donald Francis Tovey a portrait of a great man and a loose-leaf copy. There is also correspondence, transcriptions and copies of correspondence, scripts, notes, talks, programmes, photographs, and ephemera.
Dates
- Creation: 1880-1980
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact repository in advance of visit.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. George Firth was born on 27 February 1901. He was, successively, a scientist, professional singer, teacher, choral and orchestral conductor, lecturer, administrator and author. Access to Tovey's Essays in musical analysis encouraged him to leave his freelance singing career and study for a B.Mus. degree and then the degree of D.Mus.
During army service Firth rose to the rank of Major and became Head of the Arts Department at Newbattle Abbey near Edinburgh. In 1955, Firth was awarded the O.B.E. for services to music in Scotland.
Dr. George Firth died on 22 May 1983.
Extent
7 boxes
Physical Location
CLX-A-1236 to CLX-A-1242
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material acquired by donation. Accession no: E2013.40.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 28 March 2014
Creator
Subject
- Title
- Papers of Dr. George Firth (1901-1983) relating to his work on Sir Donald Francis Tovey (1875-1940)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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