Music Theory
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Adolf Busch from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1900
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L20
Scope and Contents
Letter, [n.d], Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Adolf Busch. Discussion of string quartet variations in B Opus II, working methods and the loneliness of the profession. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.
Dates:
c1900
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Edward Joseph Dent, 12 January 1951
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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2133
Scope and Contents
Letter, 12 January 1951, London, Edward Dent to Mary Grierson. Discussing Tovey's scholarly approach to music. Holograph signed.
Dates:
12 January 1951
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Hubert James Foss, 24 March 1952
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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2158
Scope and Contents
Letter, 24 March 1952, London, Hubert Foss to Mary Grierson. Discussion of a publication of a work on Tovey's markings and ways of interpreting them. Typescript signed, with envelope.
Dates:
24 March 1952
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, 06 June 1952
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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2650
Scope and Contents
Letter, 6 May 1952, Birmingham, Peter Wishart to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey, empathising with Tovey's struggles and a discussion of music teaching. Holograph signed.
Dates:
06 June 1952
Letter to Edward Joseph Dent from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 14 November 1931
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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L66
Scope and Contents
Letter, 14 November 1931, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Edward Joseph Dent. Description of Tovey's ideas of university musical education, comparison of Edinburgh degrees with that of Oxford and Cambridge. Typescript copy.
Dates:
14 November 1931
Letter to from, c 27 December 1920
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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L489
Scope and Contents
Letter, 17 December [n.y.], Dresden, Walter Petret. Thanking Tovey for sending an analysis of a symphony and informing Tovey that Petret will send him a score. Holograph signed.
Dates:
c 27 December 1920
Letter to Geoffrey Cotsell from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1931
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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L40
Scope and Contents
Letter, [1931], Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Geoffrey Cotsell. Advice on passing a sight reading examination. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss, with covering letter from Geoffrey Cotsell.
Dates:
c1931
Letter to Mary Gardner Grierson from Sir Donald Franics Tovey, c1900
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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L328
Scope and Contents
Letter, [n.d], Edinburgh, Donald Tovey to Mary Grierson. Requesting that Grierson illustrate Tovey's analysis lecture on the piano. Holograph signed.
Dates:
c1900
Letter to Miss Budgen from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 09 November 1898
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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L19
Scope and Contents
Letter, 9 November 1898, Biggar, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Miss Budgen. Arrangement for a lesson in harmony, counterpoint and composition and recommendation of suitable texts.. Holograph signed, with typescript copy.
Dates:
09 November 1898
Letter to Robert King from Sir Donald Franics Tovey, 03 May 1933
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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L92
Scope and Contents
Letter, 3 May 1933, Suffolk, Sir Donald Franics Tovey to Robert King. Discussion of cadenzas. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.
Dates:
03 May 1933