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Music Theory

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Achille Simonetti, c1900

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1682
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Letter, [n.d], London, Achille Simonetti to Donald Tovey. Praising Tovey's performance and essay on the Goldberg variations, arranging rehearsals for Simonetti and Mr. Blumenthal. Holograph signed, with annotation in blue ink by Miss Weisse.

Dates: c1900

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Albert Schweitzer, 03 December 1934

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1654
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Letter, 3 December 1934, Alsace, Albert Schweitzer to Donald Tovey. Discussing Tovey and Schweitzer's close understanding as musicians, praising Tovey's ' Art of the Fugue'. Holograph signed.

Dates: 03 December 1934

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Bernard Hoffman, 15 May 1924

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1264
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Letter, 15 May 1924, California, Bernard Hoffman to Donald Tovey. Requesting that Tovey bring the music to illustrate the lectures he is to give in Santa Barbara, details of the interpretation class. Typescript signed.

Dates: 15 May 1924

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Earl of Moray, 18 May 1922

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1418
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Letter, 18 May 1922, Perth, Earl of Moray to Donald Tovey. Thanking Tovey for sending Moray a copy of his musical analysis of The Golgdberg variations. Holograph signed.

Dates: 18 May 1922

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Edward Ballantine, 29 October 1925

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L729
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Letter,29 October 1925, Massachusetts, Edward Ballantine to Donald Tovey. Expressing delight that Tovey is to come and speak at Harvard University and suggesting the subject of Beethoven's 9th symphony. Holograph signed.

Dates: 29 October 1925

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Edward Joseph Dent, 26 November 1937

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1077
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Letter, 26 November 1937, New York, Edward Dent to Donald Tovey. Agreeing to meet Tovey's son, details of lecture programme, questioning Tovey on studies of Schubert's opera. Holograph signed.

Dates: 26 November 1937

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Elizabeth Pickerly, 28 May 1921

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1492
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Letter, 28 May 1921, Edinburgh, Elizabeth Pickerly to Donald Tovey. Asking if one of Tovey's pupils could teach Pickerly and her brother music theory. Holograph signed.

Dates: 28 May 1921

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from F. W. Deas, 16 January 1927

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1062
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Letter, 16 January 1927, Edinburgh, F. W. Deas to Donald Tovey. Questioning Tovey on the balance of tone between piano and strings in the time of Haydn and how accurately is the sound the classical masters created emulated. Holograph signed.

Dates: 16 January 1927

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Frederick S. Mackay, 27 March 1939

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1380
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Letter, 27 March 1939, New York, Frederick S. Mackay to Donald Tovey. Discussion of a point , backed by evidence, influenced by Tovey's essay on the Prelude to act III of Jannhausen. Holograph signed.

Dates: 27 March 1939

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Fritz Busch, 16 February 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L833
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Letter, 16 February 1935, Copenhagen, Fritz Busch to Donald Tovey. Informing Tovey that mail is arriving, but is being vetted, Praising Tovey's musical analyses and his music, plans for a concert in Edinburgh. Holograph signed.

Dates: 16 February 1935