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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 Neville Cardus, 04 February 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L849
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Letter, 4 February 1935, Manchester, Neville Cardus to Donald Tovey. Praise for Tovey's ' Essays in musical analysis '. Holograph signed, written on paper headed ' The Manchester Guardian '.

Dates: 04 February 1935

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Oliver Horsley Gotch, cSeptember 1910

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1179
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Letter, [n.y], Oxford, Oliver H. Gotch to Donald Tovey. Requesting a commentary on Beethoven's Bb piano sonata Op 106, published in 1901 and a question concerning Bach's inversion of the XII Fugue, from the Kunst der Fugue. Holograph signed.

Dates: cSeptember 1910

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Sir Charles Grant Robertson, 10 March 1923

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1528
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Letter, 10 March 1923, Birmingham, Charles Grant Robertson to Donald Tovey. Discussion of the Chair of music at Birmingham University and the discussion of music as a faculty within a University. Holograph signed.

Dates: 10 March 1923

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Sir Frederick Pollock, 25 July 1934

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1494
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Letter, 25 July 1934, London, Frederick Pollock to Donald Tovey. Answering a request from Tovey concerning hymnology, and explaining that Pollock is busy editing Law Reports. Holograph signed.

Dates: 25 July 1934

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Sir Walford Davis, 24 January 1938

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1061
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Letter, 24 January 1938, London, Walford Davis to Donald Tovey. Thanking Tovey for quoting Brahms. Holograph signed.

Dates: 24 January 1938

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Sophie Weisse, 11 November 1900

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1897
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Letter, 11 November 1900, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Donald Tovey. Encouraging Tovey to practise his piano playing and develop a depth of tone and shades. Holograph signed.

Dates: 11 November 1900

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Walter Willson Cobbett, 09 June 1924

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1023
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Letter, 9 June 1924, London, W. W. Cobbett to Donald Tovey. Requesting that Tovey produce an appreciation and analysis of Brahms chamber works for orchestra for the Cyclopeadia. Holograph signed.

Dates: 09 June 1924

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from [Whitehouse], 20 February 1916

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1934
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Letter, 20 February 1916, New Brighton, [ Whitehouse ] to Donald Tovey. Discussion of parts for a Handel work, and comments on Adrian Boult and the Philharmonic. Typescript.

Dates: 20 February 1916

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from William Donald, 02 June 1928

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1093
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Letter, 2 June 1928, Glasgow, William Donald to Donald Tovey. Discussion of a correspondence in the press concerning Sodowskis variations on the theme of Schubert's B minor symphony and suggestions on how the symphony should be completed. Holograph signed.

Dates: 02 June 1928

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from William Paterson Paterson, 22 November 1934

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1475
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Letter, 22 November 1934, North Berwick, W. P. Paterson to Donald Tovey. A discussion of the issues raised in Tovey's lecture on the aesthetics of music. Holograph signed, W. P Paterson was a Professor at the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 22 November 1934