Music | 20th century
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Archive of Sheena Lillian Tennant Kendall
Letter to Miss Boyle from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 17 September 1931
Letter, 17 September 1931, Suffolk, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Miss Boyle. A criticism of Miss Boyle's musical work and of contemporary music in general. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.
Letters from Kenneth Leighton to Neil Mackie
Papers of George Firth relating to his published work on Donald Tovey
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.
Papers of Joseph Joachim and family
The Tovey Collection
Three letters signed from Sophie Weisse to Louis Fleury, 5 June, 28 June, 13 July 1910
This collection consists of three letters, in French, from the Scottish music teacher, Sophie Weisse (1852-1945) to the French flautist Louis Fleury (1878-1926). Composed in June-July 1910 in Northlands, Englefield Green, Surrey. The letters discuss concert plans, including a performance by Weisse’s close friend and protegé, Donald Tovey. One letter mentions Tovey’s great admiration of Fleury’s playing.