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Composition (Music)

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

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 09 August 1925

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2582
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Letter, 9 August 1925, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Requesting information about the parts to Tovey's symphony for a performance in Dresden. Holograph signed.

Dates: 09 August 1925

Letter to F. W. Kelly from Sophie Weisse, c1930

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2636
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Letter, [n.d], Sophie Weisse to F. W. Kelly. Arranging to perform a Brahms work and suggesting that Kelly should compose a work for Tovey. Holograph incomplete.

Dates: c1930

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Sophie Weisse, 21 January 1892

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1876
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Letter, 21 January 1892, Windsor, Sophie Weisse to Donald Tovey. Advising Tovey to work on the 'Airs', wishing Tovey well and advice on preserving his health. Typescript copy.

Dates: 21 January 1892

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Robert Calverley Trevelyan, 20 October 1917

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2354
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Letter, 20 October 1917, Robert Trevelyan to Sophie Weisse. Reassuring Miss. Weisse that Trevelyan has Tovey's best interests at heart and is keen for Tovey to finish the ' Bride of Dionysus'. Holograph in pencil.

Dates: 20 October 1917

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 20 January 1894

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2370
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Letter, 20 January 1894, London, Hubert C. Parry to Sophie Weisse. Attempting to arrange a time to look over Tovey's symphony. Holograph signed.

Dates: 20 January 1894

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 27 February 1894

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2373
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Letter, 27 February 1894, Gloucester, Hubert Parry to Sophie Weisse. Criticism of Tovey's composition and comment on Tovey's ability and talent. Holograph signed.

Dates: 27 February 1894

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 01 October 1894

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2679
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Letter, 1 October 1894, Oxford, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Talk of Tovey's finances, Tovey's plans for vacation work and news of Tovey's composition work. Photocopy of Holograph signed.

Dates: 01 October 1894

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1894

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2688
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Letter, [n.d], Worplesdon, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Describing Parry's view of Tovey's composition, and the revisions Tovey must make. Photocopy of Holograph signed.

Dates: c1894

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 14 April 1893

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2698
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Letter, 14 April 1893, Moffat, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. News of Tovey's writing and composing at Hartree. Photocopy of Holograph signed.

Dates: 14 April 1893

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 20 January 1893

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2700
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Letter, 20 January 1893, Surrey, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Outlining Parry's comments on Tovey's composition. Photocopy of a typescript copy.

Dates: 20 January 1893