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Composition (Music)

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

Found in 209 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Albert Schweitzer, c 24 November 1931

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1646
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Letter, [24 November 1931], Lambarne, Albert Schweitzer to Donald Tovey. Praising Tovey's ' Art of the Fugue' and expressing pleasure at the fact that Tovey has dedicated the work to him. Holograph signed.

Dates: c 24 November 1931

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Albert Schweitzer, 02 November 1937

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1650
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Letter, 2 November 1937, Albert Schweitzer to Donald Tovey. Remembering Tovey's cello concerto and his hospitality and describing a book Schweitzer is writing. Holograph signed.

Dates: 02 November 1937

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Albert Schweitzer, 20 May 1939

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1663
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Letter, 20 May 1939, Bordeaux, Albert Schweitzer to Donald Tovey. Congratulating Tovey on his knighthood, askng Tovey to compose something for Schewitzer using Organ and orchestra together. Holograph signed.

Dates: 20 May 1939

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Andersen Strecker, c1920

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1720
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Letter, 1916 Feb 6, A Strecker to Donald Tovey. Anticipating press reviews of Tovey's concerts, informing Tovey that he is working on a new opera by Korngold and thanking Tovey for offering sympathy over the death of his son. Holograph signed.

Dates: c1920

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Arthur James Balfour, 20 February 1918

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L712
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Letter, 20 February 1918, London, A. Balfour to Donald Tovey. A letter of encouragement and assurance that Balfour will continue to be a patron. Holograph signed, in pencil on back of the letter Tovey has written a chorus for a song ' Israel in Egypt ' .

Dates: 20 February 1918

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Aschberg, Aped and Crew Ltd., 05 May 1923

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L706
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Letter, 5 May 1923, London, Aschberg, Aped and Crew Ltd. to Donald Tovey. Request that Tovey lend some material appropriate for an exit of Nuns in a scene written around Thomas Baccarat, for a pageant at Harrow. Typescript incomplete.

Dates: 05 May 1923

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Beatrice Harrison, 12 April 1929

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1221
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Letter, 12 April 1929, Surrey, B. Harrison to Donald Tovey. Thanking Tovey for sending a copy of his sonata and asking for help to play it. Holograph signed.

Dates: 12 April 1929

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Boris Hambourg, 02 January 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1219
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Letter, 2 January 1935, Toronto, Boris Hambourg to Donald Tovey. Congratulating Tovey on his acclaimed cello concerto and requesting a full score of the work. Holograph signed.

Dates: 02 January 1935

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Carl Deis, 13 October 1925

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1063
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Letter, 13 October 1925, New York, Carl Deis to Donald Tovey. Arranging a meeting to go over Tovey's Opus 8. Holograph signed.

Dates: 13 October 1925

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Cecil Liddell, c06 March 1920

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1358
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Letter, 6 March 1920, London, Cecil Liddell to Donald Tovey. Requesting that Tovey make a round out of an advertisement for Calamine soap. Holograph signed.

Dates: c06 March 1920