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Composition (Music)

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

Found in 200 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Donald Tovey from Pablo Casals, 04 July 1934

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L884
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Letter, 4 July 1934, Pablo Casals to Donald Tovey. Some notes and changes to Tovey's composition. Holograph signed.

Dates: 04 July 1934
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Donald Tovey from Pablo Casals, 14 October 1934

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L885
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Letter, 14 October 1934, Barcelona, Pablo Casals to Donald Tovey. Discussing a radio broadcast with the B.B.C, and the completed concerto score. Holograph signed.

Dates: 14 October 1934
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sir Arthur Somervall, 05 January 1933

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2470
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Letter, 5 January 1933, London, Arthur Somervall to Mary Grierson. Describing Somervall's symphony, the slow movement of which was written in memory of Scott the explorer, and asking how Tovey was. Holograph signed.

Dates: 05 January 1933
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Edward Joseph Dent from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 17 September 1931

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L67
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Letter, 17 September 1931, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Edward Joseph Dent. Requesting a copy of Dent's Fidelio. Typescript copy.

Dates: 17 September 1931
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Gustav Theodore Holst from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 09 September 1923

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L82
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Letter, 9 September 1923, Stuttgart, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Gustav Holst. Wishing Holst success, praising his work, the 'Hymn of Jesus' and describing Rolf Lauckner's translation of the work into German. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.

Dates: 09 September 1923
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Gustav Theodore Holst from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c 22 April 1920

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L83
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Letter, 22 April [n.d] , Kent, Sir Donald Franics Tovey to Gustav Theodore Holst. In praise of Holst's " Hymn of Jesus ". Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.

Dates: c 22 April 1920
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Hubert James Foss from Ernest Bryson, 30 December 1941

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2057
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Letter, 30 December 1941, Gloucestershire, Ernest Bryson to Hubert Foss. Memories of Tovey, conducting the Reid Orchestra, programme notes, ' The Bride of Dionysus', and completion of the Bach fugue. Holograph signed.

Dates: 30 December 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to [Hubert James Foss] from Maurice Baring, 03 December 1941

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2026
Scope and Contents

Letter, 3 December 1941, Beauly, Maurice Baring to [Hubert Foss]. Informing Foss of Tovey's ability to make up tune for nonsense poems and rhymes. Dictated signed.

Dates: 03 December 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

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