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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 Mrs Henry Joachim from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1895

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L90
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Letter, [n.d], Surrey, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Mrs Henry Joachim. Covering letter for two canons. Holograph signed, with two canons, with envelope, and descriptive note.

Dates: c1895

Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1913

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L202
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Letter, [1913], Donald Tovey to Robert Trevelyan. The commissioning of Tovey's Symphony by Adolf and Fritz Busch. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.

Dates: c1913

Letter to Sir Denys de Saumarez Bray from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 1896

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L13
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Letter, [1896], Rochefort, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Sir Denys Bray. Informing Bray of the standard of his songwriting. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.

Dates: 1896

Letter to Sir Denys de Saumarez Bray from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 18 August 1896

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L14
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Letter, 18 August 1896, Rochefort, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Sir Denys de Saumarez Bray. Descriptions of alterations to 'Rabbi ben Ezra '. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.

Dates: 18 August 1896

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Adolf Busch, 17 July 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L837
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Letter, 17 July 1935, Basel, Adolf Busch to Donald Tovey. Concern over Tovey's health, looking forward to Tovey's string quartet and reports on Adolf Buschs' composition work. Holograph signed.

Dates: 17 July 1935

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