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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 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

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Dr. Ralph Lauckner, 20 October 1922

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1346
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Letter, 20 October 1922, Stuttgart, Dr. Ralph Lauckner to Donald Tovey. Discussing a German publisher for Tovey's ' Euryanthe' and performances of the work in New York and Prague. Holograph signed.

Dates: 20 October 1922

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Dr. Ralph Lauckner, 23 November 1922

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1348
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Letter, 23 November 1922, Stuttgart, Dr. Ralph Lauckner to Donald Tovey. Asking Tovey to make alterations to piano scores and translate words, expressing an interest in the work of Passer, Swoboda and Pollack. Typescript, signed in red pencil.

Dates: 23 November 1922

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from E. Dohnanyi - Salapes, 02 February 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1089
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Letter, 2 February 1935, Budapest, E. Dohnanyi-Salapes to Donald Tovey. Informing Tovey of the first performance of a work by Dohnanyi, asking Tovey for help with the translation and marketing of the work in the United Kingdom. Holograph signed.

Dates: 02 February 1935

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Edward Hilliard, 27 October 1906

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1256
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Letter, 27 October 1906, Oxford, Edward Hilliard to Donald Tovey. Informing Tovey of a benefactor who wishes to offer Tovey £900 to give Tovey more time for composition and original work. Typescript copy.

Dates: 27 October 1906

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Elizabeth Trevelyan, c 26 February 1930

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1799
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Letter, 26 February [n.y], Stratford on Avon, Elizabeth Trevelyan to Donald Tovey. Wishing Tovey well, requesting an analytical programme of Tovey's symphony, and expressing an eagerness to hear Tovey's symphony. Holograph signed.

Dates: c 26 February 1930