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Musical Criticism

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

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 20 November 1900

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L549
Scope and Contents

Letter, 20 November 1900, Oxford, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. News of Tovey's quintet rehearsals, lecture and comments on the Leeds festival. Typescript copy.

Dates: 20 November 1900

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1901

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L558
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Letter, [1901], Surrey, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. News of Tovey's mother, a concerto and Tovey's consultation of Gevaerts, 'Cours Methodique'. Holograph signed.

Dates: c1901

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1902

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L574
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Letter, [1902], Berlin, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Description of Tovey's time in Germany, comparison of English and German manners, outlining Joachim's criticism of his composition . Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: c1902

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1902

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L575
Scope and Contents

Letter, [1902], Berlin, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Description of Tovey's time in Germany, comparison of English and German manners, outlining Joachim's criticism of his composition . Typescript copy, incomplete.

Dates: c1902

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c01 March 1916

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L646
Scope and Contents

Letter, [March 1916], Edinburgh, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. News of a successful Reid concert, criticism of a music critic in 'The Scotsman', and news of life in Edinburgh. Holograph unfinished, on University of Edinburgh headed notepaper.

Dates: c01 March 1916

Letter to [Sophie Weisse] from Unknown, c1920

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2023
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Letter, [n.d], Woking, Unknown to [Sophie Weisse]. Description of the performance of a quintet, praising the first two movements and critical of the third. Holograph incomplete.

Dates: c1920

Letter to Sophie Weisse from William Strecker, 26 March 1912

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2495
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Letter, 26 March 1912, London, William Strecker to Sophie Weisse. Agreeing that it will be better to leave Joachim's opinion out of an article, and answering Miss. Weisse's queries about an advertisement for a concert that Tovey is appearing in. Typescript signed.

Dates: 26 March 1912

Letter to unknown from [Robert Calverley Trevelyan], c1900

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2532
Scope and Contents

Letter, [Trevelyan] to unknown. Discussing comments made to Mrs. Strecker concerning Tovey's methods of working. Holograph, incomplete.

Dates: c1900

Letter to Unknown recipient from Unknown author, c1900

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2668
Scope and Contents

Letter, [n.d], Unknown author to Unknown recipient. Discussing Joachim's playing, music criticism, and subjective and emotional musicians. Typescript.

Dates: c1900

Papers of William Saunders, 1900s-1940s

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/JC/WS
Scope and Contents The papers consist of: Correspondence; Lecture notes (from Saunders' time as an Edinburgh University Student); Notebooks covering a variety of musical, literary, and historical subjects; Typescripts of two dramas by Gordon Roberts (submitted to Saunders for review); Typescripts of 8 articles on musical subjects by Janet, Baroness...
Dates: 1900s-1940s