Performance practice (Music)
Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Clara Tovey from Cyril Pearce, 27 March 1939
Letter, 27 March 1939, Norwich, Cyril Pearce to Clara Tovey. Requesting a change in programme due to a depletion of woodwind players in the orchestra. Holograph signed.
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Dame Ethel Mary Smyth, 14 January 1931
Letter, 14 June 1931, Woking, Ethel Smyth to Mary Grierson. Informing Grierson that Smyth will be at Allt's choir rehearsal and discussing a forthcoming performance. Holograph signed.
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Dame Ethel Mary Smyth, 02 February 1931
Letter, 2 February 1931, Woking, Ethel Smyth to Mary Grierson. Informing Grierson that Smyth will turn up at a rehearsal if necessary, news that Smyth is suffering from influenza and is losing her voice. Holograph signed.
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Fanny Davies, c1900
Letter, [n.d], London, Fanny Davies to Mary Grierson. Agreeing to attend a rehersal, requesting to go through the concerto with Tovey. Holograph signed.
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Godfrey H. Grantham, 04 February 1942
Letter, 4 February 1942, Perth, Godfery H. Grantham to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's conducting of the Reid Orchestra and the interpretation of Beethoven's sonata op. 110. Holograph signed.
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Janet Tessier du Cros, 16 March 1952
Letter, 16 March 1952, Paris, Janet Tessier du Cros to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey, and her diplomatic style of writing and describing Tessier du Cros' musical training. Typescript signed, with stamped envelope, for Tessier du Cros see also Janet Grierson.
Letter to F.W. Kelly from Sophie Weisse, c1930
Letter, [n.d], Surrey, Sophie Weisse to F. W Kelly. Advising Kelly not to strain his hands when practising. Holograph signed.
Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Erik Chisholm, 08 July 1939
Letter, 8 July 1939, Glasgow, Erik Chisholm to Robert Trevelyan. Explaining that it would be difficult to put on ' The Bride of Dionysus ' at Glasgow with the Glasgow Grand Opera Company. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from A. Balfour, 26 October 1927
Letter, 1927 Oct 26, Prestonkirk, A. Balfour to Professor Tovey. Thanking Tovey for inviting the Balfours' to a rehearsal of the Reid orchestra and arranging a date for their visit. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from A. Corbett-Smith, 27 February 1921
Letter, 27 February 1921, Edinburgh, A. Corbett - Smith to Donald Tovey. On behalf of A. Corbett - Smith's wife thanking Tovey for the opportunity to play with the Reid orchestra. Holograph signed.