Music History and criticism
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to [ Sir Donald Francis Tovey] from The Hispanic Society of America, 27 June 1922
Letter, 27 June 1922, London, The Hispanic Society of America to [ Donald Tovey]. Requesting a copy of Tovey's analysis of The Goldberg Variations. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Unknown, 26 May 1932
Letter, 26 May 1932, Berlin, Unknown to Donald Tovey. Praising Tovey's ' Art of Fugue', and comparing it to work by Riemann and Graeser. Holograph incomplete.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from W. M. Tso, 06 March 1939
Letter, 6 March 1939, Hong Kong, W. M. Tso to Donald Tovey. Asking Tovey to recommend books on the great composers, harmony and composition. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Walter R. Spalding, 09 November 1925
Letter, 9 November 1925, Massachusetts, Walter R. Spalding to Donald Tovey. Thanking Tovey for giving a lecture at Harvard University and a note about Spaldings book on music appreciation. Typescript signed.
Letter to Sophie Weisse from John Farmer, 08 May 1899
Letter, 8 May 1899, Oxford, John Farmer to Sophie Weisse. Praising Tovey's exceptional talent, comparing the young Tovey to Brahms. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1900
Letter, [n.d], Windsor, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Looking at Beethoven's 'Eroica'. Photocopy of holograph signed.
Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Walter Parratt, c 08 May 1900
Letter, 8 May [n.y], Windsor, Walter Parratt to Sophie Weisse. Informing Miss. Weisse that Parratt will not be available until Saturday and praising the Goldberg analysis. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sophie Weisse from Unknown, c1896
Letter, [1896], Berkshire, Unknown to Sophie Weisse. Discussion of what songs to use to illustrate a lecture, suggesting the aria from Jephtha. Typescript copy incomplete.
Letter to Unknown from Adam Fyfe Findlay, c1900
Letter, [n.d], Adam Fyfe Findlay to Unknown. Critical analysis of Holst's 'Hymn of Jesus'. Holograph signed, incomplete.
Papers of George Firth relating to his published work on Donald Tovey
The collection is composed of a typed draft, other drafts, a spiral bound copy of Donald Francis Tovey a portrait of a great man and a loose-leaf copy. There is also correspondence, transcriptions and copies of correspondence, scripts, notes, talks, programmes, photographs, and ephemera.