David Adams' files: Correspondence with Geoffrey Cox, Alan Clapham and John Adams
Scope & Content:
Correspondence files of David Adams involving Geoffrey Cox and Alan Clapham in the Accounts Department, and facsimiles of correspondence with the composer John Adams.
Correspondence to and from Pierre Boulez, along with copy of hire contract for orchestral material. This file was originally entitled 'B (Boulez, Pierre)' and held in a packet marked 'Archive Letters A-C, Box 1'.
Operas and ballets: administration of scores and parts for hire
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the number of scores available for hire of individual works generally by Richard Strauss, along with details of loans made by Fürstner in the 1930s. Also includes details of the commission to be earned by Boosey & Hawkes for the sale, hire or performance of Strauss' works...
Iannis Xenakis: General files, 1968. Parts 10–13 of 13.
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Rufina Ampenoff's files. Correspondence and papers of around 1968 involving or relating to Iannis Xenakis. With numerous press cuttings dating from between 1962 and 1968.
Papers and correspondence relating to contractual agreements between Boosey & Hawkes and Iannis Xenakis regarding assignment of copyright. With a draft copy of an exclusive agreement between composer and publisher. This file was originally entitled 'Contract Xenakis – assignments – 1966' a...
Papers and correspondence (mainly internal) concerning the production of Iannis Xenakis' works. With Ernst Roth's translation into German of the French dedication of 'Nuits'. The second of five parts. This file was originally entitled 'Xenakis – Production 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972' ...
Papers and correspondence (mainly internal) concerning the production of Iannis Xenakis' works. The fourth of five parts. This file was originally entitled 'Xenakis – Production 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972' and held in a packet marked 'Xenakis, general production'.