Peter Maxwell Davies Manuscripts, Part II: Press archive
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to works and performances by Peter Maxwell Davies. Mostly reviews and articles with some programmes and correspondence. Press cuttings and photocopies. Some relate to the St Magnus Festival, Orkney, which the composer co-founded in 1977, and some to the chamber music ensemble 'The...
MS Mus. 1526. Correspondence A–G. ff. 214. includes: f. 1 Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, barrister and comic writer: J. G. Lewis, autograph collector: Letter to J. G. Lewis from Gilbert Abbott A Beckett: 1857: Autogr. f. 2 E. F. V. About, writer of plays: Signature: n.d.: Fr: Autogr. ff. 3-6 Sir W...