(1) Letters from Margaret Mercer de Flahault, Baroness Keith, wife of Auguste Charles Joseph, Comte de Flahault de la Billardrie, including (f. 76) a letter, 8 Jan. 1851, from her husband, and (f. 55) a letter, 9 May 1841, from her daughter, Emily, wife (1843) of Henry, Earl of Shelburne; 1822-1...
(1) Letters from, and on behalf of, Marie Amélie Thérèse, wife of Louis Philippe, King of the French, and (f. 1) her husband; 1848-1865. (ff. 1-65). French and Italian. (2) Letters, etc., from Henri Eugène Philippe Louis d'Orléans, Duc d'Aumale, 4th son of Louis Philippe, and his wife, Caroline ...
LETTERS TO EDWARD CLARK. Vol. I (ff. 218). A-K, including letters of:- (a) Alban Berg; 1930-1935. Partly signed. Published in B.L.J., xi, 1985, pp. 46-59. Includes (ff. 47-49b) a letter to Sir Adrian Boult relating to a performance by the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra of the Symphonische Stücke from...
LETTERS TO EDWARD CLARK (b. 1888, d. 1962), of the B.B.C., President of the International Society for Contemporary Music, from composers, conductors and others; 1920-1960
Scope & Content:
Partly French, German and Italian. The letters, arranged alphabetically, relate mainly to arrangements for concerts broadcast by the B.B.C., and to the selection of works for performance at I.S.C.M. festivals. Purchased from Miss Elisabeth Lutyens. Two volumes.
LETTERS TO EDWARD CLARK. Vol. II (ff. 193). L-W, including letters of:- (a) Arnold Schoenberg, mainly relating to arrangements for a performance of the 'Gurrelieder', 27 Jan. 1928; 1921-1933. Includes (f. 71) a postcard from Paris, saying that he had left Germany and that he had lost his post in...
TRUMBULL JOURNALS. Vol. I (ff. iii+214). Dark brown calf binding, blind-tooled and -stamped. 1. ff. 2-79b. Journal of his embassy to France; 25 Aug. 1685-14 Dec. 1686. Not used by R. Clark, Sir William Trumbull in Paris 1685-1686, Cambridge, 1938. 2. ff. 80-213. Journal of his embassy to C...