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Stravinsky — Rufina Ampenoff's files — 'Festschrift — Stravinsky'. Papers and correspondence relating to the compilation of a Festschrift produced for Stravinsky's eighty-fifth birthday (1967). With typescript of 'Stravinsky y Latinoamerica' by Alberto Ginastera and typescript drafts of tribute...
Correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the estate of Igor Stravinsky.Others connected with Igor Stravinsky such as Lillian Libman and Robert Craft appear regularly in the correspondence.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Church Slavic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, and Spanish
Diary includes: Folio 1 verso: colour reproduction of a prehistoric Altamira cave painting showing a horned bison Folio 3 recto: entrance ticket, in colour, for a bullfight on 29th May 1960, at Santarém, Portugal Folio 3 verso: colour photograph showing interior arches at Cordova (Cordoba) Mosqu...
Miscellaneous papers: letters, military certificates, East India Company reports
Scope & Content:
Estimate of the present strength of the Troops on the Coast particularising the different Garrisons etc., in which they are stationed. Fort St George, 6 July 1781. With attached typescript slip, noting 'Purchased from Edward Hall, 18 Jun 1965'. Letter, General Sir Bindon Blood to Bernard Osborn...
A brochure on riding holidays in Andalusia 1965-1966; Guidebook Guia de Ubeda [Guide to Ubeda] (1959); and a copy of the magazine Vbeda (June 1965), with an article about Penelope Chetwode on pages 10-12.
Correspondence, notes and newspaper cuttings relating to Penelope Chetwode's riding tour of Spain. Includes a handwritten letter from Penelope Chetwode while on the riding tour titled "For Everyone at King Alf's".
Papers relating to Two Middle-aged Ladies in Andalusia
Scope & Content:
Includes a typescript copy of an article 'Riding in Andalusia' by Penelope Chetwode for Geographical Magazine and a copy of the printed version (April 1963); a list of the approximate daily distances covered and number of vehicles seen while riding in Andalusia; a list of people who might be inte...