Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. Press writings by Searle
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1. 'Growing Pains in England', unknown publication, c 1939. 2. 'Conversations with Webern', from Musical Times, no. 1172, October 1940. 3. 'ISCM Festival; Britten’s Lucretia', from an unknown publication, 1946. 4. 'Modernism Revived in England', from an unknown publication, June 1946. 5. Pen...
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. Press writings by Searle
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1. The R.C.M. (Royal College of Music) Magazine, Summer Term 1958. Searle’s article 'Studying with Webern' pp. 39-40, with annotations by him. 2. ''The Galley Slaves of Love'. By Charlotte Haldane', from the Musical Times, July 1958, p. 370. 3. 'The Diary of a Madman', from Musical Events, May...
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. General press mentioning Searle
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1. 'A chance for new music to get heard', from Picture Post, 26 February 1944. 2. 'Some English composers', from Vogue (Britain), April, 1948. 3. Katalog der Englischen Musikbibliotheken, November, 1950 (Catalogue of English Music Libraries held at British Centres in Berlin, Hamburg and Düsse...
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. Commemorative book, Prix Italia
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Held in Florence, 13-28 September 1965. The card of Gianfranco Zaffrani, General Secretary of the Prix Italia, was originally attached to this volume but has been removed to Searle’s address book of contacts: MS Mus. 1747/2/4/1/2.
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. Personal papers, early papers and memoirs and correspondence
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1. Papers from Searle's early years: Savings account book, 1915-1927. Papers relating to Searle's time at Scaitcliffe school (at Egham in Surrey): Scaitcliffe Notes, school newsletter, April 1924; School report, 18 June 1924; Scaitcliffe Half Term List, 18 June 1924; Scaitcliffe Notes, August 1...
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. Address book
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Searle's records of names and addresses of friends and acquaintances. A bound volume into which cards, notes, etc. had been inserted. Broadly, the alphabetical arrangement is Searle’s. At a smaller scale, loose leaves have been grouped at the beginning of the relevant alphabetic section, and the...