Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Letters from John Baker Publishers Ltd
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Letters received from John Baker Publishers Ltd, including an Agreement (Apr 1963) in respect of The ABC of Conducting, and a further Agreement (Apr 1966) in respect of Music in Schools.
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Correspondence with Pan Books Ltd
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Correspondence regarding a projected volume entitled The Gilbert and Sullivan Songbook, including correspondence (1969) between Joan Cox-Ife and a literary agency exploring American publication following Pan's cancellation of the contract The file includes a draft introduction ('The Pan Song Bo...
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Letters Received from Librairie Hachette and Associated Correspondence
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Letters received from Librairie Hachette of Paris regarding Cox-Ife's musical contribution to Le répétiteur d'anglais, recordings to support a course of English language instruction for young French learners prepared by P. M. Richard and Wendy Hall. The file includes letters from Wendy Hall. Fo...
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: How to Sing Both Gilbert and Sullivan
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Published edition. William Cox-Ife, How to Sing Both Gilbert and Sullivan (Chappell & Co. Ltd., 1961). Hard covers, with dust jacket. Unmarked, with author's ownership label attached to front fly-leaf.
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: The Elements of Conducting (Japanese edition)
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Published edition. Cox-Ife, The Elements of Conducting (1964) in Japanese translation (1968). The file includes an exchange of letters between Cox-Ife and the translator Sataro Suzuki. Cox-Ife's letter (included in the file in autograph draft) answers a translation question; the letter is repro...
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Broadcasts by the B.B.C.
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(1). Typed scripts for a number of talks about music presented by Cox-Ife on B.B.C. radio in the early 1960s. Aimed at a general audience, the talks are anecdotal in character. There are a few related letters in amongst the scripts. One talk in particular - 'The Door Opens' (1963) which recounts...
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Notes for Lectures
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Autograph and typed lecture notes on musical theatre generally ('The Development of the Musical from Gilbert and Sullivan to West SideStory') and Gilbert and Sullivan specifically ('Modern Productions of Gilbert and Sullivan'). The only compete text (14 pp., typed) is a lecture on the productio...
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Letters and Cuttings Relating to Lectures and Talks
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Various letters and newspaper cuttings relating to talks given by Cox-Ife. Includes a typed airmail letter signed from Martyn Green (2 May 1966) providing a list of his 'American recordings', and a lengthy review by David Cairns (Financial Times, 11 Jan 1967) of a talk given by Cox-Ife to The Lon...