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Add MS 57730 A-57731 B

Record Id:
032-001999766
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001999766
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 57730 A-57731 B
Title:

B, 57731 A, B. DAME MYRA HESS (b.1890, d.1965): notebooks containing a complete record of concert engagements and broadcasts throughout her career, giving details of locations, works performed, conductors, etc.; 14 Nov. 1907-3 Jan. 1962. With the exception of the first notebook, the European engagements are entered at the front and the American at the end (volumes reversed). Compiled by her mother (57730 A, B, ff. 1-56, 100v-129), her secretary, Anita Gunn ((57730 B, ff. 64-99; 57731 A, B) and by a friend, Doris Hare (?) (57730 B, ff. 56-63v, 100). Related press cuttings are in Add. 59859-59861, and Myra Hess's own collection of programmes, lists and correspondence relating to the National Gallery Concerts, 1939-1946, are in the general library at pressmark Cup.404.c.1/1-11. For the autograph score of her piano arrangement of 'Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring' see Add. 57486 M. Presented by Dr Howard Ferguson, 28 Oct. 1972.

Paper. Four notebooks. 175 x 110mm. (57730 A) and 204 x 127mm.

Scope & Content:

Julia Myra Hess, DBE; pianist: Lizzie Hess, mother of Myra Hess: Anita Gunn, secretary to Myra Hess: Doris Hare, friend of Myra Hess: Notebooks recording concerts and broadcasts of Myra Hess, compiled by Lizzie Hess, Anita Gunn and D. Hare (?): 1907-1962.

Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-001999766
Is part of:
not applicable
Contains:
Add MS 57730 A : Vol. I A (ff. i+125). 1907-1921.
Add MS 57730 B : Vol. I B (ff. iii+129). 1922-1935.
Add MS 57731 A : Vol. II A (ff. iii+130). 1935-1954.
Add MS 57731 B : Vol. II B (ff. iii+28). 1954-1962.

 

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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
4 items
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1907
End Date:
1962
Date Range:
14 Nov 1907-3 Jan 1962
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Howard Ferguson, composer: Presented.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Ferguson, Howard, composer, 1908-1999
Gunn, Margaret Anita, secretary and companion to Myra Hess, b 1899
Hare, Doris, friend of Myra Hess
Hess, Julia Myra, pianist, 1890-1965
Hess, Lizzie, mother of Myra Hess