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Add MS 57953
- Record Id:
- 032-002000129
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002000129
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x000339
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 57953
- Title:
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GUSTAV HOLST: letters from Gustav Holst to Ralph Vaughan Williams and Harold Brooke; [1903]-[1933]. n.d. Art. 1 presented by Imogen Holst, by permission of Ursula Vaughan Williams, and art. 2 presented by Harold Brooke, Esq., son of the recipient, both 29 Aug. 1973.
Paper; ff. 100. British Library arrangement.
1. ff. 1-52v. Letters, etc., to Ralph and Adeline Vaughan Williams; [1903]-[1933]. The first letter is imperfect. Most are published in Ursula Vaughan Williams and Imogen Holst, Heirs and Rebels (1959).
2. ff. 53-99. Letters, etc., to Harold Brooke of Novello and Co.; [1922]-1928, n.d.
3. f. 100. Portrait photograph of Holst, similar to the one published in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980), Vol. 8, p. 663 which was taken at the age of 59, a few months before his death.
- Scope & Content:
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includes:
- ff. 1-29v, 49-52v Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Letters to R. Vaughan Williams from Gustav Theodore Holst: [1903]-[1933].
- f. 25 Vally Lasker, pianist; amanuensis of Gustav Holst: Imogen Holst, composer and writer on music: Nora Day, G Holst's amanuensis: Isobel Holst, wife of Gustav Holst: Card to R. Vaughan Williams signed by Gustav, Isobel and Imogen Holst, Vally Lasker and Nora Day: early 1920s.
- ff. 30-48 Adeline Vaughan Williams, née Fisher; 1st wife of R Vaughan Williams: Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: Letters to A. Vaughan Williams from Gustav Theodore Holst: [1928]-[1931?].
- ff. 53-99 Harold L. Brooke, of Novello & Co., music publishers: Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: Letters, etc., to Harold L. Brooke from Gustav Theodore Holst: [1922]-1928, n.d.
- f. 100 Art. Photographs: Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: Portrait photograph of Gustav Theodore Holst: [1934].
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002000129
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002000129
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1903
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 1903-1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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ff. 1-52 Joan Ursula Penton Vaughan Williams, formerly Wood née Lock; writer; widow of R Vaughan Williams: Presented by I. Holst, by permission of U. Vaughan Wiiliams.
ff. 1-52 Imogen Holst, composer and writer on music: Presented, by permission of U. Vaughan Williams.
ff. 53-99 Harold Brooke, the younger: Presented, in 1973.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Brooke, Harold L, of Novello & Co music publishers, 1880-1956
Brooke, Harold, the younger
Day, Nora, teacher and assistant to Gustav Holst, fl 1900-1940
Holst, Gustav Theodore, composer, 1874-1934,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109178161
Holst, Imogen, composer and writer on music, 1907-1984,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109333854
Holst, Isobel, née Harrison, fl 1890-1920
Lasker, Vally, pianist, amanuensis of Gustav Holst, b 1885
Williams, Adeline, née Fisher; wife of Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1870-1951
Williams, Joan Ursula Penton, formerly Wood née Lock, writer, 1911-2007
Williams, Ralph, composer, 1872-1958,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108591472,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/89801735