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MS Mus. 1855
- Record Id:
- 032-003947835
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003947835
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124057220.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1855
- Title:
-
Letters to and from Kenneth Leighton and a scrapbook containing press cuttings and concert programmes
- Scope & Content:
-
MS Mus. 1855/1: Letters written to the composer Kenneth Leighton between 1951 and 1976, together with some undated or partially dated letters to him.
MS Mus. 1855/2: Letters 1951-1953 from Kenneth Leighton to Lydia Vignapiano (later Leighton); and letters 1978-1988 from Kenneth Leighton to his son, Robert Leighton.
MS Mus. 1855/3: Scrapbook containing press cuttings of reviews and broadcast details. 1954-1967. Together with some concert programmes.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003947835", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MS Mus. 1855: Letters to and from Kenneth Leighton and a scrapbook containing press cuttings and concert programmes" },{ "id" : "036-003947837", "parent" : "032-003947835", "text" : "MS Mus. 1855/1: Letters to Kenneth Leighton, 1951-1976" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003947839", "parent" : "036-003947837", "text" : "MS Mus. 1855/1/1: Letters to Kenneth Leighton, 1951-1955" },{ "id" : "040-003947841", "parent" : "036-003947837", "text" : "MS Mus. 1855/1/2: Letters to Kenneth Leighton, 1956-1959" },{ "id" : "040-003947842", "parent" : "036-003947837", "text" : "MS Mus. 1855/1/3: Letters to Kenneth Leighton, 1960-1966" },{ "id" : "040-003947843", "parent" : "036-003947837", "text" : "MS Mus. 1855/1/4: Letters to Kenneth Leighton, 1967-1976, and undated" },{ "id" : "036-003947844", "parent" : "032-003947835", "text" : "MS Mus. 1855/2: Letters from Kenneth Leighton" },{ "id" : "040-003947845", "parent" : "036-003947844", "text" : "MS Mus. 1855/2/1: Letters from Kenneth Leighton to Lydia Vignapiano (later Leighton)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003947847", "parent" : "036-003947844", "text" : "MS Mus. 1855/2/2: Letters from Kenneth Leighton to Robert Leighton" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003947849", "parent" : "032-003947835", "text" : "MS Mus. 1855/3: Scrapbook formerly belonging to Kenneth Leighton" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003947835
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- MS Mus. 1855/1 : Letters to Kenneth Leighton, 1951-1976
MS Mus. 1855/2 : Letters from Kenneth Leighton
MS Mus. 1855/3 : Scrapbook formerly belonging to Kenneth Leighton
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- 032-003947835
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1855
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 3 boxes (6 folders)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1951
- End Date:
- 1990
- Date Range:
- 1951-1990
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- Music Deposit 2020/12
- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented to the British Library by Robert Leighton, September 2020.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Leighton, Kenneth, composer, 1929-1988