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MS Mus. 1531

Record Id:

040-001947139

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001947135

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000248.0x0002e7

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ISAD(G)

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MS Mus. 1531

Title:

Scope & Content:

MS Mus. 1531. Michael Hurd Papers: Letters from correspondents Jacobson-Wordsworth and unknown correspondent; 1952-2001, n.d.

ff. 95. 305 x 250mm.

includes:

f. 1. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Maurice Jacobson: Letter from Maurice Jacobson to Michael Hurd: 1963.
ff. 2-4. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Patrick Joseph Gregory Kavanagh, writer: Letters from Patrick Joseph Gregory Kavanagh to Michael Hurd: 1980, 1990.
ff. 5-8. Michael Hurd, composer and author: David Kossoff, actor and writer: Letters from David Kossoff to Michael Hurd: 1985.
ff. 9-14. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Dan Hyman Laurence, authority on G B Shaw: Letters from Dan Hyman Laurence to Michael Hurd: 1961, 1962: Typewritten, signed.
f. 15. Michael Hurd, composer and author: John Frederick Lehmann, CBE; writer and critic: Letter from John Frederick Lehmann to Michael Hurd: 1981: Typewritten, signed.
f. 16. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Erica Marx, poet and publisher: Letter from Erica Marx to Michael Hurd: 1962.
f. 17. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Wilfrid Howard Mellers, composer and musicologist: Postcard from Wilfrid Howard Mellers to Michael Hurd: 1964: Typewritten, signed.
f. 18. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violinist: Letter from Sir Yehudi Menuhin to Michael Hurd: 1966: Typewritten, signed.
f. 19. Michael Hurd, composer and author: John Miller, artist: Letter from John Miller to Michael Hurd: circa 1966.
f. 20. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Donald Charles Peter Mitchell, writer on music: Letter from Donald Charles Peter Mitchell to Michael Hurd: 1992: Typewritten, signed.
f. 21. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Sheridan Morley, critic and broadcaster: Postcard from Sheridan Morley to Michael Hurd: between 1975 and 1989.
f. 22. Michael Hurd, composer and author: David Moule-Evans, composer: Biographical information for a Grove Dictionary article on D. Moule-Evans, provided to Michael Hurd: after 1966.
f. 23. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Havelock Nelson, radio producer, BBC: Letter from Havelock Nelson to Michael Hurd: 1972.
f. 24. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Ivor Newton, pianist: Letter from Ivor Newton to Michael Hurd: 1957.
ff. 25-26. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier: Letter from Laurence Kerr Olivier to Michael Hurd: 1962.
ff. 27-30. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Iona Opie, author: Letter and cards from Iona Opie to Michael Hurd: circa 1985.
ff. 31-33. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Christopher Palmer, musicologist: Letters from Christopher Palmer to Michael Hurd: 1983.
ff. 34-38. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Elizabeth Poston, composer: Letters from Elizabeth Poston to Michael Hurd: 1969-1973: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 40-42. Michael Hurd, composer and author: James Roose-Evans, theatre director: Letters from James Roose-Evans to Michael Hurd: 1972.
f. 44. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Gregory Rose, conductor: Letter from Gregory Rose to Michael Hurd: 1972.
ff. 45-47. Charles Edmund Rubbra, composer: Michael Hurd, composer and author: Letters and card from Charles Edmund Rubbra to Michael Hurd: 1952-1972.
f. 48. Michael Hurd, composer and author: John Sanders, organist and conductor: Letter from John Sanders to Michael Hurd: 1968: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 48-51. Cyril Meir Scott, composer: Sketches: before circa 1945.
f. 52-56. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Cyril Meir Scott, composer: Letters and postcard from Cyril Meir Scott to Michael Hurd: 1961, 1963, n.d.
ff. 57-61. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Marjorie Scott, née Hartston; wife of Cyril Scott: Letters from Marjorie Scott to Michael Hurd: 1972, 1973.
f. 62. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Robert Stiebel Elkin, music publisher and author: Letter from Robert Stiebel Elkin to Michael Hurd: 1963: Typewritten, signed.
f. 63. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Robin Humphrey Milford, composer: Letter from Robin Humphrey Milford to Michael Hurd: before 1959.
f. 64. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Desmond Christopher Shawe-Taylor, music critic: Letter from Desmond Christopher Shawe-Taylor to Michael Hurd: 1966: Typewritten, signed.
f. 65. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Robert Smallwood, Australian composer and conductor: Letter from Robert Smallwood to Michael Hurd: 1986.
f. 67. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Stephen Joshua Sondheim, composer-lyricist: Letter from Stephen Joshua Sondheim to Michael Hurd: 1990: Typewritten, signed.
f. 67. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Bernard George Stevens, composer: Letter from Bernard George Stevens to Michael Hurd: 1962.
f. 70. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Eric Harding Thiman, composer and organist: Biographical information for a Grove Dictionary article on E. H. Thiman provided to Michael Hurd: betw. 1964 and 1975.
f. 71. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Wendy Toye, choreographer and director: Letter from Wendy Toye to Michael Hurd: circa 1961.
f. 72. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Ned Rorem, American composer, diarist and essayist: Letter from Ned Rorem to Michael Hurd: 1972: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 72-73. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Roger Wallis, of the Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers (SKAP): Letter from Roger Wallis to Michael Hurd: 1968: Typewritten, signed.
f. 74. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Sir William Turner Walton, OM; composer: Letter from Sir William Turner Walton to Michael Hurd: 1962.
f. 75. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Egon Joseph Wellesz, composer and musicologist: Letter from Egon Joseph Wellesz to Michael Hurd: 1953.
ff. 76-77 Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Noble: Letters from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Mr Noble: between 1945 and 1955 (?).
f. 78. Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: A. E. Harvey, of the Oxford Musical Club: Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to A. E. Harvey: 1952: Typewritten, signed.
f. 79. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Michael Hurd: between 1945 and 1950 (?).
ff. 81-85. Michael Hurd, composer and author: Joan Ursula Penton Vaughan Williams, formerly Wood née Lock; writer; widow of R Vaughan Williams: Letters and postcard from Joan Ursula Penton Vaughan Williams to Michael Hurd: 1960-2001.
ff. 86-88. Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Amendments to 'Fancy's knell' from the song cycle Along the field: after 1927: Autogr.
ff. 89-91 Michael Hurd, composer and author: Frederick Witney, playwright: Letters from Frederick Witney to Michael Hurd: 1954-1955: Typewritten, signed.
f. 92v. Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Haydn Wood, composer: Letter from Haydn Wood to Sir Thomas Beecham: circa 1949: Draft.
f. 93. Michael Hurd, composer and author: William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer: Postcard from William Brocklesby Wordsworth to Michael Hurd: 1967.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001947135
036-001947136
040-001947139

Is part of:

MS Mus. 1529-1534 : Michael Hurd Papers
MS Mus. 1529-1531 : MSS Mus. 1529-1531. Michael Hurd Papers: Letters received by Michael Hurd. Three volumes.

MS Mus. 1531 : MS Mus. 1531. Michael Hurd Papers: Letters from correspondents Jacobson-Wordsworth and unknown correspondent; 1952-2001, n.d. ff.…

Hierarchy:

032-001947135[0001]/036-001947136[0003]/040-001947139

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1529-1534

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1952

End Date:

2001

Date Range:

1952-2001

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Names:

Beecham, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, conductor, 1879-1961
Elkin, Robert Stiebel, music publisher and author, 1896-1964
Evans, David, composer, 1905-1988
Evans, James, theatre director and writer, 1927-2022
Harvey, A E, of the Oxford Musical Club
Hurd, Michael, composer and author, 1928-2006
Jacobson, Maurice, composer and publisher, 1896-1976,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000059470155
Kavanagh, Patrick Joseph Gregory, poet, 1931-2015
Kossoff, David, actor and writer
Laurence, Dan Hyman, Literary and Dramatic Advisor, Estate of George Bernard Shaw, 1920-2008
Lehmann, Rudolf John Frederick, writer and critic, 1907-1987
Marx, Erica, poet and publisher, 1909-1969
Mellers, Wilfrid Howard, composer and musicologist, 1914-2008
Menuhin, Yehudi, Baron Menuhin of Stoke d'Abernon, violinist, 1916-1999
Milford, Robin Humphrey, composer, 1903-1959
Miller, John, artist
Mitchell, Donald Charles Peter, musicologist and publisher, 1925-2017
Morley, Sheridan, critic and broadcaster, 1941-2007
Nelson, Havelock, composer, conductor and BBC radio producer, 1917-1996,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008132850X
Newton, Ivor, pianist, 1892-1981
Noble, —
Olivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron Olivier of Brighton, actor and director, 1907-1989
Opie, Iona Margaret Balfour, folklorist, 1923-2017
Palmer, Christopher, musicologist
Poston, Elizabeth, composer, 1905-1987
Rorem, Ned, American composer diarist and essayist, 1923-2022
Rose, Gregory, conductor
Rubbra, Charles Edmund, composer, 1901-1986,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080795923,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/197526
Sanders, John, organist and conductor
Scott, Cyril Meir, composer and writer, 1879-1970
Scott, Marjorie, née Hartston wife of Cyril Scott
Smallwood, Robert, Australian composer and conductor, 1958-
Sondheim, Stephen Joshua, composer and lyricist, 1930-2021
Stevens, Bernard George, composer, 1916-1983
Taylor, Desmond Christopher, music critic, 1907-1995
Thiman, Eric Harding, composer and organist, 1900-1975
Toye, Wendy, choreographer and director
Wallis, Roger, SKAP of the Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers
Walton, William Turner, OM, composer, 1902-1983
Wellesz, Egon Joseph, composer and musicologist, 1885-1974
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
Witney, Frederick, playwright
Wood, Haydn, composer, 1882-1959,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/64203454
Wordsworth, William Brocklesby, composer, 1908-1988