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MS Mus. 1672

Record Id:

040-001947303

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001947248

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000248.0x000357

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MS Mus. 1672

Title:

Harriet Cohen Papers. Papers formerly owned by Arnold Bax. Letters and contracts

Scope & Content:

Vol. xlvii. Letters and contracts; 1910-1953, n.d.

ff. 134. 450 x 290mm.

1. ff. 1-109. Letters to Bax from musicians and others.

2. ff. 110-134. Contracts.

includes:

ff. 1-2. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Dr Arthur Alexander, pianist; husband of Freda Swain: Letter from Dr. Arthur Alexander to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1920.
f. 3. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Alfred Louis Bacharach, food scientist; musician: Letter from Alfred Louis Bacharach to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937.
f. 4. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Sir Granville Ransome Bantock, composer: Letter from Sir Granville Ransome Bantock to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937.
f. 5. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Emanuel Barber, American musician: Letter from Emanuel Barber to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1951: Typewritten, signed.
f. 6. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Evelyn Bax, sister of Arnold Bax: Letter from Evelyn Bax to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937.
f. 9. Gordon Bottomley, author: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letter from Gordon Bottomley to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937.
f. 12. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni, composer and pianist: Postcard from Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1935.
f. 13. Cyril Coniston Clemens, President, International Mark Twain Society: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Postcard from Cyril Coniston Clemens to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1949: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 14-16. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Francis Colmer, tutor of A and C Bax: Letter from Francis Colmer to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937.
f. 17. Arnold Atkinson Cooke, composer: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letter from Arnold Atkinson Cooke to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1953: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 18-26. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Aine Crowley, alias Anne,; of Bantry, county Cork: Letters from Anne Crowley to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1936, 1938, n.d.
f. 27. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: John Law Denison, music administrator and horn player: Letter from John Law Denison to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1953: Typewritten, signed.
f. 28. Carl Frederick Dolmetsch, writer on musical instruments: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letter from Carl Frederick Dolmetsch to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1952: Typewritten, signed.
f. 29. Elizabeth Poston, composer: Micky Doogan, of Glencolumcille, county Donegal: Letter from Micky Doogan to Elizabeth Poston: 1938.
ff. 30-31. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Bevis F. Ellis, amateur musician and concert promoter: Letter from Bevis F. Ellis to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1914.
f. 32. Eleanor Farjeon, author: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letter from Eleanor Farjeon to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: n.d.; betw. 1918 and 1939.
ff. 33-35. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Tilly Fleischmann, pianist and teacher: Letter and postcard from Tilly Fleischmann to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1931, n.d.
ff. 36-54. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Daniel Gillespie, alias Donnal; of Glencolumcille, county Donegal: Letters from Donnal Gillespie to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1910-1917: Eng, Irish.
ff. 55, 57. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Lewis Glover, MD: Reports of medical examinations of Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, made by Lewis Glover: 1915, 1918.
f. 56. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: J. Mackenzie, MD: Report of a medical examination of Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, made by J. Mackenzie: 1917.
ff. 58-59. George Percy Grainger, formerly Percy Aldridge; composer: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letters from Percy Aldridge Grainger to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1948, 1952.
ff. 60-61. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Patrick Arthur Sheldon Hadley, composer: Letters from Patrick Arthur Sheldon Hadley to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937-1940.
f. 62. George VI of England; Elizabeth: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: F. C. Harvey, private secretary to Elizabeth, Queen-consort of George VI: Letter from F. C. Harvey to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, on behalf of Elizabeth: 1949.
f. 65. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Cyril Kenrick, of Westgate-on-Sea, county Kent: Letter to Cyril Kenrick from Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937.
f. 67-68. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles, GCB; private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II: Letter from Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1952: Typewritten, signed.
f. 70. Leon M. Lion, actor, playwright and producer: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letter from Leon M. Lion to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1943: Typewritten, signed.
f. 71. James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letter from James Ramsay MacDonald to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937.
f. 72. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Sir Stanley Robert Marchant, composer and organist: Letter from Sir Stanley Robert Marchant to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 73-74. Frederick M. May, composer: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letters from Frederick M. May to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1939, n.d.
ff. 75-76. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Ernest John Moeran, composer: Letter and postcard from Ernest John Moeran to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1938, 1939.
ff. 77-78. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Cormac Molloy, weaver, of Glencolumcille, county Donegal: Letter from Cormac Molloy to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: n.d.
f. 79. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Sean Neeson, of Cork: Letter from Sean Neeson to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937.
f. 80. Elizabeth Poston, composer: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letter from Elizabeth Poston to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1932?.
f. 82. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Leslie Rosenberg, of Cheltenham: Letter from Leslie Rosenberg to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1953.
ff. 84-85. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Arthur L. Rye, solicitor: Letters from Arthur L. Rye to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1953: Typewritten, signed.
f. 86. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Alexander Ryger, Israeli composer: Letter from Alexander Ryger to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1939.
f. 87. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Max Schüssler, of Düsseldorf: Letter from Max Schüssler to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937: Germ.
f. 88. Patric Stevenson: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Henry E. Goodman, of Chappell and Co., music publisher: Letter from Patric Stevenson to Henry E. Goodman, realating to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1952.
f. 91. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Charles George Vivian Tryon, 2nd Baron of Durnford; Keeper of the Privy Purse: Letter from Charles George Vivian Tryon to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1953: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 92-93. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Blanche Walsh, of Gisborne, New Zealand: Letter from Blanche Walsh to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1931.
ff. 94-95. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Edward Westemarch, of Guildford, county Surrey: Letter from Edward Westemarch to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1932.
f. 96. Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1953?.
ff. 97-100. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Sir William Turner Walton, OM; composer: Letters from Sir William Turner Walton to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1937, 1945.
f. 101. Sir Henry Joseph Wood, CH; conductor: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letter from Sir Henry Joseph Wood to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax: 1939: Typewritten, signed.
ff. 110-111. George VI of England: George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Warrant of appointment as Master of the King's Music presented to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, signed by the Earl of Clarendon: 1942.
ff. 112-113. Elizabeth II of England: George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Warrant of appointment as Master of the Queen's Music presented to Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, signed by the Earl of Clarendon: 1952.
f. 114. Sir Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of Fallodon alias Falloden: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Passport , signed by Sir Edward Grey: 1910.
ff. 122, 123, 125. Chappell and Co; music publishers: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Contracts between Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax and Chappell & Co.: 1951, 1952.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001947248
036-001947277
037-001947298
040-001947303

Is part of:

MS Mus. 1626-1677 : Harriet Cohen Papers
MS Mus. 1649-1677 : Harriet Cohen Papers. D. Letters from Arnold Bax to Harriet Cohen and papers formerly owned by Arnold Bax
MS Mus. 1668-1676 : Harriet Cohen Papers. Papers formerly owned by Arnold Bax

MS Mus. 1672 : Harriet Cohen Papers. Papers formerly owned by Arnold Bax. Letters and contracts

Hierarchy:

032-001947248[0004]/036-001947277[0002]/037-001947298[0005]/040-001947303

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Languages:

English
German
Irish

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1910

End Date:

1953

Date Range:

1910-1953

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Names:

Alexander, Arthur, pianist, teacher of music, husband of Freda Swain, 1891-1969,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000074324914
Bacharach, Alfred Louis, food scientist, writer on musical subjects, 1891-1966
Bantock, Granville Ransome, Knight, composer, 1868-1946
Bax, Arnold Edward Trevor, Knight, composer, 1883-1953
Bax, Evelyn, sister of Arnold Bax, 1887-1984
Bottomley, Gordon, poet and playwright, 1874-1948
Busoni, Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto, composer and pianist, 1866-1924
Chappell and Co., music publishers, 1811?-1987
Clemens, Cyril Coniston, President International Mark Twain Society, 1902-1999
Colmer, Francis, tutor of A and C Bax
Cooke, Arnold Atkinson, composer, 1906-2005
Crowley, Aine, of Bantry Cork alias Anne
Denison, John Law, music administrator and horn player, 1911-2006
Dolmetsch, Carl Frederick, musician, writer on musical instruments, 1911-1997
Doogan, Micky, of Glencolumcille, correspondent of Elizabeth Poston, fl 1938
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, Queen Consort of George VI, 1900-2002
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1926-2022
Ellis, Bevis F, amateur musician and concert promoter
Farjeon, Eleanor, author, 1881-1965
Fleischmann, Maria Theresa Mathilda, pianist and teacher, called Tilly, 1882-1967
George VI, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1895-1952
Gillespie, Daniel, of Glencolumcille Donegal alias Donnal
Glover, Lewis, MD
Goodman, Henry E, of Chappell and Co music publisher
Grainger, Percy Aldridge, né George Percy Grainger, composer and pianist, 1882-1961
Grey, Edward, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, politician and statesman, 1862-1933
Hadley, Patrick Arthur Sheldon, composer, 1899-1973,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081015044
Harvey, F C, private secretary to Elizabeth, Queen Consort of George VI, fl 1930-1950
Kenrick, Cyril, of Westgate-on-Sea Kent
Lascelles, Alan Frederick, GCB, private sec to Queen Elizabeth II
Lion, Leon M, actor, playwright and producer, 1879-1947
MacDonald, James Ramsay, Prime Minister, 1866-1937
Mackenzie, J, MD
Marchant, Stanley Robert, Knight, composer and organist, 1883-1949
May, Frederick M, composer
Moeran, Ernest John, composer, 1894-1950
Molloy, Cormac, weaver of Glencolumcille Donegal
Neeson, Sean, of Cork
Poston, Elizabeth, composer, 1905-1987
Rosenberg, Leslie, of Cheltenham
Rye, Arthur L, solicitor
Ryger, Alexander, Israeli composer
Schüssler, Max, of Düsseldorf
Stevenson, Patric
Tryon, Charles George Vivian, 2nd Baron of Durnford, Keeper of the Privy Purse
Villiers, George Herbert Hyde, 6th Earl of Clarendon
Walsh, Blanche, of Gisborne New Zealand
Walton, William Turner, OM, composer, 1902-1983
Westemarch, Edward, of Guildford Surrey
Williams, Ralph, composer, 1872-1958,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108591472,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/89801735
Wood, Henry Joseph, Knight, conductor, 1869-1944