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RPS MS 370
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- 040-001948339
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- 032-001947903
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Correspondence files: concerts and general; 1849, 1868, 1914-45 (ff. 215).
includes:
- ff. 2-3 William Ward, 11th Baron Ward; 1st Earl of Dudley: Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Stanley Lucas from William Ward rel. to Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen: 1868.
- f. 4 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: H. Smith, bassoon player: Letter to Stanley Lucas from H. Smith: 1868.
- ff. 5-6 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Mr Shepherdson, of The Yorkshire Orchestra: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Mr. — Shepherdson: 1868.
- f. 7 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Eduard Hecht, chorus master and pianist: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Eduard Hecht: [1868].
- ff. 8-9 Theresa Caroline Johanna Titjens, opera singer: Alfred James Hipkins, of J Broadwood & Sons; writer on musical instruments: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Alfred James Hipkins rel. to Theresa Caroline Johanna Titjens: 1868.
- f. 10 Alfred James Hipkins, of J Broadwood & Sons; writer on musical instruments: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Anna Mehlig, pianist: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Anna Mehlig rel. to Alfred James Hipkins: 1868.
- f. 11 Joseph Robinson, singer, conductor and composer: Letter to the Directors of the Philharmonic Society from Joseph Robinson: [1868].
- f. 12 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Esther Bensusan, subscriber to the Philharmonic Society: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Esther Bensusan: 1868.
- ff. 14-15 Sir Charles Hallé, pianist and conductor: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Sir Charles Hallé: 1868.
- f.16 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Elizabeth Wedley: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Elizabeth Wedley: 1868.
- ff. 17-18 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: P.W. Young, of Great Western Railway: Letter to [S. Lucas] from P.W. Young: 1868.
- f. 19 Sir William George Cusins, composer: Frederick Daniel Collis: Letter to Sir William George Cusins from Frederick Daniel Collis: 1868.
- f. 20 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Lewis William Thomas, singer: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Lewis William Thomas: [1868].
- ff. 21-22 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: E. H. Miller, of 'The Anglo-American Times': Letter to Stanley Lucas from E. H. Miller: 1868.
- f. 23 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Emanuel Abraham Aguilar, composer and pianist: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Emanuel Abraham Aguilar: 1868.
- f. 24 Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter: 1868.
- ff.25-26 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to 'The Times' from Stanley Lucas: 1868.
- f. 26v Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: G. Street, of 'The Times': Letter to Stanley Lucas from G. Street: 1868.
- f. 28 Charles Barker, bookbinder: L. Cock & Co; music publishers: Invoice to L. Cock & Co. (music publishers) from Charles Barker: 1868.
- f. 29 Arabella Davison, née Goddard; pianist; wife of J W Davison: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Arabella Davison: [1868].
- ff. 30-31 Sir William George Cusins, composer: Sir George Grove, musicologist: Letter to Sir William George Cusins from Sir George Grove: [1869?].
- ff. 32, 35-36 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: George Leslie, secretary, St. James's Hall Company: Letters to Stanley Lucas from George Leslie: 1869.
- ff. 33-34 Sir William George Cusins, composer: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Stanley Lucas from Sir William George Cusins: 1869.
- f. 37 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Fanny Stockhausen, alias Margarethe; née Schmuck; singer: Letter to [S. Lucas] from Margarethe Stockhausen: 1872.
- f. 38 Royal Philharmonic Society: Form of bequest draft: 1914.
- f. 39 Reverend Allan Gairdner Wyon, sculptor and medallist; Vicar of Newlyn: Receipt from Rev. Allan Gairdner Wyon: 1916.
- ff. 40, 42 Sir John Battista Barbirolli, conductor: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Herbert Walenn, cellist: Major Thomas, commanding officer, Royal Fusiliers: Major Webster, commanding officer, Suffolk Regiment: Letters to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from Herbert Walenn rel. to Sir John Battista Barbirolli , Major — Thomas and Major — Webster: 1918.
- f. 41 Sir John Battista Barbirolli, conductor: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Major Thomas, commanding officer, Royal Fusiliers: Letter to Major — Thomas from John Joseph Mewburn Levien rel. to Sir John Battista Barbirolli: 1918: Copy.
- f. 43 Sir John Battista Barbirolli, conductor: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Major Webster, commanding officer, Suffolk Regiment: Letter to Major — Webster from John Joseph Mewburn Levien rel. to Sir John Battista Barbirolli: 1918: Copy.
- ff. 44-46 Jelka Helen Delius, née Rosen; wife of Frederick Delius: Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Norman O'Neill, composer; Treasurer, Royal Philharmonic Society: Frederick Theodore Albert Delius, composer: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Letter [incomplete] to [N. O'Neill?] from Henry Balfour Gardiner rel. to Sir Thomas Beecham , Jelka Helen Delius and Frederick Theodore Albert Delius: 1918.
- ff. 47-50 Norman O'Neill, composer; Treasurer, Royal Philharmonic Society: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Letter to the Directors of the Philharmonic Society from Henry Balfour Gardiner rel. to Norman O'Neill: 1918.
- ff. 51-52 Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer: William Wallace, composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letter to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from William Wallace rel. to Thomas Frederick Dunhill: 1918: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 53 William Wallace, composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letter to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from William Wallace rel. to Gustav Theodore Holst: 1919.
- ff. 54-55 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Norman O'Neill, composer; Treasurer, Royal Philharmonic Society: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Letter to [N. O'Neill] from Henry Balfour Gardiner rel. to Sir Thomas Beecham: 1919.
- ff. 56-59 Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Letter to the Directors of the Philharmonic Society from Henry Balfour Gardiner: 1919.
- f. 60 Norman O'Neill, composer; Treasurer, Royal Philharmonic Society: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Arthur T. Cummings, hon. solicitor, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Norman O'Neill from Arthur T. Cummings rel. to Henry Balfour Gardiner: 1919: Signed.
- ff. 61-62 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Letter to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from Henry Balfour Gardiner: 1919.
- f. 63 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Letter to Henry Balfour Gardiner from John Joseph Mewburn Levien: 1919: Draft.
- f. 64 Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: William Waddington Cooke, musician: Henry William Richards, Mus. Bac.; FRCO: Letter to Henry Balfour Gardiner from John Joseph Mewburn Levien rel. to Thomas Frederick Dunhill , Henry William Richards , William Waddington Cooke and Henry Balfour Gardiner: 1919: Copy.
- ff. 65-67 Reginald McKenna, PC; MP: William Wallace, composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet; composer: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Francis McLaren, MP: Letter to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from William Wallace rel. to William Hayman Cummings , Reginald McKenna , Francis McLaren and Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry: 1920: Typewritten, signed.
- ff. 68, 70-71 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Letters to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from Henry Balfour Gardiner: 1920.
- f. 69 Charles Kennedy Scott, choral conductor: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letter to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from Charles Kennedy Scott: 1920.
- ff. 72-76, 81-82 Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Letters to the Directors of the Royal Philharmonic Society from Henry Balfour Gardiner: 1920-1921.
- ff. 77-80 Beatrice Harrison, cellist: May Harrison, violinist: Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Arthur Nikisch, conductor: Jelly Eva Arányi de Hunyadvar, violinist: Norman O'Neill, composer; Treasurer, Royal Philharmonic Society: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Frederick Lamond, pianist and composer: Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty, conductor and composer: Letter from Henry Balfour Gardiner rel. to Ralph Vaughan Williams , Frederick Lamond , Edgar Leslie Bainton , Jelly Eva Arányi de Hunyadvar , May Harrison , Beatrice Harrison , Arthur Nikisch , Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty and Norman O'Neill: 1921.
- f. 83 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Letter to Henry Balfour Gardiner from John Joseph Mewburn Levien: 1921: Copy.
- f. 84 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Phillips & Cummings; solicitors: Letter to [J. J. M. Levien] from Phillips & Cummings (solicitors): 1921.
- f. 85 Norman O'Neill, composer; Treasurer, Royal Philharmonic Society: Copy of a letter sent to the Guarantors for the 1921-1922 season from Norman O'Neill: 1922: Typewritten, signed.
- ff. 86-95 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: List of contributors towards the expenses for the presentation of the gold medal to A. C. Mackenzie [enclosing a transcription of Mackenzie's speech] from John Joseph Mewburn Levien: 1922: Partly autogr.
- f. 96 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Arthur H. Brooks, manager, Columbia Gramophone Company: Arthur T. Cummings, hon. solicitor, Philharmonic Society: Letter to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from Arthur T. Cummings rel. to Arthur H. Brooks: 1923: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 97 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: James Van Allen Shields, of Columbia Gramophone Company: Letter to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from James Van Allen Shields: 1923: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 98 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Arthur T. Cummings, hon. solicitor, Philharmonic Society: Letter to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from Arthur T. Cummings: 1924: Typewritten, signed.
- ff. 99 Sigmund Feuermann, violinist: Letter to the Philharmonic Society from Sigmund Feuermann: 1925: Typewritten, signed.
- ff. 101-107 Royal Philharmonic Society: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Columbia Gramophone Company: Louis Sterling, of Columbia Gramophone Company: Agreement between Royal Philharmonic Society and Columbia Gramophone Company: 1927.
- f. 113 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Pablo Casals, cellist and composer: Fanny Davies, pianist: Sir Donald Francis Tovey, musician: Harold Bauer, pianist: Report by John Joseph Mewburn Levien rel. to Pablo Casals , Fanny Davies , Sir Donald Francis Tovey and Harold Bauer: [1927]: Autogr.
- f. 114 Theodore Holland, FRAM: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: K. A. Wright, of the BBC European Service: Thomas Harold Hunt Craxton, pianist: Letter to [J. J. M. Levien?] from Theodore Holland rel. to K. A. Wright and Thomas Harold Hunt Craxton: 1927.
- f. 129 Sir Frederic Ponsonby, Keeper of the Privy Purse: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Eugenie Joachim, afterwards Gibson; singer: Letter to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from Eugenie Joachim rel. to Sir Frederic Ponsonby: 1928.
- ff. 131-137 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letter [including a memorandum by Thomas Beecham for the establishement of a permanent orchestra] to Sir Thomas Beecham from John Joseph Mewburn Levien: 1928: Typewritten.
- ff. 138-142 Sir Edward William Elgar, Baronet; OM; composer: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Telegram to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from Sir Edward William Elgar: 1928.
- f. 143 William Wallace, composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Sir Edward William Elgar, Baronet; OM; composer: Draft of a letter to Sir Edward William Elgar from William Wallace: 1928.
- ff. 144, 151, 153-155 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letters to Sir Thomas Beecham from John Joseph Mewburn Levien: 1928: Copies.
- f. 145 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Eustace W. Blois, of Royal Opera Covent Garden: Letter to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from Eustace W. Blois: 1928: Typewritten, signed.
- ff. 147, 156-157 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Memoranda relative to a financial scheme by John Joseph Mewburn Levien: 1928: Autogr.
- f. 148 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Percy Pitt, conductor and composer: Arthur T. Cummings, hon. solicitor, Philharmonic Society: Letter to John Joseph Mewburn Levien from Arthur T. Cummings rel. to Percy Pitt: 1928: Typewritten, signed.
- ff. 149-150 Edward Joseph Dent, musicologist and translator: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Frank Eames, of the Incorporated Society of Musicians: Memoranda relative to F. Eames by John Joseph Mewburn Levien rel. to Frank Eames and Edward Joseph Dent: 1928: Autogr.
- f. 152 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Alfred Denis Cortot, pianist: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Horace Stevens, singer: Letter to Sir Thomas Beecham from John Joseph Mewburn Levien rel. to Horace Stevens and Alfred Denis Cortot: 1928: Copy.
- ff. 158-159 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Arthur T. Cummings, hon. solicitor, Philharmonic Society: Letter to Sir Thomas Beecham from John Joseph Mewburn Levien rel. to Ernest Irving and Arthur T. Cummings: 1929: Copy.
- ff. 160-162 Gerald Melbourne Cooper, musicologist; Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Geoffrey Toye, conductor and composer: Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Letter regarding the constitution of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to Gerald Melbourne Cooper from Sir Thomas Beecham rel. to Geoffrey Toye and Ernest Irving: 1929: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 163 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Columbia Gramophone Company: Letter to Sir Thomas Beecham from Ernest Irving rel. to Columbia Gramophone Company: 1929: Copy.
- f. 164 Gerald Melbourne Cooper, musicologist; Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Lionel Powell, concert manager: Columbia Gramophone Company: Letter [incomplete] to Gerald Melbourne Cooper from Sir Thomas Beecham rel. to Lionel Powell and Columbia Gramophone Company: 1929: Typewritten.
- ff. 165, 169, 189, 200 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Letters to Sir Thomas Beecham from Ernest Irving: 1929: Typewritten, signed.
- ff. 166-168 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Theodore Holland, FRAM: Norman O'Neill, composer; Treasurer, Royal Philharmonic Society: Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Oskar Borsdorf, horn player: Joseph Morgan Morgan, cellist: Douglas Cameron, cellist: C. Bender, percussion player: Richard Jesse Stamp, trombone player: Charles Henry Winterbottom, double bass player: Mr Halstead, oboist: Mr Macdonagh, oboist: John Henry Alexandra, bassoonist: Mr Thonger, horn player: H. Barr, trumpet player: A. Falkner, trombone player: Harry Barlow, tuba player: Mr O'Neill, percussion player: B. Reillie, violinist: G. Whitaker, violinist: M. O'Donnell, violinist: G. Stratton, violinist: Amery Nichols, violinist: Joseph Meachem, violinist: H. Ayckbourne, violinist: Albert Hopkinson, violinist: John Fry, violinist: Kenneth Sheaping, violinist: John Robinson, violinist: A. Borsdorf, viola player: Anne Wolfe, viola player: Winifred Stiles, viola player: P. Talagrand, cellist: W. Bridge, cellist: Doris Griffiths, 'cellist: A. Lotter, double bass player: George Alexander Webster Yates, double bass player: J. Chevreau, harpist: P. Sainton, viola player: Letter about the personnel of a new orchestra, to Sir Thomas Beecham from Ernest Irving: 1929: Copy.
- ff. 170-188 Gerald Melbourne Cooper, musicologist; Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Geoffrey Toye, conductor and composer: John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith: Lionel Powell, concert manager: Arthur H. Brooks, manager, Columbia Gramophone Company: Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Columbia Gramophone Company: Roger Eckersley, of the BBC: Report on the developments for the creation of a permanent Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [2 copies] from Ernest Irving: 1929: Typewritten.
- f. 190 Gerald Melbourne Cooper, musicologist; Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Letter to Sir Thomas Beecham from Ernest Irving rel. to Gerald Melbourne Cooper: 1929: Copy.
- f. 191 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Percy Pitt, conductor and composer: Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Letter to Sir Thomas Beecham from Ernest Irving rel. to Percy Pitt: 1929: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 192 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Arthur T. Cummings, hon. solicitor, Philharmonic Society: Roger Eckersley, of the BBC: C. G. Graves: Letter to Sir Thomas Beecham from Ernest Irving rel. to Roger Eckersley , Arthur T. Cummings and C. G. Graves: 1929: Copy.
- ff. 193-196 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Henry Gibson, orchestra manager, The Imperial League of Opera: Letter to the Secretary of the Royal Philharmonic Society from Henry Gibson rel. to Sir Thomas Beecham: 1929: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 197 Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Roger Eckersley, of the BBC: Henry Gibson, orchestra manager, The Imperial League of Opera: Letter to Henry Gibson from Ernest Irving rel. to Roger Eckersley: 1929: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 198 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Statement to the Directors of the Royal Philharmonic Society from Sir Thomas Beecham: [1929]: Typewritten.
- f. 199 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Roger Eckersley, of the BBC: Letter to Sir Thomas Beecham from Ernest Irving rel. to Roger Eckersley: 1929: Copy.
- ff. 201-203 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Royal Philharmonic Society: British Broadcasting Corporation: Draft report on the extra studio activities of the B.B.C. from Royal Philharmonic Society: circa 1930: Typewritten.
- f. 204 Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH; conductor: Felix Weingartner, composer and conductor: Letter of acceptance of the RPS Gold Medal from Felix Weingartner rel. to Sir Adrian Cedric Boult: 1937.
- f. 205 Sir William Turner Walton, OM; composer: Keith Douglas, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letter to Sir William Turner Walton from Keith Douglas: 1939: Copy.
- f. 206 George Baker, singer; Hon. Secretary of the Philharmonic Society: Keith Douglas, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Alan J. Kirby, OBE; conductor; Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letter to Alan J. Kirby from George Baker rel. to Keith Douglas: [1941].
- f. 207 George Baker, singer; Hon. Secretary of the Philharmonic Society: Keith Douglas, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letter to George Baker from Keith Douglas: 1941: Copy.
- f. 208 Antonin Dvorák, composer: Preliminary announcement for the Dvorák Centenary Concerts: 1941: Printed.
- ff. 209-210 John Joseph Mewburn Levien, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: John Pinches Ltd; medallists: Keith Douglas, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: List of gold medallist compiled by Keith Douglas for John Joseph Mewburn Levien , rel. to John Pinches Ltd. (medallists): 1943: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 211 Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon; Prime Minister: Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev, composer: Keith Douglas, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Archibald Clark Kerr, British ambassador in Russia: Letter to Keith Douglas from Robert Anthony Eden rel. to Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev and Archibald Clark Kerr: 1944: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 212 Albert Edward Sammons, violinist: Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent, conductor: Keith Douglas, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: F. C. K. Anderson, of the BBC: Broadcasting agreement between Keith Douglas and F. C. K. Anderson rel. to Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent and Albert Edward Sammons: 1944: Partly typewritten, partly printed, signed.
- f. 213 Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon; Prime Minister: Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev, composer: Keith Douglas, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: J. N. Henderson, of the Foreign Office: J. F. French, of the Foreign Office: Letter to Keith Douglas from J. N. Henderson rel. to Robert Anthony Eden , Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev and J. F. French: 1944: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 214 Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev, composer: Sir John Balfour, GCMG; diplomatist: Keith Douglas, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: J. F. French, of the Foreign Office: Letter to Keith Douglas from J. F. French rel. to Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev and Sir John Balfour: 1944: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 215 George Baker, singer; Hon. Secretary of the Philharmonic Society: Frank Eames, of the Incorporated Society of Musicians: Letter to George Baker from Frank Eames: 1945: Autogr.
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RPS MS 272-417 : Royal Philharmonic Society ArchiveRPS MSS 272-417. Official papers, etc., of the Royal Philharmonic Society; 1813-1968, n.d.…
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RPS MS 333-378 : General correspondence (‘original letters’ received: alphabetical sequence; concerts and general correspondence:…
RPS MS 370-378 : RPS MSS 370-378. Correspondence files: concerts and general; 1849-1960. Nine volumes. Various sizes.
RPS MS 370 : Correspondence files: concerts and general; 1849, 1868, 1914-45 (ff. 215). includes: ff. 2-3 William Ward, 11th Baron Ward; 1st Earl… - Hierarchy:
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- Aguilar, Emanuel Abraham, composer and pianist
Alexandra, John Henry, bassoonist
Anderson, F C K, of the BBC
Ayckbourne, H, violinist
Bainton, Edgar Leslie, composer, 1880-1956,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118213889
Baker, George, baritone, Hon Sec of the Philharmonic Society, 1885-1976
Balfour, John, Knight, diplomat, 1894-1983
Barbirolli, John, Knight, conductor, 1899-1970
Barker, Charles, bookbinder, fl 1868
Barlow, Harry, tuba player; conductor, 1870-1932
Barr, H., trumpet player, fl 1920-1930
Bauer, Harold, pianist, 1873-1951
Beecham, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, conductor, 1879-1961
Bender, C, percussion player
Bensusan, Esther, subscriber to the Philharmonic Society
Blois, Eustace W, of Royal Opera Covent Garden
Borsdorf, A, viola player
Borsdorf, Oskar, horn player
Boult, Adrian Cedric, Knight, conductor, 1889-1983
Bridge, W, cellist
British Broadcasting Corporation, 1923-
Brooks, Arthur H, manager Columbia Gramophone Company
Cameron, Douglas, cellist
Casals, Pablo, cellist and composer, 1876-1973
Chevreau, J, harpist
Collis, Frederick Daniel
Columbia Gramophone Company
Cooke, William Waddington, musician
Cooper, Gerald Melbourne, musicologist, Sec Royal Philharmonic Society
Cortot, Alfred Denis, pianist
Cowen, Frederic Hymen, Knight, composer, 1852-1935,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083494739,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/275974
Craxton, Thomas Harold Hunt, pianist and teacher, 1885-1971
Cummings, Arthur T, hon solicitor Philharmonic Society
Cummings, William Hayman, organist, tenor and musicologist, 1831-1915
Cusins, William George, Knight, pianist and conductor, 1833-1893
Davies, Frances Mary Jemima Woodhall, pianist, called Fanny Davies, 1861-1934
Delius, Frederick Theodore Albert, composer, 1862-1934,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008382294X
Delius, Helena Sophie Emilie, called Jelka, painter and wife of Frederick Delius, 1868-1935
Dent, Edward Joseph, musicologist and translator, 1876-1957
Douglas, Keith, composer, conductor and honorary secretary of the Royal Philharmonic Society, 1903-1949
Dunhill, Thomas Frederick, composer, 1877-1946,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080870188,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/7587643
Dvořák, Antonín Leopold, composer, 1841-1904,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121389690
Eames, Frank, Secretary of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, fl 1928-1935
Eckersley, Roger, of the British Broadcasting Corporation; brother of Peter Pendleton Eckersley, fl 1923-1946
Eden, Robert Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon, Prime Minister, 1897-1997
Elgar, Edward William, 1st Baronet, composer, 1857-1934,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012102494X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76499978
Falkner, Arthur, trombone player, 1871-1954
Feuermann, Sigmund, violinist, fl 1911-1925
French, J F, of the Foreign Office
Fry, John, violinist and composer, 1890-1956
Gardiner, Henry Balfour, composer, 1877-1950
Gibson, Eugenie Joachim, née Joachim singer and teacher, ?1860-1930
Gibson, Henry, orchestra manager, fl 1929
Goddard, Arabella, pianist and wife of James William Davison, 1836-1922
Graves, C G, subject of a letter to Sir Thomas Beecham from Ernest Irving, fl 1929
Griffiths, Doris, cellist, fl 1929
Grove, George, Knight, musicologist, 1820-1900
Hallé, Charles, Knight, pianist and conductor, 1819-1895,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121274762,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/34584531
Halstead, —, Mr. oboist
Harrison, Beatrice, cellist, 1892-1965,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080824296
Harrison, May, violinist, 1890-1959,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080824296
Harty, Herbert Hamilton, Knight, conductor and composer, 1879-1941,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081386355
Hecht, Eduard, chorus master and pianist
Henderson, J N, of the Foreign Office
Hipkins, Alfred James, of J Broadwood and Sons, writer on musical instruments
Holland, Theodore, FRAM
Holst, Gustav Theodore, composer, 1874-1934,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109178161
Hopkinson, Albert, violinist
Irving, Kelville Ernest, conductor and composer, 1878-1953,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000117428650
John Pinches Ltd, medallists
Kerr, Archibald John Kerr Clark, Baron Inverchapel, diplomat, 1882-1951
Kirby, Alan J, OBE, conductor, Sec Royal Philharmonic Society
L Cock & Co, music publishers
Lamond, Frederick, pianist and composer
Leslie, George, secretary St James's Hall Company
Levien, John Joseph Mewburn, Sec Royal Philharmonic Society
Lotter, A, double bass player
Lucas, Stanley, Sec Philharmonic Society
Macdonagh, —, Mr. oboist
Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell, Knight, composer, 1847-1935,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012017839X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/44490423
McKenna, Reginald, PC, MP
McLaren, Francis, MP
Meachem, Joseph, violinist
Mehlig, Anna, pianist
Miller, E H, of 'The Anglo-American Times'
Morgan, Joseph Morgan, cellist
Nichols, Amery, violinist
Nikisch, Arthur, conductor
O'Donnell, M, violinist
O'Neill, Norman Houston, composer and Treasurer of the Royal Philharmonic Society, 1875-1934
O'Neill, —, Mr. percussion player
Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings, Baronet , composer, 1848-1918
Phillips & Cummings, solicitors
Pitt, Percy, conductor and composer
Ponsonby, Frederic, Keeper of the Privy Purse
Potter, Philip Cipriani Hambly, composer
Powell, Lionel, concert manager
Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeevich, composer, 1891-1953,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121389711,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/71579098
Reillie, B, violinist
Reith, John Charles Walsham, 1st Baron Reith, 1889-1971
Richards, Henry William, Mus Bac, FRCO
Robinson, John, violinist
Robinson, Joseph, singer conductor and composer
Royal Philharmonic Society, 1813-
Sainton, P, viola player
Sammons, Albert Edward, violinist, 1886-1957,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081210050
Sargent, Harold Malcolm Watts, Knight, conductor, 1895-1967
Scott, Charles Kennedy, choral conductor
Sheaping, Kenneth, violinist
Shepherdson, —, Mr. of The Yorkshire Orchestra
Shields, James Van Allen, of Columbia Gramophone Company
Smith, H, bassoon player
Stamp, Richard Jesse, trombone player
Sterling, Louis Saul, Knight, gramophone company manager and industrialist, 1879-1958,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000078210439
Stevens, Horace, singer
Stiles, Winifred, viola player
Stockhausen, Fanny, née Schmuck singer alias Margarethe
Stratton, G, violinist
Street, G, of 'The Times'
Talagrand, P, cellist
Thomas, Lewis William, singer
Thomas, —, Major commanding officer Royal Fusiliers
Thonger, —, Mr. horn player
Titjens, Theresa Caroline Johanna, opera singer
Tovey, Donald Francis, musician, 1875-1940
Toye, Edward Geoffrey, conductor, composer, and opera producer, 1889-1942
Walenn, Herbert, cellist
Wallace, William, composer, 1860-1940,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000011767515X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/64775722
Walton, William Turner, OM, composer, 1902-1983
Ward, William, 1st Earl of Dudley, landowner and philanthropist, 1817-1885
Webster, —, Major commanding officer Suffolk Regiment
Wedley, Elizabeth
Weingartner, Paul Felix, composer, pianist, conductor, 1863-1942
Whitaker, G, violinist
Williams, Ralph, composer, 1872-1958,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108591472,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/89801735
Winterbottom, Charles Henry, double bass player
Wolfe, Anne, viola player
Wright, K A, of the BBC European Service
Wyon, Allan Gairdner, Reverend sculptor and medallist, Vicar of Newlyn
Yates, George Alexander Webster, double bass player
Young, P W, of Great Western Railway
d'Arányi, Jelly Éva, violinist, 1893-1966