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040-002001694

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002001693

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LETTERS TO EDWARD CLARK. Vol. I (ff. 218). A-K, including letters of:- (a) Alban Berg; 1930-1935. Partly signed. Published in B.L.J., xi, 1985, pp. 46-59. Includes (ff. 47-49b) a letter to Sir Adrian Boult relating to a performance by the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra of the Symphonische Stücke from 'Lulu' [at the Queen's Hall on 20 Mar. 1935], and recommending Erwin Stein's reduced orchestration of 'Wozzeck', 5 Mar. 1935. ff. 43-49b;- (b) Paul Hindemith; 1931-1938. Includes (ff. 169-173) a letter explaining the difficulties of his position in Germany and that he could not be involved with the exhibition of Twentieth Century German Art in London [which opened 7 July 1938 at the New Burlington Galleries] if this were a rehabilitation of the art condemned as degenerate in Germany, 30 June 1938. ff. 161-174.

Music: Letters of musicians to E. Clark: 1920-1960: Partly Fr., Germ., and Ital.

Edward Clark, composer and conductor: Letters to: 1920-1960: Partly Fr., Germ. and Ital.

Sándor Veress, pianist and composer: Letter rel. to,: 1953.

includes:

ff. 1-3 Ernest Ansermet, conductor and composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1934, n.d: Mostly Fr.
f. 4 Ernest Ansermet, conductor and composer: Letter to Miss Wordham: circa 1934.
ff. 5-9b Germaine Yvonne Arnaud, actress and pianist: Letters to E. Clark: 1937, 1942, n.d: Partly Fr.
f. 10 Universal Edition Vienna; music publishers: Letter to B. Bartók: 1928: Mostly Germ.
ff. 11-23b passim Béla Bartók, composer: Letters, etc., to E. Clark: 1928-1935: Mostly Germ.
f. 13 László Gergely, pianist: Visiting card: 1928: Printed.
f. 17 Zoltán Székely, violinist: Postcard to E. Clark: 1929: Germ.
ff. 24-36 Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Letters, etc., to E. Clark: 1921-1928, n.d.
ff. 37-42 Enoch Arnold Bennett, author: Letters to E. Clark: 1921, 1927: Mostly signed.
ff. 43-46b Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer: Letters partly on his behalf to E. Clark: 1930-1933: Germ: Partly signed.
f. 44 Julius Schloss, composer: Letter, on behalf of A. Berg, to E. Clark: 1931: Signed.
f. 47 Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH; conductor: Letter to: 1935: Germ.
f. 47 Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer: Letter to A. Boult: 1935: Germ.
ff. 50-51 Sir Lennox Randall Francis Berkeley, CBE; composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1933, 1937.
ff. 52-56 Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners: Letters to E. Clark: 1921-1940.
ff. 57-71b Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss, KCVO; CH; Master of the Queen's Music: Letters to E. Clark: 1928-1953, n.d.
ff. 72-76b Rutland Boughton, composer: Correspondence with E. Clark: 1934-1941.
ff. 77-78 Frank Bridge, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1927, n.d.
ff. 79-81 Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten; composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1934.
ff. 82-85 Alfredo Casella, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1937-1939: Fr: Signed.
ff. 86-88b Albert Coates, conductor and composer: Letter, etc., partly on his behalf to E. Clark: 1933: Signed.
f. 87 Albert Coates, conductor and composer: Letter to Frau P. Frank: 1933: Germ: Signed.
f. 88 Madelon Coates, wife of Albert Coates: Letter on her husband's behalf to E. Clark: 1933.
ff. 89-96 Luigi Dallapiccola, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1946-1952: Fr. and Ital: Mostly signed.
f. 97 Philip Christian Darnton, composer: Letter to E. Clark: 1936.
ff. 98-104b Frederick Theodore Albert Delius, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1921-1927.
ff. 105-119b Edward Joseph Dent, musicologist and translator: Letters to E. Clark: 1938-1953: Partly signed.
f. 115 Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni, composer and pianist: Letter rel. to: 1949.
ff. 120-135 Bernard Van Dieren, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1925-1934: Partly signed.
f. 136 Sir Jacob Epstein, sculptor: Letter to E. Clark: circa 1935.
ff. 137-138b Edwin Evans, the younger; writer on music: Letters to E. Clark: 1940.
ff. 139b-144 Manuel de Falla, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1921: Fr.
f. 145 Peter Racine Fricker, composer: Letter to E. Clark: 1951.
ff. 146-148 Roberto Gerhard, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1933-1940: Partly Fr: Partly signed.
ff. 149-154 Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty, conductor and composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1921-1940: Partly signed.
f. 155 Paul Émile Ladmirault, composer: Letter rel. to: 1924.
ff. 155-160 Philip Arnold Heseltine, alias 'Peter Warlock'; composer: Letters, etc., to E. Clark: 1924-1929.
ff. 157, 159 Frederick Theodore Albert Delius, composer: Letters rel. to: 1925.
f. 160 Philip Arnold Heseltine, alias 'Peter Warlock'; composer: Errata sheet for his `Capriol' suite: 1929: Autogr.
ff. 161-174 Paul Hindemith, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1931-1938: Germ.
ff. 175-201b John Nicholson Ireland, composer and pianist: Letters to E. Clark: 1920-1945.
f. 178 Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, composer: Letter rel. to `Les Noces': 1926.
f. 195 Richard Georg Strauss, composer: Letter rel. to his opera 'Elektra': 1938.
f. 200 Sir William Turner Walton, OM; composer: Letter rel. to his violin concerto: 1941.
ff. 202-212, 214 Zoltán Kodály, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1927-1928, n.d: Fr. and Germ.
f. 213 Emma Kodály, wife of Z Kodály: Postcard to E. Clark: 1928: Germ.
f. 215 Rudolf Kolisch, violinist: Letter to E. Clark: 1953: Signed.
ff. 216-217 Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky, conductor and double bass player: Letters to E. Clark: 1933: Signed.
f. 218 Ernst Krenek, composer: Letter to E. Clark: 1936: Germ: Signed.

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Add MS 52256-52257 : LETTERS TO EDWARD CLARK (b. 1888, d. 1962), of the B.B.C., President of the International Society for Contemporary Music,…

Add MS 52256 : LETTERS TO EDWARD CLARK. Vol. I (ff. 218). A-K, including letters of:- (a) Alban Berg; 1930-1935. Partly signed. Published in…

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Languages:

English
French
German
Italian

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Latin

Start Date:

1930

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1935

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1930-1935

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