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Record Id:

040-002001695

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032-002001693

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LETTERS TO EDWARD CLARK. Vol. II (ff. 193). L-W, including letters of:- (a) Arnold Schoenberg, mainly relating to arrangements for a performance of the 'Gurrelieder', 27 Jan. 1928; 1921-1933. Includes (f. 71) a postcard from Paris, saying that he had left Germany and that he had lost his post in Berlin, and asking for help in placing works with publishers, 30 May 1933. ff. 47-73;- (b) Dame Ethel Smyth, making detailed proposals for the performance of her works; 1927-1930. Includes (ff. 113-117) a letter complaining of the neglect of her work in England and emphasizing its success in Germany. ff. 75-125b;- (c) Anton Webern, concerning his visits to London to conduct B.B.C. concerts; 1929-1937. Includes many alternative suggestions for programmes, detailed comments on the technical difficulties of his works and those by Schoenberg and Berg, rehearsal requirements, performers, etc., and appreciations of works by Beethoven, Brahms, etc. ff. 149-181b.

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.

includes:

ff. 1-6 Leonard Constant Lambert, composer and conductor: Correspondence with E. Clark: 1926-1929: Partly typewritten.
f. 7 René Leibowitz, composer: Letter to E. Clark: 1946.
ff. 9, 11 Anna Wright Malipiero, wife of G F Malipiero: Letters to E. Clark: 1946, n.d.
ff. 12-20b Darius Milhaud, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1930-1931, n.d: Fr.
ff. 21-22b Ernest John Moeran, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1927.
ff. 23-41 William Roberts, alias 'Ernest Newman'; music critic: Letters, etc., to E. Clark: 1926-1945: Partly signed.
f. 42 Joaquín Nin y Castellanos, pianist and composer: Letter to E. Clark: 1927: Fr.: Signed.
ff. 44-45 Francis Poulenc, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1921: Fr.
f. 46 Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev, composer: Letter to E. Clark: 1941: Signed.
ff. 47-73 passim. Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, composer: Letters, etc., to E. Clark: 1921-1949: Germ.: Partly signed.
ff. 59, 62, 63, 64, 70, 74 Gertrud Schoenberg, wife of A Schoenberg: Letters, etc., to E. Clark: 1928-1954: Mostly Germ.: Mostly signed.
ff. 75-125b Ethel Mary Smyth, DBE; composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1927-1930.
f. 126 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, composer: Letter to E. Clark: 1934: Signed.
ff. 127-128b Eduard Steuermann, pianist: Letters to E. Clark: 1931, 1936: Germ.
ff. 129-131 Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, composer: Letters, etc., to E. Clark: 1928-1932: Fr.: Partly signed.
f. 132 Joseph Szigeti, violinist: Letter to E. Clark: 1933.
f. 134 Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM; CH; composer: Letter to E. Clark: 194[1?].
f. 135 Joaquín Turina, composer: Letter to E. Clark: 1927: Fr.
f. 136 Sándor Veress, pianist and composer: Letter to E. Clark: 1953.
ff. 137, 138 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer: Letters to E. Clark: 1959, 1960: Fr. and Germ.
ff. 139-148b Sir William Turner Walton, OM; composer: Letters to E. Clark: circa 1926-1940.
ff. 149-181b Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, composer: Letters, etc., to E. Clark: 1929-1937: Germ.: Partly signed.
ff. 182-184 Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Letters to E. Clark: circa 1926.
ff. 185-193b Sir Henry Joseph Wood, CH; conductor: Letters to E. Clark: 1929-1943: Mostly 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 52257 : LETTERS TO EDWARD CLARK. Vol. II (ff. 193). L-W, including letters of:- (a) Arnold Schoenberg, mainly relating to arrangements for…

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032-002001693[0002]/040-002001695

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Languages:

English
French
German
Italian

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1921

End Date:

1933

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1921-1933

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