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Add MS 69834
- Record Id:
- 040-002043134
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002043119
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000503.0x0000cb
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 69834
- Title:
- Edward Elgar: Correspondence relating to 'Starlight Express'
- Scope & Content:
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Letters, mostly addressed to Elgar, from Robin Legge, Lena Ashwell, Algernon Blackwood and others, relating to the composition and production of 'Starlight Express'; 1915-1916. Mostly signed. With records of the takings at the Kingsway Theatre, 29 Dec. 1915-29 Jan. 1916 (ff. 13-17). Reference is made to some of this material in the account of The Starlight Express given in Jerrold Northrop Moore, Edward Elgar: A Creative Life (1984), pp. 687-695.
includes:
- f. 1 Robin Humphrey Legge, music editor of 'The Daily Telegraph': Letter to Edward Elgar from Robin Humphrey Legge: 1915: Signed.
- ff. 2-3, 11 Lena Ashwell, OBE; actress and director: Letters to Edward Elgar from Lena Ashwell: 1915-1916.
- f. 4 Hughes Massie & Co; literary and dramatic agents: Letter from Edward Elgar to Hughes Massie & Co. (literary and dramatic agents): 1915: Copy. Signed.
- f. 5 Sir Landon Ronald, formerly Russell; Principal, Guildhall School of Music; composer and conductor: Letter to Edward Elgar from Sir Landon Ronald: 1915: Signed.
- ff. 6-10v Algernon Blackwood, author: Letters to Edward Elgar from Algernon Blackwood: 1915-1916.
- f. 12 A. Penly, of the Kingsway Theatre: Letter to Edward Elgar from A. Penly: 1916: Signed.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002043119
036-002043126
040-002043134 - Is part of:
- Add MS 69827-69840 : Edward Elgar: Music manuscripts
Add MS 69832-69834 : Edward Elgar: Incidental music for 'Starlight Express' (play, Violet Pearn, after A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon…
Add MS 69834 : Edward Elgar: Correspondence relating to 'Starlight Express' - Hierarchy:
- 032-002043119[0005]/036-002043126[0003]/040-002043134
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 69827-69840
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (ii + 17 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1915
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 1915-1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Various sizes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ashwell, Lena, OBE, actress and director
Blackwood, Algernon, author
Elgar, Edward William, 1st Baronet, composer, 1857-1934,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012102494X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76499978
Hughes Massie & Co, literary and dramatic agents
Legge, Robin Humphrey, music editor of 'The Daily Telegraph', 1862-1933
Penly, A, of the Kingsway Theatre
Ronald, Landon, Knight, composer and conductor, 1873-1938