MS Mus. 1749/2/7

Parker, George (ff. 1-85):

• 11 February 1913, Ireland to Parker;
• 8 July 1914, Ireland to Parker;
• 4 January 1915 (dated erroneously as 1914: postcard franked 1915), Ireland to Parker;
• 15 April 1915 (postcard) Ireland to Parker;
• 15 June 1915, Ireland to Parker;
• [c. 1915] (postcard, franking obscure, with image of St Luke’s Church Chelsea ), Ireland to Parker;
• 12 April 1916 (postcard), Ireland to Parker;
• 4 June 1916, Ireland to Parker;
• 23 August [1916], Ireland to Parker;
• 14 November [1916?] Ireland to Parker;
• 18 December 1916, Ireland to Parker;
• [c. 1916?], Ireland to Parker, beginning ‘I hope you have got on, or rather off, all right’;
• 30 March 1917, Ireland to Parker, referring to ‘The Bells of San Marie’;
• [c. 1917], Ireland to Parker, referring to a meeting of the Union of Democratic Control;
• 8 August 1918, Ireland to Parker;
• 3 October 1918, Ireland to Parker;
• 24 November 1918, Ireland to Parker;
• 22 February [1920?] (card), Ireland to Parker, referring to Parker singing ‘Marigold’;
• 30 May 1921, Ireland to Parker;
• 18 November 1927, Ireland to Parker;
• 13 May 1928, Ireland to Parker;
• 17 October 1928, Ireland to Parker;
• 27 October [1928], Ireland to Parker, referring to Eric Blom review (1928) of Sonatina;
• 31 March 1930, Ireland to Parker;
• 12 June 1930, Ireland to Parker;
• 19 November 1931, Ireland to Parker;
• 8 January 1932, Ireland to Parker;
• 6 March 1932, Ireland to Parker;
• 14 July 1934, Ireland to Parker;
• 5 August 1934, Ireland to Parker;
• 7 August 1934 (postcard), Ireland to Parker;
• 24 October 1934, Ireland to Parker;
• 23 December 1934, Ireland to Parker;
• 7 February 1935, Ireland to Parker;
• 7 February 1935, Ireland to Mrs Parker;
• 13 May 1935, Ireland to Parker;
• 22 October 1935, Ireland to Parker;
• 18 July 1938, Ireland to Parker;
• 24 October 1938, Ireland to Parker;
• 1 November 1938, Ireland to Parker;
• 8 May 1939, Ireland to Parker;
• 9 June 1939, Ireland to Parker;
• 13 October 1940, Ireland to Parker;
• 14 November 1940, Ireland to Parker;
• 12 January 1941, Ireland to Parker;
• 13 April 1941, Ireland to Parker;
• 13 November 1941, Ireland to Parker;
• 5 April 1942, Ireland to Parker;
• 1 February 1943, Ireland to Parker;
• 17 February 1943, Ireland to Parker;
• 25 August 1943, Ireland to Parker;
• 14 May 1945 (postcard), Ireland to Parker;
• 2 July 1945, Ireland to Parker;
• 22 December 1945, Ireland to Parker, with the texts (typescript) of the song cycle ‘Five Sixteenth-Century Poems’ (dedicated to Parker);
• 17 March [1946], Ireland to Parker;
• 14 June 1946, Ireland to Parker;
• 30 October 1946 (postcard), Ireland to Parker;
• 13 April 1947 (lettercard), Ireland to Parker;
• 24 September 1947 (franking date, postcard), jointly from Ireland and John Longmire to Parker;
• 10 July 1950, Ireland to Parker;
• 20 January 1951, Ireland to Parker;
• 23 May 1952 (lettercard), Ireland to Parker;
• 3 March 1955, Ireland to Parker;
• 5 December 1956, Ireland to Parker;
• 12 September 1957 (postcard), Ireland to Parker;
• 24 September 1957, Ireland to Parker;
• 28 January 1958, Ireland to Parker;
• 22 March 1958, Ireland to Parker;
• Christmas 1958, card from Ireland [to Parker];
• Christmas card without date, from Ireland [to Parker].

Parkinson, Derek Edward (ff. 86-89):

• [c 1945] , fragment lacking first page(s), Parkinson to Ireland, referring to ‘Sarnia: An Island Sequence’.

Parry, Charles Hubert H (ff. 90-92):

• 3 February 1898, testimonial statement by Parry;
• 8 June 1917, Parry to Ireland.

Performing Right Society (W. Grice) (f. 93):

• 29 November 1955 (carbon copy), Ireland to Grice.

Perkin, Helen (ff. 94-99):

• March 1954 (draft), Ireland to Perkin;
• 21 October 1954 (draft), Ireland to Perkin;
• 21 October 1954 (draft), Ireland to Perkin;
• 21 October 1954 (draft), Ireland to Perkin;
• 19 November 1954 (draft, lettercard), Ireland to Perkin;
• 19 November 1954 (draft), Ireland to Perkin.

Pope, Peter (ff. 100-101):

• 8 August 1939, Pope to Ireland, having just been awarded the Octavia Travelling Scholarship to study composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.

Raisbeck, Stanley (ff. 102-103):

• 5 January (year not indicated), Raisbeck to Ireland.

Randerson, Horace E. (ff. 108-128):

• 25 November 1925, Ireland to Randerson;
• 23 November 1927, Ireland to Randerson;
• 29 August 1929, Ireland to Randerson;
• 5 September 1929, Ireland to Randerson;
• 10 January 1931, Ireland to Randerson;
• 26 October 1931, Ireland to Randerson;
• 29 October 1931, Ireland to Randerson;
• 27 September 1932, Ireland to Randerson;
• 27 October 1932, Ireland to Randerson;
• 11 August 1933, Ireland to Randerson;
• 9 October 1933, Ireland to Randerson;
• 24 October 1933, Ireland to Randerson;
• 7 February 1934, Ireland to Randerson;
• 2 May 1934, Ireland to Randerson;
• 7 September 1934, Ireland to Randerson;
• 25 March 1935, Ireland to Randerson;
• 17 July 1935, Ireland to Randerson;
• 20 September 1936, Ireland to Randerson;
• Xmas Day 1937, Ireland to Randerson;
• 9 August 1943, Ireland to Randerson;
• [1992], Gareth D Evans to Mr Taylor (John Ireland Trust) providing biographical information about Randerson.

Rawlinson, Harold (f. 104):

• 9 June 1951, Ireland to Rawlinson; the letter is published in The John Ireland Companion (2011), pp. 421-2.

Rawsthorne, Alan (f. 105):

• 14 April 1957 (franking date, postcard), Rawsthorne to Ireland.

Richardson, N. M. (f. 106):

• 31 May 1946, Richardson to Ireland, referring to Ireland's complaint about the printed score for The Maritime Overture.

Roseberry, C. R. (f. 107):

• 14 December 1948, Roseberry to Ireland, referring to the medical condition 'of your brother, Alleyne'.

Rutland, Harold (ff. 129-160):

• 15 August 1951, Ireland to Rutland;
• 10 October 1951, Ireland to Rutland;
• 14 October 1951, Ireland to Rutland;
• 6 December 1951, Ireland to Rutland;
• 18 June 1953 (lettercard), Ireland to Rutland;
• [c. 1953?], Ireland to Rutland, beginning ‘I hope you managed to get a satisfactory train’;
• 12 October 1953, Ireland to Rutland;
• 6 November 1953, Ireland to Rutland;
• 20 December 1953, Ireland to Rutland;
• 26 January 1954, Ireland to Rutland;
• 11 March 1954, Ireland to Rutland;
• 12 April 1954, Ireland to Rutland;
• 18 May 1954, Ireland to Rutland;
• 31 May 1954, Ireland to Rutland;
• 26 July 1954, Ireland to Rutland;
• 5 October 1954, Ireland to Rutland;
• 6 October 1954 (carbon copy), Rutland to Ireland;
• 15 October 1954, Ireland to Rutland;
• 18 November 1954, Ireland to Rutland;
• 30 November 1954, Ireland to Rutland;
• 13 January 1955, Ireland to Rutland;
• 25 January 1956, Ireland to Rutland;
• 7 February 1956, Ireland to Rutland;
• 11 February 1956, Ireland to Rutland;
• 22 October 1956, Ireland to Rutland;
• [1957], ‘Lines addressed to the author of A Shropshire Lad by a Shropshire lad’, (verses signed Harold Rutland, referred to in Ireland’s letter of 18 January 1957);
• 18 January 1957, Ireland to Rutland;
• 20 August 1960, Ireland to Rutland.

Salter, Lionel (f. 161):

• 5 April 1944 (airgraph), Salter to Ireland.

Sargent, Malcolm (ff. 162-175):

• 9 September 1949, Sargent to Ireland;
• 9 September 1954, Sargent to Ireland;
• 15 August 1959 (franking date, Birthday Greetings Telegram), Sargent to Ireland;
• Birthday Greetings Telegram (franking date obscure), Sargent to Ireland.

Sassoon, Dulcie (née Franklin) (f. 176):

• 14 August 1959 (photocopy), Sassoon to Ireland, sending 80th birthday greetings ('You probably won't remember me, but you used to teach me when I was Dulcie Franklin, during the first world war').

Savage Club (f. 177):

• 1 September 1942, Savage Club to Ireland.

Scholes, Percy A. (f. 178):

• 7 September 1942, Scholes to Ireland, who had pointed out an Ireland-related error and an omission in The Oxford Companion to Music.

Schweitzer, Jacqueline (f. 179):

• 15 October 1955, Schweitzer to Ireland.

Scott, Cyril (ff. 180-192):

• 23 August 1939, Scott to Ireland;
• ‘Sunday 3rd’ [1949?], Scott to Ireland;
• 16 December [1949], Scott to Ireland;
• 3 January 1950, Scott to Ireland;
• 27 October [1950?], Scott to Ireland;
• 25 January 1954 (incomplete draft, not signed), Ireland to Scott;
• 28 January 1954 (abandoned draft, not signed, first paragraph only), Ireland to Scott;
• 28 January 1954 (longer abandoned draft, not signed), Ireland to Scott;
• February 1954 (abandoned draft, first page only, not signed), Ireland to Scott;
• February 1954 (complete draft, signed, not folded, sent?), Ireland to Scott;
• 5 October 1956, Scott to Ireland;
• 21 August 1957, Scott to Ireland.

Scott-Sutherland, Colin (ff. 193-195):

• 15 February 1960 (photocopy), Ireland to Scott-Sutherland, responding to Scott-Sutherland's manuscript and correcting 'one or two biographical inaccuracies'.

Shaw, Martin (ff. 195-197):

• Several brief copy fragments (typescript, spirit-duplicated) extracted from letters from Ireland to Shaw praising his performance, and from members of the public after hearing broadcasts (1938-51).

Fr. Shields (ff. 198-208):

• 23 May 1940, Ireland to Shields;
• ‘All S[oul]S Day, 1943’ [2 November], Ireland to Shields;
• 16 March 1946, Ireland to Shields;
• 13 January 1948, Ireland to Shields;
• 29 December 1949, Ireland to Shields;
• 19 December 1950, Ireland to Shields;
• 26 April, 1957, Ireland to Shields.

Smith, Herbert B. (ff. 209-210):

• 27 July 1952, Smith to Ireland ('I was first assistant master at St Luke's, Chelsea, when you came there as organist of the Church');
• 31 July 1952, Ireland to Smith.