MS Mus. 1784/1/6

1: ff. 1-3: J.C. Medley: Field Roscoe & Co: 5 April-14 May 1946: Correspondence concerning the Allan Aynsworth Fund

2: ff. 4-7: Evelyn Tallis: Central Council of Anglo-Polish Societies: 25 June-10 August 1946: Correspondence concerning plan for a concert in aid of the Polish

3: ff. 8-9: Gualtério Armando: Composer: 1 May 1946: Thanks Sargent for positive comments concerning his compositions and his promise to perform them if an occasion arises

4: f. 10: Sydney F. Attwood: Al Parker Ltd.: 15 April 1946: Acknowledgment of letter from Sargent’s secretary; he will be contacting Sargent on his return [no context]

5: ff. 11-12: W. Bronson: Sec. Frimley Place Country Club: c.1945: Invitation for Sargent to become an honorary member of the Frimley Place Country Club

6: f. 13: Grace Burrows: Orchestral musician: 31 October [1945]: Concerning her charges for forthcoming orchestral performances

7: f. 14: G.D. Clifford: Gen. Sec. The British Institution of Radio Engineers: 2 January 1946: Request for a meeting with Sargent as part of scheme for The British Institution of Radio Engineers to obtain the views of prominent conductors and musicians

8: f. 15: H. Boase: c.1946: Concerning a disagreement with a mutual colleague; thanks Sargent for his work [no context]

9: f. 16: Geoffrey Bush: Composer: 9 March [1946]: Request for Sargent’s opinions on Bush’s compositions which are to be broadcast on the BBC

10: f. 17: Ely Maxim Behar: Composer: 3 July 1946: Request for Sargent to include his composition ‘Epic Overture’ in a programme for the coming season

11: f. 18: Eric Blom: Editor of Music and Letters: 12 February 1946: Thanks Sargent for his letter and expresses hope to be able to accept the editorship of Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

12: ff. 19-21: Robert Bull: Violinist: 11 February 1946: Concerning post of Orchestral Librarian for the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

13: f. 22: Godfrey Brown: Belfast Philharmonic Society: 8 June 1946: Concerning arrangements to conduct the Belfast Philharmonic Society in the coming season

14: ff. 23-24: Francis Beiber: British Industrial Films Ltd.: 21 May 1946: Request for Sargent to visit the studio of British Industrial Films Ltd. and advise on educational music films

15: f. 25: Earnest Bradbury: Hon. Sec. Moortown Music Club: 17 March 1946: Invitation to become President of the Moortown Music Club

16: ff. 26-28: Leslie Baily: Film Scriptwriter: 24 April-21 May 1946: Concerning proposal for a BBC radio series about Gilbert and Sullivan for which Sargent would provide musical advice

17: ff. 29-30: [illegible]: 10 March 1946: Offers Grand Stand seats to see forthcoming Test Match

18: f. 31: Alfred A. Kalmus: Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers: 21 February 1946: Letter to accompany score of Shostakovich’s 9th Symphony, which has just arrived from Russia

19: f. 32: Clifford Bax: Writer: 8 April 1946: Request on behalf of a friend to meet a pianist seeking to perform a concerto with Sargent

20: ff. 33-34: Norman G. Cottam: Hon. Sec. Chester and District Music Society: 15 June 1946: Announcement of First Annual General Meeting of the Chester and District Music Society; reports on success of the Society

21: f. 35: Arthur Coates: Tenor: 14 July 1946: Request for testimonial in support of application to sing in St Paul’s Cathedral Choir

22: ff. 36-37: J.G. Carroll: : Letter acknowledging Sargent’s noticen not to continue his lease of “The Grove”

23: ff. 38-43: Grace Cone: Director of Cone-Ripman Schools Ltd.: 5 April 1946: Encloses details of a ‘proposed scheme to form a pre-prep and public school as a basis for the universities of the arts’; seeks Sargent’s advice

24: ff. 44-48: Dennis R. Clift: Trumpet-player: 1 June 1946: Application for post of principal trumpet player with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

25: ff. 49-52: O. Tyacke, Dorset County Association for the Blind; Elizabeth Courtauld, artistic benefactor: 6-16 March 1946: Correspondence concerning the musical education of two boys whose father is blind; Courtauld forwards to Sargent an enquiry from the Association; Sargent personally donates a sum towards their lessons

26: ff. 53-55: [Not correspondence]: Central Council for the Care of Cripples: May 1945: Agenda for the Annual General Meeting of the Central Council for the Care of Cripples on 10 May 1945

27: ff. 56: Fred Cripps: Elder Demspter Lines, Limited: 29 March 1946: Arrangements for Committee Meeting for Liverpool dock workers concert

28: ff. 57-58: John Cruft: Orchestral oboeist, conductor: 26-31 March 1946: Requests recommendation in order to obtain conducting job

29: f. 59: E. Donaldson: 13 August 1946: Seeks advice concerning a harp she wishes to sell

30: f. 60: G.D. Clifford: The British Institute of Railway Engineers: 8 August 1946: Thanks Sargent for agreeing to take part in a discussion in December and invites Sargent to attend a Radio Engineers Convention next May

31: f. 61: D’Oyle Carte: 1 August 1946: Sargest requests D’Oyle Carte’s approval of scripts for a radio series on Gilbert and Sullivan; promises to ensure the correct arrangement of music is done

32: f. 62: Davis and Soper Ltd.: Agents for the City Council of Capetown: 23 July 1946: Request that Sargent conduct a concert in Cape Town during his forthcoming trip to South Africa

33: f. 63: Margaret Davidson: Harpist: 17 April 1946: Concerning sending a ‘flapping catle’ to South Africa [no context]

34: f. 64: Professor Walter James Dilling: The University of Liverpool: 18 June 1946: Sargent offers apologies for being unable to attend the meeting and raises matters concerning the administration of forthcoming concerts

35: f. 65: G.W.L. Day: National Liberal Club: 1946: Letter to enclose draft biographical article he has written for ‘Band Wagon’; requests meeting concerning another article he is writing

36: f. 66: Kenneth Clark; Eric MacLagan: Secretaries, Society of Dilittanti: 5 June 1946: Announcement of next dinner of the Society of Dilittanti

37: ff. 67-68: Godfrey Davis: Godfrey Davis Ltd.: 1945: Godfrey Davis Ltd. self-drive hire tariff

38: ff. 69-70: Davis & Soper Ltd.: 27 March 1946: Testimonial for John Cruft who is applying for the post of Conductor of the Cape Town Orchestra

39: ff. 71-73: C.S. Forsyth: A. T Chenhalls & Co.: 20-28 May 1946: Correspondence between Sargent, Electrical Musical Industries, Ltd. and his accountants concerning pay as a consultant to the company

40: f. 74: B.E. Ely: 14 June 1946: Request for Sargent to recommend a charity following hearing him talk on ‘The Brains Trust’

41: f. 75: Clive Entwhistle: Architect: 27 May 1946: Request for advice on proposal to design London concert halls

42: ff. 76-79: H. Martyn Gooch: Gen. Sec. World’s Evangelical Alliance: 30 April 1946: Reminder of request for signature on statement concerning the forthcoming centenary of the Alliance

43: ff. 80-81: Ernest M. Clark: Eltham Park Musical Society: 25 April 1946: Seeks advice concerning funding for a choir tour in Norway

44: f. 82: Bosworth Monck: Gen. Sec. Fabian Society: 17 June 1946: Request for Sargent to give a lecture to the Fabian Society on the subject of ‘The Artist and the Socialist State’ on 12 December 1946

45: f. 83: Lt.-Col. R.M.G Lloyd: Director, The Five Arts Fancy Dress Ball: 1946: Invitation to become member of committee for The Five Arts Fancy Dress Ball in aid of the Royal Free Hospital on 27 September 1946

46: f. 84: Theresa Freebairn-Smith: Hanwell Orchestral Society: 18 February 1946: Letter of thanks for Sargent’s Patronage of the Hanwell Orchestral Society

47: f. 85: Garrick Club: 18 August 1946: Announcement of the retirement of two members of the Garrick Club

48: f. 86: Madge Terry: The Gilbert and Sullivan Society: 1946: Announcement of Annual General Meeting of The Gilbert and Sullivan Society on 14 June 1946

49: f. 87: Bernard M. Goldrei: 20 June 1946: Invitation for Sargent to share dinner following a performance at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 21 July 1946

50: f. 88: Terence Lovett: Grantham Orchestral and Choral Society: 23 May 1946: Request for a portrait and short message for display in the foyer of a theatre

51: ff. 89-90: Beryl [?]: 11 January 1946: Informs Sargent the bill he sent to his wife Eileen has been redirected to herself, and advises on Eileen’s present condition

52: f. 91-92: Bernard A. Horton: 10 August 1946: Thanks Sargent for patronage of The Walsall Recorded Music Society

53: ff. 93-94: Edward P. Genn, Daily Herald Publicity Department; Alan Lascelles, Private Secretary to the King: 1-7 August 1946: Correspondence between Sargent, the Daily Herald and Buckingham Palace concerning a proposed concert for the National Music for Youth Movement to which Princess Elizabeth might be invited

54: f. 95: The George Hotel, Huddersfield: 24 August 1946: Letter from Sargent’s secretary reserving room at The George Hotel in Huddersfield

55: f. 96: Max Hinirchsen: Hinrichsen employment agency: 16 August 1946: Invitation to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall on 6 December 1946 and 12 March 1947 with soloist Alexis Kligerman

56: ff. 97-100: Albert Hunt (CBE): Shipping magnate: 6 November 1941-9 August 1946: Concerning performance of Christmas Carol ‘Welcum Love’s Eternall Babe’ (words by Hunt); includes printed edition of score

57: ff. 101-102: Bernard A. Horton: Walsall Recorded Music Society: 27 July 1946: Writes giving report of activities of the Walsall Recorded Music Society

58: f. 103: J.J. Humphreys: 21 June 1946: Enquiry concerning interpretation of music in Mendelssohn’s ‘St. Paul’

59: f. 104: Hawes & Curtis (Tailors) Ltd.: 25 July 1946: Acknowledges receipt of Sargent’s selected pattern for a jacket and trousers

60: ff. 105-111: [James]? Hart: April 1946: Correspondence concerning the Advisory Council to Protect the Voluntary Spirit, including memorandum by Sir Robert Gower introducing the plan

61: ff. 112-113: Hubert J. Hales: Composer: 21 March-21 April 1946: Correspondence concerning request for Sargent to perform Hales’s Symphony ‘The Tide’

62: ff. 114-116: Cadness Page: Librarian, Harrods Library Service: 27 April 1936: Concerning subscription to Harrods Library Service

63: ff. 118-119: Patrick Arthur Sheldon Hadley: Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge: 30 April-2 June 1946: Concerning the performance and publication of a new work Hadley has composed

64: ff. 120-124: Sydney Herbert, St. James’s Palace; Rena Kyriakou, Pianist: 6 June-29 July 1946: Correspondence concerning request from the Duchess of Kent to meet a visiting Greek pianist Rena Kyriakou and to advise on a proposed concert [in English and French]

65: ff. 125-126: Karel Horitz: Orchestral musician: 7 June 1946: Letter from Horitz to a Mr Beard concerning application for British citizenship; on reverse are pencil caricatures of Sargent and another conductor

66: ff. 127-128: Horton Mitchell: Optician and bass singer: 27 April 1946: Concerning arrangements for audition

67: ff. 129-137: L.T.C. Rolt, Hon. Sec. Inland Waterways Association; Jane Scott: 30 July 1946: Concerning Sargent’s membership of The Inland Waterways Association; includes booklet published by the Association entitled ‘The Future of the Waterways’

68: f. 138: Gladys Crook: The Imperial Concert Agency: 2 May 1946: Informs Sargent she is now working for The Imperial Concert Agency should he want assistance with the booking of artists

69: f. 139: Jan[?]: Film House, Wardour Street: 17 April 1946: Invitation for Sargent to meet colleagues involved in production of educational films

70: ff. 140-144: Miriam Jaffé; April Jaffé: 14 March 1946: Letters from Miriam Jaffé and her daughter April Jaffé inviting Sargent to a meal before a concert on 18 March; April refers to previous friendship with Sargent’s daughter and encloses a press cutting with photograph of herself

71: ff. 145-148: Ruth Lever: Hon. Sec. Eve Kisch Memorial Concert: 5 March 1946: Thanks Sargent for his patronage of the Eve Kisch Memorial Concert; includes 2 copies of concert programme

72: ff. 149-156: R. John Brack: Leicester Music Club: 31 May-22 July 1946: Correpondence concerning activities of the Leicester Music Club 12-22 July 1946; invitation for Sargent to become President; arrangements for a concert Sargent is to conduct on 3 October 1946

73: ff. 157-165: Deryck F. Marston: Association of the Friends of the Leicester Symphony Orchestra: 31 May-1 September 1946: Papers concerning meetings of The Association of the Friends of the Leicester Symphony Orchestra

74: f. 166: The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool: 24 August 1946: Sargent’s secretary writes to reserve a room at The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool

75: ff. 167-168: F.B. Orr Lambert: 15-25 July 1946: Request for Sargent’s opinion of compositions by Lambert’s late wife

76: ff. 169-172: Parker Lynch: Voice specialist: 16 May 1946: Seeks audition for performance of Vaughan Williams’s Thanksgiving for Victory; encloses programme for poetry recital and sheet of press reviews

77: f. 173: Constant Lambert: Conductor: 20 May 1946: Sargent writes concerning rehearsal scheduling for forthcoming concert for the Daily Express

78: f. 174: C. de Mafra: 27 April 1946: Personal letter concerning a question raised on the ‘Brains Trust’

79: ff. 175-176: [not correspondence]: Lantern Publishing Company Ltd.: c.1946: List of publications by the Lantern Publishing Company Ltd.

80: ff. 177-179: Patricia Lowson: Chairman of the First Night Committee: 16 May 1946: Request for Sargent to support the First Night of Puccini’s ‘La bohème’ at the Cambridge Theatre in aid of The Returned Prisoners of War Association in the capacity of member of Committee or as Patron; encloses a concert programme

81: ff. 180-181: Major-General Robert E. Laycock: Chief of Combined Operations: c.1946: Invitation to sit on a Committee for the Commando Benevolent Fund

82: ff. 182-184: G.M. Maugham, Liverpool Child Welfare Association; J. Sandon Stubbs, Treasurer, Liverpool Child Welfare Association; Christine Finchett, Secretary, Liverpool Child Welfare Association: 17 April-26 June 1946: Correspondence concerning a broadcast appeal by Sargent in aid of Liverpool Child Welfare Association

83: ff. 185-186: Sylvia Maxwell: 19 August 1946: Concerning maintenance of graves at Hartland Abbey

84: ff. 187-188: Frank Moyes: Director of Music, Education Offices, City of Edinburgh: 22-27 July 1946: Request for Sargent’s advice on a letter he has drafted on Music as a choice in Civil Service Examinations

85: ff. 189-194: [Miss] P. Child: Course Secretary, Twenty-Eighth International Training Course in Education: 30 July 1946: Announcement of Twenty-Eighth International Training Course in Education

86: f. 195: Frank Howes: Chairman, Musicians Benevolent Fund: 18 July 1946: Request for Sargent to be a Vice-President of a musical festival on St. Cecilia’s day in aid of the Musician’s Benevolent Fund

87: ff. 196-197: [Not correspondence]: c.1946: Leaflet of press notices concerning bass-baritone Murray Davies, published by Ibbs and Tillett music agency

88: f. 198: Erik L. Magnus: 21 March 1946: Invitation for Sargent to conduct in Gothenburg during the season 1946-47

89: ff. 199-200: Phyllis Mander: Soprano: 2 June 1946: Request for an audition for solo work

90: ff. 201-202: Ilse. J. Ursell: Sec. Society for the Protection of Science and Learning: 13 June 1946: Writes on behalf of the Home Office concerning application for British citizenship made by music teacher Emma Mitia Mayer-Lisman

91: f. 203: P.F.R. Venables: Principal, Municipal College, Southend-on-Sea: 9 May 1946: Request to become president of the Music Society of the Municipal College, Southend-on-Sea

92: f. 204: Theodore E. Adams: Ministry of Supply: 23 May 1946: Request for advice concerning efforts to obtain a visa for Hungarian conductor Dr. Iskrain Nadas to visit Britain

93: ff. 205-206: William [no surname]: Admiral Superintendent’s Office, Portsmouth: 2 May 1946: Invitation for Sargent to conduct at the Portsmouth Musical Festival 1946; encloses a festival programme

94: f. 207: P. Fishman: Muse Arts Limited: 25 April 1946: Lists options for the concert programme at the Royal Albert Hall on 25 June 1946 with violinist Mischa Elman