MS Mus. 1784/1/7

1: f. 1-4: Owen Mase: Music Art and Drama Society: 22 March-30 April 1946: Correspondence concerning a concert for the Music Art and Drama Society at the Royal Albert Hall on 28 and 30 May 1946

2: f. 5-7: Audrey Melville: 6 June 1946: Correspondence concerning attempts to encourage Mina [surname unidentified] to perform in Britain

3: ff. 8-13: Clifford Martin: Clifford Martin Ltd. Advertising and Marketing: 21 February-26 March 1946: Correspondence concerning music for the National Savings Movement Albert Hall Rally on 2 April 1946

4: ff. 14-18: Jean Mackie: Pianist: 14 February 1946: Provides list of concertos in her repertoire and thanks Sargent for audition; encloses press notices

5: f. 19: A. Mackenzie: Fraser Son & Mackenzie Limited: 29 July 1944: Seeks to arrange a performance in aid of Hospital in Northampton

6: ff. 20-21: H.K. Lehmkuhl: Royal Norwegian Embassy Press and Foreign Office: 4 June 1946: Request for Sargent to meet pianist and conductor Finn Auden Otedal during his visit to Britain

7: ff. 22-24: Lilian Niblette: 10 July 1946: Sends lists of concertos in her repertoire as requested by Sargent

8: ff. 25-28: Olive [no surname provided]: 26 May 1946: Personal letter concerning Irma [no surname provided] who is returning to France and who would like Sargent to sign her copy of Gerontius; encloses a photograph of herself with a friend, both riding ponies

9: f. 29: F.J. Nettefold: Composer: 7 May 1946: Request for Sargent to return copy of his composition ‘Symphonic Poem’ unless he wishes to perform it

10: ff. 30-31: Dr J.M.A.H. Luns, First Secretary, Royal Netherlands Embassy; Johan J. Smit (senior), Of J.K. Smit and Sons Ltd: 10 May 1946: Correspondence concerning a possible visit to the country of Hubert Cuypers and his boys’ choir from Amsterdam

11: ff. 32-55: : 17 July-24 August 1946: Series of telegrams arranging dates to conduct in Oslo in 1947

12: ff. 56-57: Arthur Overton : 27 May 1946: Concerning the return of a manuscript he has sent to Sargent written in his own music notation system which removes the need for accidental signs

13: ff. 58-63: Edward P. Genn: Odhams Press Ltd Publicity Department: 25 February-22 June 1946: Concerning programmes for Music for Youth Concerts in Liverpool in the 1946-47 Season

14: f. 64: Alan Frank: Oxford University Press Music Department: 28 May 1946: Writes to ask whether Sargent wishes to conduct a premiere performance of Patrick Hadley’s ‘The Hills’

15: ff. 65-67: Zell O’Kane: Contralto: 27 February 1946: Request to be given an opportunity to sing as soloist in an oratorio following her audition a year earlier

16: ff. 68-72: F.H. Woodward: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Limited: 21 March 1945-4 April 1946: Correspondence enclosing tax certificates for Peter Sargent in relation to his employment with Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.

17: ff. 73-77: Arnold N. Palmer : Royal College of Music Patron’s Fund Committee: 9 January 1946-16 March 1946: Correspondence concerning The Royal College of Music Patron’s Fund; includes minutes of a committee meeting held on 31 January 1946

18: f. 78: Eleanor Graham: Penguin Books Limited: 12 July 1946: Request that Sargent write a book for children on the instruments of the orchestra

19: ff. 79-83: Audrey Piggott: 25 June 1946: Encloses promotional leaflet for The Cecelia Hansen Trio; requests a music collaboration with Sargent should an occasion arise

20: f. 84: [?]: 20 June 1946: Acknowledgment that a letter from Sargent has been passed to H.J. Bradley of Kemsley House, Manchester [no context]

21: ff. 85-86: Muriel Pickering (Palmer): 11 May 1946: Request for Sargent to write to the Leicester Education Office concerning her musical background

22: f. 87: George. P. Hargreaves: President of the Rotary Club of London: 27 August 1946: Invitation for Sargent to be guest speaker at an event for the Rotary Club of London

23: ff. 88-89: Mr Russell: Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: 18 May 1946: Copy of letter from Sargent concerning an incident during a rehearsal with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra when the horn players refused to play in Mozart’s Requiem Mass because there are no horn parts in Mozart’s original score

24: ff. 90-91: S.N. Rimmer: 4 June 1946: Concerning arrangements for a performance by Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on 8 June 1946 to include extracts from the ‘Messiah’

25: f. 92: [?]: National Appeal Department of the National Association of Girl’s Clubs and Mixed Clubs: 13 May 1946: Invitation for Sargent to be guest speaker for the National Association of Girl’s Clubs and Mixed Clubs

26: ff. 93-96: Guy Schofield: The Evening News: 18 June-15 August 1946: Concerning concert in aid of the Newspaper Press Fund and the Musicians Benevolent Fund on 6 November 1946

27: f. 97: H. Scott-Baker: 17 April 1946: Concerning a new edition of a ‘Te Deum’ published by Novello

28: f. 98: Vider [no surname]: 4 July 1946: Personal letter thanking Sargent for a floral gift and relating other news

29: ff. 99-101: J. Ambrose Chalk: Southampton Choral Union: 24 June 1946: Correspondence concerning a proposed concert to be performed by the Southampton Choral Union in April 1948

30: f. 102: Lewis Sowden: Music Correspondent of ‘Stage and Cinema’: 3 July 1946: Request for meeting with Sargent

31: ff. 103-127: R. Pelham Borley: Clerk of the Governors, St. Thomas’ Hospital: 28 May 1946: Informs Sargent he has been elected Governor of the Hospital; encloses Annual Report

32: f. 128: Jimmie Smith: 14 May 1946: Request to conduct concert for the National Appeal for Boys’ Clubs

33: f. 129: K. Chester Sherburne: 28 April 1946: Request to interview Sargent for an article in ‘Informed Reading’

34: ff. 131-135: : Envelope marked ‘Scott Wedding’ enclosing hymn sheet for a wedding at Westminster Abbey on 12 June 1939 with melodies for hymns Sargent has written on scraps of paper

35: ff. 136-138: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury: Vice President, Royal Choral Society: 14 February 1946: Letters from Shaftesbury complimenting Sargent on his performances

36: ff. 139-140: Victor Carne: The Society for Cultural Relations Between the Peoples of the British Commonwealth and the U.S.S.R: 28 March 1946: Request for Sargent to become signatory to a letter inviting Soviet musicians to visit Britain

37: ff. 141-143: Patrick Saville: Conductor: 1 February-3 March 1946: Request for meeting with Sargent

38: ff. 144-145: Hilda Shackford: Matron: 5 March 1946: Concerning payment of account for Sargent’s ex-wife Eileen

39: ff. 146-172: : March-16 May 1946: Correspondence concerning membership of The Times Book Club

40: ff. 173-174: Lionel Tertis: 20 July 1946: Encloses programme for Viola recital at the Wigmore Hall and requests Sargent’s name on list of subscribers

41: ff. 175-181: J. Charles McLean: Hon. Sec. Three Valleys Festival: 24 June-2 August 1946: Correspondence concerning arrangements for Sargent to conduct at the Three Valleys Festival 1947

42: f. 182: J.A. Thompson: Battersea Central Mission: 5 June 1946: Concerning the presentation by Lady Mountbatten of a Toscanini portrait

43: ff. 183-186: Rosemarie [no surname]: [21 April 1946]: 2 personal letters expressing gratitude for inviting her to concerts

44: ff. 187-189: [not correspondence]: June 1946: Copy of Victoria League Monthly Notes No. 420 (June 1946)

45: f. 190: Zara Hore-Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie: Formerly Governer-General of Australia;Founder of Lady Gowrie Child Centres; member of Victoria League: 27 May 1946: Request for Sargent to broadcast for the Victoria League on 30 June 1946 on the wish of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone

46: ff. 191-193: Jessica Forres of Glenogil (Lady Forres); Alfred A. Kalmus: Congratulates Sargent on a performance of Gerontius and invites Sargent to dine at the Dorchester; encloses correspondence concerning the establishment of a British Committee for a ‘Musica Viva’ Festival dedicated to ‘the performance of little known and seldom played music of recognised importance’

47: ff. 194-197: Lt. Col. Samuel R. Rosenbaum, US Army; Sir George Franckenstein, Company Director; Jessica Forres of Glenogil (The Lady Forres): 16 October 1944: Rosenbaum encloses document entitled ‘Memorandum of reasons for the inclusion of special reference to Music in the programme of the United Nations Organisation for Educational and Cultural Reconstruction in Europe’, authored by himself, Sir George Franckenstein and Lady Forres

48: f. 198: Ellen [Wilkman?]: 8 April 1946: Thanks Sargent for his letter proposing a series of children’s concerts on film; the proposal will be presented to a committee

49: ff. 199-204: Robert Fordyce Aikman, Chairman, The Inland Waterways Association; Jane Scott, The Inland Waterways Association: 20 August 1946: Thanks Sargent for becoming a member of The Inland Waterways Association; encloses booklet of Constitution and Rules; Jane Scott of the association has added a personal note to the letter

50: ff. 206-210: Dorothy Wood, Hon. Sec. The Henry Wood Concert Society, Ltd; Jessie Wood [née Goldsack]: 28 May-9 August 1946: Correspondence concerning the first concert of the Henry Wood Concert Society at the Royal Albert Hall on 20 November 1946

51: f. 211: C.M. Williams: 4 July 1946: Request for Sargent to audition Lilian Niblette during his forthcoming visit to Wolverhampton; he wishes to have her play in a concert on 20 January 1947 [relates to Niblette letter above]

52: ff. 212-217: Josef Weinberger: Josef Weinberger Ltd. (Music Publishers): 1 July 1946: Letter enclosing details of three new works by contemporary composers: ‘Nocturne’ by J. Fitelberg, ‘Stadtpfeifer-Musik’ by R. Mohaupt and ‘School for Fathers’ by Wolf-Ferrari

53: ff. 218-219: Berry Gould: Young and Rubicam, Ltd. Advertising: 15 April-27 May 1946: Correspondence concerning proposal for commercial broadcasts on radio