MS Mus. 1784/1/8

1: ff. 1-44: Beryl Ross; A.L. Holman; Verdon A. Williams: Australian Broadcasting Commission: 1946: Papers relating to Sargent’s Australian Tour of 1946; statement of accounts with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia; hotel and restaurant receipts; cuttings from Australian press; letters and faxes from the Australian Broadcasting Commission

2: f. 45: Richard Arnell: Composer: 16 February 1946: Request to meet Sargent to present scores and recordings of his works

3: f. 46: Sir Henry Ashley Clarke: British Minister in Paris at the British Embassy, Paris: 17 October 1946: Writes seeking concert engagements in Britain for Portuguese conductor Pedro de Freitas Branco and his wife, pianist Marie L’Evêque

4: ff. 47-48: Donald Andrew: Orchestral oboist: 5 August 1946: Enquires whether Sargent will require an oboist in the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the forthcoming year

5: ff. 49-50: J.O. Jones: Sec. Anglesey County Music Festival: 7-22 October 1946: Request for Sargent to conduct at the Anglesey County Music Festival 1947; Sargent declines owing to prior engagements

6: ff. 51-52: Marjorie Anderson: 26 September 1946: Seeks assistance to obtain a return ticket to the United States

7: ff. 53-54: [Illegible]: Branch Manager, Burnley Building Society: 19-23 April 1947: Request for testimonial for Jack Atherton, librarian and trumpeter at the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, for employment at the Burnley Building Society; a testimonial is supplied by Sargent

8: ff. 55-56: Alice Verne Bredt: 27 April 1947: Request for Sargent to perform a Mass she has composed and which has recently been printed

9: ff. 57-62: Cecil Dorling: Acting Secretary, the British Musicians Pension Society: 10-21 April 1947: Request for Sargent to become patron of the British Musicians’ Pension Society; encloses an annual report

10: f. 63: W.H. Brandon: 13 March 1947: Suggests Sargent compose a choral setting of the first movement of the Carol Symphony by Hely-Hutchinson as a tribute to the recently-deceased composer

11: ff. 64-65: Cyril Bailey: Author, Academic: 2-18 February 1947: Seeks Sargent’s assistance in writing of a memoir of Sir Hugh Percy Allen

12: f. 66: [Unclear]: Blakemore, Elgar & Co. Accountants: 5 February 1947: Encloses tax certificate for Allan Aynesworth

13: f. 67: Geoffrey Bush: Composer: 3 February [1947?]: Invitation for Sargent to see scores of Bush’s compositions and listen to radio broadcasts to consider them for performance

14: f. 68: R. Bagwell: London Midland and Scottish Railway Company: 8 January 1947: Request for payment of railway fare

15: ff. 69-71: Rev. J.A. Thompson: Battersea Central Mission: 13 December 1946-11 January 1947: Concerning Sargent’s performance in aid of the Children’s Medical Mission, Battersea

16: f. 72: [?]: 26 November 1946: Personal latter from friend [unidentified] addressed Archdeaconry House, Peterborough; regrets she cannot make lunch engagement

17: ff. 73-74: Arthur Bliss: Composer: 15 October [1946/7?]: Writes to congratulate the orchestra and express admiration for Sargent’s conducting of his ‘Colour Symphony’; Bliss compliments the ‘certainty of playing and sensitivity of colouring’

18: f. 75: Leslie Baily: Film scriptwriter: 11 December 1946: Informs Sargent that the Gilbert and Sullivan series is to be postponed to allow time for preparation

19: ff. 76-77: Christopher Byrne: 2 October 1946: Seeks confirmation whether a book about the instruments of the orchestra has been posted to his address

20: f. 78: [not correspondence]: 1946/47: Press cutting reviewing a piano recital given by George Chavchavadze at the Carnegie Hall

21: ff. 79-80: M. Drury: Sec. Central Council for the Care of Cripples: Agenda for the Annual General Meeting of the Central Council for the Care of Cripples to be held on 1 May 1947

22: f. 81: Miss M. Drury: Sec. Central Council for the Care of Cripples: 18 March 1947: Thanks Sargent for his support for the Central Council for the Care of Cripples; requests Sargent name one of the dormitories or school-rooms in memory of his daughter Pamela

23: ff. 82-85: Lt.-Cmdr. Frank A de Vine Hunt: Representing Finance Committee, Central Council for the Care of Cripples: 6 November 1946-22 January 1947: Correspondence concerning Sargent’s BBC appeal for the Central Council for the Care of Cripples

24: ff. 86-88: Ruth Railton: 12 March-18 April 1947: Concerning the establishment of The National Children’s Orchestra

25: f. 89: Sydney S. Thornton: 30 March 1947: Enquiry concerning 3 clarinets he wishes to donate to deserving musicians

26: ff. 90-93: C.V. Bargate, Curzon Cinemas; Jacquetta Hawkes, Ministry of Education: 18-21 February 1947: Concerning cinema screenings of the Ministry of Education Film ‘Instruments of the Orchestra’; The Ministry of Education thanks Curzon Cinemas for the successful reception of the film; Sargent claims to have received complaints concerning the sound quality

27: ff. 94-100: Brigadier Ivan Maxwell Conway Poole: Sec. Congress of Organisations for Reconstruction: 24 January 1947: Invitation for Sargent to take part in a public debate concerning The Common Man’s Charter, a copy of which has been supplied

28: f. 101: Hilliard Cassell[?]: Journalist, Daily Telegraph: 14 February 1947: Response to personal letter from Sargent

29: ff. 102-103: Jean Caldwell: 31 January 1947: Request for Sargent’s help to further career of pianist Joan Burus

30: ff. 104-105: Marshall Wilson: Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute: 17-21 January 1947: Concerning concert with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in aid of the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute planned for 11 April 1948

31: ff. 106-111: Cecile Clements: 18 January 1947: Letter expressing her admiration and personal feelings for Sargent

32: ff. 112-114: Rev. Joseph Jones: Christianity Calling: 24 October 1946: Invitation to become Vice-President or personal member of Christianity Calling

33: ff. 116-117: Jimmie Cross: Hon. Sec. Cambridge Music Circle: 11 September-10 October 1946: Invitation for Sargent to become Patron of the Cambridge Music Circle; Sargent accepts

34: ff. 118-135: George Chavchavadze: Pianist: 22 March-18 June 1946: Correspondence concerning concert in Liverpool with the London Symphony Orchestra and pianist George Chavchavadze on 9 November 1946; includes personal letter from Chavchavadze to Sargent

35: ff. 136-138: F.W. Carlick: 2-28 September 1946: Invitation for Sargent to become Vice-President of the Civil Service Orchestra which is resuming activities following the War; encloses concert programme; Sargent accepts

36: ff. 139-158: W.H. Baines: Town Clerk, Liverpool: 12 July-3 October 1946: Correspondence and papers concerning the recruitment of a Bandmaster for the City Police Band and Orchestra, for which Sargent assists in interviewing the candidates

37: f. 159: [Illegible]: E.W. Carling & Co., Ltd: Letter to enclose details of Sargent’s accounts with the company E.W. Carling & Co., Ltd (Exporters and Importers)

38: ff. 160-163: J.D. Day: Stamford School, Lincolnshire: 1 December 1946-8 February 1947: Concerning arrangements for Sargent to attend Stamford School Speech Day in February 1947

39: ff. 164-165: [no name given]: Lawrence, Messer & Co. (Solicitors): 14 April-28 March 1947: Letters written on behalf of the executors of Lt-Col Sir Ivan Buchanan Davson to enquire whether a concert will be going ahead [no context]

40: f. 166: Godfrey Davis: Godfrey Davis Ltd.: 1947: Godfrey Davis Ltd. self-drive hire tariff

41: f. 167: Mr Dowbiggin: 17 December 1946: Copy of letter from Sargent providing requested programme note for ‘Variations and Fugue on a theme of Purcell'

42: ff. 168-196: Rosalind Maitland, Programme Committee, Glyndebourne Festival; Rudolf Bing, Director of Festival Organisation, Edinburgh Festival 1947; Ian Hunter: Assistant to Festival Director: 28 May 1946-21 April 1947: Correspondence concerning the organisation of the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama 1947; contains detailed discussions of programming and final published programmes for the event

43: f. 197: Dennis W. Fare: Singer: 13 January [1946/7]: Request for letter of introduction for an audition

44: f. 198: Maurice Eisenberg: Cellist: 28 January 1947: Invitation for Sargent to attend one of his recitals while on tour in England

45: ff. 199-200: Christopher Ede: Dramatist: 2 October 1946: Concerning a proposed production of ‘The Kingdom’ with accompanying dramatic action

46: ff. 201-202: Howard Ferguson: Composer: 21 April 1947: Request to add signature to letter to The Times recording grave concern over the effects of conscription in peace-time on young artists

47: ff. 203-208: Hilda Ellis White, Of West Hall, Wentworth, Rotherham; Nancy Evans: 1-25 November 1946: Correspondence concerning a recital in aid of the Church in Action Campaign (Diocese of Sheffield) at the Marble Saloon, Wentworth Woodhouse, Rotherham (home of Countess Fitzwilliam) on 4 December 1946; Sargent is to accompany on the piano

48: ff. 209-210: Rev. Canon Arthur John Talbot Easter [see www]: Vicar of St Luke’s, Woodside, Croydon: 6 September-4 December 1946: Seeks Sargent’s support for appeal from the Archbishop of Canterbury; thanks Sargent for offer to conduct a concert

49: f. 211: E.S. Davis: Officer, Headquarters Education Branch, Berlin: 3 April 1947: Request for Sargent to conduct concerts for children in German towns of part of the programme for the ‘reorientation of German Youth’

50: f. 212: Maurice Gendron: Cellist and conductor: 22 November 1946: Thanks Sargent for recent performances in Liverpool and expresses wish to perform there again in 1947

51: ff. 213-214: [?] Gilbey: W & A Gilbey Ltd: 27 September-1 November 1946: Correspondence concerning rent payments for ‘The Grange’, enquiring whether Sargent or his ex-wife should be responsible for payment

52: f. 215: Imogen Holst: Musician and administrator: 28 April 1947: Request for permission to attend the final rehearsal of her father Gustav Holst’s Choral Symphony on 10 May

53: 216: : Undated: Typescript sheet entitled ‘Programme for Harringay / Dr. Malcolm Sargent with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’; lists programmes for 4 concerts

54: f. 217: E. L. Inkpen: Odhams Press Ltd: 15-23 April 1947: Concerning payment for conducting the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in a Daily Herald Youth Concert.

55: ff. 219-220: Herbet Harris: Journalist: 23 April 1947: Concerning an article relating to the London Festival

56: f. 221: Albert B. Godfrey: Hon. Sec. Hendon Operatic and Choral Society: 25 April 1947: Request for Sargent to be named as President of the Society

57: f. 222: Jerome Chester: Daily Herald Publicity Department: 20 March 1947: Concerning Youth Concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 15 November 1947 which Sargent is conducting; programme for another concert on 16 November attached

58: ff. 223-225: Wilhelm Hansen, Musik-Forlag, Copenhagen: March 1947: Agreement regarding receipt of a score of Symphony No. 7 by Sibelius

59: f. 226: Alan Hope: 2 February 1947: Concerning cuts in a broadcast performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 conducting by Sargent

60: ff. 227-231: Helen Eyton Jones: Secretary, Houghton Music Club: 20 November 1946-6 February 1947: Correspondence concerning request for Sargent to become Patron of Houghton Music Club; includes a programme for a concert organised by the Club

61: ff. 232-233: Hawes & Curtis, Tailors: 22-29 January 1947: Correspondence concerning a dress suit ordered by Sargent