MS Mus. 1784/1/13

1: ff. 1-14: Afif Boulos: Baritone: 1947-48: Press cuttings relating to baritone Afif Boulos; programme for concert in which Boulos performed for Exeter College Music Society on 7 February 1948

2: ff. 15-16: Arthur D. Fleischmann: Sculptor: 27 May 1948: Request for Sargent to sit as the subject for a sculpture

3: f. 17: Sir Thomas Eades: Hon. President, formerly Chairman, Automatic Telephone & Electric Co. Ltd, Liverpool: 19 June 1947: Congratulates Sargent on his Knighthood

4: ff. 18-19: Arthur Fairburn: Music Critic, Auckland Star: 14 August 1948: Personal letter requesting audition for a young pianist Moya Cooper-Smith who is visiting London; provides musical news from New Zealand

5: f. 20: Janet Fraser: Vocalist: 7 July 1948: Request for an audition with Sargent; encloses programme for the Aix-en-Provence Mozart Festival, 23 July-1 August 1948 in which she performed

6: ff. 21-22: Eric Fenby: Formerly amanuensis to Frederick Delius: Writes to agrees with Sargent’s remarks about an arrangement of Delius by Beecham; expresses disappointment at lack of official recognition afforded to his efforts as amanuensis following Delius’s death; describes the struggle to establish himself as a composer

7: ff. 23-36: [Not correspondence]: 1948: Programme for the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 15-20 June 1948

8: f. 37: [unclear]: Gloria Antica Antiques and Works of Art Decorations: 3 November 1948: Concerning bespoke furnishing for Sargent’s music room

9: f. 38: Mary [?]: Undated [1948]: Proposes dates for Christening of James to whom Sargent is to be Godfather

10: f. 39: William Gavin: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries: 19 January 1948: Request for Sargent support his son Michael’s nomination for the Garrick Club

11: f. 40: Maurice Gendron: Conductor: 21 May 1948: Seeks advice on how to acquire an invitation to perform at the Promenade Concerts; wishes to perform Elgar’s Cello Concerto again with Sargent

12: ff. 41-43: H.J. Tierney: Chairman, Gilbert and Sullivan Society (Bristol Branch): 29 March-10 May 1948: Request for Sargent to become the first President of the newly-formed Gilbert and Sullivan Society (Bristol Branch)

13: f. 44: L[?].A. Evans: McGregor, Gow & Holland, Ltd: 11 February 1948: Concerning arrangements for Sargent’s return from South Africa by sea

14: f. 45: Dorothy Graham: 4 May 1948: Request for Sargent to permit her young nephew to attend a rehearsal at the forthcoming Edinburgh Festival

15: f. 46: Gertrude Ashton: Organising Secretary, Friends Service Council: 13 February 1948: Request for a meeting with Sargent to discuss a Special Greek Appeal organised by the Friends Service Council

16: ff. 47-48: Alma Goatley: Three Arts Club: 10 March 1948: Seeks Sargent’s support to help re-establish the Three Arts Club after their building was damaged and their secretary killed by bombing during the War; suggests a concert in aid of the Club

17: f. 49: Maurice Gendron: Cellist, Conductor: 6 February 1947: Thanks Sargent for the pleasure of playing with him again

18: ff. 50-57: Hampshire Rural Music School: 1948: Fifteenth Annual Report of the Hampshire Music School for the year ending 31 July 1948

19: ff. 58-60: Clement Attlee, Prime Minister; Jane Uppit, Appeal Secretary, Queen’s Institute of District Nursing: 18 November 1948: Correspondence concerning a Diamond Jubilee Appeal for the Queen’s Institute of District Nursing, including notes for Sargent’s speech at the Albert Hall and typescript of telegram from Attlee

20: f. 61: Imogen Holst: Arts Department, Dartington Hall: 3 November 1948: Thanks Sargent for his letter; she is glad Sargent is conducting Holst’s Choral Symphony again and requests tickets for her mother to hear it

21: ff. 62-64: Albert Hunt: 1948: Letter to enclose copy of the hymn ‘Intercession for those who are travelling by air’ with words composed by Hunt’s brother Alfred Hunt

22: ff. 65-67: J.M.W. Hill: 28 May 1948: Hill seeks advice on selecting a reliable firm to restore a piano and describes with humorous intent his low opinion of piano restorers

23: f. 68: Dyneley Hussey: Art critic: 8 October 1948: Request to borrow score of Dohnányi’s Suite in F-sharp minor in order to write programme notes for forthcoming concert

24: ff. 69: Julian Herbage: Musicologist, Administrator: 14 March 1948: Request for a meeting with Sargent to discuss programmes for the forthcoming Season of Promenade Concerts

25: ff. 70-71: R. Marleigh-Ludlow: Hale Plays, Duke of York’s Theatre: 16 December 1947: Invitation for Sargent to sit on the Managing Committee of a newly-formed Musical Society to promote musical art in musical comedy and other light musical entertainment

26: ff. 72-74: Parker Morris: Town Clerk and Electoral Registration Officer, City of Westminster: 17-26 November 1948: Concerning request by Sargent to be excused from jury service if summoned

27: f. 75: E.F.G. Keyser: K.H. Chambers Ltd.: 22 September 1948: Concerning Sargent’s potential involvement the Christian Literature Society for India [no context]

28: ff. 76-77: Arthur Jacobs: Writer on music: 23 February 1948: Request from Jacobs to write a foreword to a book entitled ‘Music Lover’s Anthology’; Sargent’s foreword included

29: f. 78: J.B. Johnstone: J.B. Johnstone Ltd. Military Tailors and Outfitters: 14 January 1948: Receipt for purchase of rehearsal jacket

30: f. 79: G.H. Jones: Bryanston Summer School of Music: 24 March 1948: Confirms 9 June for concert at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to commemorate Samuel Courtauld’s services to music; concert is to include the first performance in Britain of a new symphony by Artur Schnabel

31: f. 80: [Unclear]: Writing on behalf of the Duchess of Kent: 30 December 1948: Request for advice concerning a Greek operatic tenor named Milonas who wishes to give concerts under the patronage of Duchess of Kent to support the Greek Refugee Children’s Organisation

32: ff. 81-106: [not correspondence]: 1948: Souvenir programme for the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 1948

33: ff. 107-108: C.M. Lumley: Principal, The St. James’s Secretarial College: 26 November 1948: Sargent provides reference for Miss Jacqueline Hylton at request of The St. James’s Secretarial College

34: ff. 109-111: Sir Gerald Festus Kelly: Portrait artist; U Kuang, Educational Adviser, Government of Burma: 19 November 1948: Correspondence concerning a scheme for Burmese students to study in Britain in order to ‘note down and preserve their ‘fast disappearing traditional music’; Sargent will enquire into providing training at the Royal College of Music

35: ff. 112-114: Iorwerth Morgan: Conductor, Ton Pentre Choral Society: 29 December 1948: Request for Sargent to attend a concert of the Ton Pentre Choral Society in Harrow; encloses a press cutting reporting on the event

36: ff. 115-116: W.S. Gwynn Williams: Hon. Music Director: 26 October-25 November 1948: Concerning request for Sargent to conduct the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 1949

37: ff. 117-118: Joanna [no surname]: East Dean Vicarage, Eastbourne, Sussex: 3 August-17 September [1948]: Correspondence concerning purchase of a clockwork gramophone for use in Tanganyika which Sargent assists her in acquiring

38: f. 119: Arthur Edgar: Gen. Sec. The British Empire Leprosy Relief Association: 10 August 1948: Concerning arrangements for concert Sargent is to conduct on 26 November 1948 with Moisewitsch and the London Symphony Orchestra

39: ff. 120-121: Frances Kinnaird: Wife of Kenneth Fitzgerald Kinnaird (12th Baron Kinnaird): 1948: Writes to thank Sargent for his conducting [no context]

40: ff. 122-123: Harold Beck, Cellist; Mischa Kogan, Viola-player: 23 August 1948: Request for Sargent to write to named musical organisations to help them obtain performance engagements

41: f. 124: Richard Bennett: Lilliput [Magazine]: 4 October 1948: Request that Sargent complete a questionnaire [no longer enclosed] for Lilliput magazine to enable comparison of the answers of public figures with those of Karl Marx

42: ff. 125-126: Cecelia R. Leventhal: Divorce Registry, Ingersoll House: 2 October 1948: Leventhal demands the return of a cigarette case given to Sargent because he has failed to reply to her ‘three questions’; Sargent regrets the case has probably been given to charity like most trinkets offered to him

43: f. 127: Sir Gerald Festus Kelly: Portrait artist: 5 June 1948: Concerning the framing of Sargent’s portrait; Kelly hopes to do another portrait in the autumn

44: f. 128: Rudolf Leuzinger: Bassoonist: 9 June 1948: Concerning supply of bassoons to England

45: ff. 129-130: Rev. Ronald Edwards: Market Square Congregational Church, Merthyr Tydfil: 4 January 1949: Request for Sargent’s assistance to raise money for a sound projector at a youth centre in Methryr Tydfil

46: f. 131: Angie [no surname]: 23 April 1948: Request for Sargent’s advice to help obtain an audition for an ex-Commando injured in war service who is receiving singing lessons courtesy of The Commando’s Benevolent Fund

47: ff. 132-133: William J. Pettit: Founder and Director, The London Churches’ Guild of Arts: March 1948: Invitation for Sargent to become Governor of The London Churches’ Guild of Arts

48: f. 134: Shlomo B. Lewertoff: Director, Nagan Ltd Organisation for Cultural Exchange: 8 January 1948: Concerning Chaya Lifschitz, a young music student from Palestine who seeks advice about studying Musicology in England

49: f. 135: John Ralph Merton: Portrait artist: 1 January 1949: Regrets he has ‘not started on the picture’ owing to difficulties with other portraits

50: f. 136: W. Courthorpe Last: G.W. Dawes & Co. Stock and Share Brokers: 18 October 1948: Concerning the winding up of The Musicians’ Club and proposed transfer of funds to the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund

51: f. 137: Rev. Raymond C. Mace: The Methodist Church, Hanley (Church Street) Circuit: 13 October 1948: Request for Sargent to select a work for inclusion in a concert they are arranging in which all items are chosen by well-known celebrities

52: ff. 138-140: José de Morais Pereira: Tenor: 22 August 1948: Pereira enquires concerning increased playback speed in BBC music broadcasts which has the effect of raising the pitch

53: f. 141: E.W. Palmer: Writing on behalf of Charles Matkin, Printer: 3 August 1948: Letter to enclose sample of paper proposed to use on note headings [sample missing]

54: ff. 142-151: [not correspondence]: June 1948: Copy of A Music Journal, The Official Journal of the Incorporated Society of Musicians 13/2 (June 1948)

55: ff. 152-154: The Monthly Supplement : 14 January 1948 [to be returned by this date]: Sketch manuscript for Sargent’s biography as it will appear in The Monthly Supplement; Sargent has marked corrections

56: f. 155: Robert Mayer: Founder of Robert Mayer Concerts for Children: 27 January 1946: Concerning proposed children’s concerts for British and German children in the British zone in Germany

57: ff. 156-157: Iorwerth Morgan: The Ton-Pentre & District Choral Society: 25 Febuary 1948: Request for Sargent to become President of The Ton-Pentre & District Choral Society

58: f. 158: Gwen. McGann: 18 March [1948]: Concerning an audition for her daughter

59: ff. 159-162: [not correspondence]: : Humorous document entitled ‘The National Health Service Application for Permit to be ill’

60: ff. 163-165: Ruth Railton: Secretary, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain: 9-13 January 1949: Reports on the activities of recently-formed National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain; accompanied by brochure and concert programme

61: f. 166: [not correspondence]: [unknown]: [1947/48: Satirical document entitled “The National Health Service: Application for Permit to be Ill”; author unknown

62: ff. 167-169: Alan L. Malden: Deputation Secretary, National Children’s Home and Orphanage: 15-24 November 1948: Invitation to attend the Annual Festival of the National Children’s Home and Orphanage

63: f. 170: [unclear]: Assistant Secretary, Newspaper Press Fund: Writes to enclose Income Tax Certificate in respect of Sargent’s annual payment under his Deed of Covenant

64: ff. 171-175: Eva M. Palmer: Writes to Sargent’s secretary Sylvia Darley enclosing telephone and telegram expenses for July-20 September 1947

65: ff. 176-178: Eva M. Palmer, Ex-landlady of Sargent; Evie Van de [?], [Friend of Eva M. Palmer]: Palmer writes to Sargent enclosing a letter she has received from Evie recommending she see a young pianist named Lívia Rév who has been praised by Rubenstein and is to perform in London

66: ff. 179-180: June [no surname]: 21 November 1948: Request for Sargent to become Godfather to her son Christopher

67: f. 181: Geoffrey Williamson: Staff Writer and Special Representative, Odhams periodicals: 29 October 1948: Request to interview Sargent for a feature in ‘News Review’

68: ff. 182-187: Winifred Holiday: 10 October-10 December 1948: Correspondence concerning the final years of Paderewski’s life and the legal issues surrounding inheritance of his property; includes a translation of a Swiss article ‘Le Drame Paderewski’

69: f. 188: Peter P. Hodge: Rigden and Hodge Ltd. Photographic Specialists: 7 October 1948: Acknowledges receipt of order for 12 mounted prints of Sargent

70: f. 189: W. White: Conductor, The Oxted Singers: 23 October 1947: Request for Sargent to become a Patron of The Oxted Singers

71: ff. 190-193: Eric M. Prince: Eric M. Prince: 31 January 1948: Offers assistance to obtain music scores

72: ff. 194-195: F.W. Price : F.W. Price, Ltd. Sanitary, Heating and Domestic Engineers: 21 May 1947-10 October 1948: Invoice and letter concerning work carried out at “The Grove”, Higher Denham, Bucks.

73: f. 196: Edmund Rubbra: Composer: 19 November 1948: Regrets he cannot attend a forthcoming rehearsal and concert because he will be in Dublin

74: f. 197: W.T. Ridley: Director, Nahums Fabrics Limited: 15 December 1948: Letter to accompany scarf Sargent has ordered

75: ff. 198-199: George D. Morris: 31 October 1948: Employment reference for a Mrs Quish who has been employed as a book general and housekeeper; her address is written on an accompanying business card for ‘Lines Agency’