MS Mus. 1784/1/25

1: f. 1: Denis Forman: The British Film Institute: 5 April 1951: Thanks Sargent for his address to the Institute which included a proposal to produce a library of film of classical music

2: ff. 2-5: [not correspondence]: 26 April 1943 [date of performance]: Programme for a performance with Louis Kentner and Sargent conducting the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at The Pavilion, Bath, on 26 April 1943

3: f. 6: Sir Henry Cohen: Physician: 5 June 1951: Concerning medical prescription

4: ff. 7-9: John Paddy Carstairs: Film director and novelist: 29 July-16 September 1951: Request for permission to use Sargent’s name in a novel

5: ff. 10-11: [unclear]: 16 August 1951: Request to arrange a date for lunch

6: f. 12: Tom Blau: Camera Press Ltd.: 11 October 1951: Request to take photographs of Sargent during a rehearsal for a New York publication

7: f. 13: A. Stanley Bell: Hon. Sec. City Livery Club: 18 September 1951: Thanks Sargent for his agreement to attend a City Livery Club lunch at Sion College on 22 October

10: ff. 14-17: Anne [no surname]: British Legation, Vienna: 17 July-18 August 1951: Writes from London to thank Sargent for his gift of tickets for a concert; later writes from Vienna on hearing of Sargent’s ill health

11: ff. 18-21: Florence Cave: [Family friend originally from Stamford]: 27 June-22 July 1951: Request for financial assistance while searching for employment following the death of her father; Sargent sends £10

12: ff. 22-23: Mark Bonham Carter, Collins Publishers; R.J. Politzer: 9-12 July 1951: Request for Sargent to endorse ‘The Record Guide’ by Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Edward Sackville-West for publicity purposes

13: f. 24: Norman Coombe: 29 June 1951: Writes to express opinion that recordings of ‘Isreal in Egypt’ should be made, along with other works for orchestra and chorus

14: ff. 25-26: Charles Beardsall: Chappell & Co., Ltd. Art Music Department: 7 May 1951: Request for a performance of William Lloyd Webber’s ‘Aurora’; discusses the inadequacy of the acoustics in the Royal Festival Hall for broadcasting purposes

15: f. 27: S.R. Courtauld: [Sister of Samuel Courtauld]: 19 May 1951: Request for Sargent to conduct an orchestral concert in Weymouth

16: ff. 28-33: M. Fowler: Secretary, The Children’s Theatre Ltd.: 7 May 1951: Encloses agenda for a meeting of the Council of the Children’s Theatre Ltd.; reports on the Company finances

17: f. 34: G. Lewis Chiles: [Widow of G. Lewis Chiles of Winton House School, Addiscombe]: 6 April 1951: Concerning a donation of flutes to the Musicians Benevolent Fund

18: f. 35: M. de Wolfe: De Wolfe Music Publishers and Printers: 22 August 1951: Writes to inform Sargent that they have the score of Graham D. Whettam’s “Red Cliffs and the Sea”

19: ff. 36-37: W.W. [unclear]: 27 April 1951: Requests assistance to find a country home for respite

20: f. 38: P.S. Johson: Dictaphone Company Ltd: 27 August 1951: Promotional letter for Dictaphone products

21: f. 39: D.T. Maynard: National Provincial Bank Ltd.: 11 July 1951: Request for Sargent to address a meeting of the D.P. Club

22: f. 40: The London Express Newspaper Ltd.: Undated [1951]: Invoice for contribution to Satchel Club musical questionnaire

23: f. 41: Patsy Day: [friend from Stamford]: 5 April 1951: Congratulates Sargent for the inaugural concert at the Royal Festival Hall

24: ff. 42-43: Chris [no surname], Editor of ‘Musical America’; Cecil Smith, Daily Express: 6-27 April 1951: Concerning arrangements to meet Cecil Smith, guest music critic at the Daily Express; Smith thanks Sargent for the opportunity to hear a rehearsal of ‘The Kingdom’ and promises to publish a tribute to the Chorus

25: ff. 44-45: Lady Frances Ryder, Social Organizer, the Royal Empire Society; K.M. Poile: Founder of The Dominions Fellowship Trust: 22 March 1951 [date of concert]: Invitation to attend a St. George’s Day Concert for The Royal Empire Society on 22 March 1951

26: f. 46: Cecelia John: London School of Dalcroze Eurhythmics: 21 April 1951: Request for Sargent to become Patron of a recital-demonstration at the Wigmore Hall to be given as the annual commemoration of Emile Jaque-Dalcroze

27: ff. 47-49: Fred O. Stead: 20 September 1951: Writes to Sargent on the subject of ‘Vision and the Musician’

28: ff. 50-51: Mary Every: [?]: Personally illustrated ‘get-well’ card

29: f. 52: Carice Elgar Blake: [daughter of Edward Elgar]: 20 May 1951: Thanks Sargent for his performance of ‘The Kingdom’; she is glad Sargent is performing all 3 of Elgar’s oratorios

30: f. 53: Harry F. Trewman: Managing Director and Principal, E.M.I Institutes Ltd.: 16 April 1951: Writes to enclose material relating to a recording project

31: f. 54: Maud Evans: [Once worked as pianist for Arthur Sullivan’s rehearsals]: 16 April 1951: Request for performances of the music of Arthur Sullivan

32: ff. 55-56: Sylvia Ellingworth: 15 April 1951: Request for a a photograph of Sargent for her young son

33: f. 57: M. Elkin: Elkin & Co. Ltd. Music Publishers : 11 April 1951: Invitation for Sargent to attend a concert at the Wigmore Hall featuring works by Geoffrey Bush, whose works they publish

34: f. 58: Dorothy Eyre: 10 August 1951: Intends to attend Sargent’s concert; invites Sargent to visit her family in Gloucester [no context]

35: ff. 59-60: Jean Furness: Friend from Melton Mowbray: 26 June-11 September 1951: Request for two tickets for the final Promenade Concert of the season

36: f. 61: Gloria Antica, Antiques and Works of Art Decoration: 20 June 1951: Invoice for work on Sargent’s home furnishings

37: ff. 76-80: Leonna Wheeler-Godden: 4 February-7 September 1951: Request for Sargent’s to give his opinion on her compositions

38: f. 81: Harold Grace: Orchestral musician: 10 September 1951: Request for an employment reference

39: f. 82: Paul Griffith: 11 September 1951: Seeks assistance finding secretarial work for a friend’s daughter

40: f. 83: Harold [no surname]: The Messina (Transvaal) Development Company Limited [Friend in South Africa]: 28 August 1951: Wishes Sargent a quick recovery from illness; reports on life in South Africa

41: f. 84: Kenneth G. Grubb: Secretary General, The Hispanic Council; The Luso-Brazilian Council: 25 July 1951: Request for a meeting with Sargent; has returned from South America

42: f. 85: Diana M. Gray: [Secretary in a City office]: 18 July 1951: Seeks Sargent’s assistance to obtain a secretarial position connected with music

43: f. 86: Sir Godfrey John Vignoles Thomas: Private Secretary to the Duke of Gloucester: 4 April 1951: Responds to an enquiry from Sargent concerning the use of the Duke of Gloucester’s Albert Hall Box on occasions when he has requests for tickets beyond his personal disposal

44: ff. 87-89: J.M.A Bissett, Chairman, The Glasgow Orpheus Choir; James R. Black, Hon. Treasurer, The Glasgow Orpheus Choir; William J. Moss, Hon. Sec. The Glasgow Orpheus Choir: 28 May-11 June 1951: Request for Sargent’s support concerning plans to honour Sir Hugh Robertson’s contribution to music

45: f. 90: E. Gjertsen: 24 April 1951: Enquires whether the scores of works sent for Sargent’s consideration have been received

46: ff. 91-93: Haydn Hopkins: Music teacher and cellist: 12 June 1951: Seeks a position as cellist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

47: ff. 94-96: Melody Hasler: Artist: Undated [1951]: Request for a meeting with Sargent to discuss her proposal to paint his portrait

48: ff. 97-98: R.L. Reynolds: Managing Director, Hall Bros. Ltd. Tailors and Mercers : 2 May 1951: Request for payment to cover remaining debt owed to Hall Bros Ltd. by Sargent’s son Peter; cheque attached signed by Sargent

49: ff. 99-100: Evelyn Houghton: 18 August 1951: Writes to express her belief that the music of Bruckner is unfairly neglected

50: f. 101: Hubert Hales: Composer: 19 August 1957: Thanks Sargent for offering to look at a score in October; reports his piece performed by the LSO in Norwich had very good reviews

51: ff. 102-104: Mrs Hunt Ltd.: 30 July 1951: Acknowledges Sargent’s request for temporary daily help (while he is unwell)

52: f. 105: [unclear]: Director, W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. Publishers and Booksellers: 18 June 1951: Enquires whether Sargent would like to order a set of the reprint of the Mozart Gesamtausgabe

53: f. 106: Sir Douglas Frederick Howard: Ambassador to Uruguay: 19 July 1951: Request for a meeting with Sargent

54: f. 107: Derek D’Arcey Hatton: [Old friend living in Eritrea]: 22 May 1951: Request for Sarent to hear a friend’s daughter who is a pianist during her forthcoming visit to the UK

55: f. 108: Grace Harris: Undated [1951]: Recounts how she attended the ‘first production of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas’ 70 years previously

56: ff. 109-110: Jennifer Home-Rigg: Student at The Monkey Club: 14 June 1951: Request for permission to visit Sargent with another friend from The Monkey Club (following his earlier invitation)

57: f. 111: Jean Howells: Member of the London School Symphony Orchestra: 10 June 1951: Request for a signed photograph and permission to watch a rehearsal for a Promenade Concert

58: f. 112: Stephanie Hebden: Singer in the Queensland State and Municipal Choir: 16 April 1951: Request for a signed photograph of Sargent; reports on events in Brisbane

59: ff. 113-114: Susanne Hatocheck: [13 year-old Austrian refugee known to Sargent]: 20 May 1951: Request for complimentary tickets for a concert and a signed photograph

60: ff. 115-117: C.W. Hume: Writes from The Athenaeum Club: 18 May 1951: Writes to express his opinion that Sullivan’s serious music should be heard more frequently

61: ff. 118-119: Barbara [no surname]: 6 April 1951: Thanks Sargent for the photograph; informs him she will attempt to come to London to hear Howells’s ‘Hymnus Paradisi’

62: f. 120: Rev. Guy Halliday: 21 April 1951: Postcard with a reproduction of a drawing of Hartland Abbey by Halliday; thanks Sargent for answering his question about singing short vowels

63: f. 121: Gregory Harlip: Photographer: 20 Febraury 1951: Request for opportunity to make some photographic portraits of Sargent

64: ff. 122-126: Herbert Henry John Murrill: Head of Music, BBC; Professor of Composition, Royal Academy of Music: 14 April 1951: Encloses a letter from his young daughter; wishes Sargent luck for the forthcoming months of concerts

65: ff. 127-129: Ingpen & William Ltd. Concert Agents: 20 April-14 June 1951: Concerning proposed recordings to be made with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

66: ff. 130-131: M. Avidom: General Secretary, The Isreal Philharmonic Orchestra: 15 May-2 July 1951: Letters concerning invitation to conduct The Isreal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1951 or 1952

67: f. 132: Mauricio Castorena Cedillo: Juventudes musicales de México: 30 December 1950: Request for Sargent to contribute to a new magazine for musical youth; text in Spanish

68: f. 133: Gladys Crook: The Imperial Concert Agency: 21 September 1951: Thanks Sargent for his performances at the Proms; writes to enclose a list [missing] of singers and their fees

69: f. 134: Arthur Jacobs: Writer on music: 22 January 1951: Concerning Gilbert and Sullivan arrangements about which Jacobs has just written a book

70: ff. 135-139: David Ascoli: Director, Idehurst Press Ltd.: 28 May-13 June 1951: Request for Sargent to write an endorsement of a set of art books to be published

71: f. 140: [no name]: Institut National Belge de Radiofussion: 23 March 1951 [date of radio transmission of script]: Extract from the script of a Belgian radio programme introducing a performance of Berlioz’s ‘Béatrice et Bénédict’ Overture conducted by Sargent; text in French

72: f. 141: Florian Williams: Managing Director, Joseph Williams Limited: 24 April 1951: Writes to enclose scores of works by Delius and Gordon Jacob

73: f. 142: Michael O’Reilly; John Playfair: Undated [1951]: Proposal for the formation of an amateur orchestra in Kensington

74: f. 143: Dorothy de Krotow: 1 September 1951: Request for concert tickets and a photograph of Sargent

75: ff. 144-150: Alice Kaposi: Hungarian refugee; secretary of Choir and Orchestra Society of Budapest before the German occupation: 11 August 1951: Seeks Sargent’s support to claim money owed to her from an American Company

76: ff. 151-155: Anne[?]: 22 July 1951: Seeks support for a woman who sings on the street for a living

77: ff. 156-159: Marie Kaim: 30 July-13 August 1951: Postcards of greetings to Sargent

78: f. 160: Alan J. Kirby: Choirmaster: 25 June 1951: Thanks Sargent for his letter and score of ‘The Music Makers’ to prepare the choir

79: ff. 161-162: Doreen Walker: The Edward Kassner Music Company Ltd.: 9 May 1951: Offers to send scores and recordings of ‘The Ozark Set’ by Elie Siegmeister; encloses a synopsis of the work

80: f. 163: Michael Winner: 17 June 1951: Writes to return a book and press cuttings lent by Sargent and enclose the article he has written [missing]

81: ff. 164-167: Ralph Kirby: Park Lane Methodist Church: 16-23 April 1951: Request for an endorsement of a new book ‘The Bible in Pictures’; Sargent provides a comment

82: ff. 168-169: [not correspondence]: The London Society: Undated [1951]: Article published by The London Society concerning a proposal for a ‘Regent’s Park Music Centre’

83: f. 170: [Mr] Hadley [no forename]: 1 August 1951: Copy of letter from Sargent to Hadley dismissing claims that the Royal Festival Hall has poor acoustics

84: f. 171: F.A. Purgold: Hon. Treasurer, Liverpool Racquet Club: 16 July 1951: Writes to enclose a Bankers Order Form for subscription to the Liverpool Racquet Club

85: f. 172: Rev. Robert Nelson: Rector of Liverpool: 3 July 1951: Invitation to speak at a Mission organised by the Church of Our Lady and St. Nicholas, Liverpool, following the consecration of the rebuilt church

86: f. 173: Nora E. Lloyd: President, The East Africa Conservatoire of Music: 21 May 1951: Seeks Sargent’s assistance to find a new Director of Music for The East Africa Conservatoire of Music

87: f. 174: T. Turner Pilling: Chairman of the Executive Committee, Llandudno Musical Festival: 11 April 1951: Request for Sargent to serve as President of the Committee for the Llandudno Musical Festival 1951

88: ff. 175-177: Jocelyn Lousada: 22 May 1951: Encloses letter from David Garnett to the Editor of ‘The Times’ protesting at the acceptance of the resignation of the three directors of the Old Vic; requests Sargent add his name to the protest

89: f. 178: Mrs G. Langley-Taylor: The Council for the Preservation of Rural England: 11 August 1951: Thanks Sargent for giving permission for his name to be included on the new list [no context]

90: f. 179: J. F. Lyne: Nurse: 15 August 1951: Request for a donation to a cottage hospital in Devon

91: f. 180: Cyril Luckham: 16 May 1951: Lists prices of choral scholarships at St. George’s School [no context]

92: ff. 181-185: Daphne Mollycott: 17 July 1951: Encloses her poetry dedicated to Sargent

93: ff. 186-188: James Maddocks: Principal 2nd Violin, Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra: 26-28 April 1951: Enquires whether Sargent knows any music for the viola d’amour as he finds it difficult to find scores

94: ff. 189-190: W. Alice Martyn: 8 March-14 July 1951: Receipts for the provision of Home Help for Alice Martyn in Kingston-upon-Hull; letter of thanks from Martyn

95: f. 191: [unclear]: Editor The Music Teacher & Piano Student: 20 September 1951: Seeks Sargent’s support for a campaign to improve the quality of pianos in the teaching studio and homes of students

96: ff. 192-193: Pamela A. Bathgate: Acting Editor, Modern Woman and Modern Home: 27 July 1951: Writes to enclose pictures [missing] which she hopes to use in a forthcoming article; requests Sargent choose the pictures he prefers

97: f. 194: Frederic Mullally: Mullally & Warner Ltd.: 6 September 1951: Invitation to attend the European premiere of the film ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ and meet lead actor José Ferrer; Sargent declines owing to being abroad

98: f. 195: Robert Mayer: Founder of Robert Mayer Concerts for Children: 16 August 1951: Concerning ‘good news’ of Sargent’s recovery from illness

99: f. 196: Bernard Miles: Mermaid Theatre: 8 August 1951: Reports on the success of the Mermaid Theatre; requests Sargent give a talk or chamber concert at the Theatre

100: f. 197: John Ralph Merton: Artist, engineer: 14 August 1951: Writes to accompany a miniature of Sargent’s daughter he has created at his request

101: ff. 198-199: William Morum: Writer, formerly orchestral player: 13-22 July 1951: Seeks an endorsement of his novel

102: f. 200: James Maxwell: 23 July 1951: Concerning arrangements for the delivery of recordings from Chile