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MS Mus. 1757/4

Record Id:

040-003378491

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003378082

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100046693814.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MS Mus. 1757/4

Title:

Michael Tippett: Letters and postcards to Sir Colin Davis and to Ian Kemp

Scope & Content:

Letters and postcards (including bespoke postcards originally sent within envelopes that were not kept by the recipient). All communications are autograph unless otherwise stated.

(1) Addressed to Sir Colin Davis:

(f. 1) 17 Oct 1975 (postmark). Postcard sent from Helsinki.
(f. 2) 5 Mar 1981, Nocketts, Derry Hill, Calne, SN11 9PJ. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 3) 8 Sep 1981. Typed letter, as from Nocketts (signed by 'Chris Senior pp Michael').
(f. 4) 8 Sep 1981. Typed letter from Christopher Senior, advising that he is taking up a new position (at the Barbican) and will no longer be 'Michael's PR person'.
(f. 5) 24 Oct 1981, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 6) Accompanying envelope (postmark 26 Oct 1981) with autograph P.S. on the verso.
(f. 7) 16 Feb 1982 (postmark), Nocketts. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 8) 5 Mar 1982, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 9) 14 Apr [Turkish stamp 1982]. Postcard sent from Turkey: Library of Celsus, Ephesus.
(f. 10) 18 May 1982, Nocketts. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 11) 27 Oct 1982, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 12) 28 Oct 1982, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 13) 23 Mar 1983, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 14) 'Good Friday 83' [1 Apr], Nocketts. Bespoke postcard.
(ff. 15-16) 7 Jul 1983, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 17) 22 Sep 1983, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 18) 23 Sep 1983 (postmark), Nocketts. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 19) 29 Jun 1984, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 20) 26 Jan 1986, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 21) 17 Feb 1986, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 22) 2 Apr 1986, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 23) 30 Jun 1986, Nocketts. Brief note: 'Post Echternach Festival Symphony 3 still stands as an extraordinary wild, tough/tender piece & totally for real'.
(f. 24) 13 Oct 1986, Nocketts. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 25) 4 Mar 1987, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 26) 1 Apr 1987, Nocketts. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 27) 1 Nov 1987, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 28) 24 Nov 1987, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 29) Accompanying envelope (postmark 25 Nov 1987) with autograph P.S. on the verso.
(ff. 30-2) 24 Apr [1988], Corsica. Letter, beginning: 'I finished the 2nd Act of New Year a few weeks back.'
(f. 33) 16 Jan 1989, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 34) 19 Oct 1989, Boston, Mass. Letter (The Colonnade letterhead).
(f. 35) 25 Feb 1990. Postcard (Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia).
(f. 36) 10 Jul 1990, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 37) 1 Oct 1990, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 38) 12 Oct 1990, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 39) 15 Nov 1990, Senegal. Letter (hotel letterhead).
(f. 40) 19 Jan 1991, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 41) 22 Feb 1991, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 42) 15 Apr 1991 (postmark), Chicago. Postcard.
(f. 43) 17 Jul 1991, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 44) 19 Aug 1991, Nocketts. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 45) 14 Sep 1991, Antibes. Postcard.
(f. 46) 8 Feb 1992, Tobago. Postcard.
(f. 47) 6 May 1992, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 48) 6 Nov 1992, Nocketts. Postcard.
(ff. 49-51) Three letters insufficiently dated, all written from Nocketts.
(ff. 52-9) Eight postcards without date.

(2). Addressed to Ian Kemp:

(f. 60) 11 Apr 1965, Parkside, Corsham, Wiltshire. Letter: 'I finished "The Vision of St Augustine" today!'
(f. 61) 21 Apr 1965, Corsham. Letter.
(f. 62) 'Fri' ('May/June/July 65' added in pencil by Kemp), Corsham. Letter.
(f. 63) 'Friday' ('Oct? 65' added in pencil by Kemp), Corsham. Letter.
(ff. 64-5) 'Tues' ('late spring 67 / may be mid-66 / more likely' added in pencil by Kemp), Corsham. Letter.
(f. 66) 'Mon' ('v early 68' added in pencil by Kemp), Corsham. Letter.
(f. 67) 'Wed' ('early 68' added in pencil by Kemp), Corsham. Letter.
(f. 68) 'Tues' ('early 68' added in pencil by Kemp), Corsham. Letter.
(ff. 69-70) 'Thurs' ('late 68' added in pencil by Kemp - however, first sentence of letter suggests early 1968), Corsham. Letter.
(ff. 71-3) 'Thurs' ('mid 69' added in pencil by Kemp), Corsham. Letter.
(f. 74) 9 Oct 1969 (postmark). Postcard.
(f. 75) 'Thurs' [1970], Bath Festival Society letterhead, Corsham. Letter.
(ff. 76-7) 19 Jan 1970, Bath Festival Society letterhead, Corsham. Letter.
(f. 78) 11 Feb 1970 (date added by Kemp in pencil), Bath Festival Society letterhead, Corsham. Letter.
(f. 79) Envelope, postmark 11 Feb 1970, with autograph postscript on the verso.
(f. 80) 'Change of Address' postcard [1970] - now Nocketts Hill Farm, Derry Hill, Calne, Wilts.
(f. 81) 14 Aug 1970, Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 82) 'Tuesday' ('posted 8/9/70' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 83) 'Tues' ('15/9/70' added in pencil by Kemp'), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 84) 21 Sep 1970, Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 85) 23 Sep 1970, Nocketts Hill Farm. Brief note.
(f. 86) 'Monday' ('5/10/70' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 87) 6 Apr 1971, Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 88) 'Mon' ('Summer 71' added in pencil by Kemp). Letter.
(f. 89) 11 Oct 1971 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 90) 'Sat' ('early Feb 72' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 91) 26 Feb 1972, Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 92) 'Sunday' ('72' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(ff. 93-4) 9 Sep 1972, Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 95) 'Boxing Day' [1972], Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 96) 'Wed' ('Mar 73' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 97) 19 Nov 1973 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 98) 'Dec 28' ('73' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 99) 29 Dec 1973 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 100) 'Wed' ('Feb 74' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 101) 26 Mar 1974 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 102) 30 Apr 1974 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 103) 10 May 1974 (postmark), Orkney. Postcard.
(f. 104) 21 Jul 1974, Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 105) Envelope, postmark 23 Jul 1974, with autograph postscript.
(f. 106) Aug 1974 (postmark), Souillac, France. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 107) 30 Jan 1975 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 108) 29 Jun 1975 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 109) 8 Jul 1975 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 110) 23 Jul 1975 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 111-2) 8 Aug 1975, Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 113) Undated 'PS' ('as the opera starts to engulf all again') referring to early musical influence (attending Boult's rehearsals). A passage from it is quoted by Thomas Shuttenhelm, The Orchestral Music of Michael Tippett (2014), p. 27. Kemp, Tippett: The Composer and His Music (1984), p. 16, also draws from the postscript.
(f. 114) Undated note, annotated on the verso by Kemp: '23 Dec 75 / letter from Poole'.
(f. 115) 12 Feb 1976 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 116) 13 Feb 1976 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 117) 23 Feb 1976 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 118) 'Thurs' ('25/3/76' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 119) 3 Apr 1976 (postmark), Grand Canyon, U.S.A. Postcard.
(f. 120) 6 Jun 1976 (postmark), Spain. Postcard.
(f. 121) 26 Nov 1976 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 122) 26 Jan 1977 (postmark), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 123) 'Sunday' ('28/2/77' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 124) 'Sat' ('9/5/77' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 125) 1 Nov [1977], Mexico. Postcard.
(f. 126) 'Mon' ('5 Dec 77' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f. 127) 23 Jul 1978, Aspen, Colorado. Postcard.
(f. 128) 'Wed' ('2 Nov 78' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 129) 'Mon' ('9/1/79' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 130) 10 Jun 1979 (postmark), Perugia, Italy. Postcard.
(f. 131) 7 Jul 1980, Zion National Park, Utah. Postcard.
(f. 132) Feb 1981 (postmark), Honolulu, Hawaii. Postcard.
(f. 133) 16 Mar 1981 (postmark), Galway, Ireland. Postcard.
(f. 134) 21 May 1981 (postmark), Granada, Spain. Postcard.
(f. 135) 'Monday' ('22 Feb 82' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Letter.
(f 136) 9 Jun 1982 (postmark), Greece. Postcard.
(f. 137) 'Tues' ('8 Mar 83' added in pencil by Kemp), Nocketts Hill Farm. Bespoke postcard.
(f. 138) 31 Jan 1984 (postmark), Kyoto, Japan. Postcard.
(f. 139) 14 Mar 1984 (postmark), Great Keppel Island, Queensland, Australia. Postcard.
(f. 140) 17 Sep 1984 (postmark). Postcard.
(f. 141) 'Xmas Eve' [1984], St Martin, West Indies. Postcard.
(f. 142) 3 Nov 1985 (postmark), Key West, Florida. Postcard.
(f. 143) 12 Feb 1986 (postmark), Nocketts. Postcard.
(f. 144) 8 May [1986], Tübingen, Germany. Postcard.
(f 145) 30 Nov 1988 (postmark), Nocketts. Postcard.
(f. 146) [late 1980s], Jerusalem. Postcard.
(f. 147) [late 1980s], Malcesine, Lake Garda, Italy. Postcard.
(f. 148) [late 1980s], Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. Postcard.
(f. 149) 8 Feb 1992, Tobago. Postcard.
(f. 150) 26 Jun 1992, Nocketts. Letter.
(f. 151) [1992] (postage stamp date), Greece. Postcard.
(f. 152) 14 Jun 1994 (postmark), Nocketts. Postcard.
(ff. 153-68). Sixteen cards without date, written from Nocketts.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003378082
040-003378491

Is part of:

MS Mus. 1757 : Michael Tippett: Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Related Material

MS Mus. 1757/4 : Michael Tippett: Letters and postcards to Sir Colin Davis and to Ian Kemp

Hierarchy:

032-003378082[0004]/040-003378491

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1757

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 vol. (168 ff.)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1965

End Date:

1994

Date Range:

1965-1994

Era:

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Former Internal References:

Music Deposit 2004/18

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased from the Michael Tippett Foundation, through Otto Haas, 14 June 2004.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Davis, Colin Rex, Knight, conductor, 1927-2013
Kemp, Ian Manson, musicologist, 1931-2011