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MS Mus. 1778/5/1

Record Id:
040-003431858
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003431606
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100068923356.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1778/5/1
Title:
Harrison Birtwistle: Correspondence and papers
Scope & Content:

Assorted letters and papers, mainly of professional content, dating from the 1960s to the late 1980s. 72 individual items, arranged in chronological order. These include 58 letters, all addressed to Birtwistle, unless otherwise stated. From:

  • Nigel Abercrombie;
  • Arts Council of Great Britain;
  • Laurence Boulting;
  • Martin Boykan;
  • John Calder;
  • Harriet Cohen;
  • W. M. Colleran;
  • Edward Cone;
  • Alan Crang;
  • Rev. D. E. Crook;
  • Michael Elliott;
  • W. J. Foster;
  • John B. Fox;
  • Thomas Fredrickson;
  • Peter Hall (one from Harold Pinter, copied to Birtwistle);
  • Lansing V. Hammond;
  • Mia Herrmann;
  • Robert W. Holton;
  • Basil Horsfield;
  • Mr Gillies;
  • Gunther Kahowez;
  • Alfred A. Kalmus;
  • Christian Kneisel;
  • Peter Maxwell Davies;
  • Marny Michel;
  • John G. Mosesson;
  • The Performing Rights Society;
  • Harold Pinter (to Peter Hall, copied to Birtwistle);
  • Michelle Proud;
  • Andrew Rosner;
  • Anthony Russell-Roberts;
  • Rutter & Rutter;
  • Milton Salkind;
  • Rosemarie Schnutz;
  • Nicholas Snowman;
  • Leonard Stein;
  • John Tooley;
  • Balint Andras Varga;
  • E. H. Wade;
  • Westminster Bank;
  • Wilmot & East;
  • D. K. Wilson;
  • Hugh Wood;
  • Tony Wright;
  • Universal Edition.

Also intersperse are various other papers, including:

  • 'Concerts and lectures': books, flier, and brochure for Wardour Castle concerts (1964-5);
  • Programme and flier for 'Punch and Judy' (1968), programme signed by the composer;
  • Programme for 'The Tempest / The Winter's Tale / Cymbeline' at the National Theatre (1988), for which Birtwistle wrote music;
  • Assorted bills and invoices dating from Birtwistle's time in Princeton and Colorado (1965-7);
  • Draft CV and covering letter (c. 1968/9);
  • Flier for a festival of music by Birtwistle and Tippett in Rotterdam (1988).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Music Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003431606
036-003431742
040-003431858
Is part of:
MS Mus. 1778 : Manuscripts of Sir Harrison Birtwistle
MS Mus. 1778/5 : Harrison Birtwistle: Correspondence and photographs

 

MS Mus. 1778/5/1 : Harrison Birtwistle: Correspondence and papers
Hierarchy:
032-003431606[0005]/036-003431742[0001]/040-003431858
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1778
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1960
End Date:
1990
Date Range:
1960-1990
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:
various sizes
Arrangement:
British library arrangement
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Calder, John, publisher, 1927-2018,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000114701615
Cohen, Harriet, pianist, 1895-1967
Cone, Edward T, American musicologist
Davies, Peter Maxwell, Knight, composer, 1934-2016,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120273020,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/64271053
Hall, Peter Reginald Frederick, Knight, theatre director, 1930-2017
Kalmus, Alfred August Uhlrich, music publisher, 1889-1972,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/305118655
Pinter, Harold, playwright, director and actor, 1930-2008,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121415641
Rosner, Andrew, music administrator
Stein, Leonard D, of Los Angeles California
Tooley, John, Knight, opera administrator, 1924-2020
Wood, Hugh Bradshaw, composer, 1932-2021