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MS Mus. 1942/2
- Record Id:
- 040-004546336
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004546333
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100187072892.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1942/2
- Title:
- Copies of letters to Karl Hawker, from or concerning Michael Tippett
- Scope & Content:
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Copies of letters to Karl Hawker, provided with the permission of the owner of the originals. Order at point of donation has been retained.
(1). ff. 1-36. Copies of 35 letters from Tippett to his partner Karl Hawker, in the wake of their split, 1960s-1980s. Not included in Selected Letters of Michael Tippett.
(2). ff. 37-39. Copies of two letters from Tippett to Eric Hawker, Karl Hawker’s brother. Undated, c. 1965?
(3). f. 40. Copy of a letter from Tippett to Ann Hawker, Karl Hawker’s ex-wife. Undated.
(4). ff. 41-43. Letter, marked ‘copy of letter’, from Karl Hawker to Michael Tippett (NB. the only letter of Karl Hawker’s to Tippett known to survive). 7 September 1974. Also includes a reference about Hawker written by Tippett.
(5). ff. 44-45. Copy of a letter from conductor Colin Davis to Karl Hawker, 27 January 1972.
(6). ff. 46-47. Copy of a letter from Professor Ian Kemp, Leeds University, then at work on his book Tippett: The Composer and his Music (London: Eulenburg, 1985), to Karl Hawker, discussing Hawker’s relationship with Tippett. 28 January 1975.
(7). ff. 48-55. Copies of correspondence with National Portrait Gallery (1976) about the possible purchase of Karl Hawker’s drawing of Michael Tippett (f. 48) and with the British Museum (1966 then again in 1971) about the loan and then purchase of the autograph manuscript of Tippett's King Priam (see Egerton MS 3786).
(8). f. 56. Copy of a card from Benjamin Britten to Karl Hawker, undated.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004546333
040-004546336 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1942 : Materials collected by Oliver Soden during research for his biography of Michael Tippett
MS Mus. 1942/2 : Copies of letters to Karl Hawker, from or concerning Michael Tippett - Hierarchy:
- 032-004546333[0002]/040-004546336
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1942
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (56 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hawker, Karl, painter and friend of Sir Michael Tippett