Letters to Edmund Rubbra (Correspondents N-Z), 1942-1980

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MS. Rubbra 2

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Folder 1 (fols. 1-53), contains:

(fols. 1-3) Ernest Newman, 20? May 1951; 15 Jun 1951; 9 Dec 1952
(fols. 4-5) Hugh Ottaway, 13 July 1950; 5 Aug 1955
(fols. 6-7) Edmund Rubbra to Hugh Ottaway [carbon copy], 8 Aug 1955. [More letters from Rubbra to Ottaway can be found in the Ottaway Archive]
(fols. 8-9) Hugh Ottaway, 9 Aug 1955; 12 Oct 1955
(fol. 10) Hugh Ottaway (returning letter from Arthur Hutchings [see MS. Rubbra 1, fol. 137]), 17 Oct 1955
(fols. 11-21) Hugh Ottaway, 21 Dec 1955 to Jan 1971
(fols. 22-23) Ian Parrott, 10 Mar 1957; 14 Oct 1965
(fols. 23A-24) Elsie Payne, 28 Feb 1957
(fol. 24A) Arthur Peacock, 30 Aug 1980
(fol. 25) Norman Peterkin, 27 Jul 1969
(fols. 26-27) Thomas Pitfield, 28 Sep 1979
(fol. 27A) Robert Ponsonby, 30 Aug 1980
(fols. 28-31) Joseph Poole (Canterbury Cathedral), 14 Oct 1943 to 2 Apr 1946
(fols. 32-33) Joseph Poole (Surrey), 10 May 1950; 12 Oct 1953
(fol. 34) John Cooper Powys, Sep 22 1942
(fol. 35) Simon Preston (Christ Church, Oxford), 20 April 1972
(fol. 36) Andre Previn, 29 Apr 1967
(fol. 37) Henry Raynor, 21 May 1971
(fols. 38-39) Reginald Redman, 18 Oct 1952; [?Jan 1959]
(fols. 40-53) Alec Robertson, 3 Mar [19??] to 18 Jan [1972?]

Folder 2 (fols. 54-105), contains:

(fols. 54-59) Eric Routley, 13 Nov 1964 to 16 Jul 1966
(fols. 59A-59C) Rubbra to Colin Macleod Campbell, 8 Jul 1942 [with undated letter from Campbell’s daughter, and one from Graham Muncy to Adrian Yardley (16 Feb 2000), explaining provenance]
(fol. 60) Rubbra to Maurice Cole, 11 Feb 1956
(fol. 61) Rubbra to Beatrice Harthan [postcard], 13 Feb 1963
(fols. 62-63) Fred C. Rubbra, 5 Feb, 1954
(fols. 64-67) Esme Rubra, on her researches into the Rubra/Rubbra family history [a short family tree in Rubbra’s hand is on fol. 67], 13 Feb, 1980
(fols. 68-69) Charles Kennedy Scott, 18 Oct 1951; 31 Oct 1951
(fol. 70) Malcolm Sargent, 9 Jun 1955
(fols. 71-72) Rubbra to Malcolm Sargent, [reply to fol. 70, initial draft and carbon copy], 16 Jun 1955
(fols. 73-82) Concert programme for Hugo Wolf Centenary Concert, with Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and Gerald Moore (Royal Festival Hall, London), 10 Apr 1960
(fol. 83) Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, 13 Apr 1960
(fol. 84) Photograph of Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, with dedication to Rubbra [13 Apr 1960]
(fol. 85) Stewart Montagu Cleeve, 8 May 1949
(fol. 86) Stewart Montagu Cleeve and Robert S. Cecil, 14 Oct 1949
(fols. 87-101) Cyril Scott, 28 Sep [1949] to 28 Sep 1969
(fol. 102) Marjorie Scott, 11 Jan 1971
(fol. 103) Marjorie Scott [written on verso of printed thanks from Scott family for letters of tribute and condolence on death of Cyril Scott on 31 Dec 1970], 12 Jan 1971
(fol. 104) Martin Shaw [postcard sent to and forwarded by BBC], 8 Jan 1951
(fol. 105) Desmond Shawe-Taylor, 27 Nov 1952

Folder 3 (fols. 106-142A), contains:

(fols. 106-109) Jean Sibelius, 17 Mar 1951; 25 Jan 1956
(fols. 110-118) Kaikhosru Sorabji, 22 Oct 1957 to 7 Aug 1969
(fol. 119) Patric Standford, 1 Oct 1985
(fol. 120) Paul Steinitz, 18 Jun 1953
(fols. 121-124) Bernard Stevens, 9 Oct 1957 to 24 May 1976
(fol. 125) Ronald Stevenson, [Christmastide] Dec 1976
(fols. 126-127) Leopold Stokowski, 10 Apr 1952; 18 Apr 1952
(fol. 128) John Tobin, Dec 14 1965
(fols. 129-131) Harold Truscott, 30 Jan 1976; 5 Apr 1977
(fols. 132-142A) Frederic Vanson, 9 Mar 1977 to 20 Aug1980

Folder 4 (fols. 143-182), contains:

(fol. 143) Ralph Vaughan Williams, 28 Aug [1946]
(fol. 144) Ralph Vaughan Williams, [1946?]
(fol. 145) Ralph Vaughan Williams [with copy of Rubbra’s reply on verso], 7 August 1947
(fols. 146-153) Ralph Vaughan Williams, 8 Oct 1947 to 21 May 1951
(fol. 154) Ralph Vaughan Williams, [1950s]
(fol. 155) Ralph Vaughan Williams [and] Ursula Vaughan Williams [née Wood, telegram], 16 Nov 1954
(fol. 156) Ralph Vaughan Williams, 25 Feb [1956]
(fol. 157) Ralph Vaughan Williams [and] Ursula Vaughan Williams [née Wood, telegram], 21 Mar 1956
(fols. 158-166) Ralph Vaughan Williams, 26 Mar 1956 to [Apr? 1958]
(fols. 167-168) Ursula Vaughan Williams [née Wood], 21 Mar 1956; 13 Mar [1959]
(fols. 169-175) Egon Wellesz, [Jan 1949?] to 3 Apr 1962
(fol. 176) Michael Wharton, 28 Nov 1957
(fol. 177) Allan Wicks, 12 Dec 1975
(fol. 178) Henry Wood to John Lade, 2 Feb 1942
(fols. 179-182) Henry Wood, 26 Aug 1942 to 24 Nov 1943

Folder 5 (fols. 183-191), contains:

(fols. 183-190) Sophie Wyss, 6 Oct 1955 to 29 Nov 1955
(fol. 191) Nicanor Zabaleta, 2 Apr 1960

People featuring as subjects in the letters include: Gerald Finzi (fol. 163), Gustav Holst (fol. 161), Kenneth Leighton (fol. 174) and Aleksandr Scryabin (fol. 25).