Letters concerning specific works by Edmund Rubbra, 1949-1966

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Folder 1 (fols. 1-52). Letters concerning Rubbra's Symphony no. 5, op. 63 [first performed: 26 Jan 1949]. Contains:

(fol. 1) Manilla envelope, inscribed by Rubbra: ‘Letters re 1st performance of 5th. Symphony’. [Originally contained the letters on fols. 2-52]
(fol. 2) E. Alright, 26 Jan 1949
(fol. 3) Richard Arnell, 29 Jan 1949
(fol. 4) Jenra Bayliss [with autograph copy of Rubbra’s reply on verso], 27 Jan 1949
(fol. 5) Hugh Beesley (Royal Naval College, Greenwich), 9 Feb 1949
(fol. 6) Adrian Boult, 31 Jan 1949
(fols. 7-8) Alan Budley, 26 Jan 1949
(fol. 9) Frank [Buisst?], 30 Jan 1949
(fol. 10) W[illiam] A. Chislett, 26 Jan 1949
(fols. 11-12) Lilian [Duncan?] [with illustrated postcard], 30 Jan 1949
(fol. 13) Eleanor Elder, 26 Jan 1949
(fols. 14-15) John Feltham [with autograph copy of Rubbra's reply on fol. 15v], 27 Jan 1949
(fol. 16) A.M.H. Fergus, 26 Jan 1949
(fol. 17) Gerald Finzi, 30 Jan 1949
(fols. 18-19) Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, 27 Jan 1949
(fol. 20) Mary Gill, 3 Feb 1949
(fol. 21) Mary [Gill] and all at Pigotts [greetings telegram], [May 1949?]
(fols. 22-24) Robin Greig, [Jan 1949]
(fol. 25) Herbert Howells, 30 Jan 1949
(fol. 26) R.P. [Robert Pickersgill] Howgrave-Graham, 26 Jan 1949
(fol. 27) Arthur Hutchings, [Jan 1949]
(fol. 28) Gladys Shirley Lang, 27 Jan 1949
(fol. 29) T.B. Lawrence, 4 Feb 1949
(fol. 30) Lawrence and Josephine Lenand [telegram], 23 May 1952
(fol. 31) 'Mac' [i.e. F? J. McMurray], [with autograph copy of Rubbra’s reply on verso], 28 Jan 1949
(fol. 32) W.S. [William Sutton] Meadmore, 29 Jan 1949
(fol. 33) Velona Pilcher, [26 Jan 1949]
(fol. 34) Evelyn Redman, 29 Jan 1949
(fol. 35) Reginald Redman, 29 Jan 1949
(fol. 36) Lydia Riesenesker, 22 May 1952
(fol. 37) Francis Rubbra [telegram], 22 May 1952
(fol. 38) Alec Robertson, 1 Feb [1949]
(fol. 39) Walter Shewring [postcard], 29 [Jan 1949]
(fols. 40-41) Betty Shillcock, 27 Jan 1949
(fol. 42) Rory Scott, 27 Jan 1949
(fol. 43) Geoffrey Soul [postcard], 26 Jan 1949
(fol. 44) Margaret Warrell, 30 Jan 1949
(fol. 45) Thomas Wood, 28 Jan 1949
(fol. 46) Helen and Aeldred[?] [greetings telegram], 23 May 1952
(fols. 47-52) 6 letters with unidentified signatures; [letter from Claire R. Lewis (fol. 52) includes autograph copy of Rubbra’s reply on verso], 28 Jan 1949 to 6 Feb 1949

Folder 2 (fols. 53-119). Letters concerning Rubbra's Symphony no. 6, op. 80 [first performed: 17 Nov 1954]. Contains:

(fol. 53) Manilla envelope, inscribed by Rubbra: 'Letters about 6th Symphony'. [Originally contained the letters on fols. 54-119]
(fol. 54) Richard Arnell [telegram], 17 Nov, 1954
(fols. 55-57) Peter Bacon, 20 Nov 1954
(fol. 58) David Bowes, 17 Sept 1955
(fol. 59) Alan Burr, 17 Nov 1954
(fol. 60) Richard Church, 28 Sept 1955
(fols. 61-63) Malcolm Cloke, 22 Nov 1955
(fol. 64) William Cole, 22 Nov 1954
(fol. 65) Marion Colman, 19 Jan 1955
(fol. 66) Maurice Davies, 22 Dec 1954
(fol. 67) Carl Dolmetsch [telegram], 17 Nov 1954
(fol. 68) Carl Dolmetsch, 18 Nov 1954
(fols. 69-70) Bruin Dowse, 19 Nov 1954
(fol. 71) John Freeman, 17 Nov 1954
(fols. 72-74) Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, 18 Nov 1954
(fol. 75) Kathleen and Eric Greene [telegram], 18 Nov 1954
(fol. 76) Rumer Godden, 18 Nov 1954
(fol. 77) John M. Gwynne Hughes, 7 Dec 1954
(fol. 78) Albert Howe, 21 Nov 1954
(fol. 79) Herbert Howells, 18 Nov 1954
(fol. 80) Maurice Jacobson, 18 Nov [1954]
(fol. 81) Dorothy Kennedy, [18 Nov 1954]
(fol. 82) ‘Mac’ [F? J. McMurray], 20 Nov 1954
(fol. 83) ‘Mac’ [F? J. McMurray] to Antoinette Rubbra, [20 Nov 1954]
(fol. 84) Evelyn Menges, [Nov? 1954]
(fol. 85) Wilfrid Mellers [illustrated postcard], [Dec 1954]
(fol. 86) Joseph Edward Nuttgens, 26 Nov 1954
(fol. 87) Hugh Ottaway, 21 Nov 1954
(fol. 88) Ian Parrott [postcard], 17 Nov 1954
(fols. 89-91) Elsie Payne, 21 Nov 1954; 30 Nov 1954
(fol. 92) William Pleeth and Margaret Pleeth [née Good], [telegram], 17 Nov 1954
(fol. 93) Lydia Riesenesker [illustrated note], [Nov? 1954]
(fol. 94) Bernard Rose, 18 Nov 1954
(fol. 95) Therese Fletcher and Alec Rowley [postcard], 17 Nov 1954
(fol. 96) John Russell, Berkshire, 18 Nov 1954
(fol. 97) John F Russell[?], Manchester, 22 Mar 1955
(fol. 98) Malcolm Sargent [postcard], 23 Nov 1954
(fol. 99) Joseph Saxby, 18 Nov 1954
(fol. 99A) Bertie [A.T. Shaw], 17 Nov 1954
(fols. 100-101) Robert Simpson, 12 Nov 1954; 22 Nov 1954
(fol. 102) Robert Smith, 18 Nov 1954
(fol. 103) R.H. Thornton-Pett, 3 Dec 1954
(fol. 104) Cedric Thorpe-Davie, 20 Nov 1954
(fol. 105) Nell Todd [art teacher to Benedict Rubbra at Christ’s Hospital School, Sussex], [21 Nov 1954]
(fol. 106) Newell Wallbank, 19 Nov 1954
(fol. 107) Emmy Franzisca Wellesz, 29 Nov [1954]
(fol. 108) Parry Williams, 28 Feb 1955
(fol. 109) Leslie Woodgate, 17 Nov 1954
(fol. 110) [unused]
(fol. 111-119) 8 letters with unidentified signatures, 15 Nov 1954 to 28 Nov 1954

Folder 3 (fols. 120-141). Letters concerning Rubbra's 'Piano Concerto', op. 85 [first performed: 21 Mar 1956]. Contains:

(fol. 120) Manilla envelope, inscribed by Rubbra: 'Letters re Piano Concerto'. [Originally contained the letters on fols. 121-141]
(fol. 121) Arthur Bliss, 25 Mar 1956
(fol. 122) Denis Brass, 21 Mar 1956
(fol. 123) Bernard de Nevers, 22 Mar 1956
(fols. 124-126) Lawrence Hollis, 8 Apr 1956
(fol. 127) Dyneley Hussey, 22 Mar 1956
(fol. 128) Katharine Lovell, 22 Mar 1956
(fol. 129) Georgina Mace, 22 Mar [1956]
(fol. 130) ‘Mac’ [i.e. F? J. McMurray], 22 Mar 1956
(fol. 131) Denis Matthews, 23 Mar 1956
(fol. 132) Hugh Ottaway, 27 Mar 1956
(fol. 133) D.E. Parry-Williams, 11 Apr 1956
(fol. 134) Margaret Pleeth [née Good] and William Pleeth [postcard], 25 Mar 1956
(fol. 135) Mary Plumstead, 21 Mar 1956
(fols. 136-137) Kaikhosru Sorabji, 22 Mar 1956; 28 Mar 1956
(fol. 138) Bernard Stevens, 22 Mar 1956
(fols. 139-141) 2 letters with unidentified signatures, [22 Mar 1956?]; 24 Aug 1956

Folder 4. Letters concerning: (fols. 142-159) Rubbra's 'Violin Concerto', op. 103 [first performed: 17 and 20 Feb 1960]; (fols. 160-165) 'Inscape', op. 122 [first performed: 24 Oct 1965]; (fols. 166-180) 'Veni Creator Spiritus', op. 130 [first performed: 5 Aug 1966]. Contains:

(fol. 142) Manilla envelope, inscribed by Rubbra: 'Letters - Violin Concerto (1960)' . [Originally contained the letters on fols. 143-159]
(fol. 143) Neville Cardus, 20 Feb 1960
(fol. 144) Peter Crossley-Holland, [Feb 1960?]
(fol. 145) Maurice Davies, 18 Feb 1960
(fol. 146) Maurice Jacobson, 21 Feb 1960
(fol. 147) ‘Mac’ [i.e. F? J. McMurray], 25 Feb 1960
(fol. 148) Herbert Menges, [Feb 1960?]
(fol. 149) Elsie Payne, 29 Feb 1960
(fol. 150) Gordon Rowley, 17 Feb 1960
(fols. 151-154) Cyril Scott, 18 Feb 1960 to 9 Mar 1960
(fol. 155) Endre Wolf, 21 Feb 1960
(fols. 156-159) 3 letters with unidentified signatures, 17 Feb 1960 to 19 Feb 1960
(fol. 160) Peter Crossley-Holland, 27 Oct 1965
(fol. 161) Peter Dawe, 25 Oct 1965
(fol. 162) Maurice Davies, 25 Oct 1965
(fol. 163) ‘Mac’ [i.e. F? J. McMurray], 25 Oct1965
(fol. 164) Peter L Moldon, 26 Oct 1965
(fol. 165) Robert Still, 26 Oct 1965
(fol. 166) Manilla envelope, inscribed by Rubbra: 'Letters re Veni Creator Spiritus'. [Originally contained the letters on fols. 167-180]
(fol. 167) Malcolm Arnold, 7 Aug 1966
(fol. 168) Eileen Darlow, [5 Aug 1966]
(fol. 169) Christopher Findley, 9 Aug 1966
(fol. 170) Philippa Hesketh-Williams, 7 Aug 1966
(fol. 171) Maurice Jacobson [postcard], [Aug 1966?]
(fols. 172-173) Dorothy Kennedy, [5 Aug 1966?]
(fol. 174) Alec Robertson, 15 Aug 1966
(fol. 175) ‘Mac’ [i.e. F? J. McMurray], [6 Aug 1966?]
(fol. 176) Jasper Rooper, 6 Aug 1966
(fol. 177) Robert Still, 5? Aug 1966
(fols. 178-180) 3 letters with unidentified signatures, 6 Aug 1966 to 9 Aug 1966