Charles Alvar Harding collection, ca. 1850-ca. 1970.

ArchivalResource

Charles Alvar Harding collection, ca. 1850-ca. 1970.

The collection comprises autograph letters of musicians and literary figures, a few musical album leaves, some printed books, and many photographs. Most of the letters are written to Mr. Harding's great-uncle Richard Peyton, his grandfather Charles Harding, or his parents, Charles Copeley and Louise Alvar Harding (using the name Louise Alvar for her singing career). Some of the letters are written to Charles Alvar Harding himself. Among the musician letters in the Harding Collection are those of Georges Auric, Granville Bantock, Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, Alfredo Casella, Alfred Cortot, Claude Debussy, Paul Dukas, Louis Durey, Edward Elgar, Manuel de Falla, Louis Fleury, Eugene Goossens, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Ernesto Halffter, George Henschel, Constant Lambert, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Joaquín Nin, Adelina Patti, Maurice Ravel, Carl Rosa, Albert Roussel, Camille Saint-Saëns, Adolfo Salazar, Florent Schmitt, Andrés Segovia, Arthur Sullivan, Germaine Tailleferre, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Georgina Weldon, and Henry J. Wood. Letters of non-musicians include those of Arnold Bennett, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, Joseph Conrad, T.S. Eliot, G. Jean-Aubry, Salvador de Madariaga, André Maurois, Nancy Mitford, George Moore, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, Freya Stark, and Paul Valéry.

ca. 750 items.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7176093

Related Entities

There are 51 Entities related to this resource.

Stark, Freya

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t54m56 (person)

English explorer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bay of Salamis, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1937 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574464 Epithet: traveller and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000129 ...

Auric, Georges, 1899-1983

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69q3tfr (person)

French composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Paris, 23 June 1925, and [London], 23 June 1926, to Mme [Louise] Alvar, 1925, 23 June and 1926, 23 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680749 From the description of [Les fâcheux. Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, 1925 June 05. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561533 From the description of [La concurrence] : autograph manuscript, 1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561528 ...

Nin, Joaquín, 1879-1949

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qw4ch3 (person)

Cuban composer and pianist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4), typewritten letters signed (3), telegram, and autograph postcard signed (also signed by G. Jean-Aubry), dated : Paris, 1921, 1927, and 1930, to Louise Alvar, 1921, 1927, and 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582973 Epithet: pianist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0001da ...

Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t8dgj (person)

Adelina Patti was one of the most highly regarded opera singers of the 19th century. From the description of Adelina Patti letters, 1889-1891. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 269476576 Spanish-born soprano trained in New York City; by 1861 Adelina Patti was the leading operatic prima donna. In 1886 she married tenor Ernest Nicolini, who had sung opposite her in La traviata at her castle in Wales. He died in 1898. From the description of ALS, Yst...

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vf7q0d (person)

Composer. From the description of Camille Saint-Saëns autograph letter to unidentified recipient, 1913 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 476902751 Saint-Saëns was known to have been composing the opera between 1881-1882. Cf. New Grove opera. From the description of Draft of the libretto of Henry VIII : manuscript, undated [between 1880 and 1883]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232649239 French composer, pianist, organist, and writer. ...

Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w629100x (person)

French pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 14 May 1931, to Mme [Louise] Alvar, 1931 May 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564652 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], 29 December 1906, to an unidentified friend, 1906 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564656 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], 11 October 1907, to an unidentified friend, 1907 Oct. 11. (Unknown)...

Casella, Alfredo, 1883-1947

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zd8szr (person)

Italian composer, organizer, pianist, and conductor. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 10 February 1926, to [Charles Copeley Harding?] in London, 1926 Feb. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564213 From the description of Bolero / Casella. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562160 From the description of Autograph postcard signed signed, dated : [Siena, 17 August 1923?], to Louise Alvar, 1923 Aug. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64r8k15 (person)

Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...

Goossens, Eugène (1893-1962).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ws91fg (person)

British conductor and composer. From the description of "Nature Poem no I." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563956 Composed 1927. First peformance London, 2 October 1930, Leon Goossens soloist. Dedicated to Leon Goossens, the composer's brother.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Oboe concerto / by Eugene Goossen. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 49817957 Originally sketched out as orchestral pieces, Goossen...

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69z93hn (person)

Joseph Conrad, a major British writer, was born in Poland and became a British subject in 1887. After a twenty year career at sea, he published his first novel, "Almayer's Folly" (1895), successfully launching his writing career. From the description of Letters-Manuscripts, 1908-1913. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122588887 Novelist and short story writer who was born Jozef Konrad Teodor Korzeniowski in Berdichev, Ukraine, and became a British citizen in...

Halffter, Ernesto

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb1jvx (person)

Spanish composer and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Lisbon May 23 1929, to Louise Alvar, 1929 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665268 ...

Tailleferre, Germaine, 1892-1983

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ww7h7v (person)

Franch composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris?, n.d., 1923?], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d., 1923?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676535 French composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (6), dated : Paris and St. Jean de Luz, 1920-1921 [and n.d.], to Mme [Louise] Alvar 1920-1921 [and n.d.], including 1920 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676532 From the description of [Album leaf] : ...

Durey, Louis, 1888-1979

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6251vv3 (person)

French composer. From the description of Autograph postcard signed, dated : St. Tropez, 13 April 1923, to Harry Kling at J. & . W. Chester, 1923 Apr. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566067 From the description of Autograph letters signed (17) and autograph postcards signed (7), dated : St. Tropez, Paris, Toulon, [and other places], 1920-1927, to Louise Alvar (one is to her husband, Charles Copeley Harding), 1920 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566061 ...

Sitwell, Sacheverell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6736qpz (person)

Sitwell was a poet, critic and author of volumes of verses. He died in 1988. From the description of The parrot's voice snaps out=No good to contradict=What he says he'll say again: Dry facts, like biscuits, = : calligraphed illustration. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863289 Sacheverell Sitwell was an English author and critic. Born into an aristocratic and gifted family, he joined with his brother Osbert and sister Edith to help change the tastes of British society in a...

Ravel, Maurice

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6542ms8 (person)

Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x000308 Maurice Ravel was a French composer; the apparent recipient, Toscanini, was a conductor. From the guide to the ALS, to [Arturo Toscanini], 1930 Sept. 9, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the description of ALS, 1930 Sept. 9, to [Arturo Toscanini]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122682742 ...

Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63j3hxq (person)

Nancy Freeman-Mitford was a British novelist and biographer. She is best known for her series of novels about upper-class life in England and France including THE PURSUIT OF LOVE (1945), and DON'T TELL ALFRED (1960). She also wrote four well-received, well-researched popular biographies of Louis XIV, Madame de Pompadour, Voltaire, and Frederick the Great. Mitford managed the bookshop on Curzzon Street in London, during World War II, and moved to Paris in 1945 where she died. From the...

Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn45tf (person)

Arnold Bennett was a British novelist, dramatist, short-story writer, literary critic, journalist, and editor. From the description of Arnold Bennett collection of papers, 1881-1955 bulk (1894-1953). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615455 From the guide to the Arnold Bennett collection of papers, 1881-1955, 1894-1953, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Arnold Bennett, English no...

Peyton, Richard Henry

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k64vrw (person)

English philanthropist; founder of the Chair of Music, Birmingham University. From the description of Autograph letter copies signed : Birmingham Musical Festival, Southfield Edbaston, Near Birmingham, to Arthur Sullivan, 1870 Jan 10 to uly 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126574 ...

Madariaga, Salvador de

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cr662g (person)

Author, historian, Spanish ambassador to the U.S. and France, and chief of the Spanish delegation to the League of Nations. Full name: Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo. Died 1978. From the description of Notebooks of Salvador de Madariaga, circa 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455620 Epithet: Spanish diplomatist and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x000035 ...

Brahms

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m32ss1 (person)

German Romantic composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Fritz Simrock, Rome, 1881 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448491 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Elise. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122541007 19th century German Romantic composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to unidentified correspondent, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12...

Harding, Louise Alvar,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mm0ftr (person)

Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h41smt (person)

Viola Garvin, literary editor of the Observer 1926-1942, and daughter of James Louis Garvin, editor of the Observer 1908-1942. From the description of Letter, 1940 October 21, Renishaw Hall, N. Sheffield to Viola Garvin. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 37429151 English poet and satirist. From the description of Letter : Cyprus, to Maurice [Baring], 1935 Feb. 15. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). Wor...

De Falla, Manuel

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg2kz3 (person)

Manuel de Falla was a Spanish classical composer. Ricardo Vinès was a Spanish pianist. From the description of [Postcard, 1921 avril 4 to] Ricardo Vinès / Manuel de Falla. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191100808 Spanish composer. From the description of Autograph postcard signed, dated : Granada, 30 December 1922, to O.M. Kling [at J. & W. Chester], 1922 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576695 From the description of Autograph note...

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65z2zxg (person)

Claude Debussy (b. 22 August 1862–d. 25 March 1918) was one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France he attended the Conservatoire de Paris originally to study piano before switing to composition. His orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899), Images (1905–1912). In 1904 he rose to international fame for his opera Pelléas et Mélisande. He also composed two books of Préludes a...

Moore, George, 1852-1933

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g0kj5 (person)

George Augustus Moore, novelist and story writer, was born February 24, 1852, at Moore Hall, County Mayo, Ireland. From the description of George Moore letters, 1895? (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 501325752 Author who sometimes used the pseudonym, Lady Rhone. From the description of Letter : England, to Foster Baker, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 23884097 George Moore was born at Moore Hall, County Mayo, Irel...

Harding, Charles Copeley,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w41xzc (person)

Harding, Charles Alvar, 1915-2001

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jw8rj2 (person)

Bruch, Max, 1838-1920

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq12hz (person)

Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000142 American music critic Arthur M. Abell, 1868-1958, was Berlin correspondent for the Musical Courier from 1893 to 1918 and later published Talks with Great Composers, his reminiscences of conversations with Brahms, Strauss, Puccini, Humperdinck, Bruch, and Grieg. He knew many musicians both obscure and famous, and as a former violinist himself, esp...

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tf00n8 (person)

English composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Malvern, 12 April [n.y.], to [Plunket?] Greene. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566154 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Plas Gwyn, 15 August 1904, to [Samuel Aitken], 1904 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566140 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Plas Gwyn, Christmas Day 1902, to Mrs. [Louise Alvar] Harding, 1902 Dec. 25. (Unknown). Wo...

Schmitt, Florent, 1870-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh3xwx (person)

Florent Schmitt was a French composer. From the description of Florent Schmitt fonds. [1902]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676777086 Epithet: composer, pianist and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000398 Composed originally for solo piano, 1935, as the first movement of a piano suite under the title Chaîne brisée [Broken chain]. Orchestral version...

Harding, Charles

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wm1rh9 (person)

Epithet: of Fazeley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x000038 ...

Roussel, Albert

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nv9m7b (person)

Albert Roussel (1869-1937), French composer. From the description of Albert Roussel letters to Blanche Roussel, 1914-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162549 From the description of Albert Roussel letters to Blanche Roussel, 1914-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82841856 Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x00002a The work was composed in 1927--Cf. G...

Bantock, Granville, Sir, 1868-1946

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65x2w3j (person)

Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x0003e3 English composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Birmingham, to Richard Peyton 1907 May 8 and June 5, and 1909 May 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270671885 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Kings Norton, to Mr. Dunnebeil [at Breitkopf & Härtel] 1912 Feb. 24. (Unkn...

Wood, Henry J. (Henry Joseph), 1869-1944

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61j9nd9 (person)

English composer. From the description of [Album leaf] autograph manuscript, 1927 Oct. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919891 English conductor. From the description of Printed program of the Clifton Chamber Concerts, second season, fourth concertsigned, dated : Clifton, 17 March 1904, 1904 Mar. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679372 From the description of Typewritten letters signed (2), dated : London, 29 June 1914, and Chorley Wood, 20 Mar...

Salazar, Adolfo

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c2576d (person)

Spanish writer on music and literature, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Toledo June 26 1916, to G[eorges] Jean-Aubry, 1916 June 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668670 From the description of Autograph letters signed (4), autograph postcards signed (5) and typewritten letters signed (2), dated : Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Berlin, and Prague, 1919-1928, to Louise Alvar, 1921 June 8. and 1925 Sept. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270...

Maurois, André, 1885-1967

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd111k (person)

James Whitall is a Haverford graduate, class of 1910. From the description of TLS, [19]38 May 20 : Neuilly-sur-Seine [France] to "Cher Monsieur" [James Whitall]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 46667962 André Maurois was a prolific French author who wrote in a variety of forms and genres. Born as Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, he was educated in Rouen, but delayed his boyhood dream of becoming an author to work for the family textile business. He fought in W...

Segovia, Andrés

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66d5rb9 (person)

Spanish guitarist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : the Hague Jan. 22 1927, to Louise Alvar, 1927 Jan. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270669724 ...

Rosa, Carlos

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d5414 (person)

Grieg, Edvard

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69g5k45 (person)

Edvard Grieg was a Norwegian composer, and Edward MacDowell was an American composer. From the description of Letter : Kopenhagen, to Edward MacDowell, New York, 1901 Apr. 8. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122364004 From the guide to the Letter : Kopenhagen, to Edward MacDowell, New York, 1901 Apr. 8, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Grieg was a Norwegian pianist and composer. Johannes Wolf was a musical historian and specialist in the ...

Dukas, Paul

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6th8rch (person)

French composer. From the description of Correspondence with Paul Poujaud, 1891-1935 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702195521 From the description of L'Ondine et le Pêcheur (Th. Gautier.). [n.d.] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563125 From the description of Variations et finale sur un menuet de J. Ph. Rameau. [between 1899 and 1902] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563130 From the description of [Sketchbook] [manuscript]. (Unknown)...

Fleury, Louis, 1878-1926

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67w6q38 (person)

French flutist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, [8 March 1925], to Copeley Harding, [1925 Mar. 8]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577426 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Les Petites-Dalles, 20 July [1921], and [London, n.d.], to Mme [Louise] Alvar-Harding, [1921] July 20 and n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577423 ...

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67p8x4w (person)

English composer, teacher, writer, and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Norfolk,] 1 February 1921, to H[arry] H[arkness] Flagler, 1921 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677908 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dorking, [n.d.], to Dr. Myers, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677911 From the description of Letter in the third person, dated : [London], 19 February [1926], to Mme [Louise] Alvar, 1926 Fe...

Jean-Aubry, G. (Georges), 1882-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64q85nx (person)

French writer on music. From the description of Autograph manuscript signed, dated : Edinburgh, 11 May 1918, 1918 May 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578602 From the description of Autograph manuscript signed : [n.p., n.d., ca. 1918?], [n.d., ca. 1918?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578607 French writer. From the description of Papers relating to Camille Mauclair, 1903-1922. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83812069 ...

Malipiero, Gian Francesco, 1882-1973

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f1rbh (person)

Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (17) and autograph postcards signed (6), one letter partly in the hand of Anna Malipiero, one card also signed by Anna Malipiero, Alfredo Casella, Manuel de Falla, and Lionel Tertis, dated : Venice, Asolo, Rome, Milan, Paris, Naples, [and other places], 1919-1926, to Louise Alvar, 1919-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581657 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 24 March 1919,...

Valéry, Paul, 1871-1945

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw2ft8 (person)

French poet and philosopher. From the description of Paul Valéry petition, circa 1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981247 Paul Valéry, French poet, essayist and critic. From the description of Paul Valéry collection, 1896-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78236502 From the description of Paul Valéry collection, 1896-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702153343 Valéry was a French poet. From the guide to the Papers conce...

Weldon, Georgina, 1837-1914

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pn9hr2 (person)

Georgina Weldon was active in numerous artistic and political causes, and was a vocal supporter of the reform of England's Lunacy Laws. From the description of Letters, 1878-1885. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235173513 English soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 30 January 1871, to Mr. [Henry F.?] Chorley, 1871 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679107 ...

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq16d8 (person)

During his London sojourn, 1870-75, French composer Charles Gounod lived at the residence of English soprano Georgina Weldon. From the description of Letters received, 1792-1905. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485989 From the guide to the Letters received, 1792-1905, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Libretto by Emile Augier; first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 16 April 1851. Cf. New Grove online. From the description ...

Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dj5cpg (person)

T.J. Cobden-Sanderson was an English bookbinder, associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Born in Northumberland, his family travelled extensively; he attended Cambridge, but did not take a degree. His intellectual gifts seemed to fill him with despair, and he read constantly, and was often depressed. He eventually became a barrister in London, where he made several important friends, notably William Morris, who introduced him to Annie Cobden; Sanderson and Annie married, and he changed his...

Sullivan, Arthur

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69p2zzd (person)

Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) was an English composer well-known for his collaborations with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan sheet music, 1868-1993., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University.) Sullivan was an English composer. Gilbert was a English dramatist. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan correspondence with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, 1854-1900., (Houghton Libra...

Henschel, George

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x06k0h (person)

Sir George Henschel was a German-English composer, conductor, and baritone. He was the first conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in addition to many appointments in England. His diverse compositions and arrangements showed influences of Brahms and Wagner. He was also professor of singing at the Royal College of Music. From the description of George Henschel letter to Mr. Greene, 1890 June 12. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53917419 Ger...

Lambert, Constant

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xp7gvr (person)

English composer, conductor, and writer on music. From the description of Autograph postcards and postal cards signed (9), and Valentine cards signed (2), dated : [London, Marseille, Toulon and Paris, 1919-1931] and [n.p., n.d.], to Nina Hamnett, 1919-1931, 1929 Dec. 21 and 1930 Apr. 20 andn.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667102 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London June 3 1929], to Mme [Louise] Alvar, 1929 June 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...