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John Hunt to Maurice de Sausmarez

1933-1947

Handwritten letters and postcards from John Hunt to Maurice de Sausmarez. Hunt was de Sausmarez's piano teacher and they travelled to Germany together in 1937, when de Sausmarez turned the pages for H...

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Dickens, Charles to Novello, Clara Anastasia

16 Jul 1858

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Clara Anastasia Novello, requesting her advice for a young lady who wants to travel to Italy in order to train to be a professional singer, having already st...

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Music Educators National Conference

c. 1967

Printed leaflet for the Music Educators National Conference, part of the Contemporary Music Project for Creativity in Music Education and Institutes for Music in Contemporary Education.

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'Music Degress and Colleges'

27 Apr 1956

Press cutting titled 'Music Degress and Colleges' by an unnamed correspondent, published in The Times Educational Supplement.

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Sir (Donald) Keith Falkner to Maurice de Sausmarez

23 Jan 1969

Typewritten letter from the Director of the Royal College of Music Sir (Donald) Keith Falkner to Maurice de Sausmarez, inviting him to receptions and concerts at the college, including an unused stamp...

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Indenture between Vincent Novello, (Joseph) Alfred Novello and John Robinson

7 May 1824

Indenture between Vincent Novello, his son (Joseph) Alfred Novello and John Robinson, which apprenticed (Joseph) Alfred Novello to John Robinson at the age of 13 for a period of five years. Robinson w...

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The Contemporary Composer in Britain

1955-1956

Copy of a typewritten leaflet for a course of 24 university extension lectures by Kenneth Leighton, Gregory Fellow in Music, on 'The Contemporary Composer in Britain', organised by the University of L...

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Nicholson, Sydney Hugo to Littleton, Jack

24 Mar 1945

Typewritten letter from Sydney Hugo Nicholson, Director of the School of English Church Music, to Jack Littleton, thanking him for his note and hoping Littleton will visit the college in Canterbury. N...

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Bliss, Arthur Edward Drummond to Littleton, Jack

c. 1940

Undated handwritten letter from the composer Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss to Jack Littleton, thanking Littleton for his letter and apologising for the delay to his reply. Bliss explains that he gives ...

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