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Sender: Adam, Patrick William
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 23 Oct 1919
Location: SC MS 361/6
Note: About a proposed painting.
Sender: Airy, Anna
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 14 Jun 1934
Location: SC MS 361/1
Note: About a portrait in pastel; her new studio at Playford.
Sender: Albani, Marie Louise Cecile Emma, Dame (formerly Lajeunesse)
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 29 Sep 1901
Location: SC MS 361/366
Note: Encloses the words of a song from Spontini's "Vestale" for a
programme note. Addresses "Dear Sir".
Sender: Allen, Sir Hugh Percy
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 13 Nov 1936
Location: SC MS 361/2
Note: Requests Thompson to give a talk on 50 years of art and music at
the annual conference of the Incorporated Society of Musicians
at Harrogate. 2 ff.
Sender: d'Aranyi, Jelly
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 4 Nov [1925]
Location: SC MS 361/375
Note: A proposed programme for a private concert. 3 ff. Dated from
Thompson's diary.
Sender: Armes, Philip
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 15 Apr 1891
Location: SC MS 361/367
Note: Delay in printing score of his cantata "St Barnabas"; sends
parts of it. Addressed "Dear Sir".
Sender: Atkins, Sir Ivor Algernon
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 3
Date(s): 19 Aug 1897 - 5 Jul 1941
Location: SC MS 361/3-5
Note: 1) Thanks for a letter of congratulation; reference to Emma
Albani, soprani; Three Choirs Festival at Hereford. 2) Thanks
for letter of congratulation upon his knighthood; balance sheets
of the Three Choirs Festival. 2 ff. 3) Thanks for the gift of
the "Mozart Verzeichnis" (i.e. Ludwig Kochel, "Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis samtliche Tonwerk Mozarts) to Worcester Cathedral Music Library.
Sender: Bacon, Sir Hickman Beckett
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 24 Nov 1939
Location: SC MS 361/7
Note: On Lincoln Art Gallery and pictures there from Leeds.
Sender: Bairstow, Sir Edward Cuthbert
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 25 Aug 1944; 30 Sep [n.y.]
Location: SC MS 361/8-9
Note: 1) Acknowledges Thompson's earlier influence on his career;
York Minster Choir. In original envelope. 2) Thanks for
scores of "Don Giovanni" and "Mass in D" (= ? Beethoven, "Missa solemnis"). Initialled "E C B.".
Sender: Bantock, Granville
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 6
Date(s): 5 Jun 1902 - 12 Mar 1927
Location: SC MS 361/11-14, 341, 368
Note: 1) Promises to send particulars and score of a composition;
Richard Strauss concert in London. 2) Thanks for criticism of
his "Omar Khayyam" and his "Gloucester work" (= ? "Christ in the
wilderness"). 3) Acknowledges a sketch; remarks on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. 4) Explanation of his seranade for strings "From the far west". Signed under the pseudonym "George Washington". 5) About his "Dante and Beatrice", referred to by
him as "David and Bathsheba" (sic). Signed under the pseudonym
"Abominablech, the Hittite". 6) Thanks for criticism of his
"Song of songs".
Sender: Barry, Charles Ainslie
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 18 Sep 1898
Location: SC MS 361/15
Note: On writing programme notes; Richard Wagner's "Huldingungsmarsch"; spelling of the word "Leitmotif".
Sender: Bath, Hubert
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): "Sunday" [1910]
Location: SC MS 361/369
Note: Sends notes about his "The Wedding of Shon Maclean" which is to
be performed in Leeds; the Scottish influence in its
composition. 2 ff. Performed in Leeds on 14 October 1910.
Sender: Bax, Sir Arnold Edward Trevor
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 6 Aug 1923
Location: SC MS 361/16
Note: Letter enclosing a programme note by Bax on his symphonic poem
"Tintagel". 2 ff. Programme note attached.
Sender: Beckett, Ernest
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 16 Nov 1902
Location: SC MS 361/17
Note: On the German aesthetic temperament; Jewish creativity.
Sender: Beecham, Sir Thomas, 2nd baronet
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): "Thursday" (possibly 10 Nov 1927)
Location: SC MS 361/18
Note: An invitation to lunch to discuss musical matters at the hotel
where Beecham is staying. Possibly dated 10 November 1927 (cf
Thompson's diary).
Sender: Behrens, Edgar Charles
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 2 Aug 1932
Location: SC MS 436/43
Note: His memoir of Sir Jacob Behrens; invitation to visit. Extracted
from Thompson's copy of the memoir.
Sender: Bennett, George John
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 13 Nov 1904
Location: SC MS 361/19
Note: About the programme and conductors for the Lincoln Triennial
Festival in 1905.
Sender: Bennett, Joseph
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 4
Date(s): 10 Jan [1905] - 22 Feb 1905
Location: SC MS 361/20-23
Note: 1) Enquires whether Thompson would wish to succeed him as music
critic on the "Daily Telegraph". 2) About differences of
musical opinion; procedure and responsibility amongst the "Daily
Telegraph" music staff. 3) Editorial conditions which would
apply if Thompson joined the "Daily Telegraoh". In original
envelope. 4) Reports that the Editor of the "Daily Telegraph"
would not agree to Thompson's conditions for joining the paper.
Sender: Bispham, David Scull
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): "Monday"
Location: SC MS 361/24
Note: Thanks for a drawing. Probably dated c 1897.
Sender: Blake, Ernest
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 5 Feb 1902
Location: SC MS 361/25
Note: Letter of thanks; references to Richard Strauss and Henry Joseph
Wood.
Sender: Borwick, Leonard
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): "Sunday"
Location: SC MS 361/27
Note: Acknowledges receipt of a prospectus.
Sender: Bosville, Alexander Wentworth Macdonald
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 12 Mar 1901
Location: SC MS 361/28
Note: Reference to some musical joke.
Sender: Boughton, Rutland
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 4
Date(s): 11 Sep 1909 - 16 Apr 1934
Location: SC MS 361/29-32
Note: 1) Danger of excessive musical analysis; remarks on a composition of his (probably "The Invincible Armada"). 2) Remarks on his "Armada"; his Arthurian choral drama and the
Leeds Festival of 1910. 3) On the loss of words from singers
with orchestra, especially in performances of Wagner. Printed
letter-head "Marston Green, near Birmingham" crossed out. 4)
Letter of thanks; suspects he is being penalised for his political opinions; is busy composing.
Sender: Bowling, Whewall
Recipient: Thompson, Herbert
Letters: 2
Date(s): 23 Nov 1908; "Thursday"
Location: SC MS 361/33-34
Note: 1) Acknowledges loan of a Wagner volume; going to Switzerland
for his health; his "Commedietta" and other compositions. In
pencil. 2) Congratulates Thompson on a notice in the
"Yorkshire Post"; invitation to visit him.