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Thompson, Herbert214
Bennett, Joseph2
Gray, Alan2
Hadow, Sir William Henry2
Dulac, Edmund1
Douglas, George Keith1
Dunn, John1
Drury, Alfred1
Eden, George Rodney, Bishop of Wakefield1
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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.