Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from W Greenhouse Allt

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-411/1/1/L699
• Dates of Creation:05 July 1934
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  [1]p. 26 x 21cm 1 Letter
  [1]p. 26 x 21cm

• Scope and Content

  Letter, 5 July 1934, Edinburgh, Allt to Donald Tovey. Informing Tovey that Holst's ' Hymn of Jesus' may be too difficult to perform, because of the choir and difficulty in arranging rehearsals. Typescript signed, with pencil letter from Tovey to Mary Grierson on the back, objecting to Allt's points.

• Archivist's Note

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  27 July 1995

• Subjects

  Performance practice (Music)

• Personal Names

  Allt, Greenhouse, 1889-1969 (Organist and teacher | Conductor of Edinburgh Royal Choral Union)

  Holst, Gustav, 1874?1934 (composer and teacher of music)

  Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh)