Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sir Arthur Somervall

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-411/1/1/L2470
• Dates of Creation:05 January 1933
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  [1]p. 23 x 18cm 1 Letter
  [1]p. 23 x 18cm

• Scope and Content

  Letter, 5 January 1933, London, Arthur Somervall to Mary Grierson. Describing Somervall's symphony, the slow movement of which was written in memory of Scott the explorer, and asking how Tovey was. Holograph signed.

• Archivist's Note

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  27 July 1995

• Subjects

  Composition (Music)

  Memorials

  Social Interaction

• Personal Names

  Grierson, Mary Gardner (pianist and conductor)

  Scott, RF, 1868?1912 (naval officer and Antarctic explorer)

  Somervell, Arthur, 1863-1937 (English composer and educationist)

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

• Geographical Names

  London, England