Newman, Ernest, 1868-1959 (music critic)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1868 - 1959

Biography

Ernest Newman (1868-1959), music critic for the Sunday Times, 1920-58; writer on music and composers

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Fonds

Josef Holbrooke: letters

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9325

Scope and Contents

Letters to Holbrooke, mostly from composers and writers on music.

Dates: 1899-1958

Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Josef Holbrooke: letters

Series — Box: MS Add.9563: Box 1

Letters to Ernest Newman, September 1922-November 1953

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9563/20-25

Scope and Contents

[20-24] SIR ARTHUR BLISS Letters 20 SEP 1922 Â 25 NOV 1953 Referring to compositions, visiting J.B.Priestly to discuss writing an opera The Green Bough. [25] ALAN DUDLEY BUSH Letter 28 MAR 1943 in response to Newman's article in The Times which disagreed with a statement made by Bush on British composers.

Dates: September 1922-November 1953

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS Add.9563, Miscellaneous accessions

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