Bliss, Sir Arthur Edward Drummond, 1891-1975 (Knight and composer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1891 - 1975
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
File
Arthur Bliss: Letters to Mr Roest, 1966
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10304/53
Scope and Contents
Three letters from Sir Arthur Bliss to Mr Roest (24 February, 16 May and 3 August 1966), with a sheet of notes in a different hand.
Dates:
1966
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
File
Arthur Bliss: miscellaneous documents, 1932 and dated without year
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10304/54
Scope and Contents
Three documents in the hand of Arthur Bliss: 'List of Five Works in order of Merit' (judgements on musical compositions submitted for a competition), 8 December 1932; letter to Mr Percival, 8 April [no year]; letter to 'Capell', 23 November [no year].
Dates:
1932 and dated without year
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Sub-Series
Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (1891-1975), 2024
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/2/Bliss
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Material relating to those with a surname beginning 'B'.
Dates:
2024
Series
From Sir Arthur E.D. Bliss [Composer], 16 Aug. 1915-1918 (Circa)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/B/29-B/37
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists almost exclusively of letters received by Dent between 1914 and 1918, and probably sorted and weeded by him subsequently. Several letters have been endorsed by Dent with identifications and comments, and he has also supplied biographical notes on most of the correspondents, although these are not always reliable. The letters reflect Dent's heavy involvement in the teaching of music in Cambridge during the First World War, and his work on the translation of hitherto...
Dates:
16 Aug. 1915-1918 (Circa)
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).
File
Letters from composers and conductors, 1968-1984 and dated without year
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10304/9-16
Scope and Contents
(9) Leopold Stokowski to Ida Krehm, 6 March 1968; (10) Arthur Bliss to Mr Davis (?), 2 October 1971; (11) Adrian Boult to J. Littleton of Novello and Company, Ltd, 12 October 1971; (12) Charles Groves to the Hire Librarian, Novello Hire Library, 11 July 1980; (13) Alan Bush to Messrs Godwin and Tabb, c/o Messrs Novello and Company, 27 December 1980; (14) Alan Bush to Messrs Novello and Company, 4 August 1984; (15) John Lanchbery to Arthur [Bliss], 1 October, no year; (16) László Heltay...
Dates:
1968-1984 and dated without year
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Series
Vilém Tauský: Letters to him from musicians, 11 Aug. 1954-9 Feb. 1977
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/182-186
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
11 Aug. 1954-9 Feb. 1977
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).
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- Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 5
- Subject
- Music 3