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Cudworth, Cyril Leonard Elwell, 1908-1977 (music librarian and musicologist)

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Cyril Leonard Elwell Cudworth (1908-77), music librarian and musicologist

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Basil Blackwell Limited, 1965-1991

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10095/13/4
Scope and Contents ROUGH NOTES:In 1965 discussions began amongst Roger Fiske, Charles Cudworth and Sadie on a proposal to collaborate in writing a book on English eighteenth century music for publication by Country Life. The proposal did not come to fruition but was picked up again in in the late 1970s when Sadie agreed to contribute a chapter titled 'Music in the Home, 1760-1800' for publication in a volume on the eighteenth century as part of a series on 'The Athlone HIstory of Music in Britain' to be...
Dates: 1965-1991
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for researchers using Cambridge University Library. Some items of correspondence containing personal or sensitive information have been closed.
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Curriculum Vitae and References, 1954-1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10095/1/11
Scope and Contents References from Charles L. Cudworth, Director of Studies at Cambridge University Music School and Stanley Raymond Dennison, Senior Tutor, Gonville and Caius College in support of an application by Sadie for a Lectureship in Music at the University of Birmingham (Mar. 1954) and for a further post in 1956; testimonials from T. L. Martin, Assistant Master at St. Paul's School, and Bernard George Stevens, Professor at the Royal College of Music (Oct. 1956); typescript curriculum vitae submitted...
Dates: 1954-1956
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for researchers using Cambridge University Library. Some items of correspondence containing personal or sensitive information have been closed.
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Letter to Peter King., 30 May 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dart 7/14
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Letter from Charles Curworth. Verso Peter King to Cudworth and note to Dart. About the translation of a Bull letter.

Dates: 30 May 1960
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: Note dated 1993: "All material from the estate of Thurston Dart on Bull was handed over to Susi Jeans in 1974 and free access to it was granted to her, The surviving executor of Dart, WJ Oxenbury agreed to leave all Dart papers on Bull with Susi Jeans on 2 conditions: a) No biographical material in Dart's work be assumed now to be correct b) Acknowledgement of Dart's name be made. No further contact with the Dart executors is necessary". Signed David Moroney