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Reviews and letters, 1933 - 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EJD/2/1/6/4

Scope and Contents

The file comprises press cuttings of reviews of Dent's book 'Ferruccio Busoni', and letters relating to the book containing reviews and letters relating to Dent’s biography of Busoni. 1933-35.

Press cuttings sent by the International Press Cutting Bureau, Fleet Street:
- ‘The Hallé Concert’, from the ‘Manchester Guardian’, 10 Mar. 1933, with comparison to Busoni.
- ‘Busoni - a remarkable musician’ by Dr Herbert Thompson, review from ‘Yorkshire Post’, Leeds, 8 Mar. 1933.
- ‘Libri Ricevuti’, review from ‘Corriere Della Sera’, Milan, 8 Mar. 1933. In Italian
- Review from The Listener, 12 Apr. 1933
- ‘Pianist and scholar’ by Francis Toye, review from ‘Morning Post’, London, 3 Mar. 1933
- Review from ‘Musical Mirror’, London, Mar. 1933
- Review from ‘Revue Musicale’, Montparnasse, Jan. 1934. In French.
- ‘Notes of the day’, article about Busoni mentioning Dent’s biography, from ‘Musical Record’, London, Apr. 1933.
- ‘New Music and Musical Books’ including review, from ‘Oxford Magazine’, 27 Apr. 1933.
- ‘Memory as an Artist’ by Eric Blom, article in ‘The Listener’, 12 Apr. 1933.
- ‘Ferruccio Busoni, the Great Italian Composer and Pianist: His life and works’, article by Charles Pike Sawyer in the ‘Evening Post’, New York, 10 June 1933.
- ‘A Modern Faust’, review of Dent’s biography, from the ‘Sheffield Telegraph’, 5 June 1933.
- ‘Ferruccio Busoni, Pianist and Composer’, review from ‘New York Times’, 16 Apr. 1933.
- ‘Busoni’, review from the ‘Manchester Guardian’, 17 Apr. 1933.
- Review from ‘L’Italia Letteraria’, Rome, 9 Apr. 1933.
- Review from ‘Music Teacher’, London, May 1933.
- ‘A Frustrated Genius - Dent’s biography of Busoni reveals great mind thwarted by environment’, review from ‘New York Times’, 9 Apr. 1933.
- ‘Edward Dent’s Life of Busoni - the Latin and the German’, review from ‘Daily Telegraph’, 11 Feb. 1933.
- ‘Busoni’, review from ‘Evening Post’, New York, 16 June 1933.
- ‘Busoni’, review by J. B. Trend from ‘The Cambridge Review’, 21 April 1933.
- Review from ‘Catholic Herald’, London, 20 May 1933.
- ‘Great Modern Pianists of the Monumental School’, article about Liszt, Rubenstein, Busoni and Schnabel, from ‘Radio Times’, 28 Apr. 1933

Press cuttings, not from a bureau
- ‘Ferruccio Busoni – a Great Musician’ from ‘The Observer’, Sunday 19 feb. 1933
- ‘The World of Music – Busoni’, review by Eric Newman in unknown newspaper, 1933
- ‘The Composer’s Intentions’ by A.H. Fox Strangways, from ‘The Observer’, Sunday 19 Feb. 1933, mentioning Dent’s biography.

Letters to Dent
2 autograph letter signed from E. R. Blanchet, 17 Feb. 1933. In French.
2 autograph letter signed from I. Philipp, undated. In French.
1 autograph letter signed from W. K. [Whichinton?] of Glasgow, 5 Mar. 1935
1 autograph letter signed from Benni Busoni, Berlin, 17 Feb. 1933
3 autograph letters signed from D. C. Parker, 12, 15 and 17 Feb. 1933
1 autograph postcard signed from ‘F.S.’, postmarked Venice, 14 Sept. 1932
1 autograph letter signed from Friedrich Schnapp, 4 Mar. 1933
2 autograph letters signed from Melanie Prelinger, 27 Feb. 1933 and 2 Mar. 1933. In German.
1 autograph letter signed from Emilio Anzoletti, 22 Feb. 1933. In Italian.
3 autograph letter signed from [Havergal?] Brian, 15 Feb. 1933 and 8 Mar. 1933 (1 letter undated)
1 typed letter signed from R. A. Lynex, 16 Feb. 1933
2 autograph letters signed from Esther Meynell, 2 Mar. 1933 and 10 Mar. 1933
1 autograph letter signed from A. Valginigli, 25 Feb. 1933. In Italian.
1 typed letter signed from Francesco Vatielli, 24 Feb. 1933. In Italian.
1 autograph postcard signed from Norman MacDermott, 5 May 1933
1 autograph letter signed from Arthur Bliss, 18 May [1933]














































Dates

  • Creation: 1933 - 1935

Creator

Extent

1 envelope(s) (61 items in envelope) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2003-07-08 15:00:22+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

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