GB 1249 Dunhill - DUNHILL, Thomas Frederick (1877-1946)

3 boxes

GB 1249 Dunhill 1912-1944 Collection (fonds) 3 boxes Dunhill , Thomas Frederick , 1877-1946 , composer
Thomas Frederick Dunhill, born, London, 1 Feb 1877; entered the Royal College of Music, 1893; studied composition with Charles Stanford and piano with Franklin Taylor; first RCM student to win the Tagore Gold Medal, 1899; assistant music master at Eton College, 1899-1908; taught harmony and counterpoint at the RCM from 1905; founded a series of chamber concerts devoted to the works of British composers, 1907; first recipient of the Cobbett Chamber Music Medal, 1924; wrote much educational music and was an adjudicator and examiner; published texts on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1927), Sir Arthur Sullivan (1928) and Sir Edward Elgar (1938); editor of the RCM Magazine; awarded an honorary DMus by Durham University, 1940; elected FRCM, 1942; Director of the Royal Philharmonic Society and Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of London; died Scunthorpe, 13 March 1946. Publications: Chamber Music (London, 1913); Mozart's String Quartets (London, 1927 and 1970); Sullivan's Comic Operas (London, 1928 and 1981); Sir Edward Elgar (London, 1938).

Donated by the executors of John Wilson, 1990s.

Papers of Thomas Frederick Dunhill, comprising personal and business correspondence, 1912-1944 (mainly 1931-1940), including correspondence relating to performances of the comic opera Tantivy Towers by Dunhill and Alan P Herbert; notebooks of lectures by Dunhill, including 'British music of today', lecture for the Royal Albert Institute 11 Mar 1913, 'Sir Hubert Parry' to the British Music Society 8 Mar 1922, and 'The importance of the British composers of the later 19th century' to the Society of Women Musicians, 7 Jul 1922; musical notebooks; lists of Dunhill's compositions; manuscripts of articles and talks by Dunhill, including 'The chamber music of Anton Dvorak', and `English comic opera'; correspondence with the BBC regarding talks by Dunhill, including a version of Dunhill's Tantivy Towers for broadcast, 1937, 1941, 1945; correspondence regarding finances of the Musicians' Benevolent Fund, 1937-1938; correspondence with B W Smith and F J Whitmarsh on their proposed operetta 'Something in the city', 1937-1939s; cuttings of articles by or on Dunhill, 1915-1938; programmes featuring Dunhill's music; obituaries, 1946.

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English.

The material is uncatalogued.

RCM also holds printed music of Dunhill (with some manuscript music material); papers of Herbert Howells, containing correspondence from Dunhill.

British Library holds correspondence with League of Dramatists, 1933-1947 (Ref: Add MSS 63374), correspondence with the Society of Authors, 1912-1945 (Ref: Add MSS 56696-98) and manuscript of Capricious variations on an Old English tune (Ref: Add MS 57297).

Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Source: article on Dunhill by Beryl Kington, Grove Dictionary of Music. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jun 2001 Artists BBC , British Broadcasting Corporation x British Broadcasting Corporation Classical music Composers Dunhill , Thomas Frederick , 1877-1946 , composer Dvorak , Antonin Leopold , 1841-1904 , Czech composer Music Musical comedy Musical performances Musical styles Musicians Musicians' Benevolent Fund Opera Parry , Sir , Charles Hubert Hastings , 1848-1918 , Knight , composer and musical writer Performers Theatre Performing arts

Donated by the executors of John Wilson, 1990s.

Papers of Thomas Frederick Dunhill, comprising personal and business correspondence, 1912-1944 (mainly 1931-1940), including correspondence relating to performances of the comic opera Tantivy Towers by Dunhill and Alan P Herbert; notebooks of lectures by Dunhill, including 'British music of today', lecture for the Royal Albert Institute 11 Mar 1913, 'Sir Hubert Parry' to the British Music Society 8 Mar 1922, and 'The importance of the British composers of the later 19th century' to the Society of Women Musicians, 7 Jul 1922; musical notebooks; lists of Dunhill's compositions; manuscripts of articles and talks by Dunhill, including 'The chamber music of Anton Dvorak', and `English comic opera'; correspondence with the BBC regarding talks by Dunhill, including a version of Dunhill's Tantivy Towers for broadcast, 1937, 1941, 1945; correspondence regarding finances of the Musicians' Benevolent Fund, 1937-1938; correspondence with B W Smith and F J Whitmarsh on their proposed operetta 'Something in the city', 1937-1939s; cuttings of articles by or on Dunhill, 1915-1938; programmes featuring Dunhill's music; obituaries, 1946.

Usual conditions of the Library of the Royal College of Music apply. See the RCM website or contact the RCM Library for details.

Photocopying is permitted at the discretion of the Archivist for research purposes only.

• English

• Latin

English.

RCM also holds printed music of Dunhill (with some manuscript music material); papers of Herbert Howells, containing correspondence from Dunhill.

The material is uncatalogued.

British Library holds correspondence with League of Dramatists, 1933-1947 (Ref: Add MSS 63374), correspondence with the Society of Authors, 1912-1945 (Ref: Add MSS 56696-98) and manuscript of Capricious variations on an Old English tune (Ref: Add MS 57297).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English