GB 1249 MS 6901 - HOWES, Frank Stewart (1891-1974)

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GB 1249 MS 6901 1925-1951 Collection (fonds) 1 file Howes , Frank Stewart , 1891-1974 , musician critic and writer
Frank Steward Howes, born 1891; educated at Oxford High School, St John's College, Royal College of Music; joined the staff of The Times in 1925 and succeeded H C Colles as chief music critic, 1943-1960; lectured on musical history and appreciation at the RCM, 1938-1970.

Presented by Mrs Howes, Jun 1975.

Correspondence of Frank Howes, 1925-1951, comprising letter from Charles Sanford Terry (to H C Colles), enclosing Terry's edition of Coffee and Cupid (The Coffee Cantata): an Operetta by Johann Sebastian Bach (London, 1925); correspondence with Ernest Irving regarding Ralph Vaughan Williams' score for the film Scott of the Antarctic, and with Edward Joseph Dent on Gluck's Orfeo, and John Church's A Divine Hymn.

Unsorted.

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.

The collection is catalogued in the 'Provisional catalogue of letters in the RCM library' by J Kersey, 1997, vol 1; an entry is also given in the supplement to volume 3 of the Manuscripts catalogue in the library of the Royal College of Music.

British Library Manuscript Collections holds correspondence of Howes with the Society of Authors, 1927-1948 (Ref: Add MSS 63274).

Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Source: 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. Nov 2001 Bach , Johann Sebastian , 1685-1750 , German organist composer and master contrapuntist Church , John , 1674-1741 , composer and singer Films Gluck , Christoph Willibald Ritter , von , 1714-1787 , Bohemian composer x von Gluck , Christoph Willibald Ritter Historical films Howes , Frank Stewart , 1891-1974 , musician critic and writer Music Musicology Opera Terry , Charles Sanford , 1864-1936 , historian and Bach scholar Theatre Williams , Ralph , Vaughan , 1872-1958 , composer x Vaughan Williams , Ralph Performing arts

Presented by Mrs Howes, Jun 1975.

Correspondence of Frank Howes, 1925-1951, comprising letter from Charles Sanford Terry (to H C Colles), enclosing Terry's edition of Coffee and Cupid (The Coffee Cantata): an Operetta by Johann Sebastian Bach (London, 1925); correspondence with Ernest Irving regarding Ralph Vaughan Williams' score for the film Scott of the Antarctic, and with Edward Joseph Dent on Gluck's Orfeo, and John Church's A Divine Hymn.

Unsorted.

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.

British Library Manuscript Collections holds correspondence of Howes with the Society of Authors, 1927-1948 (Ref: Add MSS 63274).

The collection is catalogued in the 'Provisional catalogue of letters in the RCM library' by J Kersey, 1997, vol 1; an entry is also given in the supplement to volume 3 of the Manuscripts catalogue in the library of the Royal College 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.

• English