Papers of Marianne Armstrong, comprising letters from 'celebrity' friends and acquaintances (mostly of a minor nature in regard to Rowe's compositions or activities), including Lady Mary Benedict, 1881-1885; Sir W S Gilbert, 1911; Pauline Chase, 1906; James Glover, 1906; Isabel Jay, 1906-1907; Marie Lloyd, 1907; Lady Ada Mansel, 1907; Edna May, 1907; Emmuska, Baroness Orczy, 1911; George Robert Sims, 1907; Vesta Tilley; Mary Moore Wyndham, 1916; Louis Bleriot, 1909; Prince Francis of Teck, 1910; Directory of the National Training School for Music, Jul 1877; An address to the scholars of the National Training School for Music by J Stainer, Principal, 27 Sep 1881; The Laws, Rules and Regulations of the Royal College of Music, 1896; letter from Dmitry Shostakovich to Sir Malcolm Sargent, regarding interpretation of his Fifth Symphony, 1954; photocopies of biographical articles by Armstrong on her parents and herself, and photocopies of her will and solicitor's correspondence in regard to the foundation of the RCM Carlotta Rowe Composition Scholarship and the Marianne Rowe Singing Scholarship and the bequeathal of her papers to the RCM.
Armstrong , Marianne Charlotte , 1860-1924 , née Rowe musician and composer
GB 1249 MS 6956
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1881-1924, 1954