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- 1910-1959 (Creation)
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1 file
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Adelaide Parker was an organist and Fellow of the Royal College of Music. No other information is available at present.
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GB 1249 MS 6912 1910-1959 Collection (fonds) 1 file Parker , Adelaide , ? d 1980 , organist
Adelaide Parker was an organist and Fellow of the Royal College of Music. No other information is available at present.
Presented to the RCM via Bryan Kelly, Sep 1980.
Letters to Adelaide Parker, Bruno d'Arba and Joan McLeod, 1910-1959, including letters and postcards to Adelaide Parker regarding her performances from, Joseph Bonnet, Basil Harwood, Wanda Landowska, C Hubert H Parry, Ethel Smyth, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Charles-Marie Widor; letters to Bruno d'Arba from Francis Jackson; letters to Joan d'Arba from George W Russell (`AE'); letters to Joan Mcleod in relation to submission of her poetry for publication, including 8 from Walter de la Mare; letter from W B Yeats on setting of his poetry to music, undated.
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.
Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. 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 Bonnet , Joseph , 1884-1944 , French organist and composer Harwood , Basil , 1859-1949 , musician and composer Landowska , Wanda , 1879-1959 , Polish keyboard player and composer Literary forms and genres Literature Mare , Walter John de la , 1873-1956 , poet and writer x de la Mare , Walter Music Musical performances Parker , Adelaide , ? d 1980 , organist Parry , Sir , Charles Hubert Hastings , 1848-1918 , Knight , composer and musical writer Poetry Russell , George William , 1867-1935 , poet painter economist and journalist known as 'AE' Smyth , Dame , Ethel Mary , 1858-1944 , composer and suffragist Widor , Charles Marie Jean Albert , 1844-1937 , French organist, composer and teacher Williams , Ralph , Vaughan , 1872-1958 , composer x Vaughan Williams , Ralph Yeats , William Butler , 1865-1939 , poet and playwright Performing arts
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Presented to the RCM via Bryan Kelly, Sep 1980.
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Letters to Adelaide Parker, Bruno d'Arba and Joan McLeod, 1910-1959, including letters and postcards to Adelaide Parker regarding her performances from, Joseph Bonnet, Basil Harwood, Wanda Landowska, C Hubert H Parry, Ethel Smyth, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Charles-Marie Widor; letters to Bruno d'Arba from Francis Jackson; letters to Joan d'Arba from George W Russell (`AE'); letters to Joan Mcleod in relation to submission of her poetry for publication, including 8 from Walter de la Mare; letter from W B Yeats on setting of his poetry to music, undated.
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Usual conditions of the Library of the Royal College of Music apply. See the RCM website or contact the RCM Library for details.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopying is permitted at the discretion of the Archivist for research purposes only.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English.
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Finding aids
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.
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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.
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- English