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Personal letters received

Catalogue reference: IPR/3

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This record is about the Personal letters received dating from 1925-1986.

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Reference
IPR/3
Title
Personal letters received
Date
1925-1986
Description

The two most extensive runs of personal letters are from Barbara Hepworth (650 catalogued items as files, arranged by year) and Michael Tippett (213 catalogued items as files), both of whom were close personal friends of Rainier. The complete correspondents are: Webster Aitkin, William Barns-Graham, Arnold Bax, Timothy Baxter, Beatrice [ ], Arthur Bliss, Nadia Boulanger, Henry Boyes, Benjamin Britten, James Brock, Iona Brown, Clive Brook, Nigel Butterley, John Cage, George Caird, Lord and Lady Chaplin, Leslie Craven, Dr T Csato, Hugues Cuénod, Lynda Davis, Jupp Dernbach-Mayen, E J Dowling, Jacqueline Du Pré, Havelock Ellis, Virginia Fortescue, Frances [ ], Hans [Peter] Gellhorn, Rosamund Gilder, Raimund Gilvan, William and Anne Glock, Jonathan Griffin, Merete Gronlund, Charles Groves, Perry Hart, Lord Hayman, Barbara Hepworth, Ivan and Mollie Hitchens, Irene Holl[ ], Miss A E Horniman, Doris Humphrey, Winifred Katzin, Hans Alexander Kaul, Hans Keller, Hakkiye Koral, Bernard and Janet Leach, Hermann Leeb, David Lewis, Elisabeth Lutyens, Elizabeth Maconchy, Leslie and Sadie Martin, Lady Diana Massingberd, Thérèse Mayer, Yehudi Menuhin, E Monse, Henry Moore, Miette Muthesius, Ben Nicholson, Simon Nicholson, Pola Nirenska, June Opie, Peter Pears, Orrea Pernel, Goffredo Petrassi, Michael Ponder, Brian Priestman, Kathleen Raine, Joyce Rathbone, Herbert and Ludo Read, Mary Renault [Mary Challans], Peter Renshaw, Sophie Renshaw, Yvonne Rodd, Marcelle Rodenbach, Michael Rubinstein, Edward Sackville West, Manorama Sarabhai, Serona [ ], Frances Spalding, Elizabeth Sprigge, Stuart [ ], Virgil Thomson, Sybil Thorndike, Michael Tippett, Elizabeth B Tregaskis, David Tudor, Laurens van der Post, Ursula Vaughan Williams, Marianne Veder, Felicitas Vogler, Eric W White, Isabel Wilson, and Shirley Wilson.

Held by
Royal Academy of Music Library
Language
English
Physical description
1,087 files
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/97005cf5-26f7-4b1f-93a0-f07f7a504a08/

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The Papers of Priaulx Rainier

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Personal letters received