Correspondence

This material is held atBritten Pears Arts Archive

  • Reference
    • GB 1111 ECR/4
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1940s-1990s
  • Physical Description
    • 8 boxes

Scope and Content

Correspondence with composers, musicians, colleagues, students, academics and other persons.

The correspondents include;

Benjamin Britten (1946-c1972)

Peter Pears (1970s and 1980s)

E.M. Forster (1948-1970)

John and Myfanwy Piper (1946-1949)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1953-1958)

Malcolm Williamson (1965-1970s), including items concerning The Growing Castle

John Mansfield Thomson (1970-1990)

Leonard Thompson (1991-1992), including typescript of his recollections of the first production of Peter Grimes

Hugues Cuenod (c1982-1990)

May Buckingham (1968-1993)

Howard Ferguson (1954-1956)

Gordon Crosse (1965-1968)

Cissie Oppenheim (1965-1977)

Edward Lowbury (1982-1991)

Suzanne Danco (1985-1992)

Mary Lago (1991-1994)

Winifred Ferrier (1953, 1987-1990).

Kathleen Ferrier (no date)

Anthony Gishford (1962)

David Bedford (no date)

Jim and Ruth Ann McDonald (University of Maryland, College Park) (1984-1994)

Arthur Bliss (1953, 1967)

Also:

Letters from Crozier to Evans, 1946-1954, 1963, 1965 (180 letters), and letters 1970s and undated, also transcriptions and indexes.

Letters from Evans to Crozier, 1949-1957 and undated.

Copies of letters Crozier to John Mansfield Thomson, 1980-1990.

Letters of congratulations on award of OBEs to Crozier and to Evans, Jan 1991.

Sympathy letters to Evans on Crozier's death and Memorial service, Sep 1994.

Access Information

Open

This material is made available under the standard conditions of Britten Pears Arts. Readers will be required to produce proof of identity and to sign a Reader's Undertaking form.

Related Material

See also PPA/THOMPSON_L for correspondence between Peter Pears and Leonard Thompson