HOWES, Frank Stewart (1891-1974)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1249 MS 6901 |
Held at | : Royal College of Music Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rcm.ac.uk/library/contactus/archivesandrecords/ › |
Full title | : HOWES, Frank Stewart (1891-1974) |
Date(s) | : 1925-1951 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : Howes | Frank Stewart | 1891-1974 | musician critic and writer |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
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.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
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.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English.
System of arrangement:
Unsorted.
Conditions governing access:
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.
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.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented by Mrs Howes, Jun 1975.
Allied Materials
Related material:
British Library Manuscript Collections holds correspondence of Howes with the Society of Authors, 1927-1948 (Ref: Add MSS 63274).
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Source: Grove Dictionary of Music.
Rules or conventions:
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.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Nov 2001
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