BOULT, Sir Adrian Cedric (1889-1983)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1249 MS 6905 |
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 | : BOULT, Sir Adrian Cedric (1889-1983) |
Date(s) | : 1920-1954 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : Boult | Sir | Adrian Cedric | 1889-1983 | Knight | conductor |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1889; educated at Westminster School, Leipzig Conservatory and Christ Church, Oxford; DMus, 1914, joined the music staff at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1914; conducted first performance of Holst's The Planets, 1918; taught at the Royal College of Music, 1919-1930; assistant musical director, Covent Garden, 1926; musical director of the Bach Choir, 1928-1931; musical director of the City of Birmingham Orchestra, 1924-1930; appointed music director for the BBC, 1930; formed the BBC Symphony Orchestra and toured Europe and the USA; associate conductor of the Proms, 1942-1950; retired from the BBC, 1950; music director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, 1950-1957; musical director of the CBSO, 1959-60; taught at the RCM, 1962-1966; undertook recordings of Elgar and Vaughan Williams for EMI; made his final public appearance and his final recording, 1978; died 1983.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Adrian Boult, comprising letters (9), 1920-1954, including from Sir Hugh Allen, thanking for Boult's conducting of rehearsals; from Sir Edward Elgar, in regard to his arrival at Boult's rehearsal; from Ethel Smyth on the possible performance of her works; from Adam Carse, sending score of his latest composition. Typescript programme and repertoire lists, mainly 1920s-1930s.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English.
System of arrangement:
In two sections in chronological order: A) Letters. B) Programmes and repertoire lists.
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:
There is a manuscript detailed list with the papers. The collection is catalogued in the 'Provisional catalogue of letters in the RCM library' by J Kersey, 1997, vol 1. There is also an entry 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 Sir Adrian Boult, 1976.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Boult papers are also held by British Library Manuscript Collections; BBC Written Archives Centre; Bodleian Library, University of Oxford; Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle: Gloucestershire Record Office. See National Register of Archives for details.
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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