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GB GB1179 RMCM-RMCM/E-RMCM/E/4-RMCM/E/4/16
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General correspondence 1958/9
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- Aug 1958-Sep 1959 (Creation)
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26 folders
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(1893-1973)
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General correspondence of Cox, Kay and Brierley. Subjects and correspondents include Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew; advertisements; the AGM; prizes and medals; potential students; arrangements for Associated Board exams; equipment and maintenance; a concert conducted by Barbirolli; the BBC; external examiners; students, alumni and staff including references; subscriptions; financial matters; Chester Opera Group; the loan of historic musical instruments to Littlemoss secondary school for recitals; local authority scholarships; Leonard Behrens; students at Glyndebourne Festival Opera; maintenance and equipment; requests for financial assistance from the Gulbenkian Foundation and Granada Television; the death of Albert Hardie; potential students; purchase of instruments; financial matters; staff, alumni and students (including references); Hallé concerts; arrangements for College examinations; insurance; the Incorporated Society of Musicians; local authority scholarships; subscriptions; statistics for 1954-9 of number of enrolments, County boroughs of origin, instruments and courses; foundation of a federal scholarship in the teaching of music by the Federation of Malaya; lessons for John Ogdon from Denis Matthews; student auditions for the Manchester Tuesday Mid-day Concerts; lectures and concerts given by MICA; annual report and newsletters; the NYO; the College production of "Werther"; the College President; the death of Robert Forbes and a pension for his widow; equipment and maintenance; potential students; performance of "Tosca"; the Royal College and Royal Academy of Music; scholarships; collaboration with the University of Manchester; financial matters; the Treasurer. With summary of miscellaneous correspondence which was not retained.
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- Cox, Frederic Robert (1906-1985), Tenor, Principal of the Royal Manchester College of Music (Subject)
- Kay, Noel E. (fl.1950s), Registrar of the Royal Manchester College of Music (Subject)
- Brierley, Denis Michael (1908-1968), pianist, singer, teacher, conductor, Registrar of the Royal Manchester College of Music (Subject)
- Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd. (1906-1992), publishers (Subject)
- Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (1889-present) (Subject)
- Barbirolli, John Giovanni Battista (1899-1970), Knight, conductor, cellist (Subject)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (1922-present) (Subject)
- Chester Opera Group (fl.1950s-1960s) (Subject)
- Littlemoss Boys' County Secondary School (fl.1950s-1980s) (Subject)
- Behrens, Leonard F. (1890-1978), Knight, businessman (Subject)
- Glyndebourne Festival Opera (1934-present) (Subject)
- ITV Granada (1956-present) (Subject)
- Hardie, Albert (fl.1920s-1958), pianist (Subject)
- Hallé Concerts Society (1898-present) (Subject)
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (1956-present) (Subject)
- Incorporated Society of Musicians (1882-present) (Subject)
- Federation of Malaya (1948-1963) (Subject)
- Ogdon, John Andrew Howard (1937-1989), composer, pianist (Subject)
- Matthews, Denis James (1919-1988), pianist, writer (Subject)
- Manchester Tuesday Mid-day Concerts Society (1915-present) (Subject)
- National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (1948-present) (Subject)
- Massenet, Jules Emile Frédéric (1842-1912), composer (Subject)
- Forbes, Robert Jaffrey (1879-1958), conductor, Principal of the Royal Manchester College of Music (Subject)
- Puccini, Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria (1858-1924), composer (Subject)
- Royal College of Music (1882-present) (Subject)
- Royal Academy of Music (1822-present) (Subject)
- Victoria University of Manchester (1851-2004) (Subject)
- Manchester Institute of Contemporary Art (fl.1950s-1960s) (Subject)