Correspondence, music, photographs and other items accumulated or created by members of the Carroll family - chiefly Walter and Ida Carroll, but also Elsa Carroll and Geoffrey Griffiths.
Carroll, Ida Gertrude (1905-1995), Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Principal of the Northern School of Music, double bass player
MS works of Alan Rawsthorne including manuscripts of most of his published works. In addition there are manuscripts of many unpublished pieces, most from early in the composer's career. Rawsthorne composed symphonies, concerti, chamber music...
Rawsthorne, Alan (1905-1971), Composer
Music in Manchester: various papers
Artificial collection of miscellaneous items given to the College reflecting aspects of musical life in the Greater Manchester area. Includes photographs of Manchester Womens' Orchestra, autograph books, letters from Charles Halle to a numbe...
Various persons/organisations
Hubert Harry: letters received
Letters to Hubert Harry, pianist, from Hilda Collens, Walter and Ida Carroll and Sir Clifford Curzon. Also contains some printed scores of songs composed by Harry.
Harry, Hubert (1927-2010), pianist
Philip Newman: additional material
Items which have been donated to or deposited with the RNCM Archives after the completion of the original PN catalogue.
Newman, Philip (1904-1966), violinist
Royal Northern College of Music archive
This collection consists of the institutional archive of the Royal Northern College of Music from its formation in 1973 to the present. It is not complete, some sections of the catalogue are rather thin but some sections are fairly comprehensive s...
Royal Northern College of Music (1972-present), music conservatoire
Correspondence, programmes, posters, recordings, diaries, photographs, press cuttings, accounts and other items covering the professional career of the soprano Elizabeth Harwood. Costumes (La Traviata and The Tales of Hoffmann) and portrait of Ant...
Harwood, Elizabeth Jean (1938-1990), Soprano
This collection contains the papers of Derrick Cantrell, organist and Choirmaster.
Cantrell, Derrick (?1926-present), organist, choirmaster
Music, artwork, writings & other output of Thomas Pitfield covering virtually his entire creative life. Also correspondence and photographs.
Pitfield, Thomas Baron (1903-1999), Composer, artist
Terence Greaves: lecture notes and other paper
Lecture notes on various orchestras and their instruments through Mozart and Beethoven's eras. Also included - miscellaneous scores
Greaves, Terence (1933-2009), composer, teacher