Shawe-Taylor mss., 1929-1995
Papers, 1929-1995, of Desmond Christopher Shawe-Taylor at the Lilly Library,
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Electronic finding aid encoded by Beth Benda.
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly
Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly
Creator
Shawe-Taylor, Desmond.
TitleShawe-Taylor mss.,1929-1995
Collection No.
LMC 1954
Extent
ca. 6500 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
Consists of the papers of Desmond
Christopher Shawe-Taylor, 1907-1995. The correspondence is mainly with colleagues and
friends including a large group of letters from John Francis Warre Rathbone and an
extensive series of letters, particularly through the war years, from Shawe-Taylor to
Edward Sackville-West. Writings include typescripts, carbon copies, etc. of his
articles, scripts, lectures, and his revised entries for
The New
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
that he was editing. The
financial/legal materials consist primarily of bank statements from Lloyds Bank and
correspondence and statements from his investors. The photographs include many snapshots
of friends as well as portraits of opera singers in costume.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Desmond Christopher Shawe-Taylor, 1907-1995, English music critic, was born in Dublin,
Ireland and educated at Oxford. Upon graduation he was employed by The Royal
Geographical Society as assistant editor of "Geographical Journal." After a short stint
there he began writing mostly literary criticism and occasional music-related articles
for
The Times,
The Spectator and other periodicals. In 1939 he joined
the Royal Artillery of the British Territorial Army and served his final two years,
1944-1945, as Captain in GIII Intelligence. He resumed his writing career after the war,
this time with an emphasis on music. In 1945 he was retained as the music critic for the
New Statesman and
Nation, and then gramophone critic for
The
Observer,
as well as writing occasional articles for other journals. From
1958 until his retirement in 1983 he was chief music critic of the
Sunday Times. In addition, he made frequent broadcasts on BBC
Home Service and Third Programmes about music, particularly opera, singing and
gramophone records. Shawe-Taylor also has several books to his credit. He wrote
Covent Garden (London: Max Parrish, 1948) and collaborated on
The Record Guide (London: Collins, 1951) and
The Record Year (London: Collins, [1953]) with Edward
Sackville-West.
Arrangement/Organization
Organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II. Writings; III.
Financial/legal; IV. Photographs; V. Miscellaneous; and VI. Clippings.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of the papers of Desmond Christopher Shawe-Taylor, 1907-1995. Correspondence is
mainly with colleagues and friends. There is a large group of letters from John Francis
Warre Rathbone which spans from their school years together to Rathbone's appointment as
Secretary of the National Trust. Also present is an extensive series of letters,
particularly through the war years, from Shawe-Taylor to Edward Sackville-West with whom
he and Raymond Mortimer purchased a house, Long Crichel in Dorset, in 1944. Other
correspondents include: H.M. Barnes, Ian Cosens, David Stacy Colman, Edward Dent, Emma
Eames, Elena Gerhardt, William Rodes Moran, Raymond Mortimer, Ernest Newman, Frances
Partridge, Andrew Porter, and Sir Michael Tippett.
Writings include typescripts, carbon copies, etc. of his articles, scripts and lectures.
There are also his revised entries for
The New Grove Dictionary
of Music and Musicians
that he was editing.
The Financial/legal materials consist primarily of bank statements from Lloyds Bank, and
correspondence and statements from his investors.
The Photographs include many snapshots of friends, though they are principally
unidentified. Also present are portraits of opera singers in costume.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online
catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the
catalog using these terms.
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Names
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British
Broadcasting Corporation.
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British Broadcasting
Corporation.
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Shawe-Taylor, Desmond.
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Shawe-Taylor,
Desmond --Correspondence.
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Sackville-West, Edward, Hon.,
1901-1965.
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Rathbone, John Francis
Warre.
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Topics
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Music --History and criticism.
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Singers --Photographs.
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Raidio plays.
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Music
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1999.
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons
from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their
visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Shawe-Taylor mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Series:
Correspondence
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Individual names with significant number
of letters may have separate folders and are filed immediately after the folder in
which they would have been included. Occasional copies of letters from
Shawe-Taylor may be found throughout the correspondence, but are not listed.
Box 1
Ackerley, John
Adams, Bill
Agate, James
Ailes, Edgar H.
Includes: two letters from Emma Eames and three letters from Mary
Garden, all to Ailes. (1 folder)
Aldeburgh Foundation
Alexander, Dick
Allen, William
Allgood, Sara (Sally)
Angel Records
Armendariz, Pablo
ARTIA
Asquith, Anthony
Asser, Michael
Ayrton, Michael
Baddeley, Colonel,
see: Garrick Club
Bannerman, Betty
Barnes, H.M. (Jan)
(1 folder)
Bartley, Lucy,
see: The British Broadcasting Corporation
Belcantodisc
Berkeley, Lennox
Bicknell, J. David,
see: Electric & Musical Industries Limited
Blackham, Richard
see: W. Schwann Inc., Publisher
Bliss, Arthur
Bornoff, Jack,
see: International Music Council
Boswell, Ronald,
see: The British Broadcasting Corporation
Bowen, Elizabeth
Bridges-Adam, W.
The British Broadcasting Corporation.
Includes press releases. (2 folders)
The British Council
The British Institute of Recorded Sound
Britten, Benjamin
Brook, Peter
Buchanan, George
Buckland, John
Campion, Paul
Caraman, Philip, S.J.
Cardus, Neville
Castillo, Manuel del
Cattanach, David
Cecil, David
Cecil, Jonathan
Clark, John
Colleran, Kate
Collins Publishers
Colman, (David) Stacy
Compton-Burnett, Ivy
Concert Associates, Inc.
Contact Publications Ltd.
Copland, Aaron
Coveney, John,
see: Angel Records
Crabbie, Mrs. G.E.
Crozier, Eric
Crutchfield, Will
Cummings, David
Cunard, Nancy
Curtis Brown Ltd.
(1 folder)
Davies, Marfa Hudson (Chaliapin)
Deal, Edgar M.
Dennis, James
Dent, Edward
Desmond, Astra
Dolan, Peter F.
Draper, Ruth
Duff, Juliet
Eckstein, Pavel
Electric & Musical Industries Limited
EMI Music Archives
Engle, Marie
Esterson, Allen
Ewans, Michael
Exon, R.H.C.
Falconer, Graham
Fassett, Steve B.
Favia-Artsay, Aida
Finch, Rhona,
see: Opus 111
Forey, Edmund,
see: Grove
Forster, E.M.
Foster, Addison, III
Franckenstein, Sir George
Frank, Roger W.
Frankenstein, Alfred
Frelinghuysen, Matilda E.
Garrick Club
Gate, Richard K.
Gerhard, Roberto
Gerhardt, Elena.
Includes two photographs. (1 folder)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Gogarty, Oliver St. John
The Gramophone
Gregg Press Limited
Gregory, Eric C.,
see: Percy Lund Humphries & Co Ltd
Grey, Madeleine
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians;
see: Grove
Hadfield, Tony
Hagman, Bertil
Hanley, James
Harewood, George Henry Hubert Lascelles, Earl of
Hart, Reginald M.
Heinitz, Tom
Henderson, Jack
Henstock, Michael E.
Henze, Hans Werner
Hirsch, Alice,
see: The Record Album
Hirsch, Henry,
see: The Record Album
Hitchens, Ivon
Hodgkins, Frances
Holden, Frances
Holden, Frank
Holloway, Robin
Holt, Pier Luigi
Hone, Joseph
Hope-Wallace, Philip
Hopkins, J.
Howland, Robert
Hughes, J.M.,
see: Electric & Musical Industries Limited
Hughes, Suzanne,
see: The British Council
Hutber, Diana
Hutchinson?, Mary
Ichihara, Yuzum
(2 folders)
International Music Council
International Musicological Mozart Congress,
see: Eckstein, Pavel
Isherwood, Christopher
Istituto di Studi Verdiani
Jacobs, Arthur
Jebb, Julian
Johnson, Barbara J.
Jones, Parry
Kelly, Alan
Kilkelly, Mina
Klingsberg, Erwin
Končelíková, J.,
see: ARTIA
Lamb, Henry
Lander, Jack R.
Lauren, Janet R.,
see: Concert Associates, Inc.
Lee, Laurie
Lees-Milne, John
Lehmann, Lotte
Lehmann, Rosamond
Lewis, Suzanne,
see: EMI Music Archives
Liles, G.
Lochore, Don W.
Loewenberg, Alfred
Lussan, Zelie de
Macaulay, Rose
MacCarthy, Mary (Warre-Cornish)
MacNutt, Richard,
see: Richard MacNutt Limited
Madonna, Wanda
Martin, Kingsley,
see: The New Statesman and Nation
Maugham, W. Somerset
Maw, Nicholas
Maxwell-Arnot, Madeleine
McHardy, John
Medici, Mario,
see: Istituto di Studi Verdiani
Mellers, Wilfrid
Menuhin, Yehudi
Mitchell, John
Moberly, Bob
Moore, Maurice
Moran, William R.,
(1 folder)
Mortimer, Raymond,
(1 folder)
Murdoch, Iris
The New Grove Dictionary of American Music,
see: Grove
The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians,
see: Grove
The New Grove Dictionary of Music in the United States,
see: Grove
The New Statesman and Nation
Newman, Ernest
Nicolson, Harold
Notcutt, Arthur
Notley, Frances (Mrs. Archer)
Ocampo, Victoria
O'Harra, Richard
Opus 111
Orr, Robin
Oxford.
Contains letters from various Oxford friends. (1 folder)
See also: Colman, (David) Stacy
Partridge, Frances (Fanny)
Pattinson-Knight, C.,
see: Piccadilly Cinematograph Film Productions Limited
Pears, Sir Peter
Pearsall Smith, Logan
Pemberton, Christopher.
Appended to Edward Sackville-West to Shawe-Taylor, July 3, 1965
Percy Lund Humphries & Co Ltd
Perry, David
The Physical Society
Piccadilly Cinematograph Film Productions Limited
Piper, Myfanwy
Pipkin, R. Keith
Platnauer, Maurice
Plomer, William
Pollard, Anthony C.,
see: The Gramophone
Porter, Andrew
(8 folders)
Box 2
Porter, Andrew
(3 folders)
Potter, Jeremy,
see: New Statesman & Nation
Powell, Peter,
see: Britten, Benjamin (postcard)
Price-Jones, G.
Prior, P.A.
Pritchett, Victor S.
Rainier, Priaulx
Ralston, William H.
Rathbone, Jack
(11 folders)
Reah, Allan J.,
see: Belcantodisc
The Record Album
Richard MacNutt Limited
Roche, David
Rodgers, Viola
Rodier, Harold
Rolland, Marie (neé Marie Kodachova; married Romain
Rolland)
Rosado, Miguel A.
Rosenthal, Harold
Ross, A.G.
Royal Opera House
Rubbra, Edmund
Rubra, G.W.
Sackville-West, Edward:
From Shawe-Taylor.
(4 folders)
To Shawe-Taylor.
(1 folder)
Sackville-West, Vita
Sadie, Stanley,
see: Grove
Sands, Ethel
Sargent, Sir Malcolm
Saul, Patrick,
see: The British Institute of Recorded Sound
Schonberg, Harold C(harles)
Schumann, Elisabeth.
Includes two photos. (1 folder)
Searle, Humphrey
Seiber, Matyas
Seltsam, William H.
Shawe-Taylor, Desmond,
See also: Sackville-West, Edward.
Four postcards to his mother, Apr. 1934
one postcard to Denis Rickett, July 20, 1939
Shawe-Taylor, Nora
Shone, Richard
Sieskind, W.G.
Simon and Schuster, Inc. Publishers
Simon, Henry W.,
see: Simon and Schuster, Inc. Publishers
Simpson, Harold
Slobodskaya, Oda
Smith, Jimmie
Smith, R. Geoffrey,
see: W.S. Cowell Ltd.
Sniffin, C. Merwin
Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji
Souzay, Gâerard
Sparks, Ronald L.
Spicer, H.E.
Stein, Erwin
Stern, Fred
Stratton, John
Tavener, John
Tavernier, René
Templer, Cecil
Tennant, Stephen
Teyte, Maggie
Tippett, Sir Michael
Tonks, Henry
Tooley, John,
see: Royal Opera House
Toynbee, Philip,
see: Contact Publications Ltd.
Turnell, Douglas
Tutt, Robin
Union of Czechoslavak Composers,
see: Eckstein, Pavel
United States Information Service. Concerns Shawe-Taylor’s application
for the Smith-Mundt leader program.
(1 folder)
Vanni-Marcoux.
Includes one photograph. (1 folder)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Veale, John
Verlag Rolf Putziger
Villaseñor W., Lorenzo
Villiers, C.G.S. de
Vogue
W. Schwann Inc., Publisher
W.S. Cowell Ltd.
Watkins, Vernon
Weaver, William
Webber, Frankie
Weidenfeld, A.G.,
see: Contact Publications Ltd.
Weingartner, F.
Welitsch, Ljuba,
Includes one photograph
Wescott, Glenway
Whettam, Graham
William Lennard Concerts,
see: Mitchell, John
Williams, Frank F.
Wilson, Angus
Wordsworth, William D.
The Worshipful Company of Musicians
Wyler, Michael
Young, Gerard Mackworth
Personal ads correspondence. From members of the homosexual community
instigated by personal ads placed in
Exchange &
Mart,
Film and Filming, etc. by Shawe-Taylor in
1943,
1946,
1954,
and 1965.
Includes unpublished novel. (4 folders)
First names only/illegible signatures.
(1 folder)
Series:
Writings
Organized into the following subseries: articles; books; Grove’s; lectures;
scripts; notebooks.
Subseries:
Box 2
Articles
Arranged alphabetically by title.
"Beno Blachut - tenor."
photocopy, 5 p.
"Benjamin Britten."
holograph, 11 p.; two carbon typescripts, 7 p. each; one holograph
of an additional article, 31 p.; holograph of an outline, 6 p. (1
folder)
"Bernard Shaw as Music Critic."
two carbon typescripts, 63 p. and 35 p.
"Extending the Opera Repertory."
corrected printer’s copy, 8 p.
"Manon Lescaut: The Novel and the Operas."
holograph, 31 p.
"Mathis der Maler."
holograph, 10 p.
"The Music of Roberto Gerhard."
holograph, 17 p.
"Musical Chaos."
carbon typescript, 9 p. (incomplete)
"The Musical Theatre in London Since
1947."
carbon typescript, 5 p.
"Noel Mewton-Wood. "
holograph, 6 p.
"A Nordic Diary. "
carbon typescript, 4 p. (incomplete) on verso of: Musical
Chaos
"The Operas of Leoš Janáček. "
Proof
"An Outburst of Opera. "
carbon typescript, 5 p.
"Personal Preference. "
carbon typescript, 6 p.
"An Urgent Appeal to Every Reader of the
Gramophone. "
carbon typescript, 7 p.
"Vaughan Williams."
holograph, 9 p.
"What Matters Most in Opera? "
typescript, 7 p.
[untitled record reviews].
carbon typescript and mimeograph, 6 p.
Subseries:
Box 2
Books
Covent Garden.
Contains: Bibliography, several draft pages, an insert, etc. (1
folder)
Subseries:
Box 2
Grove’s
Research and proofs for entries in
New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians
(1 folder)
Box 3
(cont.)
(3 folders)
Subseries:
Box 3
Lectures
Benjamin Britten.
typescript, 12 p.
Mozart as Opera Composer.
typescript, 11 p.
Style in the Singing of Mozart.
holograph, 5 p.; typescript, 9 p.; printed syllabus from the
University of London (1953-1954) which includes this title
Yvette Guilbert. Given Apr. 19, 1980.
typescript, 16 p. and various research materials.
Subseries:
Box 3
Scripts.
Mostly BBC broadcast scripts. Transmission date given, when known.
Adelina Patti (1843-1919).
mimeograph, 6 p.
Arabella.
carbon typescript, 10 p.
The Art of Beno Blachut. For Radio 3,
May 20, 1977.
mimeograph, 12 p.
The Art of Ivan Kozlovsky. Recorded Jan. 9,
1979.
typescript, 8 p.
The Art of Lotte Lehmann.For BBC World
Sevice, recorded Mar. 28, 1972.
mimeograph, 7 p.
Beniamino Gigli (1).
Apr. 19, 1971.
mimeograph, 6 p.
Benjamin Britten: A Retrospective Survey. For
BBC Home Service, Nov. 21, 1963.
carbon typescript, 12 p. and mimeograph, 18 p. (1 folder)
Benjamin Britten and English Poetry.
typescript and carbon typescript, 24 p. each. (1 folder)
La Cenerentola and Its Interpreters.
photocopy, 5 p.
Changing Styles in Mozart Singing.
typescript, 12 p. and carbon typescript, 11 p.
Characterisation in Mozart's Operas: 1 – Con
Giovanni.
For BBC Third Programme, Apr. 22, 1948.
carbon typescript
Characterisation in Mozart's Operas: 2 – The Marriage
of Figaro.
For BBC Third Programme, Apr. 29, 1948.
two typescripts and carbon typescript, 5 p. each
The Classical Style, by Charles Rosen. Book
review by Shawe-Taylor.
mimeograph, 8 p.
Conchita Supervia (5).
May 18, 1971.
carbon typescript, 5 p.; mimeograph, 7 p.; and 3 p. of
notes
Conchita Supervia and Rossini.
carbon typescript, 9 p.
Discovering Opera. Series of six programs,
Oct.-Nov. 1945.
typescripts. 10 p., 9 p., 8 p., 7 p., 7 p., 8 p.
Dvorak's The Jacobin.
typescript, 3 p.
Enrico Caruso (1873-1921).For Music Magazine,
Feb. 20,
1973.
carbon typescript 4 p.;mimeograph, 8 p. and one page of holograph
notes
Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938). For Music
Magazine, Feb.
6, 1973.
mimeograph, 8 p.
The First Version of Fidelio.
typescript, 5 p.
The Flying Dutchman. For BBC Home Service,
Jan. 19,
1961.
carbon typescript, 4 p.
Four Great Singers.For BBC Third Programme,
Sept.-Oct. 1947
1 folder
1.
Nellie Melba (1859-1931).
two typescripts, 6 p. and 7 p.
2.
Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936).
two typescripts, 6 p. and 5 p.; carbon typescript, 6 p.
3.
John McCormack.
typescript, 5 p.; carbon typescript, 6 p.; one page of
discography
4.
Pol Plançon (1854-1914).
typescript, 6 p.; carbon typescript, 6 p.; typescript, with
holograph sections, 6 p.
Frida Leider and Jahhie Teyte: Two Birthday Tributes.
mimeograph, 7 p. and 4 p. of holograph notes
Frida Leider in Some of Famous Roles.(series:
Historic Performances on Record). For BBC Third Programme, Mar. 21,
1964.
mimeograph, 7pp
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962).
Jan. 18,
1972.
mimeograph, 6 p.
Gigli. For BBC Home Service:
Dec. 25,
1957.
carbon typescript, 5 p.
Mar. 17,
1958.
typescript, 6 p.
Giovanni Martinelli. For BBC Home Service,
Aug. 9,
1960.
carbon typescript, 6 p.
Handel's Messiah.
photocopy, 4 p.
The Interpreters of Gluck's Orpheus.For BBC
Radio 3, Jan.
31, 1971.
mimeograph, 6 p.
Ivor Newton.For Music Magazine, Dec. 10,
1972.
carbon typescript, 4 p.
Janacek's Jenufa.For Music Weekly, Mar. 2,
1975.
mimeograph, 5 p.
Janacek's Operas. For BBC Third Programme,
Apr. 13,
1959.
mimeograph, 17 p.
Kirsten Flagstad.
typescript, 4 p.
Lakmé: Interval Talk.
Aug. 22,
1971.
photocopy, 4 p.
Lucia di Lammermoor and its Interpreters.
typescript, 4 p.
Manon and its Interpreters.
photocopy, 4 p.
Mary Garden (1874-1967).
mimeograph, 5 p. and 3 p. of holograph notes
Mattia Battistini. Famous Singers series. For
BBC Third Programme, Oct. 2, 1956.
mimeograph, 6 p.
A Melba Biography, book review.
carbon typescript, 3 p.; mimeograph, 6 p.; and one page of holograph
notes
The Metropolitan Opera. For BBC Third
Programme, Oct.
7, 1954.
two carbon typescripts, 10 p. each
Music-Lovers' Calendar [Verdi's early
operas]. For BBC Home Service, Oct. 1, 1944.
carbon typescript, 7 p.
Music Magazine extracts:
(1 folder)
[L'Enfant et les Sortilèges], Dec. 12, 1948,
typescript
[review of biography of Enrico Caruso, by T.R. Ybarra], Feb. 27, 1955,
carbon typescript
[review of book Leos Janacek, His Life and Works, translated from
the Czech of Jaroslav Vogel by Geraldine Thomsen-Muchová], June 23,
1963,
mimeograph
[Donizetti], undated,
typescript
Music of the Western Masters.For BBC Eastern
Service
(1 folder)
Verdi and Rossini,
Nov. 12, [1947].
typescript, 6 p.
Gluck,
Nov. 19,
[1947].
typescript, 5 p.
Johann Strauss,
Jan. 21, 1948.
typescript, 4 p.; carbon typescript, 5 p.
Musical Profile: Geraldine Farrar.
Pre-recorded May
24, 1967.
typescript, 4 p.; carbon typescript, 6 p.; and two pages of holograph
notes
On Wings of Song. For BBC Home Service,
Sept. 24,
1956.
typescript, carbon typescript, 8 p. each and one page of holograph
notes
Scenes from Bellini's Opera La Sonnambula.
For BBC Home Service, Jan. 26, 1960.
mimeograph, 5 p. and two pages of holograph notes
Siegfried – Narration.
carbon typescript, 7 p.
Singer and Accompanist: book review. For
Music Magazine.
carbon typescript, 3 p.; mimeograph, 6 p.; and one page of holograph
notes
Sounds of Music. Two part programme for BBC
Third Programme. June 20, 1966.
two mimeographs, 11 p. and 15 p.; three pages of holograph notes; The
Acoustics of Concert Halls, by Peter Parkin, mimeograph, 19 p. (1
folder)
Studies in Interpretation: Three talks. For
BBC Third Programme, May 18, 1950,
Nove 16, 1950,
Nov. 23,
1950.
mimeographs, 8 p., 6 p., 6 p. (1 folder)
Til Eulenspiegel. For BBC Light Programme,
July 8, 1946.
carbon typescript, 6 p.
Il Trovatore and its Interpreters. For Music
Magazine.
6 p.
Turandot and the Gramophone. For Radio Three,
Mar. 9,
1972.
carbon typescript, 4 p.; and mimeograph, 5 p.
The Two Ariadnes. For BBC Third Programme,
Aug, 21,
1950.
mimeograph, 7 p.
A Vanished Style.
typescript, 2 p.
Voice and Style. For BBC Third Programme.
Three talks, Oct.-Nov. 1951
(1 folder)
1.
Giovanni Martinelli.
two mimeographs, 11 p. each
2.
Conchita Supervia.
two mimeographs, 10 p. each
3.
Giuseppe de Luca.
mimeograph, 8 p.
Voice and Style. For BBC Third Programme.
Four talks, Feb.
1953.
(1 folder)
1.
L'Eloge des Vieux.
two mimeographs, 7 p. each
2.
A Vanished Style.
mimeograph, 7 p.
3.
The Voice of France.
mimeograph, 7 p.
4.
Three Lieder Singers.
carbon typescript, 7 p.
Die Walküre and Its Interpreters.
carbon typescript, 4 p.
Walton's Operas. For Music Magazine,
Mar. 26,
1972.
photocopy, 4 p.
War and Peace.
mimeograph, 9 p.
Miscellaneous notes.
Subseries:
Box 3
Notebooks
1. Brief critiques of recordings and live performances
2. Lists of recordings, operas and opera singers.
Subseries:
Box 3
Writings by others
Mostly mimeograph articles, but also includes: Uncorrected copy of Hans Werner
Henze's We Come to the River; interview with Sir Edward Downes about the
Australian Opera
Series:
Financial/legal
Box 3
E.S. Cope estate.
Chiefly correspondence with lawyers and relatives concerning the settlement of
estate.
Insurance.
Property, vehicle and home insurance policies and related correspondence
Lloyd's Bank. Statements, 1935-1988
(4 folders)
Box 4
Lloyd's Bank (cont.).
(2 folders)
Rathbone. Correspondence, 1942-1995, with "Rathbone Bros.
& Co. (investors)"
(3 folders)
Statements of investments, 1940-1995.
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous financial materials.
Series:
Box 4
Photographs
Shawe-Taylor, Desmond.
16 photographs, including one snapshot.
see also: Snapshots
Shawe-Taylor, Fannie (Mrs. Wm. C. Trench). Shawe-Taylor's aunt, holding
tennis racket ca. 1890
Military.
35 snapshots of unidentified men in military uniforms
Singers.
19 photographs of various operatic singers, mostly in costume. Includes
seven portraits of Emma Eames
Snapshots.
99 photographs, mostly of friends. A few include Shawe-Taylor. (2
folders)
Series:
Miscellaneous
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box 4
Historic Masters Ltd., 1984-1995
(Issues 78rpm records in their original form.) 2 folders
Shawe-Taylor was on the Board of Directors. Contains correspondence, minutes of
board and general meetings and financial accounts. Arranged chronologically.
Oxford.
Programs and menus from Shawe-Taylor's college years at Oxford University.
Personal.
Materials unrelated to Shawe-Taylor's writing career, such as receipts
concerning utilities, membership in The Wine Society, BUPA, etc.
Postcards.
75 postcards, chiefly depicting scenery.
Press releases. English National Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera,
The Royal Opera, and The Welsh National Opera
Programs.
Chiefly music programs
Record catalogs. Includes catalogs from: Collector's Corner, The
Complete Record Company, EMI, Harmonia Mundi, and many other record selling
companies
(5 folders)
Box 5
Record catalogs (cont.)
(2 folders)
Travel.
Notes, maps, brochures, notebook of contacts in the U.S. and Mexico for
trips to Iran, U.S., Australia and Europe. (2 folders)
Series:
Box 5
Clippings
Articles written by Shawe-Taylor, 1930-1966.
(4 folders)
Letters to editors, or articles about Shawe-Taylor.
(1 folder)
Articles by and about others
(4 folders)
Scrapbook of articles by Edward Sackville-West
