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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)LAdd/6127
TitleLetter from [Sir] Edward Elgar [(1857-1934), composer], Plas Gwyn, Hereford, to [Alfred] Littleton, [1845-1914, as Chairman of Novello and Co, music publishers and general printers], 4 July
Extent1 item
Date1909
DescriptionBrief letter in which he refers to his part song 'Go Song of Mine' [according to information from the sale catalogue, apparently agreeing to Littleton's suggestion that the song should be issued separately in the standard Novello format for bound paper oratorios]. He also refers to the 'Dirge' [his 'Elegy for Strings']. again agreeing to a suggestion for its performance by Littleton 'only I fear it may sound thin without a D. Bass'. He mentions that he 'might be on tour again in a fortnight' and, as a postscript, asks how he should dress to go to Kneller Hall [at Twickenham, where a marching song of his was due to be performed]
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