| Description | Holbrooke writes from Vale House, Tufnell Park, and from River Nook, Hornsey, from Manchester and Sheffield, where he is involved in concerts, and from Penzance. The correspondence centres on Holbrooke's compositions, and Holbrooke's tone towards Bantock is primarily one of deference. He addresses him as 'Dear Bantock', or 'Dear G.' . Holbrooke and Bantock exchange scores, discuss possibilities for meeting each other, and make arrangements for performances and festivals, and in 1/6 comments on the way that the press seem to link the two composers. 'I notice the press will have none of it - for we seem inseparable for life - whenever they mention one - we both come in - somehow', but later goes on to complain that Bantock does not perform his work. In 1/11 he asks whether it would be possible for him to accompany Bantock when he 'examines' at competition festivals. 1/5 is a newspaper cutting advertising a 'Schubert Centenary Concert', with Josef Holbrooke as the solo pianist; and 1/14 is a flyer advertising a 'Vocal and Pianoforte Recital' by Josef Holbrooke at the Steinway Hall, London to be held on January 29 1909 at which he will give the first performance of 'Three Blind Mice', variations, for piano duet. |