Papers of Lorna Letcher

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 1111 HOL/8/5
  • Dates of Creation
      circa 1940-1989
  • Physical Description
      1 box

Scope and Content

Papers of Lorna Letcher, nee Rees, (a pupil of Imogen Holst at Dartington Hall) including;

- music manuscripts of Imogen Holst, including Benedick and Beatrice piano part; Wheatley Processional; A Virgin most pure; The Seven Joys of Mary; Bedfordshire May Day Carol; Matthew, Mark and Luke and John; Cherry, Holly and Ivy; The Cuckoo; I must live all alone; Blow away the morning dew.

- correspondence from IH to Letcher, 1951-1983

- correspondence with others, 1949-1989

- miscellaneous items including programme for Bach's Mass in B Minor at Dartington Hall Summer Festival 1950, photograph of the Amadeus Quartet at Bryanston 1951, 'Memories of the Amadeus Quartet 1949-1951' written in 1979, photocopy of programme for two operas performed at Dartington Hall in 1951 (Noah by James Butt and Benedick and Beatrice by IH)

Access Information

Open

This material is made available under the standard conditions of Britten Pears Arts. Readers will be required to produce proof of identity and to sign a Reader's Undertaking form.

Related Material

See also HOL/2/8/2/133 for Letter from Christopher Letcher and Lorna Letcher to Imogen Holst