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GB GB1179 RMCM-RMCM/E-RMCM/E/4-RMCM/E/4/17
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General correspondence 1959/60
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- Aug 1959-Jul 1960 (Creation)
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17 folders
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(1893-1973)
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General correspondence of Cox and Brierley, sections F-M missing. Subjects and correspondents include potential students; students and staff (including references); student accommodation; financial matters; advertisements; the AGM; Arts Council Patrons of Music Fund (John Ogdon, Elizabeth Harwood, Rodney Friend and Barbara Robotham proposed) and auditions for Opera for All; Associated Board examinations; local authority grants to students; the BBC; Miss Rosa d'A. Blumberg; events at and students of Chetham's; auditions for the Royal Opera House; proposed new College of music; subscriptions; Leonard Behrens; the NYO; students, alumni and staff (including references); maintenance and buildings; informal discussions with the NSM regarding co-operation; financial matters including insurance, superannuation; advertisements; lectures and concerts given by MICA; the Royal Philharmonic Society composition prizes; the RCM; the RSAMD; building of a new organ; auditions at Sadler's Wells; loan of 2 cellos; scholarships; maintenance; financial matters; arrangements for teaching practice in schools for students; Elizabeth Harwood's success in the Kathleen Ferrier Competition; nominations to the Board of Professors and Council; timetabling; external tutors and masterclasses; effects of being a chorister on the adult singing voice and musicianship; meeting with the Treasury concerning pianos and accommodation; joint course with the University of Manchester and other matters; Manchester Arts Festival; a television programme by ITW on Welsh students; local authority grants and scholarships; the Treasurer.
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- Cox, Frederic Robert (1906-1985), Tenor, Principal of the Royal Manchester College of Music (Subject)
- Brierley, Denis Michael (1908-1968), pianist, singer, teacher, conductor, Registrar of the Royal Manchester College of Music (Subject)
- Arts Council of Great Britain (1940-present) (Subject)
- Ogdon, John Andrew Howard (1937-1989), composer, pianist (Subject)
- Harwood, Elizabeth Jean (1938-1990), Soprano (Subject)
- Friend, Rodney (1939-present), Member of the Order of the British Empire, violinist (Subject)
- Robotham, Barbara Joyce (1936-2013), mezzo-soprano (Subject)
- Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (1889-present) (Subject)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (1922-present) (Subject)
- Blumberg, Rosa M.d'A. (fl.1960s), pianist (Subject)
- Chetham's Hospital School (1656-1969) (Subject)
- Royal Opera House (1946-present) (Subject)
- Royal Northern College of Music (1972-present) (Subject)
- Behrens, Leonard F. (1890-1978), Knight, businessman (Subject)
- National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (1948-present) (Subject)
- Northern School of Music (1920-1972) (Subject)
- Royal Philharmonic Society (1813-present) (Subject)
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (1845-present) (Subject)
- Royal College of Music (1882-present) (Subject)
- Sadler's Wells Opera Company (1931-1968) (Subject)
- Kathleen Ferrier Award (1956-present) (Subject)
- Victoria University of Manchester (1851-2004) (Subject)
- Manchester Arts Festival (fl.1950s-1960s) (Subject)
- Independent Television for South Wales and the West of England (1956-1968) (Subject)
- Manchester Institute of Contemporary Art (fl.1950s-1960s) (Subject)