IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1249 MS 4890
Held at: Royal College of Music
Title: DENISON, John Law (b 1911)
Date(s): 1938-1939
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 7 letters
Name of creator(s): Denison | John Law | b 1911 | administrator and horn player
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
John Law Dennison, born 1911; educated, Brighton College; entered Royal College of Music, 1932; played the horn in various major orchestras in London and Birmingham, 1933-1939; served in the army, World War Two; appointed Assistant Director of the British Council's music department, and Music Director of the Arts Council, 1948; made CBE, 1960; appointed General Manager of the Royal Festival Hall, 1965; Director of South Bank Concert Halls, 1971-1976.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence between John Denison, W H F Blandford and Raymond Bryant on horn technique, particularly in relation to Haydn's Trio in E flat for violin, cello and horn, 1938-1939.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Usual conditions of the Library of the Royal College of Music apply. See the RCM website or contact the RCM Library for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying is permitted at the discretion of the Archivist for research purposes only.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A detailed entry is given in volume 2 of the Manuscripts catalogue in the library of the Royal College of Music.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the RCM by John Denison.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Source: Grove Dictionary of Music.
Date(s) of descriptions: Nov 2001