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Royal College of Music

MOORE, Stephen S (c 1900-1982)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1249 MS 6919

Held at: Royal College of Music

Title: MOORE, Stephen S (c 1900-1982)

Date(s): 1926-1972

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Moore | Stephen S | c 1900-1982 | musician

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Stephen Moore was a student in percussion at the Royal College of Music, 1923-1926, and then Secretary of the Worcestershire Association of Music Societies.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Stephen Moore, 1926-1961, including correspondence on the establishment of the Worcestershire Association of Music Societies, including letters from prospective patrons Sir Hugh Allen, Carice Elgar Blake, Sir Edward Elgar, Sir W H Hadow, Sir Hamilton Harty; correspondence regarding Moore's donation of percussion instruments to the Royal College of Music, 1948; newspaper cuttings and order of service for the unveiling and dedication of the memorial to Elgar in Westminster Abbey, 1 Jun 1972.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

The papers are in chronological order.

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:

The collection is catalogued in the 'Provisional catalogue of letters in the RCM library' by J Kersey, 1997, vol 1; an entry is also given in the supplement to volume 3 of the Manuscripts catalogue in the library of the Royal College of Music.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the RCM by Stephen Moore via Stella Kemball, Oct 1982.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Nov 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Clubs | Leisure time activities | Leisure
Musical instruments | Music | Performing arts

Personal names
Allen | Sir | Hugh Percy | 1869-1946 | Knight | musician
Blake | Carice Elgar- | b 1890 | daughter of Sir Edward Elgar x Elgar-Blake | Carice
Elgar | Sir | Edward William | 1857-1934 | 1st Baronet | composer
Hadow | Sir | William Henry | 1859-1937 | Knight | scholar educationist and music critic
Harty | Sir | Herbert Hamilton | 1879-1941 | Irish composer, conductor and pianist
Moore | Stephen S | c 1900-1982 | musician

Corporate names
Royal College of Music
Worcestershire Association of Music Societies

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Worcestershire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe