Finding Aid
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji collection. First and second accruals
First accrual Correspondence between K.S. Sorabji and Frank Holliday
Box 1 Sorabji/Holliday, 1939-1959
F.1 1939
From K.S.S.: 2 TLs, 1 APc; Also 3 handwritten notes by F.H.
F.2 1940
From: 1 ALs,11 TLs,1 APcs; Also 2 handwritten notes by F.H.
F.3 1941
From: 2 Als, 8 TLS, 7 APcs; Also 6 handwritten notes by F.H. and a carbon copy of a letter - not to K.S.S.
F.4 1942
From: 2 Als, 5 TLs, 5 APcs
1 Christmas card [undated]
To: 1 telegram
Also 3 handwritten notes by F.H.
F.5 1943
From: 8 TLs, 4 TPcs
F.6 1944
From: 2 ALs, 9 TLs, 2 Pcs; Also 2 handwritten notes by F.H.
F.7 1945
From: 1 ALs, 2 TLs,1 APcs, 1 TPcs
Also 2 handwritten notes by F.H.
F.8 1946
From: 6 TLs, 1 Tpcs
F.9 1947
From: 1 ALs, 7 TLs, 3 APcs
Also 3 handwritten notes by F.H.
F.10 1948
From: 3 ALs, 3 TLs
Also 1 handwritten note by F.H.
F.11 1949
From: 4 ALs, 1 Christmas Card
Also 4 handwritten notes by F.H.
F.12 1950
From: 2 ALs, 1 TLs
1 Christmas Card, 1 annotated visitor's card
TL(car) of K.S.S. letter to Radio Times
Also 3 handwritten notes by F.H.
F.13 1951
From: 1 ALs, 5 TLs, 2 APcs, 3 TPcs
1 Christmas Card
And carbon copies and cuttings of published letters by K.S.S.
Also 2 handwritten notes by F.H.
F.14 1952
From: 14 TLs, 1 APcs, 3 cuttings
To: 4 TL(car.)
Also 1 handwritten note by F.H.
F.15 1953
From: 26 TLs (one with lengthy handwritten addition; some with envelopes)
1 Telegram
3 cuttings (published letters by K.S.S.)
To: 10 TL(car)
Also 1 handwritten note by F.H.
F.16 1954
From: 18 TLs, 3 Pcs, 2 telegrams
3 cuttings (2 are published letters by K.S.S.).
F.17 1955
From: 15 TLs, 9 TPcs, 1 telegram, 2 Greeting cards, 1 business card
9 cuttings(including articles and letters by K.S.S.)
To: 1 TL (extracts only)
Also 3 copies [ms., ts., ts(car.)] of "Notes made on visit to K.: August/55".
F.18 1956
From: 16 TLs, 1 ALs, 4 TPCs, 1 APcs, 12 telegrams
13 cuttings (most of pieces by K.S.S.)
To: 1 TLs, 2 TL(car)
Also "Rough notes on my visit to Corfe Castle", Sept. 10-12 1956
F.19 1957
From: 14 TLs (one to Mrs. H.), 3 ALs, 10 TPcs, 3 APcs
34 Carbon copies of letters and cuttings
To: Handwritten notes only, with ms. draft and ts. version (with carbon) of "My visit to K. Sept/57"
F.20 1958
From: 16 TLs, 1 ALs, 13 TPcs
22 Carbon copies of letters and cuttings
To: 3 TL(car.)
F.21 1959
From:14 TLs, 1 ALs, 12 TPcs, 2 APcs
17 Carbon copies of letters and cuttings
To: 2 TL(car.)
Also some handwritten notes and ms., ts. and ts.(car.) versions of "Notes made on the occasion of my visit to K. in 1959".
Box 2 Sorabji/Holliday, 1960-1969
F.1 1960
From K.S.S: 16 TLs, 9 TPcs, 1 ALs, 1 telegram, 1 Christmas Card
14 carbon copies of letters and cuttings
To: 7 TL(car.)
Also ms., ts. and ts (car.) versions of "Notes on visit to K. -- Sept/60".
F.2 1961
From: 16 TLs, 5 ALs, 3 TPcs
13 carbon copies of letters and cuttings
To: 1 TL, incomplete, 1 TL(car.)
Also ms., ts. and ts(car.) versions of "my visit to K. at Corfe Castle, Sept/61".
F.3 1962
From: 22 TLs, 3 ALs, 6 TPcs, 2 telegrams
12 carbon copies of letters and cuttings
Also copies of letters from Erik Chisholm and Mervyn [Vicars]
To: 10 TL(car.)
Handwritten notes
Also "Notes on My visit to K. May/1962 (First tape recording),ms., ts., and ts(car.) versions. And "Notes on Second Recording - K. - in Oct. 1962", ms. and ts.
F.4 1963
From: 28 TLs, 1 ALs, 1 APcs, 1 TPcs, 1 telegram
Also 26 carbon copies of letters to the editors of various newspapers
To: 5 TL(car.)
Also "Notes on visit to K., Sept.9 -11 1963a" in ms., ts. and ts(car.) versions
[includes technical data re recording].
F.5 1964
From: 24 TLs, 5 ALs, 6 TPcs
Also 8 carbon copies of letters sent and 3 cuttings
To: 2 TL(car.)
Also notes "Visit to K. May 1964" and "Notes on visit to K. Sept. 25/27" with "Notes on Fourth recording", ms. only
F.6 1965
From: 33 TLs, 2 ALs, 10 TPcs , 2 telegrams
Also 2 carbon copies of letters sent and 6 cuttings
To: 6 TL(car.)
Also notes on recording "made at Corfe Castle, March 26/65", ms. only.
F.7 1966
From: 17 TLs, 4 ALs, 5 TPcs
To: 5 TL(car.)
Also notes on "Visit to K. April 13-15 1966", ms. only.
F.8 1967
From: 20 TLs, 7 ALs, 2 APcs, 2 TPcs
To: 2 TL(car.)
Also some notes on recording, undated.
F.9 1968
From:16 TLs, 2 ALs, 3 APcs, 4 TPcs
To: 3 TL(car.)
Also 2 carbon copies of letters to the editor and some notes on recording, April 28 1968, ms. only
F.10 1969
From: 19 TLs, 2 ALs, 2 APcs, 9 TPcs
Also 3 carbon copies of letters and 5 cuttings
To: 2 TL(car.)
Also "Notes written at Quarr Abbey, 6 April 1969", and "Notes on visit to K., 23/26 May 1969", also notes with estimates of recording costs, December 1969, all ms.
Box 3 Sorabji/Holliday, 1970-1978.
F.1 1970
From: 23 TLs, 6 ALs, 4 TPcs, 1 APcs
and 2 enclosed letters from John Dean
To:14 TL(car.)
Also notes of telephone conversations.
F.2 1971
From: 16 TLs, 4 ALs, 3 APcs, 4 TPcs
And 2 cuttings
To: 16 TL(car.)
"Notes made since April 1971 beginning with my Easter visit 1971", ms. only. Also other ms. notes.
F.3 1972
From: 23 TLs, 3 ALs, 5 APcs, 3 TPcs
Also carbon copies of 7 letters to others and 3 cuttings
To: 12 TL(car.)
Also "rough notes on a visit to K., Oct. 23/26 1972", ms. only, and other notes on broadcasts of K."s works.
F.4 1973
From: 26 TLs, 7 TPcs, 3 APcs
1 carbon copy of letter, 1 cutting
To: 21 TL(car.)
"Notes on K's visit to Eastbourne and Hardham Cottage, April/May 1973," ms. & ts.
Also "Visit to K. June/73", ts. and notes of telephone calls.
F.5 1974
From: 26 TLs, 3 ALs, 10 TPcs, and greetings card.
Also additional chapter for K.S.S.s book Music and Sex.
To: 13 TL(car.), 1 TPcs (returned with annotations)
"Notes for my files"
"Notes on seeing K. April 27/8"
Further notes on 4/5 May meeting.
Also number of other ms. notes.
F.6 1975
From: 12 TLs, 3 ALs, 10 TPcs, 5 APcs, Greetings card, 1 carbon copy of letter by K.
Some copies of letters from others to K.
To: 16 TL(car.)
"Notes on K. at Stunts Green, 27 April 1975"
Notes on meeting 4 May 1975, also notes of telephone calls.
F.7 1976
From: 15 TLs, 2 ALs, 6 TPcs, 2 APcs
6 cuttings
Also copies of letters by K. to others
To: 15 TL(car.)
Also other notes.
F.8 1977
From: 28 TLs, 2 TPcs, 1 APcs
Also Christmas card
1 carbon of letter and 2 cuttings
To: 23 TL(car.)
Notes on visit 12 April 1977 and other notes, including accounts of telephone calls and material relating to Alistair Hinton.
F.9 1978
From: 8 TLs, 1 ALs, 2 TPcs, 1 APcs
Also concert programme
To: 6 TL(car.)
Notes regarding telephone calls, including accounts of calls from Reggie Best.
Box 4 Correspondence, A - Ga
A
F.1 Ames, Flora, 1952, 2 items
B
F.2 Bavar, Michael, 1971-2, 4 items
F.3 Becket Williams, Christopher, 1952, 2 items
F.4 Bernadette, Sister, 1970, 2 items
F.5 Best, Reggie, 1952, 1973-1978, 21 items
F.6 Bowen, York, 1952-1953, 7 items
F.7 British Broadcasting Corporation (Robert Layton), 1977-1980, 6 items
F.8 Bromage, Bernard, 1937-1954, 32 items
F.9 Byngham, Dion, 1952-1953, 10 items
C
F.10 Cain Tompkins & Co., 1973, 2 items
F.11 Chapman, Ernest, 1953, 4 items
F.12 Chisholm, Alastair, 1972-1985, 9 items
F.13 Chisholm, Erik, 1952-1965, 56 items (includes notes & transcriptions of E.C.'s letters to K.S.S.)
F.14 Choveaux, Nicholas, 1952, 1 item
F.15 Cooper, Ernest, 1965-1966, 3 items
F.16 Cooper, H.J., 1952-1953, 12 items
F.17 Cricklade College, 1975, 1 item
F.18 Curwell, B., 1983, 2 items
F.19 Curwen, J. & Sons Ltd., 1931, 1974, 1975 (publishing agreements with K.S.S.) 3 items
D
F.20 Da Capo Press, 1974-1976, 5 items
F.21 Derus, Kenneth, 1974-1979, 50 items (includes notes of meetings and letters to/from K.D. and K.S.S.)
F.22 Diamond, David, 1974, 2 items
F.23 Dover Publications, 1972-1974, 12 items
E
F.24 Edroff-Smith, E., 1952, 12 items
F.25 Evelyn [ ], 1960-1986 [& undated], 5 items
F.26 Ewing, Cecil, 1965-1971, 15 items
G
F.27 Gambit, 1965, 1 item
F.28 Garvelmann, Donald, 1968-1970, 53 items (includes letters to K.S.S.& cuttings)
F.29 Garvelmann, Donald, 1971-1974, 86 items (includes letters to/from K.S.S., cuttings, cards, some duplicate copies)
F.30 Garvelmann, Donald, 1975-1983, 89 items (includes cuttings, cards and photocopies)
F.31 Garvelmann, Donald, 1970-1976, 8 items, Publicity relating to broadcasts in U.S.
Box 5
F.1 Gentieu, Norman, 1952-1964, 17 items (includes copies of some letters to K.S.S.)
F.2 Gentieu, Norman, 1965-1970, 39 items
F.3 Goodall, Reginald, 1952, 1 item
F.4 Gray-Fisk, Clinton, 1952-1961, 48 items
F.5 Grieve, Christopher (Hugh MacDiarmid), 1952-1977, 7 items (including 2 letters to K.S.S.)
H
F.6 Habermann, Michael, 1972-1987, 122 items
F.7 Habermann, Michael, 1977-1979, 12 items (annotated envelopes, reviews and programmes)
F.8 Hick, Peter, 1978-1985, 7 items
F.9 Hill, C.H., 1953, 4 items
F.10 Hinton, Alistair, 1973-1978, 11 items (including one to K.S.S.)
F.11 Howard, Paul, 1952-1953, 15 items
I
F.12 Incorporated Society of Musicians, 1973, 1 item (copy of a letter to K.S.S.)
F.13 Ireland, John, 1952-1953, 12 items
K
F.14 Kemp, Roy, 1971, 1 item
F.15 Kindler-van Dieren, Frida, 1952, 6 items
L
F.16 Library of Congress, 1971, 20 items (includes forms and brochures)
M
F.17 Mairet, Phillip, 1952-1953, 11 items
F.18 Morland, Harold, 1952-1972, 9 items (includes one to K.S.S.)
F.19 Music and Letters, 1961, 3 items (includes copy of F.H.'s article "Splendour upon Splendour")
F.20 Music and Musicians, 1972, 1 item (copy of a letter by K.S.S.)
F.21 Musical Opinion, 1961, 2 items
F.22 The Musical Times, 1961, 2 items
F.23 Mysore, The Maharajah, 1952, 2 items
N
F.24 Nairn, Edward & Ian Watson, 1982-1988, 16 items (includes F.H.'s notes of telephone conversations with these two who do business as John Updike)
F.25 National Westminster Bank, 198[7?] 2 items
F.26 New Yorker (Ved Mehta), 1 item (to K.S.S., with his annotations)
F.27 Norton, W.W., 1974, 2 items
O
F.28 Ogdon, John, 1961-1965, 17 items
F.29 Owen, E.R.H. 1964, 1 item
F.30 Oxford University Press, 1951-1975, 17 items (includes royalty statements and copy[?] of letter by K.S.S.)
Box 6 Norman Peterkin
F.1 1952-1953, 8 items
F.2 1967, 27 items (including copies of letters to K.S.S. and a small notebook with copies of Peterkin and other letters to K.S.S., 1967)
F.3 1968, 44 items
F.4 1969, 25 items (includes copy of one to K.S.S. from Ronald Stevenson)
F.5 1970, 30 items
F.6 1971, 63 items (includes copies of letters to K.S.S. from Ronald Stevenson and Michael Habermann)
F.7 1972, 54 items (includes copies of letters from N.P. to Garvelmann and copies of letters to/from K.S.S.)
F.8 1973, 40 items (includes copies of N.P.'s letters to Garvelmann and Oxford University Press)
F.9 1974, 38 items (includes some news clippings)
F.10 1975, 22 items (includes notes of telephone conversations)
F.11 1976, 53 items (includes a copy of a letter from N.P. to K.S.S.)
F.12 1977, 50 items
F.13 1978, 51 items (includes notes of telephone conversations and post cards)
F.14 1979, 34 items (includes notes of telephone conversations)
F.15 1980-1982, 47 items (includes copy of Michael Habermann letter to F.H.)
Box 7
P F.1 Petri, Egon, 1952-1953, 11 items
Q
F.2 Quilter, Roger, 1952-1953, 5 items
R
F.3 Rapid Recording Services, 1963-1965, 12 items (includes notes made about recording piano)
F.4 Rapoport, Paul, 1974-1975, 42 items (includes text of a talk given by P.R. on Sorabji, October 1975)
F.5 Rapoport, Paul, 1976, 25 items (includes copies of articles by P.R. & his listsof K.S.S's compositions and musical criticism)
F.6 Rapoport, Paul, 1977-1979, 41 items (includes some P.R. letters sent to K.S.S.)
F.7 Rapoport, Paul, 1980-1987, 37 items (includes some photographs)
F.8 Richards, George, 1952-1953, 11 items
F.9 Rowley, Alec, 1952-1953, 13 items
F.10 Royal College of Art, 1952-1953, 25 items
F.11 Rutland, Harold, 1952-1977, 22 items
S
F.12 Salzman, Eric, 1969, 6 items
F.13 Saurat, Denis, 1951-1953, 10 items
F.14 Scott, F.G., 1951-1953, 10 items
F.15 Shervashidze, Leonid, 1973, 4 items
F.16 Sitwell, Osbert, 1952-1953,18 items (only 2 letters signed by O.S., the rest by secretary)
F.17 Sitwell, Sacheveral, 1977, 1 item (letter to K.S.S.)
F.18 Smith, Ronald, 1968, 3 items
F.19 Soloman, Yonty, 1974-1977, 8 items (all letters are from F.H., also notes and a clipping)
F.20 Sound News Productions, 1965-1974, 17 items
F.21 Stevens, Bernard, 1952, 8 items
F.22 Stevenson, Ronald, 1961-1968, 9 items (includes draft chapter for a monograph on Sorabji and an offprint on Maurice Emmanuel by R.S. Also letter to K.S.S.)
V
F.23 Vicars, Mervyn, 1952-1976, 13 items (includes one copy of a letter to K.S.S.)
W
F.24 W.B.A.I. Radio, 1968-1969, 4 items
F.25 West, Ralph L., 1963, 1 item
F.26 W.N.C.N., 1971, 1 item
F.27 Woolf, John, 2 items
Z
F.28 Ziegler, Dom Paul, 1 item
Box 8
Frank Holliday's Sorabji files: published articles, newspaper clippings, notes on recording, notes on correspondence, programmes and photographs.
F.1 Published articles by K.S.S.: Pages cut from The New English Weekly containing Sorabji's columns and letters, 1940-1945, 127pp.
F.2 "To Those Whom it May Concern, If Any, And Others Who Mind Anybody's Business But Their Own". Printed circular by K.S.S. concerning the date and place of his birth and his name. Undated. 3 copies.
F.3 Articles and Letters to the Editor by K.S.S.: 1952-1957, 5 cuttings.
F.4 Article by K.S.S.: Carbon ts. copy of brief piece about Francis George Scott, undated, 1 p.
F.5 Dedications by K.S.S.: Autograph copy of the dedication of the Second Piano Symphony to F.H., 1954. Also photocopy of the dedication of Gulistan to F.H., 1941. With annotated envelope.
F.6 The Sorabji Presentation Letter [F.H.'s scheme to persuade K.S.S. to record his music by obtaining letters of encouragement and financial support]. A list of those approached, copies of form letters, correspondence with the bank and with recording companies and a bank book, 1952-1953, 24 items. [The letters of response may be found under the name of the correspondent in the main correspondence series].
F.7 The Sorabji Presentation Letter
A printed version of the letter with 23 names appended, undated, 6 copies, some with annotations.
F.8 Notes on Recording, 1962-1968. F.H.s detailed notes on recording sessions atCorfe castle, Ts. with ms. additions and insertions, 20 pp.
F.9 Compositions of K.S. Sorabji, 1974. List by Paul Rapoport with notes and additions by F.H. Also some publishing information and list of essays.
Ts. and ms., 23 pp.
F.10 Notes on Correspondence, F.H.'s listing of K.S.S. and related letters, 1951-1979, ms., 45 pp. Also F.H.'s "Statement", February 11 1987, ms., 1 p.
F.H.'s files, arranged by subject.
F.11 Biographical Information on K.S.S.
Notes and photocopies, including brief profile by F.H., 12 pp.
F.12 Business cards of K.S.S., 4 items.
F.13 Chisholm, Erik. Kaikhosru Sorabji: An Essay by Erik Chisholm, with a descriptive catalogue of his works, Oxford University Press, undated, 9 pp. Also reprinted as the first of 3 essays in a pamphlet (the other two essays are in F.17), Oxford U.P., undated, 20 pp. Inside the second pamphlet is a printed copy of K.S.S.'s statement headed: "To those whom it may concern, if any ..."
F.14 Chisholm, Erik. "The Composer Sorabji", a talk for radio with an introduction by Frank Holliday. Early script for the broadcast with ms. annotations by F.H. and K.S.S., undated, ts., 16 pp. Later script with annotations by F.H., undated, ts., 18 pp. Final script of the talk printed as a pamphlet, undated, 8 pp
F.15 Delius, Frederick. Photocopy of a letter sent to K.S.S. by Delius from Grez-sur-Loing, 23-4-1930, 1 p. With envelope annotated by F.H.
F.16 Garvelmann, Donald. Printed transcript of W.N.C.N. programme on K.S.S., broadcast December 13 1970, 8 pp. Printed transcript of responses to the programme, 4 pp. (2 copies). Also some ms. notes by F.H., 2 pp.
F.17 Gray-Fisk, Clinton and Frank Holliday. A printed pamphlet containing 2 essays on K.S.S.: "Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji" by Gray-Fisk and "Splendour upon Splendour: On hearing Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji play" by Holliday, [1960], 8 pp., 3 copies, all annotated.
F.18 Habermann, Michael. Cuttings, programme and photocopies relating to his performances of K.S.S.'s works, 1978-1986, 17 items (some duplicates). Also (paper) disc of M.H. playing excerpts from Opus Clavicembalisticum.
F.19 Madge, Geoffrey. Publicity for a K.S.S. concert, June 1982 (with note by Paul Rapoport). Also review of concert by G.M. (see also Rapoport's review in F.21).
F.20 Rapoport, Paul. Script of a talk "The Legendary Sorabji, Monstrum Musicum", given October 1975, photocopied ts., 22 pp. Annotated by K.S.S., also annotated envelope. Also list of articles and letters by K.S.S. in 4 British journals, 1976, photocopied ts., 16 pp. (See also the later version of this on microfilm in Box 12).
F.21 Rapoport, Paul. Programme and publicity relating to performances of K.S.S.'s works in Canada and Holland, 6 items.
F.22 Solomon, Yonty. Programme, notes and reviews relating to his 1976 Wigmore Hall concert, 11 items.
F.23 Solomon, Yonty. Programme, poster, notes and reviews relating to his 1977 concerts and broadcast, 13 items.
F.24 Solomon, Yonty. Programme, notes and reviews relating to his 1978 concert, 8 items.
F.25 Solomon, Yonty and Jane Manning. Notes and cuttings relating to their June 1979 broadcast of "French" songs and Gulistan.
F.26 Solomon, Yonty. Material relating to 1979 and 1980 concerts and 1984 broadcast, 14 items.
F.27 Television programme, "Fan" mail following Aquarius programme in June 1977, 32 letters, 5 cuttings and note by F.H.
F.28 Review of K.S.S.'s writing and notes on articles about K.S.S., 1961-1987, 3 items.
F.29 Cuttings, not about K.S.S., 5 items.
F.30 Library of Congress, copyright information, 6 items.
F.31 Photographs of K.S.S. Black and white and colour photographs taken by Norman Peterkin between 1930 and 1970s, including some taken inside 'The Eye', 44 photographs, 15 negatives.
F.32 Photographs of Frank Holliday and Norman Peterkin, 1930s-1970s, 11 photographs. Note: There are formal photographs of the composer in Box 15.
Box 9 Scores, manuscripts and writings
Item #1 Toccata For Piano. Kaikhosru Sorabji. Dated, on the title page, MCMXXVIII. Manuscript score, in brown buckram with scarlet quarter leather binding, 64 pp. With inscription to Frank Holliday, undated, but annotated by F.H. as May 22, 1964.
Item #2 Kaikhosru Sorabji. Opus Clavicembalisticum. MCMXXX ;For Piano Solo. Printed score, Curwen Edition 999021. Published by J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. In orange limp covers, 252 pp. With inscription to Frank Holliday, undated.
Item #3 Toccata Seconda. K. Sorabji, MCMXXXIV. Manuscript score, in green buckram and brown quarter leather binding, 111 pp. With inscription to Norman Peterkin dated January 10 1974 and additional note '1st. Performance by self Dec. 16 1936" "Glasgow".
Item #4 The Fruits of Misanthropy: being: the Animadversions of a Machiavellian by Kaikhosru Sorabji. MCXXV - MCXXX et sequitur:Manuscript [Commonplace Book], in wooden boards with tooled half leather binding, 90 pp. + [6 pp.]; some pages have been removed and the last 58 leaves have not been written on. With inscription to Frank Holliday dated 1965.
Item #4b A lined notebook with transcriptions of many of the entries in the book above by F.H.'s wife. 35 pp. used.
Item #5 Around Music. Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji. [no date].Photocopy of published book in brown paper cover, with inscription to the author by Alistair Hinton, 1972, and note by Frank Holliday on inside cover. 250 pp.The essay "Music and Sex", pp. 227-231 has manuscript corrections and annotations by the author.
Boxes 10-13
Sound recordings of Sorabjis music, played by the composer and by others. Also recordings of radio and television (audio only) programmes about Sorabji.
Box 10 Sorabji audio reels
All the audio reels retain the original numbering given by Frank Holliday who was responsible for creating most of these recordings. All these originals containing works by K.S.S. or programme relating to his work have been copied onto cassette tape for easier use by researchers.
Where dates are given thus: [16/9/64?] they have been taken from annotations on the audio reel box but they may or may not refer to the date of recording since Frank Holliday frequently checked and replayed the audio reels and made notes both on the boxes and on slips inserted inside them. All the slips and annotations have been retained with original audio reels. Further information about some of these recordings may be found in Box 8, Notes on Recording.
Audio Reel #4
Transcendental Study no.71. Approximately 10 minutes. [The other 11 Transcendental Studies are on Tape #33]. At the end of this reel is a recording of a B.B.C. broadcast of choral music by Josquin des Pres [June 11 1962]. This portion has not been copied onto cassette.
Audio Reel #7
Forward Track: Gulistan, St. Bertrand de Comminges, Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei, Inter Secretiora. Return Track: Concerto Per Suonare Da Me Solo, 3 movements. Readings: Some Modern Superstitions with Comments, also passages from The Sicilian Temperament by Guercio. Note: This reel was copied from reels #8, #9, #10 & #11 [May/June 1962?]
Audio Reel #8
Concerto Per Suonare Da Me Solo . Approximately 45 minutes. 3 Movements [undated]
Audio Reel #9
Gulistan. Approximately 22 minutes. First recording [undated]
Audio Reel #10
Return track. St. Bertrand de Comminges. Approximately 13 minutes. Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei. Approximately 13 minutes. [June 1962?]
The forward track contains a recording of a B.B.C. programme of Renaissance choral music which has not been copied onto a cassette.
Audio Reel #11
Forward track: Readings by K.S.S.: from his own writings, on Catholicism, the working classes, education and other matters. The items are numbered and read very fast, approximately 10 minutes, on Sicily and the Sicilian spirit [Guercio]. Approximately 15 minutes
[Similar readings on tape #7 and tape #47]. Return track: Part of a B.B.C. programme "Music Now", which contained a conversation between John Amis and Harold Rutland about the music of Sorabji, December 3 1976. Approximately 15 minutes.
Audio Reel #17
Forward track: Djami .Approximately 22 minutes. [undated] The return track has choral music which has not been copied onto cassette.
Audio Reel #18
Second Piano Symphony. 1st part of the First Movement. Approximately 65 minutes [undated]
Audio Reel #19
Second Piano Symphony . 2nd [final] part of the First Movement. Approximately 15 minutes [undated]
Box 11 Sorabji Audio Reels
Audio Reel #20
Second Piano Symphony. Second Movement. Approximately 26 minutes [undated]
Audio Reel #21
Second Piano Symphony. Third Movement. Approximately 15 minutes [undated]
Audio Reel #22
Second Piano Symphony. Fourth Movement. Approximately 45 minutes [undated]
Audio Reel #23
Second Piano Symphony. Fifth (last) Movement. Approximately 27 minutes [29/8/63?]
Audio Reel #24
Passeggiata Veneziana: Barcarolle Nocturne. Last Section. Approximately 14 minutes [29/8/63?]
Audio Reel #25
Jardin Parfume [undated]. This audio reel also contains organ and choral music recorded at Quarr Abbey during 1963. This has not been copied onto cassette.
Audio Reel #28
Fourth Piano Symphony. Second Movement (Choral Prelude). Approximately 23 minutes
Second recording, March 1965. The whole of this symphony can be found on audio reels #34-#39. This section was re-recorded because of the poor quality of the original on tape #36.
Audio Reel #29
Piano Trials. Approximately 5 minutes. Gulistan. Approximately 25 minutes
Second recording, March 1965.
Box 12 Sorabji Audio Reels
Audio Reel #33
Eleven Transcendental Studies. Approximately 60 minutes. Also part of B.B.C. programme on the Renaissance composer Lassus. This section has not been copied onto cassette.
Audio Reel #34
Fourth Piano Symphony. First Movement, first part. [16/9/64?].
Audio Reel #35
Fourth Piano Symphony. First Movement, second part. [16/9/64?]
Audio Reel #36
Fourth Piano Symphony. First part of Second Movement (Chorale Prelude). Approximately 20 minutes. This section was later re-recorded because of the poor quality of this tape; see audio reel #28.
Audio Reel #37
Fourth Piano Symphony. Part of Second Movement: Interlude Ostinato and first 11 variations.
[18/9/64?]
Audio Reel #38
Fourth Piano Symphony. Conclusion of Second Movement. Approximately 58 minutes undated]
Audio Reel #39
Fourth Piano Symphony. Third (last) movement. Approximately 30 minutes
Audio Reel #43
Erik Chisholm talking about Sorabji, Part I. Approximately 15 minutes Audio Reel #44
Erik Chisholm talking about Sorabji, Part II. Approximately 22 minutes
Box 13 Sorabji Audio Reels Audio Reel #45
Talk on Sorabji, with musical excerpts, by Donald Garvelmann. Broadcast in the United States on New York radio station WNCN in December 1970. Part I. Audio Reel #46
Garvelmann WNCN broadcast, Part II. Begins: "Not all of Sorabji's works are long and serious" and ends: "We might now hear Sorabji read".
Audio Reels #47 and #48 (2 small reels received in one box)
#47 Garvelmann WNCN broadcast, Part III. Begins with K.S.S. reading and ends with the end of the first movement of Concerto per suonare. Also includes list of his published works (by F. & B. Goodwin, J. Curwen and others).
#48 Garvelmann WNCN broadcast, Part IV. Begins with second movement of Concerto per suonare and continues to the end of the broadcast.
Audio Reel #51
Paul Rapoport's computer realization of parts of Sorabji's Opus Clavicembulisticum.
Recorded between September 1974 and April 1975.
Audio Reel #52
Sound portion only of television programme in the Aquarius series; this broadcast entitled "The Sorabji Legend", June 11 1977. Participants include: Peter Hall, Sacheveral Sitwell, Alistair Hinton, Felix Aprahamian, Yonty Solomon, and the programme host Russell Harty. Sorabji is also briefly interviewed.
Audio Reel #53
B.B.C. programme of Yonty Solomon discussing and playing Sorabji's music, 7/11/77. Pieces played include: Jardin Parfume, In the Hothouse, Toccata, Fantaisie Espagnole.
Audio Reel #54
Yonty Solomon and Jane Manning play and sing respectively the music of Sorabji: some "French" songs and Gulistan. [undated, but probably June 1979 - see material in Box 8]
Audio Reel #55
Forward track:
Barcorolle, from Passeggiata Veneziana (composed 1956). Approximately 9 minutes
Nocturino, from Passeggiata Veneziana. Approximately 5 minutes
Interlude & Fugue, from Prelude, Interlude and Fugue (composed ?1920-1922). Approximately 13 minutes
Return track:
Pastiche (from Bizet's Carmen). Approximately 7 minutes
Toccata, from Two Piano Pieces (composed 1920). Approximately 4 minutes
Fantaisie Espagnole (composed 1919). Approximately 21 minutes
All the pieces are played by Michael Habermann and were recorded by Donald Garvelmann in New York City during August 1976. F.H. received the tape on September 1, 1976.
[Audio Cassette #57]
Cassette, received without numbering. Yonty Solomon and Michael Habermann are interviewed about Sorabji and his music. Also Geoffrey Madge playing excerpts from Opus Clavicembulisticum.
[Audio Cassette #58]
Cassette, received without numbering. Canadian broadcast on Sorabji, C.B.C. F.M., August 10 1980.
[Audio Cassette #59]
Cassette, received without numbering. Michael Habermann playing Djami. Undated, but received by F.H. on January 3 1981.
Also 2 reels of microfilm marked N 4424 [stored in Box 12]. The microfilms (2 identical copies) are entitled Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji:Collected Writings from Five Serial Publications, compiled by Paul Rapoport and Kenneth Derus with an introduction by Paul Rapoport, July 1977. The films have been issued by the Joseph Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago. The five serials from which material has been collected, all published in London, are as follows:
The New Age, 1915-1934
The New English Weekly, 1932-1949
The Musical Times, 1916-1965
The Chesterian, 1919
The Sackbut, 1920-1929
[See also the paper copies of some of the New English Weekly articles in Box 8].
Box 14 contains audio cassette duplicates of all of the audio reels described above. Also in Box 14 is F.H.'s annotated copy of a book which contains a section on K.S.S.: Paul Rapoport, Opus Est: Six Composers from Northern Europe. London: Kahn & Averill, 1978.
Box 15 Formal Photographs and Audio Discs (Gramophone Records)
Photographs
F.1 Early photograph showing Sorabji, wearing a dark jacket buttoned to the neck, in profile facing right. The photographer was Hugh Cecil of London and he has signed the bottom right corner of the mount. It is inscribed by Sorabji to Norman [Peterkin] and dated "13-2-28". This photograph was originally framed and Peterkin has written on the back of the panel as follows: "No. 49A". "This photo of 13/2/38 [sic] of my oldest friend Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji is to go to my friends Edward Nairn and Ian Watson jointly, along with the later photo of 1932 by Howard Costa, No.49b, as part of the collection of my "sorabjiana" already passed to them (November 1974). N.P." Holliday has added a note of his own: "Given to me-- at my request, November 1985 by E. & I. Frank Holliday".Black & white, 18.5 x 23.5 cm., with mount 26 x 36 cm. Also back panel from original frame with inscriptions above.
F.2 Early photograph of Sorabji with his left hand on his cheek. The photographer wasHoward Coster of London and he has signed the bottom right edge of the photograph. It is inscribed and annotated on the white cardboard mount by Sorabji as follows: "To my dear friend Frank Holliday who combines generosity of heart depth of sensibility and keenness of perception to an extent that is rare indeed in these days of Total Eunuchism: with many affectionate regards from Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji. XIX/VII/MCMXLI." [i.e. 19 July 1941]. To the right of the inscription the composer has transcribed the opening notes of Galistan. Black and white, 20 x 27cm., with mount 34 x 45 cm.
F.3 Photograph of Sorabji; head and shoulders in profile with the subject, wearing a darkjacket buttoned at the left side, facing to the right. The photographer is not identified; Frank Holliday refers to this portrait as "The Sicilian One". It is inscribed by Sorabji as follows: "To dear Frank Holliday for whose untiring friendship, support and affection I cannot begin to express what I owe. Bless him in aeternitatem. K. (Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji.)" Frank Holliday has noted on the back of the photograph: "received from K. in January, 1974". Black and white, the image is 16.5 x 21.5 cm., with mount 25 x 36 cm.
F.4 Photograph of Sorabji; head and shoulders in profile with the subject, wearing a shirt, tie and pin striped jacket, facing to the left. The photographer was Joan Muspratt of Swanage, Dorset and she has signed the bottom right corner of the mount.It is inscribed by Sorabji as follows: "To my dear friend Frank Holliday all good things from Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji VIII VI MCMXLV" [i.e. 8 June1945].
Black and white, the image is 13 x 18cm., with mount 17 x 22 cm.
F.5 Photograph of Sorabji in old age; sitting at his desk reading, head and shoulders in profile, with a window behind him. The photographer is unidentified. It is inscribed by Sorabji as follows: "Gord! Aint it oful!!! Much love to you two dears. K. VI. VIII.MCMLXXVII" [i.e. 6 August 1977]. Frank Holliday has noted on the back of the photograph "Received from K. on August 12th. 1977". Black and white, the image is 24.5 x 19cm., with mount 30 x 25cm.
F.6 Photograph of Frank Holliday as a young man, full face, head and shoulders. The photographer, J. Cecil Gould, has signed the bottom right margin of the photograph. Frank Holliday has noted on the back of the photograph "Frank Holliday taken in about 1942".
Black and white, the image is 15 x 20.5 cm., with mount 24.5 cm. x 30 cm.
F.7 Snapshot (enlarged) of Frank Holliday in middle age. He is shown facing the camera with motor boats on the water behind him. Frank Holliday has noted on the back of the photograph "Photo of Frank Holliday (Taken by Norman Peterkin, Apr.5, 1969) at Yarmouth Harbour, Isle of Wight after stay at Quarr Abbey."
Black and white, the image is 18 x 14.5cm., exposed on a sheet 20 x 25cm.
Audio Discs
F.8 Sorabji, Second Piano Symphony, played by the composer.
Side 1, 1st. Movement Side 2, 1st. Movement. 30 cm recording at 331/3 r.p.m.
Made from Frank Holliday's audio reels by Rapid Recording Service, London. Undated.
F.9 Sorabji, Second Piano Symphony, played by the composer.
Side 3, 1st. Movement , Side 4, 1st. Movement (concluded) .
F.10 Sorabji, Second Piano Symphony, played by the composer.
Side 1, 2nd. Movement , Side 2, 3rd. Movement.
F.11 Sorabji, Second Piano Symphony, played by the composer.
Side 1, 4th. Movement, Side 2, 4th. Movement.
F.12 Sorabji, Second Piano Symphony, played by the composer.
Side 1, 4th. Movement - side 3 and 5th. Movement - side 1, Side 2, 5th. Movement - finis.
F.13 Sorabji, Concerto Per Suonare Da Me Solo, played by the composer.
Side 1, 1st. Movement, Side 2, 2nd. Movement. 25 cm. recording at 331/3 r.p.m.
Made from Frank Holliday's audio reels by Sound News Productions, London. Undated
F.14 Sorabji, Concerto Per Suonare Da Me Solo, played by the composer.
Side 1, 1st. Movement , Side 2, 2nd. Movement. 25 cm recording at 331/3 r.p.m.
Made from Frank Holliday's audio reels by Rapid Recording Service, London. Undated.
F.15 Sorabji, Side 1, Concerto Per Suonare Da Me Solo, 3rd. Movement. Played by the composer.
Side 2, Gulistan. 30 cm. recording at 331/3 r.p.m.
Made from Frank Holliday's audio reels by Rapid Recording Service, London. Undated.
F.16 Sorabji, Side 1, Concerto Per Suonare Da Me Solo, 3rd. movement, played by the composer.
Side 2, Gulistan, played by the composer. 30 cm. recording at 331/3 r.p.m.
Made from Frank Holliday's audio reels by Sound News Productions, London. Undated.
F.17 Sorabji, Side 1, Gulistan (2nd. Recording), played by the composer.
Side 2, Chorale Prelude (2nd. Movement), played by the composer. 30 cm. recording at 331/3 r.p.m.
Made from Frank Holliday's audio reels by Sound News Productions, London. A note on the sleeve by Frank Holliday indicates that these pieces were recorded in March 1965 and transferred to disc in July 1965.
F.18 Sorabji, Side 1, Djami, played by the composer
Side 2, Le Jardin Parfume, played by the composer. 30 cm. recording at 331/3 r.p.m.
Made from Frank Holliday's audio reels by Rapid Recording Service, London. Undated.
F.19 Sorabji, Side 1, St. Bertrand de Comminges, played by the composer
Side 2, Quaere Reliaua Huius Inter Secretiora, played by the composer. 25cm. recording at 331/3 r.p.m.
Made from Frank Holliday's audio reels by Sound News Productions, London. Undated.
F.20 Sorabji,Same as disc in F.19 except that this recording is by Rapid Recording Service, and Side 2 is identified as Quare reliaua Huius Materiei Inter Secretiora, London. Undated.
F.21 Another copy of disc in F.20
F.22 Sorabji, Side 1, Passeggiata Veneziana, played by the composer. Side 2 is blank. 25cm. recording at 331/3 r.p.m.
Made from Frank Holliday's audio reels by Rapid Recording Service, London. Undated.
F.23 Readings by Sorabji,
Side 1, "Some Sacrosanct Modern Superstitions" written by K.S.S., Side 2, "The Sicilian Temperament" by Guerico. 18 cm. recording at 331/3 r.p.m.
Made from Frank Holliday's audio reels by Sound News Productions, London. Undated.
F.24 "Piano Music by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji", Michael Habermann, piano.
side 1, l) Introito and Preludio-Corale from Opus Clavicembalisticum 160; 2) In the Hothouse 3) Toccata
Side 2, l) Fantaisie Espaqnole 2) Fragment 3 )Pastiche: "Habernera" from Bizet's Carmen
30 cm stereo commercial long playing record, Musical Heritage Society Inc., Tinton Falls, New Jersey, 1980.
F.25 A duplicate of disc in F.24, with a note by Frank Holliday "Received 23rd. Jan/81".
F.26 "Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Le Jardin Parfume. World Premiere Recording", Michael Habermann, Piano.
Side 1, 1) Nocturne (Djami) 2) Pastiche: Rimsky-Korsakoff (Sadko)
Side 2, 1) Le Jardin Parfume 2) Pastiche: Chopin's Valse
30 cm stereo commercial long playing record, Musicmasters, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, 1982.
F.27 "Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Piano Music", Michael Habermann, Piano.
side 1, 1) Prelude, Interlude and Fugue 2) Valse-Fantaisie
side 2, St. Bertrand de Comminges: "He Was laughing in the tower".
30 cm stereo commercial long playing record, Musical Heritage Society Inc., 1987 (from a live performance of November 19 1984). With inscription: "For Frank, Distance is great but I feel we are true friends, July 7 1987, Michael Habermann".
F.28 "Jubilate Deo, Simple Gregorian Chants issued by the Holy See".
30 cm commercial long playing record. Undated. [No connection with Sorabji]
Second accrual:
The second accrual (11-1998) consists of 26 letters and 9 cards written by Sorabji to Dr. Cecil Ewing (a disciple of Sorabji) between 1945 and 1983, 1 letter from Ewing to Holliday, and a periodical. Location Box 7.
Book collection
Sorabji also inscribed several books and presented them to Frank Holliday. These have been catalogued for Research Collections and may be found under the appropriate call number:
Works by Sorabji:
Sorabji, K.S. Around Music, London; The Unicorn Press, 1932. With Frank Holliday's signature. Res. Coll. ML 60 .S698 1932
Sorabji, K.S. Mi Contra Fa: The Immoralisings of a Machiavellian Musician, London; The Porcupine Press, 1947. Inscription: "To dear friend Frank Holliday: all good and all blessings everywhere and always K." 14 September 1951. Res. Coll. ML 410 .S6874 A3 1947
Other Books:
Rehatsek, Edward. The Gulistan or Rose Garden of Sa'di, London; Allen & Unwin, 1964. Inscription: "To dear Frank with love from K." Res. Coll. PK 6541 .G2 R4 1964
Shaw, T.E. The Odyssey of Homer, New York; Oxford University Press, 1940. Inscription: "To friend Frank Holliday all good wishes from Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, 21/vi/41, A.D.(?)." Res. Coll. PA 4025 .A5L3 1940
Robinson, B.W. Persian Miniatures, Oxford; Bruno Cassirer, (1957]. Inscription: "Loving Wishes for Xmas 1959 to F. from K." Res. Coll. ND 3241 .A1R62 1957
Touring Club Italiano Sicilia, Milan; 1940. Inscription: "For my very dear friend Frank (Holliday) to give him the first far idea of the heart breaking bravery of my maternal homeland. ... His very devoted friend, K. 19 November 1955. Res. Coll. DG 862 .T68 1940
Wescher, Paul (ed.) Old Towns and Cities in Drawings of the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century, Basle; Holbein Publishing Co., 1946. Inscription: "For Frank from K. Xmas 1951." Res. Coll. N 8213 .A48l3 1946
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji collection. Third accrual. -- 1946-1994. -- 1.2 m of textual records, sound recordings, and graphic material.
Norman P. Gentieu material.
Series 1 General Correspondence
General correspondence series. -- 1946-1992. -- 68 cm of textual records. --3 photographs : colour. -- Title based on content of series.
To N.G.
Box 16
F.1 The American Spectator; 22 January 1981.
F.2 Chisholm, Alastair; 25 March 1978.
F.3 Contemporary Concerts, Inc.; 11 April 1983.
F.4 Derus, Kenneth; 7 March 1983 (includes concert brochure).
F.5 Derus, Kenneth; 1 January 1984 (includes press notices and programme notes).
F.6 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 11 July 1971.
F.7 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 30 May 1977 (includes photocopied news clippings).
F.8 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 3 December 1980.
F.9 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 29 January 1982.
F.10 Habermann, Michael; 24 March 1972.
F.11 Hinton, Alistair; 18 May 1977.
F.12 Hinton, Alistair; 27 July 1977.
F.13 Hinton, Alistair; 31 March 1987.
F.14 Holliday, Frank; 11 August 1966 (Holliday’s pamphlet Splendour upon Splendour and published “Copy of Presentation Letter”).
F.15 Holliday, Frank; 11 August 1966.
F.16 Holliday, Frank; 16 April 1967.
F.17 Holliday, Frank; 30 June 1968.
F.18 Holliday, Frank; 18 July 1968.
F.19 Holliday, Frank; 20 April 1969.
F.20 Holliday, Frank; 29 April 1969.
F.21 Kodak Limited; 17 November 1958.
F.22 Marsh, William W., Jr.; 20 December 1979 (includes photocopied article).
F.23 Marsh, William W., Jr.; 21 October 1980 (includes enclosures).
F.24 Marsh, William W., Jr.; 23 April 1981.
F.25 Mignon, Edmond; 26 June 1966.
F.26 Mignon, Edmond; 2 July 1966.
F.27 Occidental Mfg. Co. (Los Angeles, CA); 29 May 1967 (includes cover letter from N.G. 18 May 1967).
F.28 Park Lane Group (John Woolf); 22 June 1988 (includes concert announcement).
F.29 Petri, Mitta and Egon; [n.d.] (2 Christmas cards).
F.30 Rapoport, Paul; 23 July 1976.
F.31 Rapoport, Paul; 14 December 1976 (includes photocopied article).
F.32 Rapoport, Paul; 21 March 1977.
F.33 Rapoport, Paul; 6 February 1978.
F.34 Rapoport, Paul; 15 February 1980.
F.35 Rapoport, Paul; 20 August 1980 (includes 3 colour photographs).
F.36 Rapoport, Paul; 31 August 1981.
F.37 Rapoport, Paul; 8 January 1981.
F.38 Rapoport, Paul; 15 January 1982.
F.39 Rapoport, Paul; 12 January 1983.
F.40 Rapoport, Paul; 11 May 1983.
F.41 Rapoport, Paul; 9 January 1985.
F.42 Rapoport, Paul; 13 February 1985.
F.43 Rapoport, Paul; 29 December 1986.
F.44 Rapoport, Paul; 15 February 1987.
F.45 Rapoport, Paul; 18 January 1988.
F.46 Rapoport, Paul; 8 August 1988.
F.47 Rapoport, Paul; 2 January 1989.
F.48 Rapoport, Paul; 23 September 1991 (includes enclosure).
F.49 Rapoport, Paul; 19 October 1992 (includes photocopied news clippings and accession form).
F.50 Roberge, Marc-André; 24 April 1992 (includes enclosures).
F.51 Roberge, Marc-André; 9 August 1992.
F.52 Roberge, Marc-André; 5 February 1993 (copy of 9 August 1992 letter).
F.53 Scaife, Nigel C.; 3 January 1989.
F.54 Scaife, Nigel C.; 15 February 1989.
F.55 K.S.S.; [n.d.] (8 items).
F.56 K.S.S.; 10 March 1946.
F.57 K.S.S.; 1 June 1946.
F.58 K.S.S.; 14 March 1947.
F.59 K.S.S.; 27 November 1947.
F.60 K.S.S.; 29 January 1948.
F.61 K.S.S.; 4 April 1948.
F.62 K.S.S.; 8 May 1949.
F.63 K.S.S.; 18 May 1949.
F.64 K.S.S.; 28 July 1949.
F.65 K.S.S.; [October?] 1949.
F.66 K.S.S.; 11 November 1949.
F.67 K.S.S.; 28 November 1949.
F.68 K.S.S.; 18 March 1951.
F.69 K.S.S.; 3 April 1951 (includes reprint from Art and Thought, February : 1948).
F.70 K.S.S.; 4 May 1951.
F.71 K.S.S.; 10 December 1951.
F.72 K.S.S.; 17 December 1951.
F.73 K.S.S.; 28 January 1952.
F.74 K.S.S.; 28 March 1952.
F.75 K.S.S.; 17 August 1952.
F.76 K.S.S.; 19 August 1952.
F.77 K.S.S.; 21 August 1952.
F.78 K.S.S.; 18 September 1952.
F.79 K.S.S.; 1 October 1952.
Box 17
F.1 K.S.S.; 1 November 1952.
F.2 K.S.S.; 10 November 1952.
F.3 K.S.S.; 6 December 1952.
F.4 K.S.S.; 15 December 1952.
F.5 K.S.S.; 23 December 1952.
F.6 K.S.S.; 3 January 1953.
F.7 K.S.S.; 6 January 1953.
F.8 K.S.S.; 9 January 1953.
F.9 K.S.S.; 14 January 1953.
F.10 K.S.S.; 30 January 1953.
F.11 K.S.S.; 8 February 1953.
F.12 K.S.S.; 21 March 1953.
F.13 K.S.S.; 7 April 1953.
F.14 K.S.S.; 22 April 1953.
F.15 K.S.S.; 5 May 1953.
F.16 K.S.S.; 18 May 1953.
F.17 K.S.S.; 22 May 1953 (Animadversions).
F.18 K.S.S.; 17 August 1953.
F.19 K.S.S.; 18 August 1953.
F.20 K.S.S.; 8 November 1953.
F.21 K.S.S.; 21 November 1953 (includes news clipping).
F.22 K.S.S.; 3 December 1953.
F.23 K.S.S.; [January 1954].
F.24 K.S.S.; 11 January 1954.
F.25 K.S.S.; 2 March 1954.
F.26 K.S.S.; 20 April 1954 (includes news clippings).
F.27 K.S.S.; 5 May 1954.
F.28 K.S.S.; 12 May 1954.
F.29 K.S.S.; 15 May 1954.
F.30 K.S.S.; 30 July 1954 (includes news clipping).
F.31 K.S.S.; 27 August 1954.
F.32 K.S.S.; 3 November 1954 (includes news clipping).
F.33 K.S.S.; 19 December 1954.
F.34 K.S.S.; 19 December 1954.
F.35 K.S.S.; 22 January 1955.
F.36 K.S.S.; 5 March 1955 (includes news clipping).
F.37 K.S.S.; 23 March 1955.
F.38 K.S.S.; 7 May 1955.
F.39 K.S.S.; 16 May 1955.
F.40 K.S.S.; 28 May 1955.
F.41 K.S.S.; 20 July 1955.
F.42 K.S.S.; 5 September 1955 (includes news clipping).
F.43 K.S.S.; 8 December 1955.
F.44 K.S.S.; 5 February 1956.
F.45 K.S.S.; 6 February 1956.
F.46 K.S.S.; 8 February 1956.
F.47 K.S.S.; 23 February 1956.
F.48 K.S.S.; 1 April 1956.
F.49 K.S.S.; 7 June 1956.
F.50 K.S.S.; 30 [November?] 1956.
F.51 K.S.S.; 27 December 1956.
F.52 K.S.S.; 2 January 1957.
F.53 K.S.S.; 26 June 1957.
F.54 K.S.S.; 10 July 1957 (includes news clippings, carbon letters, pamphlets).
F.55 K.S.S.; 26 August 1957.
F.56 K.S.S.; 14 September 1957.
F.57 K.S.S.; 24 December 1957.
F.58 K.S.S.; 6 April 1958.
F.59 K.S.S.; 2 May 1958.
F.60 K.S.S.; 30 June 1958.
F.61 K.S.S.; 16 July 1958 (includes clipping).
F.62 K.S.S.; 20 October 1958.
F.63 K.S.S.; 25 December 1958.
F.64 K.S.S.; 19 January 1959 (includes news clippings).
F.65 K.S.S.; 31 July 1959.
F.66 K.S.S.; 28 September 1959.
F.67 K.S.S.; 15 January 1960.
F.68 K.S.S.; [February 1960?].
F.69 K.S.S.; 11 March 1960.
F.70 K.S.S.; 25 April 1960.
F.71 K.S.S.; 23 May 1960.
F.72 K.S.S.; 5 August 1960.
F.73 K.S.S.; 21 September 1960.
F.74 K.S.S.; 4 November 1960.
F.75 K.S.S.; 11 November 1960.
F.76 K.S.S.; 25 December 1960.
F.77 K.S.S.; 27 September 1961.
F.78 K.S.S.; 27 October 1961 (from Kodak Limited Recordak Division).
Box 18
F.1 K.S.S.; 28 October 1961.
F.2 K.S.S.; 15 November 1961.
F.3 K.S.S.; 26 January 1962.
F.4 K.S.S.; 10 March 1962.
F.5 K.S.S.; 6 July 1962.
F.6 K.S.S.; 3 November 1962.
F.7 K.S.S.; 9 April 1963.
F.8 K.S.S.; 18 November 1963.
F.9 K.S.S.; 2 December 1963.
F.10 K.S.S.; 14 March 1964.
F.11 K.S.S.; 16 March 1964.
F.12 K.S.S.; 18 October 1964.
F.13 K.S.S.; 30 November 1964.
F.14 K.S.S.; 22 December 1964.
F.15 K.S.S.; 10 July 1965 (includes issue of Gambit, Summer : 1965).
F.16 K.S.S.; 23 July 1965.
F.17 K.S.S.; 4 January 1966.
F.18 K.S.S.; 14 January 1966 (includes news clippings).
F.19 K.S.S.; 1 August 1966.
F.20 K.S.S.; 7 October 1966.
F.21 K.S.S.; 17 January 1967.
F.22 K.S.S.; 24 January 1967 (includes published disclaimer).
F.23 K.S.S.; 22 March 1967.
F.24 K.S.S.; 2 April 1967.
F.25 K.S.S.; 14 April 1967.
F.26 K.S.S.; 8 June 1967.
F.27 K.S.S.; 28 July 1967.
F.28 K.S.S.; 15 February 1968.
F.29 K.S.S.; 7 March 1968.
F.30 K.S.S.; 4 June 1968.
F.31 K.S.S.; 17 July 1968.
F.32 K.S.S.; 27 October 1968.
F.33 K.S.S.; [December 1968].
F.34 K.S.S.; 10 February 1969 (includes published disclaimer).
F.35 K.S.S.; 10 April 1969.
F.36 K.S.S.; 26 April 1969.
F.37 K.S.S.; 24 May 1969.
F.38 K.S.S.; 24 May 1969 (includes news clipping).
F.39 K.S.S.; 17 November 1969.
F.40 K.S.S.; 14 March 1970.
F.41 K.S.S.; 24 April 1970.
F.42 K.S.S.; 21 June 1971.
F.43 K.S.S.; 3 August 1971.
F.44 K.S.S.; [August 1971] (3 published pamphlets re K.S.S.).
F.45 K.S.S.; 21 August 1972.
F.46 K.S.S.; 2 September 1972.
F.47 K.S.S.; [November?] 1972.
F.48 K.S.S.; 9 March 1973.
F.49 K.S.S.; 2 April 1973.
F.50 K.S.S.; 28 November 1973.
F.51 K.S.S.; 3 February 1974.
F.52 K.S.S.; 1 March 1974.
F.53 K.S.S.; 16 April 1974.
F.54 K.S.S.; 11 May 1974.
F.55 K.S.S.; 6 July 1974.
F.56 K.S.S.; 11 November 1974.
F.57 K.S.S.; 22 November 1974.
F.58 K.S.S.; 21 March 1975.
F.59 K.S.S.; 23 March 1975.
F.60 K.S.S.; 24 May 1975.
F.61 K.S.S.; 21 July 1975.
F.62 K.S.S.; 10 September 1975.
F.63 K.S.S.; 29 September 1975.
F.64 K.S.S.; 4 December 1975.
F.65 K.S.S.; 26 December 1975.
F.66 K.S.S.; 22 April 1976.
F.67 K.S.S.; 18 January 1977.
Box 19
F.1 K.S.S.; 15 April 1977.
F.2 K.S.S.; 24 November 1977.
F.3 K.S.S.; 26 February 1978.
F.4 K.S.S.; 8 March 1978.
F.5 K.S.S.; 3 June 1978.
F.6 K.S.S.; 7 January 1979.
F.7 K.S.S.; 10 February 1979.
F.8 K.S.S.; 20 February 1979.
F.9 K.S.S.; 5 November 1979.
F.10 K.S.S.; 22 November 1979.
F.11 K.S.S.; 8 December 1979.
F.12 K.S.S.; 17 December 1979.
F.13 K.S.S.; [198-] (leaflets and Housewives Today, January : 1981).
F.14 K.S.S.; 6 January 1980.
F.15 K.S.S.; 18 February 1980.
F.16 K.S.S.; 1 May 1980.
F.17 K.S.S.; 23 October 1980.
F.18 K.S.S.; 29 October 1980.
F.19 K.S.S.; 15 December 1980.
F.20 K.S.S.; 9 January 1981.
F.21 K.S.S.; 28 February 1981.
F.22 K.S.S.; 18 March 1981.
F.23 K.S.S.; 18 March 1981 (includes On Target, February : 1981, leaflet, dedication).
F.24 K.S.S.; 18 March 1981.
F.25 K.S.S.; 4 April 1981.
F.26 K.S.S.; 28 May 1981 (includes news clipping, letters dated 30 April 1981, 17 May 1981).
F.27 K.S.S.; 13 June 1981.
F.28 K.S.S.; 7 August 1981.
F.29 K.S.S.; 12 October 1981.
F.30 K.S.S.; 27 October 1981.
F.31 K.S.S.; 28 November 1981.
F.32 K.S.S.; 23 January 1982.
F.33 K.S.S.; 25 May 1982.
F.34 K.S.S.; 18 June 1982.
F.35 K.S.S.; 25 October 1982.
F.36 K.S.S.; 17 November 1983.
F.37 K.S.S.; 11 January 1984.
F.38 K.S.S.; 20 June 1984.
F.40 K.S.S.; 24 July 1984 (includes published disclaimer).
F.41 K.S.S.; 23 August 1984.
F.42 K.S.S.; 27 September 1984.
F.43 K.S.S.; 25 February 1985.
F.44 K.S.S.; 25 May 1985.
F.45 K.S.S.; 27 May 1985.
F.46 K.S.S.; 4 June 1985.
F.47 K.S.S.; 5 June 1985.
F.48 K.S.S.; 4 November 1985.
F.49 K.S.S.; 4 January 1986.
F.50 K.S.S.; 9 February 1986.
F.51 K.S.S.; 5 March 1986.
F.52 K.S.S.; 1 January 1987 (per Denise Vicars).
F.53 United States Post Office, Philadelphia, PA (Inquiry Section); 21 February 1962.
F.54 University of Cape Town Libraries; 27 June 1956.
F.55 Vicars, Denise; 9 February 1987.
F.56 Vicars, Denise; 7 February 1989 (includes photocopied obituaries re K.K.S.).
F.57 Vicars, Denise; 30 April 1989.
F.58 Vicars, Denise; 4 July 1989 (includes news clipping).
F.59 Vicars, Denise; 13 December 1989 (includes postcards and pamphlet).
F.60 Envelopes only (5, variously dated).
Box 20
From Norman P. Gentieu (photocopies).
F.1 The Barnes Foundation (Violette de Mazia); 17 August 1972.
F.2 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 7 May 1970.
F.3 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 26 July 1970.
F.4 Habermann, Michael; 13 October 1971.
F.5 Habermann, Michael; 11 April 1972.
F.6 Holliday, Frank; 3 July 1965.
F.7 Holliday, Frank; 20 October 1965.
F.8 Holliday, Frank; 13 May 1966.
F.9 Holliday, Frank; 5 May 1969.
F.10 Mignon, Edmond; 3 July 1965.
F.11 Mignon, Edmond; 16 May 1966.
F.12 Mignon, Edmond; 26 May 1966.
F.13 Mignon, Edmond; 30 June 1966.
F.14 Mignon, Edmond; 18 July 1966.
F.15 Millspaugh, Frank (WBAI - FM, NY, NY); 17 April 1970.
F.16 Petri, Egon; 27 August 1954 (carbon copy).
F.17 Salzman, Eric; 2 April 1970.
F.18 K.S.S.; 26 January 1973.
F.19 K.S.S.; 6 March 1973.
F.20 K.S.S.; 18 November 1974.
Series 2 Material Related to Bernard John Van Dieren II
Material related to Bernard John Van Dieren II series. -- 1954-1956. -- 4 cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
Correspondence from Van Dieren.
F.21 [1954].
F.22 15 February 1954.
F.23 24 September 1954.
F.24 4 October 1954.
F.25 21 October 1954.
F.26 5 November 1954.
F.27 8 April 1955.
F.28 16 January 1956.
F.29 Van Dieren’s Curriculum vitae; [n.d.] (carbon copies).
F.30 Employment evaluation letter to N.G. re Van Dieren from Experiment Incorporated (Frank H. Erdman); 30 April 1954, and N.G.’s reply 4 May 1954.
Series 3 Material Related to Reproduction of Sorabji’s Works
Material related to reproduction of Sorabji’s works series. -- 1952-1993. -- 16 cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
Correspondence to N.G.
F.31 The Barnes Foundation (Violette de Mazia); 8 August 1972 ( includes photocopy of de Mazia’s letter of 22 June 1972).
F.32 Chisolm, Erik; 30 November 1956 (includes receipts).
F.33 Chisolm, Erik; 23 February 1962.
F.34 Chisolm, Erik; 5 March 1962.
F.35 Chisolm, Erik; 5 March 1962.
F.36 Chisolm, Erik; 26 June 1962.
F.37 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 15 May 1970.
F.38 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 27 August 1970 (includes concert enclosures, etc.).
F.39 Habermann, Michael; 15 September 1971.
F.40 Holliday, Frank; 22 September 1952.
F.41 Holliday, Frank; 17 October 1952.
F.42 Holliday, Frank; 10 November 1952.
F.43 Holliday, Frank; 10 November 1952 (includes confidential draft [copy] to K.S.S.).
F.44 Holliday, Frank; 18 November 1952 (includes receipt).
F.45 Holliday, Frank; 26 January 1953.
F.46 Holliday, Frank; 5 February 1953.
F.47 Holliday, Frank; 19 May 1953.
F.48 Holliday, Frank; 14 January 1965.
F.49 Holliday, Frank; 3 February 1965 (includes enclosure).
F.50 Holliday, Frank; 3 February 1965.
F.51 Holliday, Frank; 10 March 1965.
F.52 Holliday, Frank; 19 March 1965.
F.53 Holliday, Frank; 16 June 1965.
F.54 Holliday, Frank; 21 July 1965.
F.55 Holliday, Frank; 23 August 1965.
F.56 Holliday, Frank; 27 August 1965.
F.57 Holliday, Frank; 16 November 1965.
F.58 Holliday, Frank; 13 March 1966.
F.59 Holliday, Frank; 17 March 1966.
F.60 Holliday, Frank; 7 April 1966.
F.61 Holliday, Frank; 10 May 1966.
F.62 Holliday, Frank; 17 May 1966.
F.63 Kodak Limited, Recordak Division (P.J. Sibley); 18 November 1952.
F.64 Kodak Limited, Recordak Division (P.J. Sibley); 16 December 1952.
F.65 Kodak Limited, Recordak Division (P.J. Sibley); 6 January 1953.
F.66 Kodak Limited, Recordak Division (P.J. Sibley); 4 February 1953.
F.67 Kodak Limited, Recordak Division (P.J. Sibley); 16 February 1953.
F.68 Kodak Limited, Recordak Division (A.E. Johnson); 4 March 1953.
F.69 Kodak Limited, Recordak Division (P.J. Sibley); 29 December 1954.
F.70 Kodak Limited, Recordak Division (P.J. Sibley); 23 October 1958.
F.71 Kodak Limited, Recordak Division (G.R. Cooke); 21 November 1961.
F.72 Kodak Limited, Recordak Division (G.R. Cooke); 24 July 1967.
F.73 The London Newsletter (V.R. Kimmitt); 7 December 1951.
F.74 Mignon, Edmond; 25 October 1961.
F.75 Mignon, Edmond; 3 August 1962.
F.76 Mignon, Edmond; 12 April 1966.
F.77 Mignon, Edmond; 17 May 1966.
F.78 Mills College Library, Oakland CA (Evelyn Steel Little); 12 January 1954.
F.79 Petri, Egon; 27 February 1953.
F.80 Petri, Egon; 7 December 1953.
F.81 Salzman, Eric; [before April 1970].
F.82 Satorius, Richard H.; 6 May 1958.
F.83 Weaver Piano Company, Inc. (Walter L. Bond); 24 January 1952.
Box 21
Correspondence from N.G. (copies).
F.1 Holliday, Frank; 5 March 1965 (2 copies).
F.2 Mignon, Edmond; 26 May 1966.
F.3 Rapoport, Paul; 2 May 1975.
F.4 Rapoport, Paul; 13 July 1976.
F.5 Rapoport, Paul; 12 October 1991.
F.6 Ratliff, Neil; 3 August 1982.
F.7 Roberge, Marc André; 22 February 1993.
F.8 K.S.S.; 27 March 1953.
F.9 K.S.S.; 14 August 1954.
F.10 K.S.S.; 5 July 1965.
F.11 K.S.S.; 19 July 1965.
F.12 K.S.S.; 29 August 1965.
F.13 K.S.S.; 11 January 1966.
F.14 K.S.S.; 6 February 1966.
F.15 K.S.S.; 17 April 1966.
F.16 K.S.S.; 28 July 1966.
F.17 K.S.S.; 18 January 1967.
F.18 K.S.S.; 16 June 1967.
F.19 K.S.S.; 15 May 1969.
F.20 K.S.S.; 29 June 1969.
F.21 K.S.S.; 13 August 1969.
F.22 K.S.S.; 1 April 1970.
F.23 K.S.S.; 19 April 1970 (includes brochures).
F.24 K.S.S.; 4 April 1971.
F.25 K.S.S.; 9 July 1971.
F.26 K.S.S.; 14 August 1972.
F.27 K.S.S.; 30 August 1972.
F.28 K.S.S.; 24 March 1981.
Series 4 Norman P. Gentieu’s Sorabji Files
Norman P. Gentieu’s Sorabji files series. -- 1952-1986. -- 12 cm of textual records. -- 30 photographs : b&w. -- Title based on content of series. – Series contains articles and reviews, concert programmes, journals, notes, 30 photographs : b&w, announcements, etc.
F.29 Articles and reviews; [variously dated].
F.30 Biographical information re N.G.; [after 1954].
F.31 Calligraphic letter with 26 names appended; [n.d.]; upon presentation of a recording device to K.S.S. (photocopy).
F.32 Concert programmes and announcements; [variously dated].
F.33 Excerpt from letters of Sorabji to N.G.; 1982.
F.34 Grundig 700L 2-speed tape recorder information; [n.d.].
F.35 Holliday, Frank. Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji; [n.d.] (photocopy, incomplete ts., 1p. only).
F.36 Keyboard; April : 1986.
F.37 The Musical Times; April : 1960.
F.38 Tempo; December : 1979.
F.39 WHYY Selector; August 1982.
F.40 WNCN Program Guide; December 1970.
F.41 “Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji: Five Sonnets of Michelangelo Buonarroti”; [n.d.].
F.42 List of “Contents of the Four Reels”; [n.d.].
F.43 Notes on recording; [n.d.].
F.44 Photographs: Production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; [n.d.] 4"x5" b&w duplicates [3].
F.45 Photographs: Production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; [n.d.] 4"x5" b&w duplicates [3].
F.46 Photographs: Production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; [n.d.] 4"x5" b&w duplicates [3].
F.47 Photographs: Production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; [n.d.] 4"x5" b&w duplicates [3].
F.48 Photographs: Production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; [n.d.] 4"x5" b&w duplicates [3].
F.49 Photographs: Production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; [n.d.] 4"x5" b&w duplicates [3].
F.50 Photographs: Production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; [n.d.] 4"x5" b&w duplicates [3].
F.51 Photographs: Production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; [n.d.] 4"x5" b&w duplicates [3].
F.52 Photographs: Production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; [n.d.] 4"x5" b&w duplicates [3].
F.53 Photographs: Production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; [n.d.] 4"x5" b&w duplicates [3].
F.54 Photographs: Production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; [n.d.] 4"x5" b&w duplicates [3].
F.55 Radio programme transcript with N.G. and William Marsh in honour of K.S.S.’s 90th birthday; [August 1982] (photocopy).
F.56 Rapoport, Paul. “Compositions by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji”; 20 October 1975 (copy).
F.57 Rapoport, Paul. “The Legendary Sorabji, Monstrum Musicum a talk given by Paul Rapoport Monday 20 October 1975...University of Alberta Edmonton...”; 1975 (photocopy).
F.58 Rapoport, Paul. “To those interested in the writings of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji”; 26 January 1976 (copy of a list of articles and letters in 4 British journals which contain such items).
F.59 Receipts, Kodak Limited; 1952-1962.
F.60 Receipts, Other; 1982.
F.61 “Sorabji Excerpts”; [n.d.] (ts. p. and file cards with ms. annotations).
F.62 K.S.S.’s Campanile of St. Luke’s Church [Germantown]; [n.d.] (photocopy of score for bell tower).
Book
Sorabji also inscribed a book and presented it to Norman P. Gentieu. It has been catalogued for Research Collections.
MacDiarmid, Hugh. Francis George Scott : An Essay on the Occasion of His Seventy-Fifth Birthday, 25 January 1955. Edinburgh : Macdonald, 1955.
Inscription: “Greetings to Norman Gentieu Esq from Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji.”
Cecil Ewing material.
Series 5 General Correspondence
General correspondence series. -- 1970-1980. -- 6 cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
To C.E.
Box 22
F.1 Derus, Kenneth; 9 September 1980.
F.2 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 13 October 1979.
F.3 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 5 January 1980.
F.4 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 1 March 1980.
F.5 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 14 February 1980 (includes copy of C.E.’s reply of 29 February 1980).
F.6 Habermann, Michael; 26 November 1979 (includes copy of C.E.’s reply of 6 December 1979).
F.7 Habermann, Michael; 4 January 1980.
F.8 Habermann, Michael; 7 January 1980.
From C.E. (copies).
F.9 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 11 January 1980 (cc. to Habermann, Michael).
F.10 Garvelmann, Donald M.; 29 February 1980.
F.11 Habermann, Michael; 6 November 1970.
Series 6 Cecil Ewing’s Sorabji Files
Cecil Ewing Sorabji files series. -- 1956-1994. -- 10 cm of textual records. -- 8 photographs : colour. -- 3 boxes of slides : b&w and colour. -- Title based on content of series.
F.12 “Mi Contra Fa & Miscellanea”; 31 March 1987 (correspondence from Alistair Hinton to C.E. re K.S.S., book jacket, notes).
F.13 Material pertaining to C.E.’s Sorabji lecture of 1979 (ms. notes, annotated photocopies).
F.14 Sorabji lecture, University of Maryland, final draft; August 1979 (ms., annotated photocopies).
F.15 Sorabji lecture, Richmond Virginia; 29 March 1989 (“...never given...”, ts., notes, photocopies, postcard, 8 photographs : colour).
F.16 Sorabji lecture, Richmond Virginia; 29 March 1989: 3 boxes of slides, b&w and colour (subjects include: K.S.S., K.S.S.’s home, music, text, etc.).
F.17 Sorabji lecture, C.J.U.S.; 1994 (“I don’t think this lecture was ever given nor was the tape returned to me...”).
F.18 Sorabjiana: Toronto; February 1980 (announcements, news clippings, programmes, receipts, K.S.S.’s calling card [5 September 1970 postmark]).
F.19 The European : The Journal of Opposition; February : 1956.
F.20 The European : The Journal of Opposition; January : 1958.
Series 7 Sorabji Sound Recordings
Sorabji sound recording series. -- [19--]. -- 6.5 cm of sound recordings. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 23
Audio Reel #1- Copy No. 2
F.T.- Djami, 4th Piano Symphony Chorale Prelude; R.T.- 100 Transcendental Studies, Nos. 20/26/44/69. 2-track/7 1/2"/sec. Long play reel size 7 ins: 18cm. [n.d.].
Audio Reel #2- Copy No. 2
F.T. - 2nd Piano Symphony - 4th Movement; R.T. - 2nd Piano Symphony - 5th (last) Movement; Le Jardin Parfumé. 2-track/7 1/2"/sec. Long play reel size 7 ins: 18cm. [n.d.].
Audio Reel [#3]
“The Composer Sorabji” - an illustrated talk by Dr. Erik Chisholm, introduced & read by Frank Holliday. On return track: lasts about 55 minutes; 2 track: 7 ½" sec.; Checked. F.H. Sept.’7[?].
Book collection
Sorabji also inscribed several books and presented them to Cecil Ewing. These have been catalogued for Research Collections:
Persian Miniatures. Photographs by Werner Forman; text by Věra Kubíčková; translated by R. Finlayson-Samsour. Spring Books : London, [n.d.].
Inscription: “To my dear friend Cecil. Xmas MCMLXI. from Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji.”
Aymé, Marcel. Le Confort intellectuel. Paris : Flammarion, 1949.
Inscription: “Cecil Ewing Corfe 26.9.61.”
Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish. The Bugbear of Literacy. London : Dennis Dobson Ltd., 1947.
Inscription: “ For Cecil Ewing: from Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji XXXI. iii. MCMLII.”
Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Erik von. Liberty or Equality : The Challenge of Our Time. London : Hollis & Carter, [1952].
Inscription: “To Cecil Ewing from Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji Corfe Castle 26.9.61.”
MacDiarmid, Hugh. Francis George Scott : An Essay on the Occasion of His Seventy-Fifth Birthday, 25 January 1955. Edinburgh : Macdonald, 1955.
Inscription: “To my old friend Cecil Ewing from his ‘obliged’ Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji XII.VI.MCMLVI.”
Robinson, B.W. Persian Miniatures. Oxford : Cassier, [1957?].
Inscription: “To my very good friend Dr. Cecil Ewing greetings and good wishes from Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji Xmas MCMLIX”(includes ts.note from K.K.S.).
Zaehner, R.C. The Teachings of the Magi. London : Allen & Unwin [1956].
Inscription: “To my Dear Friend Cecil. Xmas MCMLXI. from Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji.”
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