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[Sir Edward Marsh.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Eddie Marsh') to Mrs Strutt, with an Autograph Letter Signed to him from Lady Wimborne ('Alice'), regarding an invitation for Strutt to join the 'CMS [Chamber Music Society]' at Wimborne House.

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Sir Edward Marsh [Sir Edward Howard Marsh] (1872-1953), Cambridge Apostle and associate of Winston Churchill [Alice Katherine Sibell Guest [née Grosvenor], Viscountess Wimborne (1880-1948)]
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Marsh's letter to Strutt: on letterhead of Wimborne House, Arlington Street, St James's, SW1 [London]. 27 October 1937. Wimborne's letter to Marsh: on letterhead of 5 Raymond Buildings, Gray's Inn [London]. 27 October [1937].
£135.00

Married to one of the richest men in England, Lady Wimborne was lover and patron of the young Sir William Walton (1902-1983). She was, according to Stephen Lloyd ('William Walton: Muse of Fire'), 'extremely musical and Wimborne House in London became home to many musical soirées, including the private subscription concerts of the Quartet Society and even a chamber orchestra conducted by Hyam Greenabum'. Both items in very good condition, with light signs of age. ONE: Marsh to Strutt. 2pp., 12mo.

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[Printed programme of 'The last Monday Popular Concert ever given'.] Prof. Johann Kruse's Concerts. St. James's Hall. [...] Monday Popular Concerts. [...] (Under the Direction of E. L. Robinson) [...] Analytical Notes By Dr. Ernest Walker.

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Dr. Ernest Walker, 'Analytical Notes' [Johann Secundus Kruse (1859-1927), Australian violinist, a pupil of Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) in Berlin [Mrs Henry Wood; Willibald Richter]
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[London, 1904.] ['Sole Lessees Chappell & Co. Ltd. [...] Forty-Sixth Season, 1903-4. [...] Twentieth Concert of the season. Mar. 28th, 1904, at 8 o'clock punctually'.] Miles & Co., Ltd., 68-70, Wardour Street, W.
£35.00

16 pp., 8vo. In printed wraps with advertisements of performances at the Queen's Hall on the back cover. Stapled. Aged and damp-stained, with chipping and wear to edges. Punch hole at head. Pp.2-16 carry Walker's notes on the five sections of the concert: a Beethoven quartet performed by the Kruse Quartet; Berger songs performed by Mrs Henry Wood, accompanied by her husband; a Brahms piano piece performed by Willibald Richter; Borodine songs performed by Mrs Henry Wood, again accompanied by her husband; and a Sinding quintet performed by Richter and the Kruse Quartet.

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Signatures on detached album leaf of members of the Kedroff Quartet.

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Kedroff Quartet [vocal quartet]
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[Stoke-on-Trent], 19 Jan. 1926
£125.00
Kedroff Quartet [vocal quartet]

Page detached from album, 17 x 14cm, good condition, headed Kedroff Quartet, with signatures, as far as I can make out, T. Kasakoff, Const Kedroff, J.. Denisoff, N. Kedroff, dated 19.1.1926.

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