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Date(s)
- 1933-2010. (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
3 boxes, 71 folders, 3 envelopes.
Context area
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, 1933-2010, mainly comprising letters to Alun Hoddinott from performers, composers, librettists, publishers, radio and television companies, academic institutions, arts organisations and festivals. They mainly relate to the commissioning, performance and publishing of works, working visits abroad, his career at University College, Cardiff and honours bestowed on him. Some personal and family correspondence is included.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to subject in seven series: general correspondence; Oxford University Press correspondence; North America correspondence; commissions and invitations; specific works; career and honours; personal, family and miscellaneous letters.
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Allied materials area
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Notes area
Note
Some letters are addressed to both the composer and his wife, and some post-date his death.
Note
Correspondents are often represented in more than one series in this group.
Note
Preferred citation: BA.
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Name access points
- Hoddinott, Alun -- Correspondence. (Subject)