PARRY (Sir C. Hubert, 1848-1918, Composer, from 1894 Director of the RCM)

Autograph Letter Signed to Leo Frank SCHUSTER (1852-1927, the musical society host) saying he is “getting your Orchestra under weigh. But I am leaving it to you to apply to Squire for cello, to Hobday to lead the Violas and to propose leaders for 1st and 2nd violins. Will the harp part be very trying? If just only reasonably difficult I will send my little (Erard) harp exhibitioner - if her family will let her go. For the wind you will have to pay regular fashionable prices for rehearsals & performance, so also for principal strings... It takes a lot of arranging...”, 3 sides 8vo., Royal College of Music, 1st November

Frank Schuster was a British music-lover and patron of the arts. His home overlooking St James's Park at 22 Old Queen Street, London, part of which now contains offices of The Spectator magazine, became a meeting-place for artists, writers and musicians, including Siegfried Sassoon, John Singer Sargent, Walter Sickert, Sir Edward Elgar and Sir Adrian Boult. He was a particular patron of Edward Elgar, and also did much to make Gabriel Fauré's name known in England.
William Henry SQUIRE (1871-1963) was a British cellist, composer and music professor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He studied cello at the Royal College of Music, and became professor of cello at the Royal College and Guildhall schools of music.
Alfred HOBDAY (1870-1942) was an English viola player who made his career in England. He was the elder brother of the double-bass player Claude Hobday.

Item Date:  1895

Stock No:  42267      £125

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