Photograph album of D C Parker containing photographs of singers and musicians, with programmes, leaflets, and other ephemera from the Bayreuth festival of 1933; photographs of stage settings for Wagner operas at the Nationaltheater in Munich; photographs and programmes of the Salzburg Festspiele of 1935; and photographs of Vaclav Talich, the conductor, and his family with Parker in Yugoslavia, 1935., 1933-1935.
Scope and Contents
D C Parker was an able amateur musician, and a professional writer on music, both as critic (1919-1934) on the ‘Evening Times’ of Glasgow, and as the biographer of Georges Bizet, and a contributor to many musical periodicals. His main enthusiasms were for the music of Wagner, Elgar, the French composers of the late 19th century, and for opera in general. His correspondence extends from his early contacts with Massenet and Saint Saëns, through to modern conductors such as Colin Davis. His autobiography (MS.21561) contains a great deal of reminiscence about music in Glasgow and in Scotland in general.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1935.
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Extent
35 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Arrangement
35 folios.
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Repository Details
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