Rideout, Percy Rodney Manuscripts, letters & papers in the Royal College of Music Library
6929 Papers of Percy Rodney Rideout. Presented by his son, Denis Rideout, 27 January 1987. A1 Testimonial from George Grove. 16.10.1893 A2 Testimonial from George Grove. 10.7.1894 A3 Testimonial from George Grove. 17.10.1894 A4 Testimonial from George Grove. 15.2.1895 B1 Testimonial from T. H. Yorke Trotter (London Organ School). 20.3.1899 C1-2 Testimonials and Press Notices of Dr. Percy Rideout (two copies) D1 University of London, D.Mus. Examination, December 1896. Entry ticket. D2 University of London, D.Mus. Examination, December 1896. Pass list. E1 Letter from George Grove. 19.4.1888 E2 Letter from Hubert Parry. 5.12.1888 E3 Letter from Hubert Parry. 23.6.1890 E4 Letter from George Grove. 10.10.1891 E5 Letter from George Grove. 21.3.[1892] E6 Letter from George Grove. 13.7.[1892] E7 Letter from George Grove. 28.7.[1892] E8 Letter from George Grove. 19.10.1892 E9 Letter from George Grove. 3.1.1894 E10 Letter from George Grove. 5.3.1894 E11 Letter from Hubert Parry. 14.1.1895 E12 Letter from George Grove. 17.1.1895 E13 Letter from George Grove. 15.2.[1895] E14 Letter from George Grove. 29.6.1895 E15 Testimonial from Hubert Parry. 30.3.1899 E16 Letter from Hubert Parry. 11.11.1904 E17 Letter from Hubert Parry. 24.11.1904 E18 Letter from Hubert Parry. 18.6.1906 E19 Letter from Walter Parratt. 24.9.1913 E20 Letter from Robert Hichens. 11.7.1920 E21 Letter from Robert Hichens. 17.7.1920 E22 Letter from Robert Hichens. 25.7.1920 E23 Letter from George Grove. 8.12.[1892] E24 Letter from Walter Parratt. 21.3.[– –]
MSS 9277-9408 Manuscripts of Percy Rideout (1868-1956), sometime Scholar of the RCM. Presented by his grandsons Nigel (1987) and Geoffrey Rideout (July 2012).
9277a Cinderella. Opera in 2 acts. Full score in 2 vols. Autograph. 27 April 1934 (Act I), 9 July 1934 (Act II).
9277b Cinderella. Opera in 2 acts. Vocal score in 2 vols. Autograph. 9 June 1927 (Act I).
9277c Cinderella. Opera in 2 acts. Parts (in vocal score) for the singers. Autograph. i) Cinderella ii) Derek iii) Prince iv) Fairy Godmother v) 1st Stepsister vi) 2nd Stepsister vii) Mother viii) Father ix) Sir Basil x) Herald xi) Messenger xii) Lady Isabel xiii) Lady Winifred xiv) Lady Jane xv) Sir Hugh
9277d [Cinderella]. Summary of Act II. Vocal score. Autograph.
9277e Cinderella. Second Dance (Act II), arranged for piano. Autograph. October 1933.
9277f Cinderella. Synopsis of story and Libretto. Typescript. With a note, ‘Why I have faith in my opera. “Cinderella”’, loosely inserted.
9277g Cinderella. Words, Act 1. Typescript, with autograph additions.
9277h Cinderella. Words, Act 2. Typescript, with autograph alterations.
9277i Cinderella. Words, Act 2. Typescript.
9277j Correspondence between Percy Rideout and John Christie relating to Cinderella and Glyndebourne Festival Opera House. Typescript. Contents: i) From Christie to Rideout, 10.3.1936 ii) From Rideout to Christie, 11,3,1936 (copy) iii) From Rideout to Christie, 7.4.1936 (copy) iv) From Christie to Rideout, 14.4.1936 v) From Christie to Rideout, 20.4.1936 vi) From Rideout to Christie, 29.4.1936 (copy) vii) From Christie to Rideout, 30.4.1936 viii) From Christie to Rideout, 14.5.1936 (with draft of Rideout’s reply) ix) From A. Reece to Rideout, 14.5.1936 x) Programme for Die Zauberflöte, 5.6.1936 xi) From Christie to Rideout, 2.6.1936
9278a Vita Nova. Opera in 3 acts. Full score in 3 vols. Autograph. 17 November 1919 (Act I), 20 April 1920 (Act II), 26 April 1920 (Act III).
9278b [Vita Nova.] Excerpt from Act II. Vocal score. Autograph.
9278c [Vita Nova.] Act I, scene 1. Vocal score. Autograph.
9278d [Vita Nova.] Four excerpts from Opera. Arranged for organ. Autograph.
9278e Vita Nova. Act I [Act II, Act III]. Vocal score in 3 vols. Autograph
9278f Vita Nuova: [an opera]; music and words by Percy Rideout. Libretto. Typescript.
9279 Ode to Music; [words by] Swinburne. For soprano solo, chorus and orchestra. Full score. Autograph. Written as an entry for the competition for a setting of these words to commemorate the opening of the new RCM building in Prince Consort Road in 1894. For another setting see MSS 6302 & 6474.
9280 Epipsychidion: Symphonic Poem. Full score. Autograph. [1890]. See the letter from George Henschel to the composer (MS 93xx).
9281 Symphony “Dante”, for Orchestra, Soli, & Chorus. Ful score. Autograph. Exercise for Mus. Doc. [London] Exam. 1896. Note at opening: ‘Originally written as ‘Otello’ overture’.
9283a [Piano concerto in B flat minor.] Full score. Autograph. 3 June 1908.
9283b [Piano concerto in B flat minor.] Arrangement for 2 pianos. Autograph.
9283c [Piano concerto in B flat minor.] Draft of slow movement in arrangement for 2 pianos. Autograph. 1907.
9284a Procession, for Orchestra. Full score. Autograph. 1939. For the version for organ see MS 9304. With a letter from the Arnold Perry, BBC (20 May 1940), regretting that it cannot be broadcast.
9284b [Procession, for Orchestra.] Full score. Autograph. For the version for organ see MS 9304.
9285 Fünf Clavierstücke. Autograph. Contents: No. 1 Sehnsucht (4 May – 23 July 1889) No. 2 Hope. Hoffnung (13 May 1889) No. 3 Liebesträumbild No. 4 Unruhe No. 5 Zerstreuung – Die Tiefe
9286a Chanctonbury Ring. Suite for piano. Autograph. September 1916.
9286b Chanctonbury Ring. Suite for piano. Autograph. Contains numerous revisions incorporated in MS 9286a. September 1916.
9287 Cloud-rack. For piano. Autograph. With 2 loose leaves containing sketches for alternative endings (?). c.1937. See also MS 9296
9288 Gavottina for the Pianoforte. Published copy (London: Novello and Co., 1912).
9289 Largo, in B major. For piano. Autograph. Marked for performance on the organ.
9290 Lento, in D major. For piano. Autograph. Marked for performance on the organ. 27 June 1922.
9291 Molto Moderato in B flat minor. Opening of a work for piano and orchestra (with orchestral part in reduction for a 2nd piano)? Autograph. Witih alternative version in A minor. 2 June 1915.
9292 Songs of the Sunset. For piano. Autograph. 28 June – 20 October 1923.
9293 Suite for Pianoforte, op. 1. Autograph.
9294 [Assai moderato.] For organ. 25 May 1949.
9295a Ave Maria, from Opera. Arranged for organ. Autograph. Arranged from MS 9278. November 1937.
9295b Ave Maria, from Opera. Arranged for organ. Autograph. Arranged from MS 9278.
9295c Ave Maria. Arranged for organ and piano. Autograph. Arranged from MS 9278.
9295d [Ave Maria]. For voice and piano. Extract from Vita Nova (see MS 9278). January 1919.
9296 Cloud-rack. For organ. Autograph. December 1937. See also MS 9287.
9297a Days of April. 6 pieces for organ. Autograph. Published as Soliloquies (see MS 9297e). Contents: I. Days of April. II. Night Watch. III. Winter Faggot. IV. Penumbra. V. Noon Day: Soliloquoy in D. 1935. VI. Little River.
9297b [Days of April]. IV. Penumbra. For organ. Autograph.
9297c [Days of April. I.] Arrangemet for piano. Autograph. November 1951.
9297d [Days of April. II.] Night Watch. Version for piano, with sketches for organ version. Autograph.
9297e Soliloquies for organ. Published score (London: Elkin & Co., 1937). Inscribed: ‘To Audrey Jan. 19. 1939 from the composer May all her days be “Days of April” – ann eternal Spring. P.R.’
9298a Fantasia. For organ. Autograph.
9298b Fantasia. For organ. Autograph. With revised ending. 1937.
9298c Fantasia. For organ. Autograph. Containing revisions.
9299a Fantasia No. 2. For organ. Autograph. With many revisions. February 1939.
9299b Fantasia [No. 2] in C. For organ. Autograph. Revised version. 24 February 1939.
9300 Fantasy-Overture. For organ. Autograph. December 1912.
9301a Hebrew Elogy. For organ. Autograph.
9301b [Hebrew Elogy.] For organ. Autograph draft.
9302 [March?]. For organ. Untitled. Autograph
9303a [Nocturne.] For organ. Autograph.
9303b Nocturne. For organ. Autograph. Copied 6 June 1938.
9304a [4 Pieces for Organ]. Autograph. Contents: 1. Pastel. 11 August 1936. 2. Reminiscence. 3. Questions. February 1938. 4. Procession. March 1939
9304b [4 Pieces for Organ. No. 4.] Procession. Autograph. 20 March 1939.
9305a Six Preludes. For organ. Autograph. 1 January – 28 July 1939.
9305b [Six Preludes. No. 3.] Autograph draft.
9306a Three Preludes. [Nos. 7-9]. For organ. Autograph. July – September 1940.
9306b Prelude [for] Organ No. 7. Autograph.
9306c Prelude. No. 8. Autograph. August 1940.
9307a Prelude [for] Organ. No. 10. A Summer Idyll. Autograph. Novembeer 1945.
9307b Prelude No. 10. Summer Time: A Soliloquy. Autograph. 26 November 1945. Copied & revised July 1947.
9307c Summer Time: A Soliloquy. Autograph. 26 November 1945. Copied & revised July 1947. With further revisions.
9308a Prelude 11 [for] Organ. Autograph. March 1946.
9308b Prelude [for] Organ No. 11. Autograph.
9309a Prelude [for] Organ No. 12. Autograph. 28 August 1946.
9309b Prelude. No. 12 [for] Organ. Autograph. Revised September 1949.
9310a Pageant. Prelude No. 13. For organ. Austograph. 16 May 1948.
9310b Prelude No. 13. Pageant. Autograph. 24 May 1948. With revisions of 3 June 1948 and & January 1950.
9311a Prelude No. 14.. Song of Farewell. For organ. Autograph. February 1950.
9311b Song of Farewell. For organ. Autograph. February 1950. Contains later revisions.
9311c Song of Farewell. For organ. Autograph. February 1950.
9312 Prelude/ No. 15. Lento from Piano Sonata (1924), arranged for Organ. Autograph.
9313a Season Studies. For organ. Autograph. September 1920.
9313b Season Studies. For organ. Autograph. September 1920 – 4 October 1921.
9314a-b Septimus: March. For organ. Autograph. 1902, revised 1943-46. 2 copies.
9315a Sonata (No. 1). For organ. Autograph. Contains minor revisions. 8 - 30 August 1934.
9315b Sonata (No. 1). For organ. Autograph.
9316a Sonata in C (No. 2). For organ. Autograph. 10 July 1938.
9316b Sonata in C (No. 2). For organ. Autograph. 10 July 1938.
9316c Organ Sonata No. 2. First Movement. Autograph. ‘Practice Copy made Dec. 1950’.
9317a Eight Variations on Stuart Archer’s Chorale, for Organ. Autograph. Originally entitled ‘Six Variations …’. August 3 1941 & August – September 1943.
9317b Variations No. 1 from Variations on a Theme by Stuart Archer. Autograph. 3 August 1941.
9317c No. VII Variation from Varns. On Theme of Stuart Archer. Autograph. November 1943.
9317b [Eight variations on Stuart Archer’s chorale.] Draft of variation 1. On reverse final leaf of the draft of a song, dated 25 September 1908.
9317c [Eight variations on Stuart Archer’s chorale.] Drafts of variations 3-6. Autograph. 1- 2 September 1943.
9317d [Eight variations on Stuart Archer’s chorale.] Drafts of variations 7-8 Autograph. November 1943.
9318 [6 short piano pieces]. Autograph. Contents: 1. Lento (27.6.1922) 2. Poco andante (13.9.1921) 3. Lento moderato (15.9.1922) 4. Andante moderato (19-20.6.1922). With words (‘When in loneliness’) written above the music, and the complete text (by the composer) loosely inserted. 5. Andante moderato (29.6.1922) 6. Andante moderato (30.6.1922 – 13.7.1922)
9319 [3 piano pieces]. Autograph. Contents: 1. [Waltz] Con moto. 2. Con moto, leggiero 3. Allegro gioioso
9320a Hy-Brasail; [words by Longfellow]. For baritone and orchestra. Full score. Autograph. August – 23 September 1889.
9320b [Hy-Brasail; words by Longfellow]. For baritone and orchestra. Full score. Autograph. 12 October 1889.
9321a Love’s Lament; words from Eric Mackay’s ‘Love Letters’. For baritone and orchestra. Full score. Autograph. March 1906.
9321b [Love’s Lament.] For baritone and orchestra. Piano reduction. Autograph.
9321c Love’s Avowal; [words by] Eric Mackay. For baritone and orchestra. Piano reduction. Autograph. ‘Copied April 07’.
9322 Oft in my dreams. For voice and orchestra. Full score. Autograph.
9323a Song from the Cenci; words by Shelley. For voice and orchestra. Full score. Autograph. 17 June 1889.
9323b Song from the “Cenci” for Soprano and Orchestra (1889). Pianoforte Arrangement. Autograph.
9323c Song from the Cenci (Shelley). For voice and piano. Copied March 1912.
9324a All is not over. For voice and piano. Autograph. Version in F minor.
9324b All is not over. For voice and piano. Autograph. Version, in free time, in D minor. 25 September 1908.
9324c Berried brake and reedy island. For voice and piano. Autograph. Lacks ending. Revised as ‘All is not over’.
9325a “Autumn Crocus”. Words by the composer. For voice and piano. Autograph. With revisions. [1931].
9325b “Autumn Crocus”. Words by the composer. For voice and piano. Autograph. Revised version.
9325c Autumn Crocus. Poem. Typescript. ‘P.R. 29/9/31.’.
9326 Away! The moor is dark; [words by] P.B. Shelley. For voice and piano. Autograph. 18 February 1890.
9327a A Dirge; [words by] Eric Mackay. For voice and piano. Autograph. Version in B flat minor.
9327b A Dirge; [words by] Eric Mackay. For voice and piano. Autograph. Version in C minor. 1908.
9328a The Epicurean, Op. 5, no. 1; [words] from the French of Saurin. For voice and piano. Autograph. 24 December 1889.
9328b The Epicurean, Op. 5, no. 1; [words] from the French of Saurin. For voice and piano. Autograph. 1889.
9329a Frustra (‘Take, O take those lips away’); [words by] Shakespeare. For voice and piano. Autograph. Summer 1907.
9329b Frustra (‘Take, O take those lips away’); [words by] Shakespeare. For voice and piano. Autograph. 1907.
9330a Hymn of Pan; [words by] Shelley. For bass voice and piano. Autograph. July 1888.
9330b Shelley’s “Hymn of Pan”. For bass voice and piano. Autograph. Revised version.
9331 I saw thee weep; [words by Byron]. For voice and piano. Autograph. January 1891.
9332 Love’s Offering. For voice and piano. Published copy (London: Charles Vincent, 1899).
9333 Meeting; [words by P.R.]. For voice and piano. Autograph. With complete text (typescript) pasted in. 16 November 1931.
9334a The moon has silver’d ev’ry leaf; [words by P.R.?]. For voice and piano. Autograph. 20-27 November 1931.
9334b The moon has silver’d ev’ry leaf; [words by P.R.?]. For voice and piano. Autograph. 27 November 1931.
9334c The moonlight silvers ev’ry leaf; [words by P.R.?]. For voice and piano. Sketch. Autograph. 20 November 1931.
9335a The Past; [words by] Shelley. For voice and piano. Autograph. 18 January1890.
9335b The Past; [words by] Shelley. For voice and piano. Autograph.
9335c The Past; [words by] Shelley. For voice and piano. Autograph. Copied 15 April 1907
9335d The Past; [words by] Shelley. For voice and piano. Vocal part. Autograph. Copied on the reverse of a sheet of discarded typescript.
9336 Recitativo; [words by] P. Rideout. For voice and piano. Autograph.
9337a Five Songs. For voice and piano. Autograph. Contents: 1. A Dream within a Dream; [words by] E.A. Poe. 1909. 2. The Sleeper; [words by] E.A. Poe. 1909. 3. The End; [words by] E.A. Poe. 1909. 4. Grenzenlos; [words by] Goethe; English rendering P.R.1944. 1899. 5. A Yule Song; words by Clinton Scollard. 1903.
9337b [3 songs]. For voice and piano. Autograph. Contents: 1. The End; [words by E.A. Poe]. 1909. 2. The Sleepeer; [words by] E.A. Poe. 3. A dream within a dream; [words by] E.A. Poe.
9337c The End; [words by] E.A. Poe. For voice and piano. Autograph. 1909.
9337d Grenzenlos; [words by Goethe]. For voice and piano. Autograph. 20 May 1899. 9337e Grenzenlos; [words by] Goethe. For voice and piano. Autograph. English text (by P.R.) added 13 February 1944.
9337f Grenzenlos; [words by] Goethe. For voice and piano. Autograph. 20 May 1899. English text (by P.R.) added February 1944.
9337g [Grenzenlos; words by Goethe]. English translation of the poem by P.R., February 1944.
9337h A Yule Song; [words by] Clinton Scollard. For voice and piano. Autograph. With a printed copy of the text pasted in.
9337i A Yule Song; words by Clinton Scollard. For voice and piano. Autograph. Xmas 1903.
9338 Song of the Flower Girl; [words by P.R.?]. For voice and piano. Autograph.
9339a Stay! Light of Day!; [words by P.R?]. For voice and piano. Autograph. 22 October 1931.
9339b Stay! Light of Day!; [words by P.R?]. For voice and piano. Autograph. With minor revisions from Ms 9339a. 22 October 1931.
9340a Sterne mit den goldnen Füsschen; [words by] Heine. For voice and piano. Autograph. 3 June 1895.
9340b Sterne mit den goldnen Füsschen; [words by] Heine. For voice and piano. Autograph draft. With a draft of ‘Wilt thou forget the happy hours’ on the reverse.
9340c Sterne mit den goldnen Füsschen; [words by] Heine. For voice and piano. Autograph. Copied 14 April1907.
9340d [Sterne mit den goldnen Füsschen] = Far above with trembling footfall; [words by] Heine; [translated by P.R.]. Translation of the text. Autograph. With another translation (‘I love but thee’) from Goethe on the reverse. 7 March 1895.
9341a Sturm von innen, Sturm von aussen; [words by] Marie Thering. For voice and piano. Autograph. March 1901.
9341b Sturm von innen; [words by] Marie Thering. For voice and piano. Autograph. Copied March 1907.
9341c Sturm von innen, Sturm von aussen; [words by Marie Thering]. Voice part only, transposed to B flat minor. Autograph. March 1901.
9342 Sweet Fragrance; [words by P.R.?]. For voice and piano. Autograph.
9343a Der Tod als Freund; [words by] Mme. Necker, translated by George du Maurier. For voice and piano. Autograph. April 1888.
9343b Der Tod als Freund; [words by] Mme. Necker, translated by George du Maurier. For voice and piano. Autograph. ‘Composed April 1888. Revised & copied February 1949’.
9344a The Troubadour, Op. 5, no. 2; [words] from the French of Adhémar; translation by Miss Costello. For voice and piano. Autograph. Version in G flat major. 1889.
9344b The Troubadour, Op. 5, no. 2; [words] from the French of Adhémar. For voice and piano. Autograph. Version in G flat major. 1889.
9344c The Troubadour, Op. 5, no. 2; [words] from the French of Adhémar; translation by Miss Costello. For voice and piano. Autograph. Version in E major.
9344d The Troubadour, Op. 5, no. 2; [words] from the French of Adhémar; translation by Miss Costello. For voice and piano. Autograph. Version in F major. 21 June 1931.
9345a ‘Twas but a dream; [words by] Lyda Smith. For voice and piano. Autograph. Includes minor revisions. Copied 16 April 1907.
9345b ‘Twas but a dream; [words by] Lydia Smith. For voice and piano. Autograph. Copied 16 April 1907.
9346a Wanderer’s Nachtlied; [words by] Goethe. For voice and piano. Autograph. Version in B flat minor. 1903.
9346b Wanderer’s Nachtlied; [words by] Goethe. For voice and piano. Autograph. Version in A minor 1903.
9347a Where the overhanging verdure; [words by P.R.?]. For voice and piano. Autograph. 24 December 1931, revised 12 November 1950.
9347b Where the overhanging verdure; [words by P.R.?]. For voice and piano. Autograph. 24 December 1931, revised 12 November 1950.
9347c Where the overhanging verdure. Poem [by P.R.?].
9348a As pants the hart: anthem for S.A.T.B. Autograph. Composed 26 January 1896. Copied & revised 6 August 1934.
9348b As pants the hart: anthem for S.A.T.B. with organ. Published edition (London: J. Curwen & Sons, 1936).
9349a Three Carols. For SATB and organ. Autograph. With a printed leaflet, Saint George’s Church,, Bloomsbury. Christmas Carols, loosely inserted.
9349b Three Carols. For SATB and organ. Autograph. With a letter from Novello & Co. (25.7.1933) loosely inserted.
9350 Communion Service. For SATB and organ. Autograph.
9351 Lift the strain of high thanksgiving. Hymn tune. Autograph.
9352 The Lord is my Shepherd: anthem for S.A.T.B. and organ. Published edition (London: J. Curwen & Sons, 1936).
9353 Adonai melech. For SATB and organ. Autograph.
9354 Habu ladonai bene. Ps. 29. For SATB and organ. Autograph.
9355 Hallelujah. Halleli nafshi et adonai. Ps. 146. For SATB and organ. Autograph. 17 July1932.
9356 Hallelujah. Hallelu et adonai. Ps. 148. For SATB and organ. 4 February 1934, copied April 1937.
9357a Ladonai haaretz. Ps. 24. For SATB and organ. Autograph draft.
9357b Ladonai haaretz. Ps. 24. Hashivenu. Yoshe Beseter. Ps. 91. For SATB and organ. Autograph. 1930.
9358 Ma tovu ohalecha. For voice and organ. Autograph. Revised March 1948, but with later reivisions.
9359a To the Supreme Being, in imitation of the 104th Psalm; [words by] Thomas Blacklock. For voice and organ. Autograph. 16 January 1925.
9359b To the Supreme Being, in imitation of the 104th Psalm; [words by] Thomas Blacklock. For voice and organ. Autograph. With minor revisions from MS 9359a. March 1925.
9360 Tob lehodot and Adonai malach. For SATB and organ. Lithogrqphed edition (London: Dinham Blyth & Co., 1905). With copious registration marks and minor revisions.
9361 Vaye lin … For SATB and organ. Autograph draft.
9362 Yosheb beseter ngelyon. Ps. 91. For SATB and organ. Autograph draft. January 1930. With a typescript copy of the text loosely inserted.
9363 Monologue from Manfred. For voice and orchestra. Full score. Autograph. 10 February 1890.
9364 Manuscript book containing works for piano and songs by Rideout and other composers. Autograph. Contents: 1. The Doctor’s visit / Arthur L. Godfrey. For voice and piano. 2. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai / Robert Schumann. Unfinished. 3. Valse Arabesque / Percy Rideout. For piano. 4. Canoe Songs / accom: D.H.; words V.I.L. For voice and piano 5. Because / Guy d@Hardelot. Foir voice and piano. 6. The sweetest flower that blows / Hawley. For voice and piano. 7. Love, like the breath of roses / music by Percy Rideout; words by Augusta Hancock. For voice and piano. 8. Falling Snow / Percy Rideout. For piano. Autograph. 22 October 1909. 9. Truant Breezes / Percy Rideout. For piano. Autograph. 2 March 1910.
9365 Manuscript book containing works for piano and songs by Rideout and other composers. Autograph. Contents: 1. Harmony Exercise CXL. 2. Peace and Rest. For voice and piano. 3. A Farewell / J. Michael Diack; [words by] Chas. Kinsley [sic]. For voice and piano. 4. Mighty like a Rose / Ethelbert Nevin. For voice and piano. Lacks ending. 5. The Blue-Bell / Edward Macdowell; [words by] Margaret Deland. For voice and piano. 6. Frustra / P. Rideout; [words by] Shakespeare. For voice and piano. 7. Baby / A. Mallinson; [words by] G. Macdonald. For voice and piano. 8. Bed in Summer / Albert Mallinson; [words b] R.L. Stevenson. For voice and piano.
9366 J.S. Bach: 48, Bk. I. Prelude VIII [in] Eb minor; [transcribed by Percy Rideout].. Autograph.
9367 [J.S. Bach: Prelude & Fugues, transcribed by Percy Rideout]. Autograph. Contents: 1. Prelude & Fugue in A major (Bk II. 48). 2. Prelude III (48. 2nd bk) [transposed from C sharp to D flat major]. 3. Prelude XXII. (48 2nd book).
9368a F. Chopin: Etude Op. 10. No. 6 [transcribed] for organ [by] PR. Autograph.
9368b F. Chopin: Etude Op. 10. No. 6; simplified for Organ [by] P.R. Autograph.
9369 Leonardo Leo: Arietta da una delle ‘Intavolature’; [transcribed for organ by Percy Rideout]. Autograph.
9370 W.A. Mozart: Air from Zauberflöte (Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden); [transcribed] for Organ [by Percy Rideout]. Autograph.
9371 W.A. Mozart: Adagio in E flat. String quartet in B flat, K.458; [transcribed for organ by Percy Rideout]. Autograph.
9372 R. Schumann: [3 songs transcribed for organ by Percy Rideout]. Autograph. Contents: 1. Waldesgespräch, op. 39, no. 3. 2. Mondnacht., op. 39, no. 5. 3. Du bist wie eine Blume., op. 25, no. 24.
9373 [Transcriptions for organ by Percy Rideout]. Autograph. Contents: 1. Beethoven: Vivace Alla Marcia, op. 101. 2. Wagner: Prelude “Tristan”. 3. Schumann: Kreisleriana No. 2.
9374 [Transcriptions for organ by Percy Rideout]. Autograph. Contents: 1. Schubert: Impromptu in F minor. 2. Schumann: Romance in F sharp
9375 [J. Brahms: Rhapsody in G minor, op. 79, no. 2; transcribed for organ by Percy Rideout]. Autograph.
9376 [Sketches]. Autograph. Includes a song ‘They tell me the ships that come over the seas’. March – May 1925.
9377 Correspondence in The Musical Times. Contents: 1. Matthay criticized. 1924 2. An arpeggio point. 1926 3. The Beethoven centenary. 1927 4. The truth of art. 1928 5. Broadcast music. 1930 6. Musical Impressions & Criticism. 1930 7. Bach & the Leitmotif. 1931 8. Matthay & the Braid-White experiment. (The Music Teacher). 1931 9. Classical & Romantic. 1932 10. The Teaching of Musical Form. 1932 11. ‘Wozzeck’ and Atonality. 1934 12. Modern Dance Music and its Influence. 1935 13. The Musical Ear, The Man in the Music, Polytonality &c. 1936 14. God save the King. 1937 15. Atonality, &c. 1937 16. [Review of recital by Rideout]. 1937 17. The Organ and Its Music. 1938 18. The Modern Organ as an instrument of music. 1939 19. The Organ as an Instrument of Music. 1939 20. Organ Recital Notes. 1939 21. Piano Tone. 1940 22. Noise in Piano Tone. 1941 23. Temperament and Pure Intervals (with further unpublished letters). 1940-41 24. The Ascendancy of Bach. 1942
9378 Letters for publication. Typescript (or printed). 1. The Influence of Broadcast Music (The Musical Times. Unpublished) 2. Piano Tone (The Musical Times) 3. [On instrumental accompaniments], May 1943. (The Musical Times. Unpublished) 4. [On modern music], October 1937. 5. Musical Competitions, [1911]. (Musical News. Printed)
9379 The Building up of Technical Movements in Pianoforte Playing, Typescript.
9380 Cycle Periods & Cycle Patterns. Typescript & autograph.
9381 “Ear” sense and Musical Training. Typescript.
9382a Form in Music. Typescript & autograph. 1945.
9382b The Growth of Musical Conception. Typescript. November 1944. Inserted in MS 9382a as Appendix I and Appendix II.
9383 The Influence of Music. Typescript.
9384 Intellect and Music. Typescript
9385 [A link between the music of the Christian Church and the music of the Jews. Typescript, with cuttings of newspaper reviews pasted in. 1918.
9386 The Meaning of Music. Typescript & autograph. 1942.
9387 Music, an Expression of the Individual. Typescript, with a letter (dated 25.2.1931) from J. Bedford and a rejection slip from The Musical Times loosely inserted.
9388 Music in Youth (from ‘The influence of Music’). Typescript. With: A Misdirection of Imagination. July 1937.
9389 The Musical Sense. Typescript.
9390 [On teaching the piano]; Time Values. Typescript.
9391a Some Thoughts on the Interpretation of Bach’s Organ Works. Typescript & autograph. Original version.
9391b Some Thoughts on the Interpretation of Bach’s Organ Works. Typescript. Revised version.
9391c Copy of letter to Geraint [Jones] about Bach’s organ music, inserted in MS 9391b. Autograph. 26.4.1946.
9391d Letter from Harvey Grace (The Musical Times), concering the publication of this and another article. Formerly inserted in MS 9391b
9392a Some Thoughts on the Origin of Music and Matters Relatiing to its Prduction and Reception. Typescript. May 1935.
9392b Origin of Music. Typescript. Revised from 9392a. December 1942.
9393 Tendons of the Sublimis: extract from Quain’s Anatomy, with notes by Rideout loosely inserted. Typescript and autograph.
9394 Varieties of the Musical Mind. Typescript. Sent to Sir Almbrthur Keith, 7 February 1935.
9395 Wagner’ [sic] “Tristan und Isolde”. Typescript.
9396 Concert & Recital Programmes. Contents: 1. Organ Recital & Carols, St Paul’s Church [Portland Place]. 25.12.1897 2. St Margaret’s Leigham Court, Streatham. 13.12.1900 3. St Seiriol’s Church, Penmaenmawr. 24.8.1905 4. Christ Church, Llanfairfechan. 28.8.1905 5. St George’s Church, Bloomsbury. 7.12.1909 & 14.12.1909 6. St Michael and All Angels, Stoke Newington. 7.10.1909 7. Battersea Polytechnic. 9.3.1910 8. Union Baptist Chapel, [High Wycombe]. 8.3.1911 9. St Mildred, Bread Street. 7.7.1911 10. St Edmund, Tendring. 25.9.1913 11. All Souls, Langham Place. 10.3.1914 12. St Laurence Jewry. 16.2.1915 13. St Giles, Cripplegate. 3.6.1915 14. St Giles, Cripplegate. 11.11.1915 15. St Giles, Cripplegate. 11.1.1917 16. St Giles, Cripplegate. 25.1.1917 17. West London Synagogue. 12.12.1920 18. West London Synagogue. 19.12.1920 19. West London Synagogue. 9.1.1921 20. St John Baptist, Wimbledon. 15.1.1921 21. West London Synagogue. 6.2.1921 22. West London Synagogue. 6.3.1921 23. West London Synagogue. 3.5.1921 24. West London Synagogue. 6.11.1921 25. West London Synagogue. 4.12.1921 26. West London Synagogue. 5.2.1922 27. West London Synagogue. 5.3.1922 28. West London Synagogue. 2.4.1922 29. West London Synagogue. 5.11.1922 30. St John the Evangelist, Aylesbury. 8.11.1922 31. West London Synagogue. 3.12.1922 32. West London Synagogue. 7.2.1923 33. West London Synagogue. 4.2.1923 34. West London Synagogue. 4.3.1922 35. West London Synagogue. 8.4.1923 36. West London Synagogue. 9.12.1923 37. West London Synagogue. 6.1.1924 (G.D. Cunningham) 38. West London Synagogue. 3.2.1924 39. West London Synagogue. 2.3.1924 40. West London Synagogue. 6.4.1924 41. West London Synagogue. 2.11.1924 42. West London Synagogue. 7.12.1924 43. West London Synagogue. 1.2.1925 44. West London Synagogue. 1.3.1925 45. West London Synagogue. 11.1925 46. West London Synagogue. 6.12.1925 47. West London Synagogue. 7.2.1926 48. West London Synagogue. 7.3.1926 49. West London Synagogue. 12.12.1926 50. West London Synagogue. 6.2.1927 51. West London Synagogue. 6.3.1927 52. Clifford Johnston’s, 2 Porchester Terrace. 28.5.1931 53. St Mark’s Church, Whiteley. 18.6.1931 54. St Mildred, Bread Street. 3.7.1931 55. West London Synagogue. 2.12.1931 56. St Mildred, Bread Street. 6.5.[1932] 57. St Peter’s Church, Elgin Avenue. 18.9.1933 (Francesco Ticciati)
9397 Concert & Recital Programmes. Contents: 1. Mr Russell Lochner’s Pupils’ Concert. 16.12.1882 2. Mr Russell Lochner’s Pupils’ Concert. 12.7.1883 3. London Symphony Concerts, (flyer). 29.1.1891 4. London Symphony Concerts, (programme). 29.1.1891 5. Sunday Evenings for the People, the “Horns” Assembly Rooms. 16.10.1892 6. Dr Rideout’s First Annual Grand Concert. 3.11.1898 7. Invitation Concert, London Organ School. 8.12.1900 8. Mrs Ernest Newton and Miss Minnie Chamberlain’s Concert. 12.2.1901 9. Evening Concert, London Organ School. 8.5.1901 10. St Michael’s Church, Highgate, wedding. 1.6.1901 11. Dr & Mrs Percy Rideout At Home. 2.7.1901 12. Steinway Hall. Invitation Concert by Dr Rideout’s and Mr Chas. Schilsky’s pupils. 3.12.1902 13. 42 Montagu Square, W. 28.11.1903 14. Pioneer Club. 2.2.1904 15. Bechstein Hall. 10.5.1904 16. St John’s, Redhill. 2.11.1904 17. London Organ School. 5.6.[1905] – 28.6.[1905] 18. Bechstein Hall. 4.6.1907. 19. Admiralty House, Chatham. 16.12.1909 20. Mr Douglas Scott’s Evening Concert, Long Ditton. 21.4.1910 21. Miss A.E. Keeton, Imperial Club. 9.6.1910 22. St George’s Hall, Bexhill-on-Sea. 1.11.1910 23. St John’s Cathedral, Quincy, Ill. 12.11.1913 24. H.A. Fricker, Leeds Town Hall. 17.1.1914 25. George Pawlo, Wigmore Hall. 18.3.[1918] 26. Anglo-Finnish art song recital, George Pawlo, Aeolian Hall. 6.6.[1918] 27. George Pawlo, assisted by the London Symphony Orchestra, Wigmore Hall (programme). 8.11.1918. 28. George Pawlo, operatic and orchestral concert, Wigmore Hall (flyer). 8.11.1918. 29. Recital f Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” … St Mark’s Hall, Wimbledon. 25.1.1919. 30. Wimbledon and District Operatic Society, Princess Ida. 9-13.2.1920 31. Cordwainer and Bread Street Wards’ Foundation, St Mary Aldermary. Order of Service. 25.4.1951
9398 Concert & recital reviews, &c. Contents: 1. Mr. Henschel. The Star, 21.11.[1890] 2. [Announcement of Henschel’s 4th concert]. 16.1.1891. 3. The London Symphony Concerts. The Standard, 30.1.1891 with The Symphony Concert. The Daily Graphic, 30.1.1891 4. Music: The symphony concert. Pall Mall Gazette, 30.1.1891 5. London Symphony Concerts. The Times, [30.1.1891?] with The London Symphony Concerts. St James’s Gazette, [30.1.1891?] 6. [London Symphony Concerts. ?, February 1891] 7. Berkshire Chronicle, 6.6.1896 8. “Service of Praise” at Southampton. [?, before May 1898] 9. Jewish Chronicle, 27.1.1905 10. Bechstein Hall. Tribune, 5.6.1907 11. Bechstein Hall. The Daily Telegraph, [5.6.1907] 12. [Jewish Chronicle? June 1907] 13. Yesterday’s Concerts. The Morning Post, 5.6.1907 14. The Lady, [June 1907] 15. The Times, [June 1907] 16. Modern British Songs, St George’s Hall, Bexhill-on-Sea. Bexhill-on-Sea Observer, 5.11.1910 17. Mr. George Pawlo’s Recital (3 reviews), 6.12.1917 18. Music in London: All-British concert. The Musical Standard, 30.3.1918 19. “Princess Ida”. Wimbledon Borough News, 13.2.1920 20. Wimbledon and District Operatic Society. Musical News, 28.2.1920 21. 4 concert announcements
9399 Reviews of publications Te Deum. The Minim, October 1898 Soliloquies. Musical America, 25.12.1937
9400 Published correspondence, &c., concerning Glyndebourne. The Sunday Times, July 193
9401 Correspondence, &c., concerning rubato 1. The Vexed Question of Rubato. Article, quoting Tobias Matthay, in Music Teacher [1925] 2. The Question of Rubato. Published letter from Rideout in Music Teacher [1925]. 3. Typescript letter from Matthay to Rideout, 8.11.1925.
9402 Royal College of Music. Pass list for A.R.C.M. exam, 30 March 1894.
9403 Sir Walter Parratt. Obituaries from The Times (28.3.1924) and another newspaper.
9404 Letters to Percy Rideout
1 Letter from Frederic Austin 6.7.1920 (with envelope)
2 Letter from C.W. Baillie-Hamilton (private secretary to Stanley Baldwin) 13.7.1926 (typescript), with a draft of Rideout’s letter to the Prime Minister and a letter from Ernest Graham-Little (see 5 below) inserted.
3 Letter from Rob[ert Elkin?] 18.4.1955
4 Letter from Eugene Goossens 14.4.19[--]
5 Letter from Harvey Grace 27.2.1939 (typescript)
6 Letters from Ernest Graham-Little 11.11.1924 (typescript – with a review by Rideout of Robert Elkin’s The Stories behind Music attached) 21.7.1926 (typescript). Housed with 2 above. 4.2.1950 (to the editor of The Times – offprint from the edition of 8.2.1950) 30.3.1950 (typescript) Death announcement and 2 obituaries, October 1950.
7 Letter from Helen Graham-Little 26.8.1955 (typescript)
8 Letter from George Henschel 11.11.1890
9 Letters from Alfred Hollins 19.6.1939 (typescript) 18.11.1940 (typescript)
10 Letters from Max Kowalski 22.8.1955 1.9.1955 6.3.1956 Obituary in The Synagogue Review, August 1956
11 Letter fromC.A. Lejeune (The Observer) 18.2.[?]
12 Testimonials from Charles Harford Lloyd 14.10.1893 [1900?]
13 Letter from Herbert G. Lousada 11.10.1904
14 Letters from Ernest Newman 25.2.1922 18.12.1937 (typescript)
15 Letter from Mathilde Newman 3.7.1908
16 Testimonial from C. Hubert H. Parry 30.3.1899
17 Letters from T.S.[?] 12.3.1914 24.6.1915
18 Letter from Arnold John Swain 2.3.1925
19 Letter from Charles G. Williamson 5.6.1900
9405 Biography, retirement and obituaries. 1 Robert Elkin: Doctor: an open letter … on completing fifty years … The Synagogue Review, July 1954. 2 C.E. Cassell: Retirement of Dr. Percy Rideout. The Synagogue Review, 3 Robert Elkin: In Memoriam: Percy Rideout. The Synagogue Review, February 1957. 4 Obituary. The Times, 20.12.1956. 5 Testimonials and Press Notices of Dr. Percy Rideout. Printed booklet, c.1899. 6 Extract from typescript memoir by Percy Rideout. Photocopy.
9406 Photographs 1 Portrait photograph of Percy Rideout by Elliott & Fry. 2 Copy photograph of Percy Rideout with King George V (in military uniform)
9407 The value of modern music. Article from Musical News, 11 February 1911.
9408 Harmony of Pianists – being Harmony in Pianoforte Idiom – Specially adapted for the instruction of Pianoforte Students. Typescript.