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BC76 THE COLIN TAYLOR COLLECTION

Presented to THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN LIBRARIES by COLIN TAYLOR

A LIST compiled by ETAINE EBERHARD University of Cape Town Libraries 1976

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION Biographical note The Collection A. Letters to and collected by Colin Taylor B. Prof. W.H. Bell - letters and articles C. Peter Warlock Papers D. Miscellaneous articles, newspaper clippings and photographs

INTRODUCTION

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Colin Taylor was born in Oxford in 1851. His father. James Taylor, was organist at New College and a contemporary of Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol, (a letter of his is preserved in this collection), and of Canon Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. (see note by Colin Taylor A1.5.2) and Canon Samuel Rolles Driver (A1.5.1 and A1.5.2) who was Colin Taylor's godfather. He received his musical training in Leipzig, Germany, and at the Royal College of Music, London. He taught music at Eton College where Aldous Huxley and Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock) were among his pupils. In 1922 he joined the staff of the South African College of Music in Cape Town, eventually becoming vice principal. He retired in 1941 after which he travelled widely. He settled first in Durbanville and later in Stellenbosch, where he died, aged 92, in 1973. He was a fellow of the Royal College of Music and composed more than 140 published works, mainly piano pieces.

THE COLLECTION Period covered 1900 - 1970 The Colin Taylor Collection was presented to the University of Cape Town Libraries by Colin Taylor, and numbers 322 items. It consists mainly of letters from musicians, artists, poets and actors to Colin Taylor. These include 90 TSS letters from Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock), 1911- 1929 (the originals of which are in the British Museum). A significant item in the Collection is an album containing letters and autographs collected from ca 1890. The Collection contains many important photographs of staff and students at the South African College of Music from 1922-1927.

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A. Letters to Colin Taylor A 1.1 Abbey, Edwin Dustin, [American painter] 18.5.1911 1

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A 1.2 Benson, Sir Frank R. [Shakespearian actor, producer and coach], n.d. 1 A 1.3 Cockshott, Gerald [composer and Chairman of the Peter Warlock Society] 1.3.1970 1 A 1.3.1 Copley, Ian (author) 3.5.1965 1 A 1.4 De Selincourt, Irene R., 10.11.1937. 1 A 1.5.1 Driver, Samuel Rolles [of Christ Church, Oxford, great Hebrew Scholar and reviser of the Bible], n.d. 1 A 1.5.2 Note by Colin Taylor on Canon S.R. Driver and Canon Dodgson(Lewis Carroll). 1 A 1.6 Dunhill, Thomas F. (composer, lecturer, adjudicator, examiner], 13.8.1933. 1 A 1.7.1- Dyson, Sir George [composer, conductor and Director of the 3 A 1.7.3 Royal College of Music], 3 letters, 2.7.1941, 28.11.1941; 26.6.1954 A 1.8 Elwes, Gervase Carey [singer], 15.5.1913 1 A 1.9 Falkner, Sir Keith [Director, Royal College of Music], 22.4.71 1 1 A 1.10 Farjeon, Eleanor [poet], 19.6.1937 1 A.1.11.1- Gale, Norman [poet] 2 letters, 24.9.1906 and one undated 2 A 1.11.2 A 1.12 Goodwin, Albert [1844-1932, painter] 29.7.? 1 A 1.13.1-A 1.13.2 Grainger, Percy (Composer] 2 letters, 13.3.1913, and n.d. 2 A 1.14 Haigh, James [General or brigadier] 29.11.[1969?] 1 A 1.15 Hamburg, Mark [pianist], 31.1.1971(?) 1 A 1.16 Housman, Alfred Edward [poet] 25.10.1910 1 A 1.17 Moscovitch, Maurice [Jewish actor], 29.10.1924 1 A 1.18 A 1.19.1-A 1.19.14 Nicholson, William [painter], 24.4.1902 Noyes, Alfred [poet] 4.12.1905; 12.7.1906; 5.3.1907; and a note on their collaboration by Colin Taylor 1 A 1.20 Osbourne, Lloyd (Stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson] n.d. [1903?] 1 A 1.21 Pope, Jessie [Mrs. Babington Lenton; poet?], 21.7.1936 1 A 1.22. - A 1.22.5 Samuel, Harold [1879-1937, English pianist and composer] 4 letters 28.2.1934; 5.4.1934; 14.6.1934; 19.10.1936, and a note by Colin Taylor 5 A 1.23 Swanson, Marjorie [nee Hill], notes on her musical career. n.d.1 A 1.24.1-- A 1.24.2 Swanson, Walter Donald [conductor, composer and organist], notes on his musical education and career and a note by Colin Taylor 2 A 1.25 Thorley, Wilfrid [English writer], n.d. 1 A 1.26 Tidboald, David (Conductor], 11.11.1962 1 A 1.27 Waterlow, Sir Ernest Albert (English painter, 1850-1919] 24.1.1903 1 A 1.28 Woods, M.L. [poet?], 26th January? 1 Letters and Autographs Collected by Colin Taylor A 2.1 Notes by Colin Taylor about some of the people whose letters are listed below 1 A 2.2 Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence [1836-1912, artist of Dutch descent who settled in London], 21.8.1893 1 A 2.3 Besant, Sir Walter [1836-1901, founder of the Society of Authors] to John Kirk, 10(?)4.1894 (?) 1 A 2.4 Burdett-Coutts, Rt.Hon. Angela Georgina, Baroness [1814-1906, was made a peeress in 1871 and received the freedom of the city of London in 1874 for her philanthropic and patriotic actions] to Lord Compton, 15.4.1899(?), in which she mentions the Ragged Schools Union 1 A 2.5 Crockett, Samuel Rutherford [1860-1914, novelist], to [Sir Ernest?] Waterlow, 24.12.1894. 1

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A 2.6 Dicksee, Frank [Sir Francis Bernard, 1853-1928, painter], 23.9.? 1 A 2.7 Hewlett, Maurice Henry [1861-1923, novelist], 19.10.1910? 1 A 2.8.1- A 2.8.2 Jowett, Benjamin [1817-1893, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, Greek scholar), 27.10.1874, and a note by Colin Taylor 2 A 2.9 Orchardson, Sir William Quiller [1835-1910, English genre painter], 12.1.1898. 1 A 2.10 Peel, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Viscount Peel? [1829--1912, Speaker of the House of Commons] to Lord Morpeth, 28.11.1895 1 A 2.11 Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primose, 5th Earl of [1847-1929, Prime Minister of Britain March 1894 - June 1895], re a meeting of the Ragged School Union, 21.2.1894 1 A 2.12 Riviere, Briton [1840--1920, painter], 18.1.1905 1 A 2.13 Wyndham, Sir Charles [1837-1919, actor-manager; built Wyndham's Theatre in London], 1.11.? 1

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS To Edward Onslow Ford [1852-1901, sculptor] A 3.1.1 Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour [1848-1930, Prime Minister of Gt. Britain, 1902-1905], 28.11.1896. 1 A 3.1.2 Lucas, Seymore (or Seymorr?), [painter], 26.1.1900 1 A 3.1.3 Waller, Lewis [1860-1915, English actor-manager], 7.2.1900 1 Letters to Hamish James MacCunn (1868-1916, Scottish composer.] A 3.2.1 Lorne, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquis of [1845-1914, 9th Duke of Argyll, married Princess Louise, 4th daughter of Queen Victoria; Governor-General of Canada, 1878-83; poet and writer] 4.1.1899 1 A 3.2.2 Black, William [Scottish novelist?], 13.7.? 1 A 3.2.3 Lang, Andrew (?) [1844-1912, poet, folk-lorist, biographer and critic], 14.7,? 1 Letters to John MacWhirter [1839--1911, Scottish Landscape painters] A 3.3.1 Crofts, Ernest [1847 1911, English painter], 25.3.1893 1 A 3.3.2 Millais, Sir John Everett [1329-1896, painter] 1.4.1893, addressed to "Dear Mac" [MacWhirter?] 1 A 3.3.3 Fildes, [Sir] Luke [1844-1927, artist, illustrator], 3.5.1893 1 A 3.3.4 Marks, Henry Stacey, [1829--1398, English painter], 25.3..?, to"My dear Mac.W." [MacWhirter?]. 1 MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND FRAGMENTS. SOME WITH INDECIPHERABLE AUTOGRAPHS. A 3.4.1- A 3.4.11 Mainly fragments of letters, including the following autographs: [Sir Johnston?] Forbes--Robertson [actor-manager 1853.-1937]; Sir Henry Irving [1838- 1905, actor];-Lord Frederick Leighton, [1830--1896, painter and sculptor] and John Ruskin [1819-1900]. 11 A 4 Album of musician's autographs collected by Colin Taylor started in 1890, plus an index 1 A5 MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS FROM COLIN TAYLOR. A5.1 To Professor Findlay. 1.1 17.01.1968 1.2 13.02.1968 1.3 10.03.1968 1.4 26.03.1968 1.5 08.07.1968 A5.2 To Dora Orpen.

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2.1 27.06.1962 2.2 01.01.1963 2.3 17.12.1967 2.4 08.01.1968 2.5 14.12.1968

B. PROF. WILLIAM HENRY BELL Letters to Colin Taylor B 1.1 Professor W.H. Bell, from London, 9.6.1936 1 B 1.2 Explanatory note by Colin Taylor 1 B 1.3 Prof. W.H. Bell, from London, 12.7.1936 1 B 1.4 Prof. W.H. Bell, from London, 7.9.1936 1 B 1.5 Brian Bell, from Sleaford, 11.12.1967 1 B 1.6 Joan Reitz (nee Bell), from Johannesburg, 12.12.1967 1 Articles and Talks B 2.1 Notes of a talk, entitled "W.H. Bell", given by Colin Taylor to music teachers at a Congress in Cape Town., 1963 1 B 2.2 "A South African Symphony, W.H. Bell's new work", by Colin Taylor, published in The Cape, 9.3.1928 1 B 2.3 "College's golden jubilee, Prof. 'Daddy' Bell was musical pioneer with no social graces", by Colin Taylor, Cape Argus, 3.8.1960 1 B 2.4 "Reminiscences of William Henry Bell (1873-1946), by Hubert du Plessis3 27.4.1962 (newspaper not known) 1 B 2.5 "Helen Bell", by Colin Taylor, Cape Argus, 29.11.1967 1

C PETER WARLOCK PAPERS Letters C 1.1 List of the letters he received from Philip Heseltine compiled by Colin Taylor 1 C.1.2.1- C.1.2.90 TSS copies of letters to Colin Taylor from Philip Heseltine[i.e. Peter Warlock]*, 1911--1929. The originals of some of these letters are housed in the British Museum 90 C 1.2.91 Fragment of an envelope with Philip Heseltine's handwriting 1 C 1.2.92, Page of errata of Peter Warlock's list of published works with notes in his handwriting. (Photocopy) 1 C. 2.1.1- C 2.1.8 Photocopies of letters from the British Museum concerning the gift by Colin Taylor of the letters he received from Philip Heseltine, the TSS of which are included in C 1.2.1-C 1.2.90 8 C 2.2.1- C 2.2.7 Bernard van Dieren, five letters, 6.8.1931; 20.1.1933; 30.4.1935; 18.7.1935 and one undated. (3 handwritten) a note by Colin Taylor and a postcard from Van Dieien dated 1935 7 C 2.3.1- C 2.3.3 C.P. Mills, Honorary Secretary of the Peter Warlock Society, 14.7.1964, [August 1964?] and 25.9.1964. (Photocopies) 3 C 2.4.1- C 2.4.9 Letters from Ian A. Copley, 1964-1968, in which he mentions the activities of the Peter Warlock Society and also his Ph.D. thesis (Photocopies) 9 C 2.5 John D. Naylor, 27.9.1967, concerning his intention of writing a biography of Philip Heseltine. (Photocopy) 1 Articles

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C 3.1 Notes by Colin Taylor 1 C 3.2 Warlock and Delius - a catalogue, by I.A. Copley, in "Music and Letters", 49 (3), 1968. p.213--219 (Photocopy) 1 C 3.3 Two articles on Peter Warlock, 1894-1930, in "The Musical Times", Oct. 1964 p. 739- 740 : Warlock in novels, by I.A. Copley p. 740-742 : Warlock in Wales, by Ian Parrott With marginal notes by Colin Taylor. (Photocopy) 1 C 3.4 Another copy of the above articles with a different note by Colin Taylor. (Photocopy) 1 C 3.5 Warlock's Cod-pieces, by Ian Copley. (Periodical and date not given). With marginal note by Colin Taylor. (Photocopy) 1 C 3.6 Peter Warlock's vocal chamber music, by I.A. Copley, in "Music and Letters", n.d. p.358-370 (Photocopy) 1 C 3.7 Peter Warlock's choral music, by I.A. Copley, in "Music and Letters", n.d. p.318-336 (Photocopy) 1 C 3.8 Music : Peter Warlock, by Edwin Evans, in "Time and Tide",3.1.1931. With marginal note by Colin Taylor. (Photocopy) 1 C 3.9 Warlock : the mask and the meaning, by David Cox, in "The Listener", 10.12.1964. p.953 (Photocopy) 1 C 3.10 A note on the Philip Heseltine letters in the possession of Colin Taylor, by Colin Taylor. TSS of an article which was published in an edited form in "The Composer", autumn number, 1964, 6p. With notes by Colin Taylor. (Photocopy) 1 C 3.11 Another version of the above, with different notes by Colin Taylor. (Photocopy) 1 C 3.12 Peter Warlock - dual personality, a review by H.E. Wortham of Cecil Gray's book "Peter Warlock: a memoir of Philip Heseltine. n.d. (Photocopy of a newspaper clipping) 1 C 3.13 Music - Peter Warlock : the man and his songs, by Rodney Bennett, in "The Bookman", September 1923. p.300(?),301 302 (Photocopy) 1 C 3.14 Miniature Essays : Peter Warlock. London, J.W. Chester Ltd., n.d. [ca.1929?] 1 C 3.15 Extract from Kenneth Clark's autobiography. Another part of the wood, a self-portrait, London, John Murray, 1974. p.52-54. 1 MISCELLANEOUS PETER WARLOCK MATERIAL C 4.1 Programme of a concert of Peter Warlock's music, presented by the Peter Warlock Society, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of his birth. London, 4.11.1964 1 C 4.2 Peter Warlock Society Newsletter, no.3, August 1969. 1 C 4.3 Photocopy of newspaper cuttings describing commemorative concerts and the unveiling of a plaque on a house in Eynsford where Peter Warlock had lived in the 1920's. Sent to Colin Taylor, undated [ca. 1969?] 1 C 4.4 Photocopy of photographs of the unveiling of the plaque at Eynsford on May 23rd [ca.1969?], and of Mr. Robert Stockley with the portrait he painted of Peter Warlock, which he presented to the Peter Warlock Society. 1 C 4.5 Printed handout about Peter Warlock and the Peter Warlock Society published by the Society (?), n.d. [ca. 1974?]. 4 copies. 4 C 4.6.1- C 4.6.2 Two portraits of Peter Warlock. 2

D MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES,. NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS

D 1.1 Students' public rehearsals, by Colin Taylor, in "College Magazine" (?), 1932 (?) [Source and date in Colin Taylor's handwriting].

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D 1.2 Wireless abuse, by Colin Taylor, written in Kingston, Jamaica, 6.5.1943., According to,a note dated 1969, the article appeared in many papers in the then British Empire. 1 D 2.1 Programme of the 50th anniversary, 1914-1964, of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, February to April 1964. 1 D 2.2 Programme of the Stellenbosch Arts Festival, August 21 -September 20, 1964. 1 D 3.1- D 3.6 Newspaper clippings. Includes article by Prof. Eric Chisholm and comment by W.E.G. Louw, 6

D 4.1- D 4.10 Photographs of Colin Taylor, including one of his wedding, one of his children with Harold Samuel and two of him with Prof. W.H. Bell and Victor Hely—Hutchinson. 10 D 4.11- D 4.15 Photographs of Prof. W.H. Bell with his wife and one includes Victor Hely- Hutchinson. 5 D 4.16- D 4.71 Portraits of musicians including John Badminton, Moira Birks, Lionel Bowman, Granville Britton, Edgar Cree, Lamar Crowson, Pierre de Groote, Elsie Hall, Leonard Hall, Adolph Hallis, Anton Hartman, Keith Jewell, Spruhan Kennedy, Geoffrey Miller, Charles Oxtoby, Prof. G. Pulvermacher, George Robey, Harold Samuel, Barry Smith, Marjorie Starke, Walter Swanson, Cameron Taylor, David Tidboald, Arnold van Wyk and George Weldon. 55 D 4.72- D 4.77 Group photographs of the staff of the College of Music 1921-1927 6 'D 5.1-D 5.6 Photographs taken at the diamond diggings, Lichtenburg, Transvaal, ca. 1923 6

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D 4.1 Colin Taylor in officer's uniform, 1914-1918 War, holding a dog. D 4.2 Colin Taylor, 1919, in Vancouver, Canada. D 4.3 Colin Taylor, 1919, in Australia. D 4.4 Colin Taylor, 1919, in Sydney, Australia. D 4.5 Colin Taylor, 1924, in Cape Town. D 4.6 Colin Taylor, 1959, in Durbanville. D 4.7 Colin Taylor with his bride at his wedding in Simonstown, 26.4.1924. D 4.8 Harold Samuel with Colin Taylor's children, 1936. D 4.9 Professor W.H. Bell, Victor Hely-Hutchinson and Colin Taylor in Cape Town, 1922. D 4.10 D 4.11 Same group as above but slightly different positions. Professor and Mrs. W.H. Bell, 1921. D 4.12 Professor and Mrs. W.H. Bell on horseback, 1923. D 4.13 Professor W.H. Bell and a pupil Dora Garratt at the College of Music, Cape Town, 1922. D 4.14- D 4.15 Miss M. Hugo (later Mrs. Hely-Hutchinson), Victor Hely-Hutchinson and Professor W.H. and Mrs. Bell, taken in Simonstown at the wedding of Colin Taylor, 1924. Also an enlargement D 4.16 Angrove, Ivy, violinist, teacher at the College of Music and the Stellenbosch Conservatorium, 1960. D 4.17

D 4.18- D 4.19 Badminton, John, Director of Music, Diocesan College, Rondebosch, 1970.

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Behrens, ? , Principal, Stellenbosch Conservatorium, 1963. D 4.20 D 4.21 Birks, Moira, pianist and teacher, 1964 Boberg, Inger, violinist. D 4.22 Bowman, Lionel, 1963 (pianist?). D 4.23 Britton, Granville, 'cellist, 1963. D 4.24

D 4.25 Brown, Dr. Claude, Music Master Diocesan College, 1963 [see also D 4.44] Chossak (?), [Cyril?], timpanist and zilophonist, 1936 D 4.26 Coleman, Una (Richards), 1963 D 4.27

D 4.28 Condie, Ian, solo pianist and teacher, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, 1969 Cree, Edgar, Johannesburg Conductor, 1963 D 4.29 D 4.30 Crowson, Lamar, College of Music, Cape Town, pianist, 1967 De Groot, Pierre, violinist and conductor, 1963. D 4.31 Easton, Bernice, Stellenbosch, 1964 D 4.32- D 4.33 Edwards, Norman, horn player, Cape Town, 1963 D 4.34 D 4.35 Elphick, Edna, 'cellist, 1963 Hall, Elsie, pianist, 1960. D 4.36

D 4.37 Hall, Leonard, pianist and Ronald Stevenson, 1964 [see also D 4.63] Hallis, Adolph, pianist, 1962 D 4.38- D 4.39 Hamblin, Harry, oboeist, 1963 D 4.40- D 4.41 Hartmann, Anton, conductor, 1963 D 4.42 D 4.43 Hoskyn, Margaret, author of "Sackbut to Symphony", 1967 Hudson, Derek, conductor, 1967 D 4.44 Iverson, Noel, music master St. John's College, Johannesburg, with Claude Brown, 1960 [see also D 4.24] D 4.45

D 4.46 Jewell, Keith, organist of St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town, 1964 Kennedy,. Spruhan, on the staff of the S.A.B.C., 1963 D 4.47- D 4.48 Kreutzer, Mr. and Mrs. (nee Lucy Facktor), he played the viola, she the violin, 1964.

D 4.49 Lauriant, ? 1st horn player in the Cape Town Orchestra, 1964. D 4.50 Middleton, Calder, oboeist, Cape Town Orchestra, 1963. (now at the Irma Stern Gallery.) D 4.51 Miller, Geoffrey, conductor, College of Music Cape Town, 1967 D 4.52 Oxtoby, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, on the staff of the S.A.B.C., 1968 D 4.53 Paganini, ? violinist, leader of the Cape Town Orchestra, 1964 D 4.54 Pearce, Leonard, head of S.A.B.C.'s music department, Durban, 1957 D 4.55 Pulvermacher, Professor G., head of the College of Music, Cape Town, 1967.

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D 4.56 D 4.57 Robey, George, photographed at Crown Mines, ca. 1926. Samuel, Harold, 1922. D 4.58 D 4.59 Samuel, Lessie (later Mrs. Potash), pianist, 1967. Sebbo, ? timpanist, Cape Town Orchestra, 1964. D 4.60 Selley, Robert, organist and choral conductor, 1969. D 4.61 Smith, Barry, first South African born organist of St. George's Cathedral, 1967 D 4.62 Starke, Marjorie, lecturer at the College of Music, Cape Town, 1964 D 4.63 Stevenson, Ronald and Leonard Hall, 1964 [see also D 4.36] D 4.64 Swanson, Walter and his wife Marjorie Hill, 1970 D 4.65

D 4.66 Taylor, Cameron, lecturer at the College of Music, Cape Town, 1963. Tidboald, David, conductor, 1963 D 4.67 Van Wyk, Arnold and David Tidboald, 1961. D 4.68- D 4.69 Weldon, George, guest conductor in Cape Town, 1963. Died while in Cape Town.

D 4.70- D 4.71 Wipplinger, Wolfgang, pianist, teacher and choral conductor, 1969 and 1970 D 4.72- D 4.77 Group photographs of the staff and students of the S.A. College of Music, 1921-1927 D 5.1-D 5.6 Photographs of the diamond diggings at Lichtenburg, Transvaal, ca 1923 BC 76 ADDITIONS TO COLIN TAYLOR COLLECTION November 2000: ADDENDUM

E E1 E1.1 Correspondence To Colin Taylor Doris (wife): 1928 - 1956 E1.2 Hugh (son):

E1.3 E1.2.1 1942 - 1949 E 1.2.2 1950 - 1961 Kit (daughter): 1946 - 1963 E1.4 Leila (sister): 1951 - 1960 E1.5 Len (brother): 1925 - 1962 E1.6 May (sister): 1925 - 1944 E1.7 CT's Mother: 1923 - 1924 E1.8 Eleanor Farjeon: 1949 E1.9 E1.10 E1.11 E1.12 E2 Eileen Kellaway: 1924 - 1960 Ethel Sidgwick: 1917 - 1958 Frank Sidgwick: 1934 - 1935 Hugh Sid-wick: 1910 - 1917 From Colin Taylor

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E2.1 Hugh Colin Taylor: 1958 - 1959 E2.2 Various family members: 1958 & ? E3 Single letters to Colin Taylor: 1902 - 1971 E4 Letters from children ES Comments on book: "These music exams" E6 Miscellaneous letters (not to/from CT): 1937 - 1968

F F1 F2 Notebooks "Titles" "Commonplace book, v.5, started 1965"

G Books (Contain annotations and letters from authors) G1 "A nursery in.the nineties", by Eleanor Farjeon G2 "Walking essays", by Arthur Hugh Sidgwick G3 "Herself', by Ethel Sidgwick G4 "Christopher Stone speaking", by Christopher Stone

H Notes from books read H1 "Kings and other things", by Hugh Chesterman H2 "A nursery in the Nineties", by Eleanor Farjeon H3 "A survey of contemporary music", by Cecil Gray H4 "What about Shakespeare", by David Hardman H5 "Island: a novel", by Aldous Huxley H6 "As much as I dare: the autobiography of Faith Compton Mackenzie" H7 "The promenade ticket", by A.H. Sidgwick

J Poems collected by CT

K Cartoons collected by CT

L Programmes L 1 Cape Town Municipal Orchestra: 1941 - 1946 L2 Music: 1941 - 1982 L3 Theatre/Ballet: 1941 - 1982_ L4 South African College of Music: 1941 - 1943 L5 University of Stellenbosch Conservatorium: 1973 - 1982

M Jennifer's piano book; Linden's piano book

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N Documents and letters relating to W.H. Bell Scholarship

O Diary written by Hugh Sidgwick: "Record of a visit of Ethel Sidgwick; Colin Taylor and Hugh Sidgwick to Munich, Tegernsee and Nurnberg, 30th August – 20th September 1911"

P MSS copies of poems by J.M. De Navarro

Q Oil Paintings (all by CT?) Q1 Portrait of A.H. Sidgwick Q2 "Hugh at Cape Point" Q3 "Froggy Farm" Q4 (2 unidentified)

R R 1 Photographs Colin Taylor R2 R3 R4 R5 Family and Friends (photo of “Harold” stored in oversize) Pets Travels War R6 Miscellaneous S S 1 Audiovisual Tapes S 1.1 S 1.2 Arthur Bleksley "Space Age" S 1.3 S 1.4 Colin Taylor's Piano Trifles Bleksley S 1.5 Jenny, Linden, Dierdre S 1.6 Peter Gunn S 1.7 A Michael Fisher Concert: Dvorak piano quintet A. op. 81; Schubert: Quintet Movement in c min.; Dvorak: Romance op. 1 l S 1.8 (5 unidentified) S 2 Long-playing records (STORED IN OVERSIZE) S 2.1 Keisleriana (op. 16) nos 1,4,5. Schumann. (Performed by Colin Taylor); Chopin F# Impromptu & Waldesrauscheu, Liszt (Performed by Colin Taylor)

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S 2.2 Side A: Whimsies: 8 miniatures for piano; The Crescent Moon: The Sleep Stealers; Boats; Side B: Capriccietto: Echo from the Romantic Age; Pantomime; Three Bagatelles; Three Fables (all composed and performed by Colin Taylor) S 2.3 Side A: Aubade Heroique, by Constant Lambert; Sinfoniettafor Strings, Op. 52, by Albert Roussel; Side B: Ballet Suite: "Nothing serious", by Colin Taylor (Happy Go Lucky; A Morning Song; Touch-Last; Berceuse; Pantomime; Marionettes) S 2.4 Gifts (J. Thomson & Colin Taylor), Gervase Elwes, Tenor; By Wenlock To-,: Tn (A.E. Housman & Janet Hamilton), Gervase Elwes, Tenor. S 2.5

S 2.6 A Pastoral (Norman Gale & Colin Taylor), Gervase Elwes, Tenor; So Sweet Love Seemed That April Morn (D. Piggot); Jenny Kissed Me (St. John. Brougham), Gervase Elves, Tenor. Come to the Fair (Taylor, Martin), Allen McQuhae; Sound of the Irish Bells (Brandon, Trent), Allen McQuhae S 2.7 Borodine: Au Convent, played by Miss Hilda Dederich; Colin Taylor: Boats (No. 2 of Crescent Moon), played by Miss Hilda Dederich S 2.8 June Music (Trent), Walter Glynne, Tenor; Faery Song (The Immortal Hour, Boughton), Walter Glynne, Tenor

T Miscellaneous T 1 Copy of CT's mother's will T 2 Clipping from Cape Times, 3/3/1961 T 3 "Constance-Arm's poems" T 4 "Royal College of 1hlusie Wagazine, v.69(1), Easter Term, 1973 T 5 Colin Taylor's business card T 6 M/S Venus Cabin card T 7 Scottish Widows' Fund bookmark T 8 Sketches of Trafalgar Square and Magdelen Tower T 9 List of "Couples, Single Men, Single Women" - friends of CT? T 10 Programme for International Exhibition of Botanical Art, 1973 September 2001: Addendum U Personal Papers U1 Passports and press blocks of CT U2 Correspondence, 1885 -1968 U3 Diaries U3.1 Berlin, 1910; Switzerland, 1913 U3.2 War Diaries, v.1-4 (v.3 "re-read and annotated, 1970) U3.3 First tour of India, 1940 U3.4 India, 1943-1944 (see also U5.1) U4 Commonplace books; Words, phrases and sayings; Notebooks U4.1 Index to Commonplace books U5 Travel U5.1 India (see also U3.4) U5.1.1 Books about travel to India U5.2 New Zealand tour

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U5.3 Travel memorabilia, mostly ships U5.4 Ceylon V Professional Activities V1 Writings and talks V1.1 "Commonsense on instrumental sight-reading" (2 copies; one contains copy of paper by M. Bear: "Speed while you read") V1.2 "These music exams" (contains notes and newspaper/magazine reviews) V1.3 SABC scripts V1.3.1 "Three Autograph Album Talks, SABC, 1963" V1.3.2 "Five talks on Music Exams, later repeated as three talks, SABC" V1.3.3 "Miscellaneous scraps" V1.4 Broadcasts V1.4.1 Broadcast music reviews V1.5 Woman’s World interview V1.6 Miscellaneous writings V2 Teaching V2.1 Words of CT’s class singing music V2.2 School concerts V2.3 "Mr Taylor’s class" V2.4 Exam tours V2.4.1 Correspondence V2.4.2 1933-1939(?) V3 Souvenirs from the music world V3.1 Autograph books V3.2 Scrap Album V3.3 Programmes V3.4 Miscellaneous books and music magazines (most annotated) V4 Family, Friends and Associates V4.1 Harold Samuels V4.2 Bea Kerby V4.3 Peter Warlock V4.4 W.H. and Helen Bell V4.5 Addresses V5 Music (most annotated) V6 Catalogues of compositions V7 Correspondence V7.1 With publishers regarding permission to quote lines (includes notebook) V7.2 With Barry Smith, 1968-1973 (includes article by Smith on Colin Taylor Collection) W Miscellaneous W1 Newspaper and magazine clippings W2 Photographs W3 Miscellaneous

ADDITIONS TO COLIN TAYLOR COLLECTION Donated to the University of Cape Town Libraries by Hugh Colin Taylor, via Barry Smith of the College of Music, UCT, 04.10.1990.

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Photograph of Hugh Colin Taylor in British Guiana, taken in April, 1947. Letter from Colin Taylor to `Valerie', dated 10 Feb 1940. (Pencil written address noted as S.A.C.M. Cape Town, S A) Letter from Colin Taylor to `Very dear little Dora' from Montreal, dated June 1, 1947. Printed Programme of Compositions by Colin Taylor, dated New Year 1935.

Donated to the U C T Libraries by Mrs D Taylor, P 0 Box 401, Stellenbosch, 19.3.1981. D 81/86

TSS of S A B C broadcasting scripts for series entitled "Leaves from a Musician's Autograph Book",3 parts, broadcast 12.5.1963, 19.5.1963 and 26.5.1963 3 Two autograph albums plus one envelope containing autographs 3 Four commonplace books 4 Handwritten notes 1

Additions September 2009. Donated by the Peter Warlock Society, via Dr Barry Smith.

68 letters and notes from Colin Taylor to Ian A Copley. 1964-Jun 1973. Letter from son of Colin Taylor, H C Taylor, to Ian Copley, 23 Jun 1973, informing him of his father’s death. Also, catalogue of compositions by Colin Taylor, copy of The Author, vol, LXXXII, no. 1, Spring 1971, and three notes from Nella Rainier to Ian Copley, 1971, re tapes.

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