| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding Fritz Cohen.
Subjects include: the broadcasting of news bulletins in foreign languages by the BBC; characters for a nativity play including a comic third shepherd; ideas for the development of music at Dartington; possible actions and the consequences of these actions within the Arts Department due to the threat of war; the Steinway business; a proposal for a Dartington Hall Chamber Orchestra; suggestions for composers, teachers and musicians; and the Dartington Hall Summer Music School and Music Festival.
Correspondents include: Fritz Cohen; Christopher Martin; Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst; and William Glock.
Additional material includes; a programme for a performance by F A Cohen, Fritz Waldmann, John Colman, Martin Penny and Mr Biggs' newly-formed String Orchestra (1935); a handwritten note about the Music and Arts Department; a draft of a memorandum regarding possible actions to be taken in the event of War to preserve the Art Department and Dartington Community as a unit for as long as possible; a draft memorandum regarding the temporary closing of the Chekhov Studio and plans to discontinue the work of the Music Theatre Studio; a voting card for performance; and a proposal for a Dartington Hall Chamber Orchestra |