- A8/3.
- Ffeil
- [1951].
Pencil sketches, 'Completed Feb. 19th [1951]', of music for a BBC radio drama, entitled 'The story of St. David', written and produced by Elwyn Evans; together with a copy of the radio script.
Pencil sketches, 'Completed Feb. 19th [1951]', of music for a BBC radio drama, entitled 'The story of St. David', written and produced by Elwyn Evans; together with a copy of the radio script.
Ink full score, dated May 1956, of incidental music for a radio drama entitled 'The meeting' by Dannie Abse; together with pencil sketches and a copy of the radio script.
Abse, Dannie
Ink full score of incidental music for the theatre play by Federico G. Lorca.
Pencil sketches of incidental music for the feature film entitled 'Sword of Sherwood Forest', produced by Hammer/Yeoman; together with a related letter and a typescript list of timings.
Unidentified sketches and fragmentary sketches, mainly untitled.
Letters L (Labinsky - Lewis, D.),
Correspondents include H. C. Robbins Landon (27), 1971-1984.
Merchant, W. Moelwyn (William Moelwyn), 1913-
Correspondents include Ian Parrott (11), 1952-2007, together with Christmas cards (6), 1953-1985, and a letter to Rhiannon Hoddinott, June 2008; T. H. Parry-Williams (17), [1968?]-1972, together with two related letters, 1971, from Evan Isaac, (Urdd Gobaith Cymru), autograph and typescript drafts of stanzas, and a letter, July 1979, from Amy Parry-Williams; Peter Pears (25), [1971?]-1986; Siân Phillips (4), 1991.
Correspondents include Timothy Salter (7), 1984-1988; Scottish National Orchestra (3), 1976; Humphrey Searle (2), 1972; Simon Shewring (20), 1984-1997; Sirenian Singers (8), 1982-1986, with two replies from the composer; Raphael Sommer (9), 1969-1989; Sergeĭ Stadler (3), [1987?]-1988; Roger Steptoe (7), 1983-1986; Leopold Stokowski, 1954; John Swallow (4), 1976-1986.
Letters W (Wallace - White, John),
Correspondents include William Walton (2), 1967; Gillian Weir (3), 1974.
Letters (8), 1973-1979, relating to commissions and talks.
HTV Wales (Firm)
Letters, 1964-1991, realting to commissions, performances and workshops.
London Symphony Orchestra.
Letters, 1968-1974, mainly relating to the commissioning of the 'The Beach of Falesá' and a proposed opera entitled 'Rawlins White'. Some letters relate to Alun Hoddinott’s membership of the Council of Welsh National Opera.
Welsh National Opera.
A small group of correspondence relating to the following festivals: Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians, 1992-1993, relating to his role as President; Lower Machen Festival, 1998-1999, relating to a performance of 'One must always have love'; and Swansea Festival, 1984, relating to an invitation to conduct 'The sun, the great luminary of the universe'.
Correspondence and programmes, 1977-1993, relating to various music competitions in which Alun Hoddinott adjudicated, including: BBC Young Musician of the Year, 1978-1992, and the International Young Musician of the Year, 1982, 1984; the Audi Junior Musician Competition, 1992; Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, 1980; City of Portsmouth International String Quartet Competition, 1979 (including commissioning of new work); the Interceltic Competitive Choir Festival, Brest, 1983, and the proposed festival at Quimper, 1985; and the Shell-London Symphony Orchestra Music Scholarship, 1983.
Symphony no. 9 (A Vision of Eternity),
Correspondence, 1991-1993, relating to the commissioning of Symphony no. 9: A Vision of Eternity, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of St David’s Hall, Cardiff. Correspondence between the composer and Dame Gwyneth Jones is included.
Correspondence, 1987-1989, with David [Parry-Jones] of Cwmni Ffilm a Fideo Merlin Film & Video Co. Ltd., relating to the 'Wales Film Suite' project.
Letters, papers and programmes, 1971-2007, relating to honours awarded to him, including: Member of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon. RAM), 1971; Fellowship of the Royal Northern College of Music, 1980; the Hopkins Medal of the New York St David’s Society, 1981; Fellowship of University College, Cardiff, 1981; Doctor of Music, University of Sheffield, 1993; Fellowship of the Welsh Music Guild, 2004; Fellowship, Swansea Institute of Higher Education, 2006; Doctor of the University, University of Wales, 2007. Material, 1968-1987, relating to congregations in which he presented individuals for honours is included.
Telegrams, 1950-1979, mainly wishing him well for performances of works, especially the 'Clarinet concerto' at the Cheltenham Festival, 1954; the first public performance of 'The Beach of Falesá', Cardiff, 1974; and the first performance of 'What the old man does' at the Fishguard Festival, 1977.
Invitations, 1961-1998, to Alun and Rhiannon Hoddinott to various concerts, exhibitions and weddings. One invitation, 2008, to Rhiannon Hoddinott post-dates the death of the composer.