Autographs and Manuscripts
SARGENT, Sir Malcolm (1895-1967). Conductor. ()
Two Typed Letters Signed ("Malcolm Sargent") to the Mayor of Colchester, regretting that he is unable to attend the Oyster Feast on either the original or the revised dates.1 page 8vo and 1 page 4to, 9 Albert Hall Mansions, SW7, 3 August and 18 October 1951.
Sargent graciously declines, in the first instance because ". . . I have to be conducting here in London on that date . . ." and in the second explains that " . . . Alas, I have to be in Liverpool on November 9th . . .", but adds in a scrawled postscript, "Please ask me another year!"Sargent had been appointed conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra the previous year.Filing holes at the left and a small spindle hole at the top of the first letter, not affecting the text.
Stock Code: AU4487
