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.
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