Dedicatees and Dates of First Meeting
This page gives in alphabetical order the names of the dedicatees of Sorabji’s musical works with the date on which a first meeting or a first exchange of letters (whoever the first writer may be) took place, given in as complete a form as possible. The dates are mostly conjectural. In addition to providing data on the date of first acquaintance, the page shows in a different light the information on the number of works dedicated to each person. An alphabetical list of dedicatees ordered by number of dedications will be found on another page.
Dates of first meeting are given in the year-month-day format, often followed by “ATL” (at the latest), which is unfortunately all that is known in many cases. Dates in italics are derived from the date of completion of a dedicated work; they are followed by a bullet (•) when the letter was to Sorabji, and by a pilcrow (¶) when it was from him. An em dash (—) indicates that the date is unknown.
| Dedicatee | Works (Titles) | Works (N) | Date of First Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best, Reginald Norman | Nocturne,
“Jāmī” (1928; 28 pp.) Transcription of the Prelude in E-flat by Bach (1945; 4 pp.) Messa grande sinfonica (1955-61; 1,001 pp.) |
3 | Late 1930s, maybe earlier |
| Bowen, York | Passeggiata veneziana sopra la Barcarola di Offenbach (1955-56; 24 pp.) | 1 | 1939-00-00 (ATL) |
| Brittain, Rex H. | Arabesque (1920; 2 pp.) Prelude, Interlude, and Fugue for Piano (1920, 1922; 17 pp.) |
2 | 1920-00-00 (ATL) |
| Bromage, Bernard | Concerto pour piano et orchestra da camera [no.
3] (1918; 100 pp.) Toccata [no. 1] for Piano (1928; 66 pp.) {transferred to Frank Holliday} |
2 | 1918-00-00 (ATL) |
| Burton-Page, Anthony | Fantasiettina atematica (1981; 2 pp.) | 1 | 1979-04-21¶ (ATL) |
| Busoni, Ferruccio | Sonata no. 1 for Piano (1919; 42 pp.) Sonata seconda for Piano (1920; 49 pp.) Variazioni e fuga triplice sopra “Dies irae” per pianoforte (1923-26; 201 pp.) {in memory of} |
3 | 1919-11-25 |
| Chisholm, Erik | Trois poèmes du
“Gulistān” de Saʿdī (1926; 16 pp.) Tāntrik Symphony for Piano Alone (1938-39; 284 pp.) |
2 | 1926-11-25¶; 1930-04-01 (ATL; meeting) |
| Clarke Ashworth, Edward | Symphonic Variations for Piano (1935-37; 484 pp.) “Quaere reliqua hujus materiei inter secretiora” (1940; 16 pp.) {Letters to Frank Holliday suggest that the “E.” of the dedication could be this friend.} |
2 | 1937-00-00 (ATL) |
| Cooper, James H., and Joy McArden | Trois poèmes (1941; 13 pp.) | 1 | 1941-00-00 (ATL; no known meeting) |
| Cortot, Alfred | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra [no. 5] (1920; 144 pp.) | 1 | 1921-10-09• (ATL; no known meeting) |
| Davies, E. Emlyn | Second Symphony for Organ (1929-32; 350 pp.) | 1 | 1928-05-17 (ATL) |
| Davey, Frank | Fragment: Prelude and Fugue on FxAxx DAxEx (1926; 3 pp.) | 1 | 1926-00-00 (ATL) |
| Delius, Frederick | Il tessuto d’arabeschi (1979; 32 pp.) {in memory of} | 1 | 1930-04-23• (no meeting) |
| Derus, Kenneth | Opus secretum atque necromanticum (1980-81; 48 pp.) {dedicated to Gentieu on 28 March 1981 and to Derus on 26 May 1984} | 1 | 1974-08-14• (ATL) |
| Edroff-Smith, Emily | Symphony [no. 1] for Organ (1924; 81
pp.) Transcription in the Light of Harpsichord Technique for the Modern Piano of the Chromatic Fantasia of J. S. Bach, Followed by a Fugue (1940; 15 pp.) |
2 | 1892-08-14 (since birth) |
| Ellis, Havelock | Concerto per pianoforte e piccola orchestra, “Simorg-Anka” [no. 7] (1924; 100 pp.) | 1 | 1920-07-20• (ATL) |
| Garvelmann, Donald M. | Pasticcio capriccioso sopra l’op. 64, no 1 del Chopin (1933; 8 pp.) {dedicated to the composer’s mother; inscription to Garvelmann added some time in or after 1969} | 1 | 1967-08-04• |
| Gentieu, Norman P. | Concerto pour piano et grand orchestre [no. 4] (1918; 100 pp.) Third Organ Symphony (1949-53; 305 pp.) Suggested Bell-Chorale for St. Luke’s Carillon (1961; 1 p.) Opus secretum atque necromanticum (1980-81; 48 pp.) {also, and independently, to Kenneth Derus} |
4 | 1946-03-10•; 1985-05-31 (meeting around this date) |
| Gray-Fisk, Clinton | Toccatinetta sopra C.G.F. (1929; 8 pp.) Sonata V (Opus archimagicum) (1934-35; 336 pp.) Toccata terza (1937?-38?; 0 p.) |
3 | 1929-00-00 (ATL) |
| Habermann, Michael | “Il gallo d’oro” da Rimsky-Korsakov: variazioni frivole con una fuga anarchica, eretica e perversa (1978-79; 93 pp.) | 1 | 1971-07-05• (ATL) |
| Heseltine, Philip | Concerto [no. 1] pour piano et grand orchestre (1915-16; 177 pp.) Quintet no. 1 for Piano and Quartet of Stringed Instruments (1919-20; 72 pp.) |
2 | 1913-10-03¶ |
| Hinton, Alistair | Sonata III for Piano (1922; 75 pp.) {1970s} Symphony no. 0 for Piano Solo (1930-31; 333 pp.) {1975; a previous dedication to Erik Chisholm is also possible, the work having been written for him} Benedizione di San Francesco d’Assisi (1973; 2 pp.) Symphonia brevis for Piano (1973; 120 pp.) Opusculum clavisymphonicum vel claviorchestrale (1973-75; 334 pp.) Sixth Symphony for Piano (Symphonia claviensis) (1975-76; 270 pp.) Frammenti aforistici (4) (1977; 1 p.) Symphonic Nocturne for Piano Alone (1977-78; 113 pp.) {dedicated verbally} |
8 | 1972-02-00•; 1972-08-21 (meeting) |
| Holliday, Frank | “Gulistān” — Nocturne
for Piano (1940; 28 pp.) {transferred to Harold Morland in 1979} Second Symphony for Piano (1954; 248 pp.) {transferred to Harold Morland in 1979} Toccata quarta (1964-67; 149 pp.) {transferred to Paul Rapoport in 1979} |
3 | 1937-00-00 |
| Ireland, John | Opusculum for Orchestra (1923; 36 pp.) Opus clavisymphonicum — Concerto for Piano and Large Orchestra (1957-59; 333 pp.) |
2 | 1923-05-00 (ATL) |
| Jenkins, Theodore | Two Piano Pieces (1918, 1920; 20 pp.) | 1 | 1920-00-00 (ATL) |
| MacDiarmid, Hugh | Opus clavicembalisticum (1929-30; 253
pp.) Fantasiettina sul nome illustre dell’egregio poeta Christopher Grieve ossia Hugh M’Diarmid (1961; 10 pp.) |
2 | 1921-00-00 (ATL) |
| Madge, Geoffrey Douglas | Passeggiata arlecchinesca sopra un frammento di Busoni (“Rondò arlecchinesco”) (1981-82; 16 pp.) | 1 | 1980-02-04 (visit) |
| Marchesi, Blanche | L’irrémédiable (1927; 8 pp.) | 1 | 1919-11-25 (same day as with Busoni) |
| Marrot, Vincent | Valse-fantaisie for Piano (1925; 16 pp.) | 1 | 1925-00-00 (ATL) |
| Martine, Marthe | Trois poèmes pour chant et piano (1918, 1919; 9 pp.) | 1 | 1921-06-02 (ATL) |
| Morland, Harold | “Gulistān” — Nocturne
for Piano (1940; 28 pp.) {transferred from Frank Holliday in 1979} Second Symphony for Piano (1954; 248 pp.) {transferred from Frank Holliday in 1979} Frammenti aforistici (20) (1964; 9 pp.) Frammento cantato (1967; 1 p.) |
4 | 1926-00-00 (ATL) |
| Nason, Edward | St. Bertrand de Comminges: “He was laughing in the tower” (1941; 16 pp.) | 1 | 1935-00-00 (mid 1930s) |
| Peterkin, Norman | Quasi habanera (1917; 6 pp.) Fantaisie espagnole (1919; 23 pp.) Toccata seconda per pianoforte (1933-34; 111 pp.) Concerto da suonare da me solo e senza orchestra, per divertirmi (1946; 70 pp.) |
4 | 1917-00-00 |
| Petri, Egon | Sequentia cyclica super “Dies irae” ex Missa pro defunctis (1948-49; 335 pp.) | 1 | 1931-05-00 (ATL) |
| Procter, Robert William | Due sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis (1981, 1984; 2 pp.) | 1 | — (never met) |
| Rapoport, Paul | Toccata quarta (1964-67; 149 pp.) {transferred in 1979 from Frank Holliday} | 1 | 1976-06-14 (visit; correspondence had begun in late 1974) |
| Richards, George | Third Symphony for Piano Solo (1959-60; 144 pp.) | 1 | 1934-06-00 (ca.) |
| Rowley, Alec | Fantasia ispanica (1933; 54 pp.) | 1 | 1930-11-00 |
| Rutland, Harold | Fragment Written for Harold Rutland (1926,
1928, 1937; 2 pp.) Un nido di scatole sopra il nome del grande e buon amico Harold Rutland (1954; 26 pp.) Fourth Symphony for Piano Alone (1962-64; 240 pp.) |
3 | 1922-00-00 (ATL) |
| Saurat, Denis | Quintet II for Piano and String Quartet (1932-33; 432 pp.) | 1 | 1929-00-00 (late 1920s) |
| Scott, Francis George | Sonata IV for Piano (1928-29; 111 pp.) | 1 | 1921-00-00 (ca.) |
| Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell | Rosario d’arabeschi (1956; 45 pp.) | 1 | 1921-11-00 (ATL) |
| Solis, Aldo Solito de | Concerto V for Piano and Large Orchestra [no. 8] (1927-28; 344 pp.) | 1 | 1928-00-00 (ATL; no known meeting or even letter) |
| Solomon, Yonty | Sonata III for Piano (1922; 75 pp.) {dedicated to Alistair Hinton on 6 October 1973 and to Solomon around the time of his performance of the work (16 June 1977)} | 1 | 1976-04-23¶ (ATL) |
| Sorabji, Madeline Matilda (née Worthy; the composer’s mother) | Chaleur — Poème (1916-17;
32 pp.) Trois fêtes galantes de Verlaine (ca. 1919; 11 pp.) Symphony [no. 1] for Piano, Large Orchestra, Chorus, and Organ (1921-22; 300 pp.) Movement for Voice and Piano (1927, 1931; 9 pp.) Pasticcio capriccioso sopra l’op. 64, no 1 del Chopin (1933; 8 pp.) |
5 | 1892-08-14 (since birth, or even conception) |
| Spencer-Bentley, Clive | Passeggiata variata sul nome del caro e gentile giovane amico Clive Spencer-Bentley (1981; 3 pp.) | 1 | 1979-07-00 (ATL) |
| Stevenson, Ronald | Villa Tasca: mezzogiorno siciliano — evocazione nostalgica e memoria tanta cara e preziosa del giardino meraviglioso, splendido, tropicale (1979-80; 47 pp.) | 1 | 1958-07-28•; 1979-06-25 (meeting) |
| Trew, Charles A. | Concerto pour piano et orchestra da camera [no. 3] (1918; 100 pp.) | 1 | 1910-00-00 (early 1910s) |
| Vicars, Mervyn (with Denise, Adrian, and Kevin) | Quintet II for Piano and String Quartet (1932-33; 432 pp.) {dedicatee to Denis Saurat; inscription to Vicars added in 1969} | 1 | 1933-00-00 |
| Welsh, Henry | Études transcendantes (100) (1940-44; 456 pp.) | 1 | 1936-00-00 (ATL) |
| Williams, Christopher à Becket | Three Pastiches for Piano (1922; 17 pp.) {no. 3 only} Le jardin parfumé: Poem for Piano Solo (1923; 16 pp.) |
2 | 1922-00-00 (ATL) |
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2013-03-11
© Marc-André Roberge 2013
© Marc-André Roberge 2013
Sorabji Resource Site (SRS)
Faculté de musique, Université Laval, Québec
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