Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1938

I would have to pass on Griff's tripe and onions but wouldn't mind sharing his banana and custard. He writes to Ida obsessing slightly over some singing test he is training for. He is "conscious of making only about one error in the sight-reading test, 'Pentecost', but went off the rails a little in the 'Creator' extracts - not 'Gerontius' so altos are evidently having something different for the 'known' (supposedly!) piece. But I don't feel too bad about it all, and hope to receive favourable notice some time in August, The waiting is the worst part."
He writes about his visit to Paris which impressed him even though he was only there for an hour or two.
Possibly walking home from seeing her to her door for a date, Griff relays that "Kingsway at midnight was unique. Wouldn't miss it for anything, almost. The shadows were weird."

Ref: CARROLL/IGC/3 GG
With thanks to the Ida Carroll Trust
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.