Letter
The Hallé, Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1946

"Dodge the choral symphony by all means" Griff urges Ida, but to give Damnation of Faust a go, including the Hallé's altos efforts for the Hungarian March.
She discusses the finer details of some music notation. Seeing friends and relations out and about at hours when all should be in bed makes the world seem very small. He recalls a friend who "used to pull my leg about having a bass voice; she used to go about with a lad who had a very light coloured voice, s she must prefer tenors, all in all."
His aunt thinks he's sweet on the daughter of Mr Cook but of course such things would be nonsense seeing as he's strung up on Ida.
He wishes to navigate the finer nuances of her personality, "I am not quite sure if I do know when you are 'best left alone' so you may have to tell me when to be quiet."

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.