Lucy Pierce ?1886-?1970

Exhibits

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RMCM/E/1/2 - RNCM
Programmes vol. 2 - 30 ff. (unfoliated)
18 May 1899-26 Mar 1904
Includes photograph of hall in back.

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RMCM/E/1/3 - RNCM
Programmes vol. 3 - 35 ff. (unfoliated)
16 Jun 1904-6 Jul 1910

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RMCM/D/6/3 - RNCM
Professors' Attendance Book - 200 ff. approx (unfoliated)
12 Jul 1907-18 Feb 1914

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RMCM/D/6/4 - RNCM
Professors' Attendance Book - 200 ff. approx (unfoliated)
19 Feb 1914-12 Feb 1919

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RMCM/D/6/5 - RNCM
Professors' Attendance Book - 200 ff. approx (unfoliated)
12 Feb 1919-31 Mar 1924

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RMCM/B/3/1 - RNCM
1st - 10th Annual Reports of the Council - 1 volume
1894-1903
Also includes Diploma Regulations, 1899, and Prospectus 1903/4.

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RMCM/B/3/2 - RNCM
11th - 20th Annual Reports of the Council - 1 volume
1904-1913
Also includes Diploma Regulations, 1906, and Prospectus 1913/4.

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PC/16/7/3 - Hallé Archives
Concert programme
30 Oct 1949
Conductor Sir John Barbirolli, King's Hall, Belle Vue. Soloists Lucy Pierce and John Wills. Slip inside announces that they had replaced Ethel Bartlett.

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TP-Add/8 - RNCM
'Words Without Songs' - 1 item
1951
Pitfield has dedicated this item to Lucy Pierce. The introduction to the volume is by Walter de la Mare.

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RMCM/E/11/10 - RNCM
Lucy Pierce (?) - 2 items
undated
On her retirement?

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RMCM/D/7/10 - RNCM
Poulenc "Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra" - 3 disks
12-Mar-51
BBC Northern Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves; Lucy Pierce and John Wills soloists. Private recording made by Times Film Co.

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RMCM/E/4/24 - RNCM
General correspondence 1967/8 - 35 folders
Aug 1967-Jul 1968
General correspondence of Cox, Helliwell and Brierley. Subjects and correspondents include maintenance and equipment; alumni, students and staff (including references); enquiries from potential students and arrangements for auditions; accounts presented at Council meetings; arrangements for the AGM; advertisements; meetings and events of the Arts Council; the Associated Board, particularly arrangements for practical examinations; historic musical instruments collection; Brierley's trip to New Zealand for the Associated Board; British Council scholarships and visits; the BBC; Leonard Behrens; Gulbenkian Fellowships; Archie Camden 80th birthday concert; events and developments at Chetham's; the Joint committee; student bursaries for Dartington; dealings with Basil Douglas; financial matters; the death of Lucy Pierce; lectures and events; auditions for Glyndebourne; Hallé Concerts Society; recitals arranged through Ibbs & Tillett; the College President; translation and performance of "Der Corregidor"; events at and auditions for the London Opera Centre; grants to individual students from local educational authorities; MICA; the NFMS; the NYO; maintenance and equipment; the NSM; notices concerning rehearsals, appointments, examinations etc; invitations to critics; the Liverpool Philharmonic, including intial seminar for conductors; the RCM; RAM; audited accounts; loan of costumes by Covent Garden; auditions for Sadler's Wells; auditions and performances by Scottish Opera; the death of Lucy Pierce; production of "Die Meistersinger" and "Der Corregidor"; staff arrangements, timetabling, appointments and vacancies, including the appointment of Raphael Sommer; Trinity College; financial matters; the University joint course, premises, events etc; the Treasurer.

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PC/27/1/18 - Hallé Archives
Concert review - Manchester Contemporary Music Centre
[11 Dec 1933]
GAH. Programme included works by Ethel Smyth, Ernest Bloch and Thomas Pitfield. Players included Carl Fuchs, Lucy Pierce and Philip Hecht.

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RMCM/E/4/22 - RNCM
General correspondence 1965/6 - 19 folders
Aug 1965-Jul 1966
General correspondence of Cox and Brierley, most of section S and all T-Z missing. Subjects and correspondents include equipment and maintenance; advertisements; applications for audition by potential students; the Associated Board; financial matters; concerts by Jacques Bloch; alumni, students and staff (including references); students at Bretton Hall; the British Council; the BBC; arrangements for external concerts and festivals; concert for Dora Gilson; property; the new College of Music; performance of Don Giovanni with the Edinburgh Rehearsal Orchestra; Leonard Behrens; the NYO; guitar teaching; Dora Gilson concert and award; auditions for Glyndebourne; maintenance; Elizabeth Harwood; governorship of the Hayward Schools; repair of instruments; work with the Hallé Concerts Society; work with Ibbs & Tillett for a recital by Souzay; quartet in residence at Keele University; performances and governorship of the London Opera Centre; grants to students from local educational authorities; financial matters; appointment of Moskowsky; events under the auspices of MICA; the College President; alumni, staff and students (including references); maintenance; the NSM; notices concerning staff, fees, examinations etc; Lucy Pierce on the proposed "History" of the College; publicity and invitations to critics; the RAM; the RCM; the RSA; purchase of property; Souzay recital; scholarship advertisements.

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RMCM/E/4/20 - RNCM
General correspondence 1963/4 - 26 folders
Aug 1963-Jul 1964
General correspondence of Cox and Brierley. Subjects and correspondents include students, alumni and staff (including references), including Elizabeth Harwood in Italy, Elizabeth Holbrook in the USA, and Barry Griffiths; potential students; maintenance and equipment; scholarships and prizes awarded by the Arts Council; the Associated Board; arrangements for external examiners; loaned instruments; Miss Rosa d'A. Blumberg; Bretton Hall; scholarships and visits organised by the British Council; the British Soviet Friendship Society and a proposed exchange with the Leningrad Conservatoire; arrangements with Sir John & Lady Barbirolli; BBC broadcasts and other matters; election to honorary fellowship of Wilhelm Backhaus; Leonard Behrens; grants from County councils; activities at Chetham's; the training of choristers; performers at Covent Garden; arrangements for external examiners; College fees; provision of soloists and other performers to external groups; the proposed Northern College of Music; the retirement of Lucy Pierce; the employment of music teachers; the retirement of R.J. Forbes; performances by and death of Iso Elinson; auditions for Glyndebourne; collaboration with the Guildhall; meetings under the auspices of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on the training of performers; performances by the Hammond School; repair and restoration of instruments; the Hallé concerts society; the College accountants; the College President; maintenance and equipment; opera translations and other work of Arthur Jacobs; gift of a plaque of Liszt's head formerly belonging to Max Mayer; auditions and master classes at the London Opera Centre; payment of grants by local authorities; replacement of staff before the creation of the proposed new college; lectures and concerts at Manchester Grammar School; level of fees recommended and scholarships offered by the Musicians' Union; concerts by the Mid-day Concerts Society; lectures and concerts given by MICA; arrangements for a Britten/Pears concert; the correspondence between Brodsky and the Griegs; the Ministry of Education; auditions for the NYO; the death of Iso Elinson; the Northern School of Music; the performances of "Fidelio" and "Paris and Helen"; the retirement of Lucy Pierce; press advertisements and invitations for critics' reviews; maintenance and equipment; concerts and auditions for the Liverpool Philharmonic; the Royal Academy; the RCM; teaching by Fritz Spiegl; timetabling and teaching arrangements; collaboration and events with the University; financial matters; concerts by Gyørgy Pauk and Peter Frankl; the Treasurer.

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RMCM/C/5 - RNCM
Register of Honorary Fellows - 100 ff.
7 Dec 1923-Dec 1973
The Honorary Fellowship was established on the recommendation of the Board of Professors by the Council, in May 1923. This date celebrated the award of the Royal Charter, and the 30th anniversary of the founding of the College. The Register contains names and in many cases, signatures, of those admitted as honorary FRMCM. Signatures include: f.1 Allin, Sarah Andrew f.2 Bradshaw, Evans f.3 Forbes, Isaacs f.4 Keighley, Lillie Wormald f.5 Maaskoff f.6 Alwyne, Lucy Pierce f.7 Smith, Edna Thornton f.8 Camden f.9 Catterall, Whitaker f.10 Wilcock, Dawber f.11 Mortimer f.13 Elsie Thurston f.14 Blinder f.16 Tyrer f.17 Holt f.18 Barker f.19 Dora Gilson f.20 Walker, Park f.21 Pitfield, Alan Rawsthorne f.22 Ryan f.23 Kathleen Moorhouse f.24 Paersch, Lofthouse f.25 Gilbert, Clifford f.26 Hirsch f.27 Andrew, Blech f.28 Green f.29 Knowles, Lewis f.30 Armstrong f.31 Marjorie Thomas f.32 Taylor f.33 Helliwell f.34 Hopkins f.35 Brierley, Cropper f.36 Johnson, Cummings f.37 Pamela Bowden f.38 Milner, Chadwick f.39 Ogdon, Mitchinson f.40 Noel Rawsthorne f.41 Partington f.42 Fell, Friend f.43 Elizabeth Harwood f.44 Stevenson f.49 Yvonne Tine Tiénot f.50 Davies, Birtwistle f.53 Barbara Robotham f.55 Davies, Frost f.56 Anne Howells, Nina Walker f.57 Winifred Busfield, Challis f.58 Griffiths, Jordan f.59 Keys, Barber f.60 Bradbury f.61 Goldstone, Hirons A full list of Fellows can be found in the Appendix to M. Kennedy The History of the Royal Manchester College of Music " (Manchester University Press, 1971)."

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PC/25/1/14 - Hallé Archives
Concert programme
11 Dec 1933
Manchester Contemporary Music Centre, Memorial Hall, Albert Square. Works performed included Thomas Pitfield Trio for Piano and Strings, Ethel Smyth, String Quartet in E minor, Ernest Bloch Quintet for Piano & Strings. Performers included Philip Hecht, Lucy Pierce and Carl Fuchs. [2 copies]

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PC/19/1/11 - Hallé Archives
Programme: Levenshulme Town Hall - 4 pages
24 Apr 1918
Levenshulme branch of the National Carol League for the Blinded Soldiers and Sailors. Local organiser Miss Gertrude Taylor. Artists: Miss Lucy Pierce, piano; Mr Foster Richardson, vocalist; Mr James Richardson, cello; members of the League, accompanists Miss Hilda Harrington & Mr John Wills. Second concert, second season.

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PC/17/3/4 - Hallé Archives
Programme: Seventh Concert
1 Dec 1940
Conducted by Malcolm Sargent. Soloists Lucy Pierce, Laurance Turner & Haydn Rogerson.

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TP/13 - RNCM
Miscellaneous - 4 files
1907-c.1990
Folder of miscellaneous papers including family tree, notes of advice on memory loss and memory training; 1990s. Folder on Bowdon Conservation Group: publicity, membership. Folder on Bowdon Festival: programmes and related papers; 1980s. Folder of items relating to Adolph and Anna Brodsky, including copies of the booklets by Mrs Brodsky, and a number of autographs [to Adolph Brodsky??] including Arthur Catterall, Busoni, Toni Maaskoff, Carl Fuchs (self-portrait), Naum Blinder, Lucy Pierce and Max Mayer. Also an autograph of Adolph Brodsky. Dates 1907-1918. The provenance of these items is unclear.

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AB/1045 - RNCM
Programme of a concert performed by Dr Brodsky and others - 1 item
1918
This concert formed part of the Tuesday Mid-Day Concerts series, held at Houldsworth Hall in Manchester. This was the 103rd concert, performed on Tue 15 Jan 1918. Dr Brodsky and Mr Anton Maaskoff played the violin, with Miss Lucy Pierce on the piano.

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CF/4/12 - RNCM
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Duets for piano and violoncello. - 1 item
1888-1930
Comprising: Variations concertantes, op. 17; Sonata, op. 45; Sonata, op. 58. With annotations and inserted programmes. Inscribed 'The whole book broadcast from Manchester, July 1930 (Foundations of Music) by Lucy Pierce and Carl Fuchs. National broadcast'.

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Carroll/IGC/3 - RNCM
Letters received - 16 files
c.1925-1992
1 file letters from Ted, May-Aug 1930. 3 files miscellaneous letters; correspondents include Walter Carroll, Forsyths, Ibbs & Tillett, Alfreda Hodgson, Margaret Thatcher, John Manduell, Hilda Collens, Stewart Macpherson, Yehudi Menuhin, Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Michael Kennedy, Evelyn Rothwell, Ruth Lady Fermoy, and Peter Jonas. 1 file RNCM correspondence, 1978-1982. 1 file correspondence re NSM and amalgamation with RMCM, 1980s. 1 file (originally in floral box) of snapshots, 1930 diary, and letters, 1927-1930s. 7 files letters from Geoffrey Griffiths, 1930s-1940s (majority are undated). 1 file correspondence and other papers and photographs relating to the deaths of Walter Carroll, Norman Allin and Hilda Collens, and the retirement of Lucy Pierce. 1 file music in MS by Tony Osborne, dedicated and sent to IGC with a covering letter.

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HA/PR/2/1/92/4 - Hallé Archives
Programme: [4th] Concert
30 Oct 1949
Belle Vue. Soloists Lucy Pierce & John Wills (Pianos). Incl first Hallé performance of Poulenc's Concerto in D minor for two pianos & orchestra. [2 copies]. Notes on future concerts. Review of Halle recording of Sibelius 7th symphony.

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HWML/780.69/R780.69Me51/2 - Henry Watson Music Archive
Concert programme - 1 item
07-01-1920
Arthur Catterall, Lucy Pierce, New Islington Hall

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HWML/780.69/R780.69Me86/27 - Henry Watson Music Archive
Concert programme - 1 item
29-06-1926
Carl Fuchs, Manchester Contemporary Music Centre, Claud Biggs, Lucy Pierce, Harry Mortimer, Leonard Hirsch, Philip Whiteway, Maurice Ward, Houldsworth Hall

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HWML/780.69/R780.69Me86/32 - Henry Watson Music Archive
Concert programme - 1 item
03-02-1931
Carl Fuchs, Lucy Pierce, Houldsworth Hall

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Man-Mus/23 - RNCM
Carl Fuchs' gift of an article on Naum Blinder - 1 f. + 24 pp.
Mar-47
Issue of "International Musician, official journal of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada" Jan 1947 containing a short article on Naum Blinder. With autograph musical extract (Allegretto - otherwise unidentified) "Memories of the ensemble class at the RMCM and of a fine performance by my excellent old students Lucy Pierce and Naum Blinder. With kind regards from Carl Fuchs 31.3.47".

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