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The Organs of St Albans Abbey by Peter Hurford.
Edited by Tythings Court Press (Minehead, Somerset), 1962.

The Organbuilder.
Vol. 2 - May 1984

Contents:

• Some Personal Thoughts on Musical Organs. By Peter Hurford
• Pipe and Casework Relationships. By Peter Collins
• Sources of Form and Decoration in Old English Organ-cases. By Michael Gillingham
• Letter to the Editor
• List of Advertisers
• Directory of Organbuilders
• Directory of Organ Advisers
• All Saints' Parish Church, Northampton - Two New Organs. By Robert Pennells
• Suspended Action (concluded). By Nigel Church
• British Organbuilding - A Review of the Year. By John Norman

The Organ Works of Johann Sebastian Bach. A series of eleven concerts by different organists organised by the Faculty of Music of the University of Western Ontario.

1. 11th January: Peter Hurford
2. 16th January: Patricia Snyder
3. 18th January: Hugh McLean
4. 23rd January: Larry Cortner
5. 25th January: Peter Hurford
6. 26th January: Hugh McLean
7. 30th January: Timothy Zimmerman
8. 1st February: Peter Hurford
9. 2nd February: Paul Poppy
10. 6th February: Jan Overduin
11. 8th February: Helene Dugal

The Organ Works of J. S. Bach. Book 20. The Chorales used in the organ works.
Edited by Ivor Atkins.
Published by Novello & Company Ltd., London.

Contents:

• Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ
• Ach Gott wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig
• Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
• Alle Menschen mussen sterben
• An Wasserflüssen Babylon
• Auf meinen lieben Gott
• Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich zu dir
• Christ, der du bist der helle Tag (Partite diverse)
• Christe aller Welt Trost
• Christe, du Lamm Gottes
• Christ ist erstanden
• Christ lag in Todesbanden
• Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
• Christum wir sollen loben schon
• Christus, der uns selig macht
• Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund
• Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
• Das Jesulein soll doch mein Trost
• Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
• Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot'
• Durch Adam's Fall ist ganz verderbt
• Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott
• Erbarm' dich mein, O Herre Gott
• Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag
• Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ
• Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
• Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit
• Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
• Gott, durch deine Güte
• Gottes Sohn ist kommen
• Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen
• Herr Christ der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn
• Herr Gott! dich loben wir
• Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf
• Herr Gott, nun sei gepreiset
• Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend' (in F)
• Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend' (in G)
• Herzlich thut mich verlangen
• Heut' triumphiret Gottes Sohn
• Hilf Gott dass mir's gelinge
• Ich hab' mein' Sach' Gott heimgestellt
• Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
• In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr
• In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr (another melody)
• In dir ist Freude
• In dulci jubilo
• Jesu meine Freude
• Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der den Tod
• Jesus Christus unser Heiland der von uns (Communion)
• Jesus, meine Zuversicht
• Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist
• Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
• Kommst du nun, Jesu, von Himmel herunter
• Kyrie
• Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
• Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott
• Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich
• Magnificat (Tonus Peregrinus)
• Meine Seele erhebet den Herren (Tonus Peregrinus)
• Mit Fried und Freud' ich fahr' dahin
• Nun danket alle Gott
• Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein
• Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
• Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
• O Gott, du frommer Gott (Partite diverse)
• O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (F major)
• O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (A major)
• O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross
• Puer natus in Bethlehem
• Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele
• Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig (Partite diverse)
• Valet will ich geben
• Vater unser im Himmelreich
• Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
• Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schaar
• Von Gott will ich nicht lassen
• Vor deinen Thron tret' ich
• Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
• Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen sein
• Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
• Wir Christenleut'
• Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ
• Wir glauben all' an einen Gott (Nicene Creed)
• Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, Vater (Trinity)
• Wo soll ich fliehen hin (G minor)
• Wo soll ich fliehen hin (E minor)

The Organ Music Society (President Archibald Farmer). First Recital (sixty-sixth series) at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, W8.
Recitalist: Peter Hurford.
Programme:
Prelude and Fugue in C - J. S. Bach
Variations on "More Palatino" - Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Themes and Variations - Hendrik Andriessen (b. 1892)
Passingala (MS) - Peter Hurford (b. 1930)
Sonata No. 3 (1940) - Paul Hindemith (b. 1895)
Introduction and Allegro - Arthur Wills
Prelude, Trio and Fugue in B flat - J. S. Bach

The South Bank Centre presents: THe Organ Music of J. S. Bach. Royal Festival Hall. Peter Hurford. 1st of February, 1989.

Programme:

• Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547
• Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 530
• Canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 769
• Chorale Preludes: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 709. Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 735.
• Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

Programme notes by Felix Aprhamian.

Typewritten manuscript with ink markings of paper titled "The organ in architecture: a guide for architects".
Total of 2 pages.

Typewritten paper titled "The organ as an architectural and musical entity".
Handwritten [not in Hurford's handwriting] "Synopsis: the organ and its case. The historical aspect".

Typewritten copy of a paper for a TV programme presented by Peter Hurford and titled: "The organ and the organist".
9 pages.

The Organ. By John Steiner.
Edited by John E. West.
Published by Novello and Company Ltd., London. In the: "Music Primers and Educational Series. No. 3".

Letter of valuation, includes: I have surveyed this property which comprises two brick built tenements fronting King Street, and the large building behind with two floors used as school rooms together with the outhouses etc extending to the backroad next to the Rhadegund Buildings Estate and I estimate the present value of the fee simple (supposing it not to be encumbered with a lease) at six hundred and eighty pounds

Comprises correspondence with Michael Davie (deputy editor) on arranging to see Bronowski when visiting San Diego, and with Charles Davy on subjects including his book 'Words in the Mind' and 'Philosophy of Space and Time' by Michael Whitman.

"The Numismatic significance of Cnut's accession and of his death", typescript (photocopy), eleven pages on eleven folios (recto only), undated but datable to after 1976, the date of the last work cited in the text, and signed "by Mark Blackburn", unpublished. There are minor corrections and annotations throughout. There are two copies of the paper.

Consists of rough notes and calculations, and a typescript by Bronowski.

Consists of a booklet containing the programme and papers contributed by speakers for the 43rd annual meeting. Includes 'The Place of Science in Contemporary Society' by Bronowski annotated with some corrections [by Bronowski].

Consists of a magazine, with a photocopy.

Consists of typescript drafts prepared by Bronowski, of chapter VI of volume VI 'The Twentieth Century' of 'The History of the Scientific and Cultural Development of Mankind'.

The multi-volume history was being prepared by a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) commission.

Includes editorial comments and amendments to final draft, and a postcard [used as a bookmark].

Comprises correspondence about a proposed New Stonehenge and Salisbury Museum (which Bronowski had agreed to sponsor), with related documents including an outline of the museum and a press cutting about the proposed museum.

Printed information card from Noel Mander, St Peter's Organ Works, giving the specs of the two organs in Jesus College Chapel (describing the Mander organ as 'The New Organ'). On reverse, black and white illustration of the organs in situ by Dennis Flanders.

Comprises: two copies of the symposium programme (one inscribed) and a programme for 'The Call of Science, Education Day' at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History (26 April).

Bronowski was due to give a talk on 'Copernicus as a Humanist' and present excerpts from 'The Ascent of Man' on the 24 April [he had to cancel due to illness].

Comprises correspondence with L Frank Mann (Consultant in Secondary Education, State of California Department of Education) and annotated typescripts of 'The Nature of Science' which Bronowski wrote for the State Advisory Committee on Science Education (May-Jun 1967). 'The Nature of Science' was later absorbed into Bronowski's Damon lecture for the National Association of Science Teachers on 'Science in the New Humanism' (Mar 1968).

Also includes a paper on the philosophical position of the State Advisory Committee on Science Education.

Comprises correspondence on Bronowski attending a National Foundation conference (National Volunteer Leadership Conference) in New York (9 Dec 1966) and giving a talk on 'The Salk Institute - Frontiers of Medicine'. Also includes: a conference programme; an invitation to a reception at the United Nations; and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises correspondence with the National Film Archive (a division of the British Film Institute) about some films that Bronowski appeared in being selected for preservation.

Subjects include: tracing films; Bronowski's suggested films for preservation; finding that films (such as 'The Vision of our Age' from the 'Insight' television series) had already been destroyed; Bronowski sending them a copy of 'A Happy New Year' and 'Tell me if anything was ever done' on Leonardo da Vinci; Sylvia Hodgson visiting the National Film Archive to learn about film preservation for the Archive of Contemporary Biology being set up at the Salk Institute.

Also includes correspondence with the BBC and National Foundation (New York) on tracing films.

Comprises correspondence about the National Medal for Literature, the annual National Book Awards, Bronowski becoming a member of the Committee and the finances of the Committee.

Also includes: related press releases; the Committee by-laws; a report on 'Twenty years of reading development projects' (1951-1971); minutes of Committee meetings; schedules of events, press releases, lists of judges and nominees for the 1973 National Book Awards; a list of media representatives for the 1974 National Book Awards; promotional leaflets; and a bound report entitled 'Purpose and Performance: a review and evaluation of the work of the National Book Committee by the Executive Committee of the National Book Committee' (Mar 1973).

Comprises: a programme which lists Bronowski as an honorary host to present a film titled 'The BBC, 1922-1972, 50 Years and Still Going Strong'; and a booklet on a project by the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the BBC.

Also includes a promotional leaflet for 'The Ascent of Man' being shown on BBC-2 television.

Comprises correspondence, mainly with Carey McWilliams (editor) and Robert Hatch (literary editor). Subjects include: selecting, editing and publishing transcripts of talks and discussions between Bronowski and William Pickles (radio broadcast 1956 and 1957); a paper by Bronowski on 'Technology and Democracy'; Bronowski requesting for a copy of his article 'The Year 2000' to be sent to J D H Cole who wrote an article on similar subjects; requests for Bronowski to write articles and reviews; proposed publishing projects by The Nation and requests for Bronowski's advice relating to the content; Bronowski visiting the United States; ['The Abacus and the Rose: A Dialogue on Two World Systems'] being published in The Nation; a statement by Bronowski about the centenary of The Nation (1965); and publishing the last chapter from 'The Ascent of Man'.

The Musical Times.
Vol. 123, No. 1678 - December 1982

Contents:

• Letters to the Editor
• Covent Garden Theatre in 1732. By Robert D. Hume
• The Three Covent Gardens. By Andrew Saint
• 'Sir, it will not do!': John Rich and Covent Garden's early years. By Clive Chapman
• 'Our thing called opera': some Covent Garden productions of the 1820s through contemporary eyes. By Leanne Langley
• Kodály and Folk Music. By Anthony Cross.
• Book Reviews
• Record Reviews
• Music Reviews
• Music in London
• Reports (from Southampton, Norwich, New Zealand)
• Radio
  Church and Organ Music:
• The Maturing Organist. By Peter Hurford
• Royal College of Organists
• New Organ Music
• Record Reviews. Ann Bond, Robert Anderson
• Organ Recitals. By Richard Abram
• Forthcoming Events

The Musical Times.
Vol. 123, No. 1667 - January 1982

Contents:

• Berwald and the Queen of Golconda. By Anna Johnson
• John Casken. By Andrew Clements
• J. C. Bach, 1735-1782: Towards a new biography. By Stephen Roe
• Mrs Papendiek and the London Bach. By Derek McCulloch
• The Gonzagas: art and music. By Nigel Fortune
• Book Reviews
• Record Reviews
• Music Reviews
• Music in London
• Reports (from Birmingham, York, Wales, Yugoslavia)
• Radio
  Church and Organ Music:
• A Village Marcussen. By Andrew Burnham
• Royal College of Organists
• Reviews. By Peter Clulow, Ann Bond
• Music and the Uncertain. By Peter Hurford
• Forthcoming Events
• Organ Recitals. By Richard Abram

Article on the Music Society written by John Adkins for 'The Life of a Cambridge College' Granta Editions, 2007

The Music of Bach Tour. Arranged by Inter-Church Travel and accompanied by Dr Peter Hurford and Dr Lionel Dakers.
From Friday 23rd of June to 4th of July 1989.
Touristic trip to East Germany where Bach and his family lived. During the trip Peter Hurford performed the organ in different churches.

Comprises notes, correspondence on publication, and source material (photocopies and press cuttings of articles by others) relating to a planned joint article with Leslie Orgel.

Comprises a duplicate audio recording of part of Bronowski's second 'The Prophetic Eye' UCLA Art Council lecture (given 21 October 1968), 17 minutes long.

Comprises a duplicate audio recording of part of Bronowski's second 'The Prophetic Eye' UCLA Art Council lecture (given 21 October 1968), 32 minutes long.

Comprises a duplicate audio recording of part of Bronowski's second 'The Prophetic Eye' UCLA Art Council lecture (given 21 October 1968), 32 minutes long.

14½ x 17½

Comprises a duplicate audio recording of part of Bronowski's first Silliman Memorial lecture on 'The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination' (given 24 October 1967), 20 minutes long.

Comprises a duplicate audio recording of part of Bronowski's first Silliman Memorial lecture on 'The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination' (given 24 October 1967), 32 minutes long.

27½ x 26

Comprises carbon copy typescripts of Bronowski's 'Art as a Mode of Knowledge' lectures, with notes of pages [to add references to or make corrections].

"The Maturing Organist", article reprinted from The Musical Times, December 1982.

Print showing the Master's stall in the College Chapel

Black and white photograph taken from the Master's garden showing flood lit buildings.

Christmas card with view of the Master's Lodge

Comprises typescripts of chapters 8-9 [of a biography of Bronowski, or a book partially about Bronowski]. The 2 chapters are entitled 'The Man Who Took the Helm; Jacob Bronowski, Part I: Sharing and Shaping a Concern' (chapter 8) and 'Part II: Healing a Broken Humanity' (chapter 9).

There are 2 typescripts of chapter 8, and one has some passages marked.

Unknown author.

Consists of an article by Cristine Russell in BioScience journal, vol. 25, no. 1.

Consists of an inscribed programme for the symposium which included Bronowski speaking on 'Foundations for Equality' and showing programmes 1, 6, 9 and 11 of 'The Ascent of Man'.