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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [225v] (453/1814)
The record is made up of 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios). It was created in 1892-1924. It was written in English, Urdu and German. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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is a much-discussed composer, inasmuch as he blends revolutionary
modern ideas with the older forms in his music; but in this preseniti
work, heard last night, there is little that is ultra-modern, except*
perhaps, a restless tonality and a good deal of chromatic writing.
Otherwise the music is almost as classical in its style and feeling
as, say, the familiar Brahms variations. None the less Reger's
variations are extremely interesting and contain some fine music,
while they are a useful lesson in showing what a modern composer
of individuality can do without having recourse to any very
startling devices.
The “ merry theme M which k the basis of the work, and which
does not strike one as particularly jocund at a first hearing, is
not Reger’s own, but is taken from an opera by Adolph Hiller that
was produced in 1772. The theme, however, adapts itself excel
lently to treatment, and the eleven variations (three of which' were
omitted from last night’s performance) which the composer hast
written around it are wonderfully ingenious, full of the cleverest
contrapuntal work (for which Reger has always been noted), and 1
scored with a good deal of* skill. The geniality of the fourth
variation, and the poetic charm of the fifth, make them the best
of the set, and the fugal finale is a really masterly piece of
writing, a fine example of what can be accomplished in contra
puntal work with the help of modern resources.
There may be a little more cleverness than inspiration in these
variations of Reger, but on the whole they have considerable
power and charm. Mr. Wood got a correct enough performance
of the work from the orchestra, but the playing was a little un
finished at times.
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Two new works given on Wednesday night may be briefly
mentioned. The first was a fantasia for piano and orchestra by
Rubinstein, which, for some reason or other, had not hitherto
been performed here. It was a pity to have brought it out from
obscurity, for it proved very dull and very tiresome in length, its
music being of the purely conventional order, with the usual
amount of showy writing for the soloist—on this occasion Mr.
Arthur Cooke, who seemed a little overweighted by it.
The other new item, Moussorgsky’s setting of the “ Song of
the Flea,” from Goethe’s ‘‘ Faust,” was an interesting little
piece of work; the music has somethinp- nf flip Hnmr....-
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These two volumes are George Curzon's own personal annotated copies of both volumes of his book Persia and the Persian Question , which was published in 1892. Alongside the volumes are various loose papers relating to Persia [Iran], consisting of the following: received correspondence; newspaper cuttings; publishers' press releases; cuttings from various booksellers' catalogues; various journal and magazine articles; two items of printed official British correspondence; several prints of photographs and sketches; and a few handwritten notes by Curzon.
In most cases these papers, which range in date from 1892 to 1924, relate to the chapters in the book where they were originally inserted, suggesting that they were kept by Curzon with the intention of using them to inform a revised edition of the book.
Of particular note among the small amount of correspondence are two letters received by Curzon in 1914 and 1915 from retired schoolmaster and Islamic scholar Sayyid Mazhar Hasan Musawi of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (ff 5-9 and ff 44-53). These letters, which are written in Urdu and are accompanied by English translations, discuss in detail several inaccuracies found in the Urdu version of Persia and the Persian Question .
The various prints of photographs and sketches, which were originally inserted into volume two, are of different locations in the Gulf region. Several of these appear to have been produced in preparation for the publication of the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the 'Geographical and Statistical' section) in 1908, as they are identical to the versions found in that volume.
Also of note among the loose papers are an illustrated article from Country Life dated 5 June 1920, entitled 'The People of Persia' (ff 36-37), and a printed family tree of the Shah of Persia [Aḥmad Shah Qājār], produced in preparation of his visit to Britain in 1919 (f 233).
Volume one of Persia and the Persian Question contains a map of Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Balochistan], which is folded inside the front cover (f 1).
The German language material consists of a publisher's press release for two books authored by German archaeologist Ernst Emil Herzfeld (ff 29-30).
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- 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios)
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Foliation: this shelfmark consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the first folio of volume one (1-463), and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 464-898); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Each volume contains a large number of loose leaves, which have been foliated in the order that they were inserted into the volume; for conservation reasons, these loose folios have been removed from the volume and stored separately. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers of the two volumes.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Questionby George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
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