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Reel-to-Reel Recordings

Includes non-commercial reel-to-reel recordings of Derek Bell and folk music. Including ‘Seán Ó Riada and Carolan music’ (n.d.); ‘A programme of Romanian folk music’ Romanian RadioTelevision (n.d.); ‘Music for a while Derek Bell listening copy’ (n.d.); ‘The fairies’ lament and dance by Derek Bell’ (24 April 1975); and commercial harp recordings made by Ken Freeman of Harpcraft for Derek Bell (n.d.).

Piano

Includes Irish times article by Charles Acton ‘A Schumann mystery’ (14 May 1979); concert programme for pianist Carlo Grante’s performance in Wigmore Hall, London, England (9 June 1996); copy of a drawing of pianist Leopold Godowsky; and photograph of concert pianist [Arthur Rubenstein].

Gideon Fontalba

Original and photocopied seminar notes. Includes ‘Initiation - dances from the cosmic tradition by Gideon Fontalba’ (14 Apr 1989); ‘Notes from the seminar in Port Rush [Portrush] … with Gideon Fontalba’ (17 Nov 1989); copy of seminar notes sent to Derek Bell by Sally Duncan, Sussex taken at a seminar with Gideon Fontalba ‘Dynamiscke harmonie: heilung und einweihung’ (21 July 1989); and handwritten notes made by Bell about meditation, mysticism and music.

Arcane School

Original letters and texts from the Headquarters Group, Weavers in the Light, Arcane School, Whitehall Court, London, England to Derek Bell. Includes ‘tenth set of papers in the Weavers in the light course’ (Sep 1995); notice of ‘World Invocation Day’ (1 June 1996); and letter from Arcane School to Derek Bell thanking him for his ‘spirited reports and papers’ (June 1996).

Bell Family History

Letters from Alan Bell, Norway to Derek Bell relating to the history of the Bell Family. Includes copies of articles, biographies and family trees which Alan Bell has acquired during his research into the family; copy of a marriage certificate for Henry O’Neill and Elizabeth Black; copy of a photograph of Elizabeth (nee Black) O’Neill; and four photographs of [Sydney Bell], Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot, uncle of Derek Bell. Sydney Bell died in a plane crash at the age of 27 on 16 June 1927.

Personal Correspondence

Handwritten and typed letters and cards from various relatives and friends to Derek Bell and a series of letters from Derek Bell to Mary ?, Evansville, Indiana, United States of America. Letters from Bell’s mother, father and sister are personal in nature and mostly date from when he was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. One of these letters is addressed to him ‘c/o American Wind Symphony Orchestra’ (3 July 1963). There are three letters from his parents written while visiting his sister in Cuzco, Peru. His father, William Bell, describes hearing Peruvian harps ‘the harps out here are a dead loss. Big ones about 8 ft. high, carried in hand occasionally, or crude little ones tinkled by blind Indians’ (13 Oct 1968); letters from Derek Bell to Mary ? are conversational in tone with many references to Bell’s work with The Chieftains including the release of a number of CDs including Tears of stone , Mystic harp II and Christmas in Rome . There are also references to his solo work and masterclasses. Includes descriptions of a recording session with soprano Monserrat Caballé in Barcelona (30 May 1998); The Chieftains recording ‘two pieces for the new Babe II film’ (20 Sep 1998); an amusing description of his ‘lunch with President Clinton in the House of Representatives’ (31 Mar 2000) and Bell’s attendance at the 100th birthday party of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s harpist, Sidonie Goossens (12 Oct 1999); letters dating from June 2000 congratulate Bell on being awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II. Another letter references the death of Bell’s harp teacher Artiss [de Volt] (16 Sept 2000). Undated letters from Bell’s nephew William ? have many musical references especially to Bell’s career with The Chieftains; includes an undated letter from snooker player Alex Higgins. Undated correspondence has been placed at the back of the file.

Business Correspondence

Original typed and photocopied letters, faxes and contracts from various solicitors and copyright agencies to Derek Bell. All material relates to The Chieftains. Includes two letters which relate to the registering of musical works with the Performing Right Society (PRS), London, England and the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO), Dublin. Includes letter from Greg Meagher, PRS, London, England to Derek Bell about registering Derek Bell and Paddy Moloney’s arrangement of ‘The Coolin and Sean Coolin’ with PRS (25 July 1988); also includes letter from Andy Godfrey, Chrysalis Music, Bramley Road, London, England writing on behalf of IMRO to Derek Bell, Bangor and Seán Potts, Dublin ‘regarding some confusion over the song ‘Lonesome’. Two entries exist in the IMRO database for the song ‘one shows Seán Potts as sole arranger and the other shows Seán Potts and Derek Bell as joint arrangers’. Godfrey wants to know ‘which of the two is correct’. (15 July ?)

Promotional Material

Original promotional press packs created by The Chieftains’ record companies. Each pack contains biographical information, photographs, reviews and testimonials. Included are press packs from the following record companies: Island Records Inc., 7720 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California [United States of America] with two black & white photographs of The Chieftains (Paddy Moloney, Peadar Mercier, Martin Fay, Derek Bell, Seán Potts, Michael Tubridy and Seán Keane) and Paddy Moloney (8 Oct 1975); Polydor International GMBH, 2 Hamburg 13 [Germany] with four black & white photographs of The Chieftains (30 Oct 1976); Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaf m.b.H, A + R Presse International, 2 Hamburg 36 [Germany] ( Jan 1976); C. B. Enterprises, Charles B. Comer, 150 East 50th Street, New York [United States of America] (25 Mar 1982); and C. B. Enterprises, Charles B. Comer, 150 East 50th Street, New York [United States of America] (29 Nov 1992).

Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles

Original and photocopy newspaper and magazine articles about The Chieftains and their tours, concerts, and recordings from various Irish, British, German, Finnish, Italian, Australian, New Zealand and North American publications. Includes reviews of The Chieftains 5 (Island, ILPS 9334) (18 Oct 1975); articles about The Chieftains being named Group of the Year by ‘Britain’s foremost pop paper, Melody maker ’ (12 Jan 1976); reviews of concerts in Melbourne, Australia (8 June 1977); and Dunedin, New Zealand (23 June 1977); article about the group’s performance in The Phoenix Park, Dublin during the ‘Offering of Mass’ by Pope John Paul II (16 Oct 1979); article about The Chieftains playing for Pope John Paul II at a General Audience in The Vatican, Italy (21 Jan 1980); articles about the premiere in Philadelphia, United States of America of The Chieftains Christmas show ‘A traditional Irish Christmas’ with special guest Geraldine Fitzgerald; (18 Dec 1981); a series of three articles published by the Irish times about The Chieftains tour in China (18-20 May 1983); reviews of Irish heartbeat their album with Van Morrison (18 Jun 1988); reviews of The Chieftains album Bells of Dublin (9 Oct 1991); copies of press clippings for The Chieftains album The long black veil (1995) which was collated by BMG International and RCA (20 Jan 1995); copies of press clippings from North American publications about the release of The Chieftains album Tears of stone (1999); articles about The Chieftains 40th anniversary in 2002 including reviews of their CD The wide world over: a 40-year celebration (19 Mar 2002).
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