A Series of Ten Typewritten Letters Signed, ‘Rudolph Dolmetsch’, Haslemere, Surrey, 17 September 1937 to 6 April 1938, to A. Stroud of 185 Victoria Road, Aldershot. They are mostly business-like letters regarding his own music or arrangements, which Stroud was copying for Dolmetsch, the latter paying handsomely for his services, one with an autograph annotation and another with a hand-written bar of music, some creasing and general marks, 10 pages. Rudolph Dolmetsch 1906-1942. Dolmetsch studied under Constant Lambert at the Royal College of Music, and was a protégé of Sir Henry Wood. His death at the early age of 36, occurred when the liner he was on (SS Ceramic) was hit by a German U-boat in the mid-Atlantic. Dolmetsch was at the time serving as Regimental Bandmaster with the Royal Artillery and perished along with all the other passengers, one of whom was a Mr Henry Arthur Stroud. It has not been ascertained whether this Stroud was the same person as the recipient of these letters.Sizes are generally 255mm x 205mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. Edge rubbing/finger marking.