Leslie Bridgewater BBC Composer Conductor Rejects Music Signed WW2 Letter

CHAU4770 A rare opportunity to secure this letter from the secretary of Leslie Bridgewater after Leslie had personally listened and considered a military Major's score of his compositions which he was hoping might be included in Leslie Bridgewaters shows but here shows it was rejected.  It has been hand signed by his secretary dated 27th February 1941 so wartime and lightly aged but great condition

"...Leslie Bridgewater (1893–1975) was a highly prominent English composer, conductor, pianist, and harpist who became one of the most definitive figures in the golden age of British Light Music, largely through his extensive career with the BBC. Bridgewater was a prime example of a musician whose mainstream career was shaped and amplified by the BBC. He joined the BBC music staff in the 1930s and remained a fixture on the airwaves through the 1940s and 1950..."

The BBC Salon Orchestra: From 1939 to 1942, he founded and conducted this ensemble, which provided comforting, high-quality music broadcasts during the darkest days of World War II. 

The Leslie Bridgewater Quintet: He famously led this piano-and-strings group, playing the piano himself. He used the platform to resurrect and arrange rarely heard 18th-century classical pieces.

Interlude Features: His light composition Prunella became famous across the UK as the background music for the BBC's iconic vintage television interlude film, The Kitten

Beyond his studio broadcasting, Bridgewater was a highly sought-after director and composer for stage and screen.