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Dear Mr. Eliot, Dear Mr. Starrett

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Even a non-collector like me is likely to return from Baker Street Weekend in New York with a few literary gems. And I did!

My most unusual acquisition, perhaps, was a 20-page pamphlet called “Conferment by Needle,” Number 69 in a limited edition run of 230 copies printed by Ronart Press Ltd., St. Louis, MO, in 1980. It contains an exchange of letters, just one each, between Vincent Starrett and T.S. Eliot. Michael Murphy wrote the introduction.

Starrett is best known, of course, as a great Sherlockian and Eliot as a great poet (my favorite of the 20^th century). I’ve written about both many times on this blog, but not together.

On April 1, 1956, Easter Sunday, Starrett wrote to Eliot to ask him to accept honorary membership in the Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), a Chicago-based scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars. Starrett founded the Hounds in 1943 and gave himself the title of “Needle.”

Eliot wrote back on April 10, 1956: “I thank you for your letter of Easter Sunday, & beg to express my appreciation of the honour of being installed as an honorary Baskerville Hound. It is with great pleasure that I accept.” He then noted that he was already an honorary member of two other Holmes societies, “so I hope that amongst the various septs or divisions of the Baker Street Irregulars there is no regulation preventing pluralism.”

The poetry of T.S. Eliot is replete with Sherlockian influences, as I’ve noted before, but it’s a joy to hold in my hands the evidence that he was not only a Sherlockian (or perhaps Holmesian) but a member of the Sherlock Holmes community.

One of my other weekend acquisitions was a copy of The Last Bookman, a handsome volume about Starrett edited by Peter Ruber. More about that in a future blog. Both the pamphlet and the book came from The BSI Trust, which has an enormous collection of Sherlockian tomes at great prices. To present your want list or see what’s available, email Denny Dobry at dendobry@ptd.net.

Princess Marie of Romania Is M.I.A.: King Michael's Youngest Daughter Reportedly Steps Back From Royal Role

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Princess Marie of Romania in Bucharest on 21 March 2019.
Photo (c) CRISTIAN NISTOR / AGERPRES

Princess Marie of Romania appears to be taking a step back from her role as a public representative of the royal house. Marie is the youngest of the five daughters of the late King Michael and Queen Anne of Romania. Formerly a very active member of the royal family, Marie has not carried out a public engagement in three months, which is *rather* unusual for a Romanian royal living in the country. Currently, nothing has been announced by the Royal Household as to why Mia, as the princess is known en famille, has ceased to carry out duties on behalf of Casa Regala. It is possible that the Custodian of the Crown, Mia's godmother, has decided that the princess should no longer have a public profile. If this is the case, then there are shades of botched and unfortunate removals of other members of the Romanian royal family in recent history.

Princess Marie, Princess Sophie, Prince Radu, and Custodian of the Crown Margarita await the return of the remains of Queen Mother Helen at Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport.
(18 October 2019)
(c) SILVIU MATEI / AGERPRES FOTO

Princess Marie pays tribute to Queen Mother Helen at Curtea de Arges; her nephew Prince Nicholas stands behind her.

(18 October 2019)

Princess Marie attends the religious service for the reburial of Queen Mother Helen at Curtea de Arges.
(19 October 2019)
(c) SILVIU MATEI / AGERPRES FOTO

The last public event that Princess Marie attended were commemorations held on 25 October to mark the anniversary of the birth of her father, King Michael. Before that, the princess had attended the reburial of her grandmother Queen Mother Helen of Romania. The reburial of the Queen Mother took place between 18-19 October 2019. The reburial of Queen Mother Helen was attended by Custodian of the Crown Margarita, Prince Radu, Princess Sophie, Princess Marie, Prince Nicholas, and Princess Alina-Maria. Mia has not been since in public since then. Marie missed the thirtieth anniversary celebrations of the return of the Royal Family in January 2020. She was also absent from the Christmas celebrations at Săvârșin, which Mia has always attended since she moved to Romania several years ago.

Prince Nicholas, Crown Princess Margarita, Prince Radu, and Princess Marie on the balcony of Elisabeta Palace.
(10 May 2015)
(c) SILVIU MATEI / AGERPRES FOTO

Marie of Romania attends a concert in memory of 100 years since the death of Queen Elisabeth of Romania.
(20 February 2016)
(c) SORIN LUPSA / AGERPRES FOTO

The princess takes part in the funeral of her father King Michael (Mihai) of Romania.
(16 December 2017)
(c) GRIGORE POPESCU / AGERPRES FOTO

The Garden Party at Elisabeta Palace.
Left to right: Alexander Nixon, Princess Helen, Custodian of the Crown Margarita, Prince Radu, and Princess Marie.
(10 May 2018)
(c) SILVIU MATEI / AGERPRES FOTO

In 2015, Princess Marie moved from the United States, where she had lived for some decades, to live in Romania full-time. This transition was done at the request of her sister Margarita, who desired that Marie became an active member of the royal family in the country. Over the past four years since then, Princess Marie has carried out a large number of engagements on behalf of the royal house.

Princess Marie with former Romanian President Emil Constantinescu at a function in Bucharest.
(2 October 2018)
Photo (c) CRISTIAN NISTOR / AGERPRES

One wonders if this will be a permanent farewell to yet another high profile member of the Romanian Royal House. Only time will tell...

97th Birthday of Tsar Nicholas II's Last Surviving Grand-Nephew: The Artist Andrew Andreevich Romanov

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Andrew Andreevich Romanov

Today, Andrew Andreevich Romanov celebrates his ninety-seventh birthday. Andrew is the longest-living male descendant of the Romanovs in the history of the family. He is the last surviving great-nephew of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II.

Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia

Born on 21 January 1923 at London, Andrew was the youngest of the three children of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (1897 - 1981) and his first wife Donna Elisabetta "Elsa" Sasso-Ruffo (1886 - killed in London during the Blitz in 1940). Andrew followed two older siblings: Xenia Andreevna Romanov (1919 - 2000) and Michael Andreevich Romanov (1920 - 2008). Since their parents' marriage was morganatic, none of the children of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich bear any styles or titles.

Andrew's paternal grandmother: Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia

Andrew's paternal grandfather: Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia.

Andrew grew up near his grandmother Grand Duchess Xenia (1875 - 1960), who lived in a grace and favour cottage at Windsor. He did not have as much contact with his grandfather, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, as Xenia and Alexander lived separately in exile. Andrew Andreevich received his education at the Imperial Service College. He joined the British Navy in 1942, and served until the end of World War II.

Andrew and Kathleen Romanov after their civil wedding in 1961.

The obituary of Kathleen Romanoff (1967).
This appeared in The San Francisco Examiner on 10 December 1967.

In 1949, Andrew moved to the United States. He studied criminology and sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1951, Andrew married Elena Konstantinovna Dourneva (1927 - 1992); the couple had one son, Alexis Andreevich Romanov (b.1953). Andrew and Elena divorced in 1959. Andrew remarried in 1961 to San Francisco native Kathleen Norris Roberts (1935 - 1967). Andrew and Kathleen had two sons, Peter (b.1961) and Andrew (b.1963), before Kathleen died of pneumonia at the age of thirty-two. Finally and thirdly, Andrew married artist Inez Storer (b.1933; née Bachelin) in 1987. Andrew and Inez reside in the idyllic town of Inverness, California.

Andrew Romanov and his wife Inez Storer in 2015.
Photograph (c) Todd Pickering

Like his wife Inez, Andrew Romanov is an artist, and his works have been displayed in numerous exhibitions. He must have inherited the artistic streak that his grandmother, Xenia, and his grand-aunt, Olga, also possessed. A book entitled The Boy Who Would Be Tsar appeared in 2007 and documented Andrew's life. We wish him many happy returns of the day!

Alistair Coleman: Moonshot – Abeo Quartet (HD 1080p)

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Watch the premiere recording of Moonshot for string quartet by composer Alistair Coleman, written for and performed in this film by the Abeo Quartet.

The piece is inspired by a triptych of paintings by artist On Kawara depicting the three milestones of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Painting I: 16 July 1969 "Launch"; II: 20 July 1969 "Lunar landing"; and III. 21 July 1969 "The day people on Earth came together to celebrate humanity's first steps on the Moon".

Moonshot was commissioned by and premiered at the Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, where the triptych is on display. The film was made at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia, inside the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar where the Discovery Space Shuttle is on permanent display. The video was produced for the Smithsonian Year of Music 2019 and released during the museum's year-long celebration of Apollo at 50. The premiere concert will be broadcast on WETA 90.9FM (Washington, DC's classical music station) on Monday 27 January at 9pm.

Source: thestrad.com

Alistair Coleman

♪ Moonshot

i. July 16, 1969, "Launch"
ii. July 20, 1969, "Lunar landing"
iii. July 21, 1969, "The day people on Earth came together to celebrate humanity's first steps on the Moon"

Abeo Quartet:
Ludvig Gudim, violin
Njioma Grevious, violin
James Kang, viola
Drew Cone, cello

James S. McDonnell Space Hangar, National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, December 2019

(HD 1080p)

Alistair Coleman is a young composer from Washington, DC. Recently, he was appointed the Composer-in-Residence of the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale. This season, commissioned projects include a concerto for violinist Soovin Kim, a concerto for Grammy-award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey, and a sonata for Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombonist of the New York Philharmonic. Alessi premiered the new work on-tour in China in the summer of 2019 and will tour Japan this fall. In 2020, Alistair's trumpet sonata will be released on a new album by Chris Gekker. Upcoming projects include a new string quartet for the Abeo Quartet in collaboration with the Glenstone Museum, Four/Ten Media, and the Smithsonian Institution.

His music has been programmed broadly, including commissions and performances by the "President's Own" United States Marine Band, Atlantic Music Festival Orchestra, baritone Randall Scarlata, Houston Brass Band, Washington Master Chorale, Boston University Chapel Choir, National Cathedral Choral Society, and musicians from the Baltimore and National Symphonies, Carnegie Hall's Ensemble Connect, and Minnesota Opera Orchestra.

With three published works, Alistair is the youngest composer ever published by E.C. Schirmer Music Company in its one-hundred-year history. He has received awards and honors from ASCAP, American Composers Forum, and the National YoungArts Foundation. Alistair was featured on the National Public Radio show, "From the Top" with Host Christopher O'Riley in 2018.

Alistair was a fellow at the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, and studied at the Atlantic Music Festival, Curtis Young Artists Program, Oberlin Composition Workshop, and the New York Summer Music Festival. His teachers have included Richard Danielpour and David Serkin Ludwig, faculty members at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Currently, Alistair is pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree at The Juilliard School on the George Gershwin Scholarship. At Juilliard, he studies with Robert Beaser, takes academic coursework at Columbia University, and engages in mentorship with President Emeritus Joseph W. Polisi.

As a teacher and advocate, Alistair serves on the boards of the Maryland Music Educators Association and Opportunity Music Project NY, and worked with Strathmore Hall to launch music programs for underserved communities in Maryland. At Juilliard, Alistair is a Teaching Fellow in the Ear Training Department. He maintains a private teaching studio and mentors students of Vermont's Music-COMP program.

Source: alistaircoleman.com

The Abeo Quartet, silver medal winner of the 2019 Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition, has been featured in New York at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall and on WQXR's Midday Masterpieces. The quartet also won the Judges Special Recognition Award at the 2019 Plowman Chamber Music Competition. Abeo, formed at Juilliard, has recently performed at the Kennedy Center's Reach Festival, The Glenstone Museum in Potomac and in Norway's Vertavo Festival, playing seven works by Haydn.

The quartet won a Montreal International String Quartet Academy fellowship, studying with members of the Alban Berg Quartet, Quatuor Ebene, Takács String Quartet and the Artemis Quartet. Abeo also has had coachings with pianist Joseph Kalichstein and the Calidore String Quartet. Formed in 2018 at the Juilliard School, the Abeo Quartet has studied under the tutelage of Joseph Lin and Astrid Schween as part of the Juillard Honors Chamber Music Program.

When they were first year Juilliard students, Ludvig, Njioma, James, and Drew immediately recognized and discovered their natural chemistry as well as each other's passion for chamber music when they began sight reading together. The quartet chose the name Abeo / ah - bey - oh, representing an expression of joy in a Nigerian dialect, to reflect their love for playing chamber music and sharing it with others.

Source: abeoquartet.com

Ludvig Gudim, violin

Njioma Grevious, violin

James Kang, viola

Drew Cone, cello

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The Fifty-Fifth Birthday of HRH The Countess of Wessex: The Queen's Devoted Daughter-In-Law

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The Countess of Wessex in 2018.

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Today, HRH The Countess of Wessex celebrates her fifty-fifth birthday.

Sophie's parents: Christopher and Mary Rhys-Jones

The Countess of Wessex with her father Christopher at the memorial service for her mother Mary (2005).

Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones was born on 20 January 1965 at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, United Kingdom. Sophie is the only daughter of Christopher Rhys-Jones (b.1931) and his late wife Mary (1933 - 2005; née O'Sullivan). Sophie's middle name was in honour of her paternal aunt Helen, who died in a horse riding accident in 1960. Sophie joined an older brother, David, who was born in 1963.

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Sophie Rhys-Jones grew up in a seventeenth century farmhouse in Brenchley, Kent. She was a pupil at Dulwich Preparatory School, and then went on to Kent College, where she was friends with Sarah Sienesi, with later became her lady-in-waiting. Sophie then trained as a secretary at West Kent College.

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After finishing her education, Sophie began a career in public relations. She worked for four years at Capital Radio, a regional radio station based in London. In 1996, Sophie Rhys-Jones founded her own PR agency, RJH Public Relations. During her time at Capital Radio, in 1987, Sophie met Prince Edward (b.1964), the youngest child of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Over the years, the two crossed paths over and over. A relationship eventually developed, and a romance blossomed. The couple's engagement was announced in January 1999.

On 19 June 1999, Prince Edward of the United Kingdom and Sophie Rhys-Jones were married at St. George's Chapel at Windsor. On the occasion of the marriage, The Queen bestowed upon her son the title of Earl of Wessex (a peerage in the United Kingdom) with the subsidiary title Viscount Severn (a peerage in the United Kingdom). Twenty years later, in 2019, the Queen granted her son the title of Earl of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland. Therefore, Sophie is normally styled and titled as HRH The Countess of Wessex; however, when in Scotland, she is styled and titled as HRH The Countess of Forfar. Notably, the Earl of Wessex is the only one of the Sovereign's children whose marriage has stood the test of time.

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The Earl and Countess of Wessex have two children: Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor (b.8 November 2003) and James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn (b.17 December 2007). James is the youngest of the eight grandchildren of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. The Countess of Wessex suffered an ectopic pregnancy in December 2001.

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The Countess of Wessex is the Patron of over seventy charities and organisations. She is a hardworking, dedicated, and discreet member of the British Royal Family. The Earl and Countess of Wessex often represent The Queen at royal events on the Continent.

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We wish Her Royal Highness many happy returns of the day!

30 Years Since The Royal Family Came Home: Margarita & Sophie of Romania Commemorate Their 1st Visit in 1990

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Custodian of the Crown Margarita and Prince Radu arrive at the Concert at the Atheneum on Saturday.
(c) SIMION MECHNO / AGERPRES FOTO

Over the weekend, Custodian of the Crown Margarita and Princess Sophie of Romania celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of their first (and joint) trip to their country back in January 1990. Several items were on the agenda: a book launch, the viewing of a documentary on the occasion, and a concert at the Bucharest Atheneum, which was broadcast live on Romanian television. Romanians and guests from around the world came to the Romanian capital to support the royal family.

(left to right) The Custodian of the Crown Margarita, Prince Radu, Princess Helen, Alexander Nixon, and Princess Sophie.
(c) SILVIU MATEI / AGERPRES FOTO

Margarita of Romania and her husband.
(c) SILVIU MATEI / AGERPRES FOTO

The Custodian of the Crown greets guests along with her sister Princess Sophie.
Andrew Popper, Head of the Royal Household, is behind Sophie.
(c) SILVIU MATEI / AGERPRES FOTO

The sole event on Friday was the presentation of two books, Margareta. Trei decenii ale Coroanei and Lumea Majestății Sale, about Custodian of the Crown Margarita at Cărturești Carusel. Margarita was accompanied by her husband Radu, Princess Helen (mother of Prince Nicholas and mother-in-law of Princess Alina-Maria), Helen's husband Alexander Nixon, and Princess Sophie. Crown Prince Leka of Albania was also on hand.

Cellists perform at the National Theatre to mark thirty years since the royal family's return to Romania.
(c) SORIN LUPSA / AGERPRES FOTO

The Custodian of the Crown with participants at the event at the National Theatre.
(c) SORIN LUPSA / AGERPRES FOTO

Margarita, Custodian of the Crown.
(c) SORIN LUPSA / AGERPRES FOTO

On Saturday afternoon, the viewing of the documentary was held at the National Theatre. Volunteers and members of the Margarita of Romania Foundation also performed a number of pieces of classical music. Accompanied only by her husband Prince Radu, Custodian of the Crown Margarita delivered a speech. Here is some of what she said:

"I remember very well the moment when I first came to Romania, thirty years ago...when for the first time in my life I felt like a complete person and not like a person without a shadow, as I felt before. But when I set my foot here for the first time, I felt complete. It is very touching and I am proud, and I want to thank everyone who helped us because it is quite clear I could not have done all this alone."

(left to right) Former President Emil Constantinescu, Princess Sophie, Mihaela Orban, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, Custodian of the Crown Margarita, Prince Radu, Princess Helen, Alexander Nixon, and Crown Prince Leka of Albania.
(c) SIMION MECHNO / AGERPRES FOTO

Princess Sophie delivers a speech at the Atheneum.
(c) SIMION MECHNO / AGERPRES FOTO

Prime Minister Orban, Crown Princess Margarita, and Prince Radu.

The Royal Box.
(c) SIMION MECHNO / AGERPRES FOTO

On Saturday evening, a dinner reception was held at the Royal Palace, which is now a museum. The Royal Palace is used by the royal family on certain occasions, with permission from the government. The dinner was followed by a concert at the Atheneum in Bucharest, which has often hosted events for the Margarita of Romania Foundation. Over 700 guests were present for this event. Besides the Custodian of the Crown and her husband, the royal guests were: Princess Helen and her husband Alexander Nixon, Princess Sophie, and Crown Prince Leka of the Albanians. Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, who has acknowledged that he is a monarchist, attended with his wife Mihaela and they sat next to the Custodian of the Crown in the royal box. At one point, Princess Sophie gave a speech where she paid tribute to Margarita: "I love you, sister. To the core of my being. I have tried to be a good sister, and we both have striven to be good Romanians." The Custodian of the Crown was very moved by Sophie's words. As the royal family is close to the diplomatic corps in Bucharest, many diplomats were present, including U.S. ambassador Adrian Zuckerman. Former Romanian president Emil Constantinescu and Sir George Iacobescu, the only Romanian to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, were among the guests. Soprano Nelly Miricioiu, who has performed at Covent Garden in London, took to the stage of the Atheneum and awed the guests with her musical gifts.

The Atheneum of Bucharest.
(c) SIMION MECHNO / AGERPRES FOTO

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Custodian of the Crown Margarita (b.1949) and her four sisters are great-granddaughters of Queen Marie of Romania (1875 - 1938) and her husband King Ferdinand I of Romania (1865 - 1927). Queen Marie of Romania was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819 - 1901) and her husband The Prince Consort (1819 - 1861; né Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha). Marie of Romania was the eldest daughter of Victoria and Albert's second son Prince Alfred (1844 - 1900), Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and his wife Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia (1853 - 1920).

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Margarita and her sisters are the daughters of King Michael of Romania (1921 - 2017) and his wife Queen Anne (1923 - 2016; née Bourbon-Parma). Michael was the son of King Carol II of Romania (1893 - 1953) and Queen Mother Helen (1896 - 1982; née Greece and Denmark). Michael and Anne had five daughters: Margarita (b.1949), Helen (b.1950), Irina (b.1953), Sophie (b.1957), and Marie (b.1964). King Michael attempted to visit Romania in 1990, but was forced to leave shortly after arrival. The king and Queen Anne were able to make their first real visit to Romania in 1992; during this trip they were accompanied by Princess Helen and her son Prince Nicholas.

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Sources:
https://www.agerpres.ro/english/2020/01/18/crown-custodian-margareta-before-coming-to-romania-30yrs-ago-i-felt-like-a-person-without-a-shadow--434375
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