Eric Sams     Collected Essays, Reviews and Letters on Music, on Shakespeare, on Cryptography     ON CRYPTOGRAPHY     U) Solutions to ciphers, Essays, Articles, Reviews I'm much obliged to Dr. Joanna Parker, Librarian of the Worcester College Library, for her valuable help in tracing the solutions to ciphers (t.3, t.4, t.5) and for sending me the relevant copies and some additional materials.   1. Review of David Kahn, The Codebreakers, MT Aug., 1968 [T] 2. Elgar’s cipher Letter to Dorabella, MT 1970 [.PDF] [also listed as C.9] 3. Solutions to unsolved cipher in Thurloe (State Papers) filed in the Bodleian Library with Clarendon MS 94 (1973) 4. Solutions to Clarke's shorthand filed in Worcester College Library (MS XXII fol 34p) Oxford (1974)  [see also U.11 below] 4.1. Leith, Febr. 25, 1561 4.2. Shorthand notebook (shorthand symbols from Clarke's MSS, listed and decrypted) A-K  K-Y 4.3. Letter to Dr. R. A. Sayce, custodian of the Clarke archives in Worcester College Library, 9 Oct. 1976 5. Solution to the cipher letter of Charles I to Sir Edw. Nicholas (BL Add 18738 fol 73) [.PDF] 6. Solution to cipher in George Combe's Journal, 18 September 1851 (National Library of Scotland) [.PDF] 7. Solutions to the cipher letters of Henrietta Maria and Prince Rupert (with Moore, J., 1976) 8. Cryptanalysis and Historical Research (with Moore, J.), TLS 4 Mar. 1977 [.PDF] 9. Review of Ronald W. Clark, The Man Who Broke Purple, TLS 3 June 1977 10. Review of R. A. Haldane, The Hidden War, New Statesman, May 1978 11. Sir William Clarke's Shorthand (Introduction to G.E.Aylmer, Sir William Clarke Manuscripts, Harvester Microfilm  Publications, 1979, pp. 28-34; Worcester College, Oxford) 12. Musical Cryptography, Cryptologia vol. 3, n. 4, Oct., 1979 (see also d.2) 13. Cracking the historical codes, TLS 8 Feb. 1980 13a. Letter of Friedrich Hayek to ES with regard to the above essay (on the Voynich MS), 21 Feb. 1980 14. Cryptanalysis and Historical Research, Archivaria (1985-6) [.PDF] 15. Code and Cipher in Music [Radio Script, ?1980s] 16. Elgar and cryptology, MT 1984 (Letter to the Editor) 17. Code and Cipher in Music [Script and presentation for Central TV film, 1989 (with Simon Target)] (R/1992 as "Code and Cypher: The Secret language of Music"; Princeton, Films for the Humanities & Sciences) See also (C) the essays on music ciphers:  Did Schumann use Ciphers?, MT 1965; The Schumann Ciphers, MT 1966; The Schumann Ciphers: a coda, MT 1966; Variations on an original theme (Enigma), MT 1970; Elgar’s Enigmas, MT 1970;  Elgar's cipher table, 1970-1; A Schumann Primer?, MT 1970; Elgar's Enigmas, Music and Letters 1997           V) Letters on music and other topics (in progress)     [see also R (Letters on Shakespeare)]     1. Erik Battaglia (1983-2003; private collection) 2. Maurice J. Brown (1966-1975; letters held at the Leeds University Library for the UK Schubert Institute)   2.1. 14 selected letters (ES):   1.   28 May 1966 [Rastlose Liebe; Einstein's Schubert book; Schumann essay on NZfM]   2.  23 Nov. 1966 [Schumann and Chopin; Carnaval as Clara-music; Clärchen-Theme]   3.  3 May 1967 [Brown's scholarship; Schumann and Schubert; Schubert and Mozart]   4.  14 Jan. 1968 [Meine Rose; Hermann und Dorothea- MT essay; ciphers]   5.  11 March 1968 [Humour in German - German humour; "Schumann as Critic"; Schubert Impromptus]   6.  8 Nov. 1968 [Book on Schumann; Wandrers Nachtlied; op. 57; Clara-themes; Ur-Forelle]   7.  6 Jan. 1969 [Motifs in Schubert; Schumann as Wolf's mentor]   8.    31 Oct. 1969 [Unknown Schubert; nightingales; motivic writing]   9.  22 July 1970 [Elgar; Coleridge; Deutsch]   10. 24 Sept. 1972 [Mendelssohn; - and Chopin; Shakespeare Sonnets; Wolf-related topics]   11.  22 Jan. 1973 [Nachtgesang; song-preludes; Schubert cycles; Shakespeare and Bacon]   12. 21 March 1974 [An die Entfernte; Hotter; Peters misprints]   13. 24 June 1974 [Civil Service; Richard and Jeremy; MT piece on Des Knaben Wunderhorn]   14. 15 Nov. 1975 [Letter to Mrs. Brown after Dr. Brown's death]     3. Andrew Lamb (1972-2002; private collection, Croydon) 4. Harry Levin (Harvard, Houghton Library) 5. Nieves Hayat de Madariaga (1987-2003; private collection, Cortona) [see Sams/Shakespeare Archive 2] 6. Diana McVeagh   6.1. 2 letters on Schumann and Elgar   1. 7 March 1968   2. 15 Apr. 1968     7. Charles Wilfred Orr (1961-1976; British Library ADD MS 63842/3, 72072) 8. Andrew Porter (private collection)   8.1. 25 selected letters (ES if not otherwise stated)   1. 5 Febr. 1966 [Maurice Brown's book on Schubert]     enclosed: First draft of Review to Brown (I.Schubert.34)]   2. 2 March 1966 [id.; Martin Cooper on Schumann; Frank Walker on Wolf]   3. 8 March 1966 [Fiske on Ballet Music; Frank Walker unpublished chapter on Wolf/Köchert affaire]   4. 8 March 1966 (AP) [Did Clara know? Schubert's fugato]   5. 10 March 1966 [Clara did know; on Schumann cipher]   6. 8 April 1966 [Brown on Schubert]   7. 14 May 1966 [more on cipher and language]   8. 19 June 1966 [cipher articles]   9. 31 July 1966 [Florestan and Eusebius; "Gegentheil" article]   10. 12 Nov. 1966 [Carnaval]   11. 16 and 24 Dec. 1966 [more on Wolf/Köchert]   12. 28 Dec. 1966 [various on Schumann]   13. 23 Jan. 1967 [Italian formalities; Wolf article on La Musica]   14. 8 May 1967 [A. Walker review]   15. Andrew Porter: 2 Reviews [Financial Times, May/June 1966] - with Clara-theme references   16. 14 Oct. 1966 [Journalism; book on cipher]   17. 18 May 1968 [David Kahn; Elgar ciphers]   18. ?1969 [ES makes a chapter on Henze out of AP's FT articles]   19. ?1969 [on Elgar]   20. 18 Dec. 1969 (AP) [on Elgar cipher]   21. 24 Jan. 1970 [AP's Verdi discovery; Elgar]   22. 27 July 1970 [Scarlatti quotation in Brahms op. 72]   23. 21 Aug. 1970 (AP) [RE to above; Don Carlos]   24. 30 Aug. 1970 [RE to above; Schumann and Rossini]   25. 7 March 2001 [Farewell to Elgar]       9. Alan Walker (McMaster University, Ontario; A.W. Fonds, William Ready Division) 9.1. The "Freudian" querelle (Letters 1967-68) [see also c.6]    1. 2 May 1967 (ES)   2. 23 May 1967 (ES)   3. 26 May 1967 (AW)   4. 27 May 1967 (ES)   5. 1 Sept. 1968 (ES) 9.2. Schumann: The Making of an Essay (Letters 1969-71) [see also b.1 and b.2 ]    1. 7 Febr. 1969 (AW) 15. 20 Nov. 1970 (ES)   2. 11 March 1969 (ES) 16. 23 Nov. 1970 (AW)   3. 27 Apr. 1969 (ES) 17. 25 Nov. 1970 (ES)   4. 5 July 1970 (ES) 18. 27 Nov. 1970 (AW)   5. 7 July 1970 (AW) 19. 29 March 1971 (ES)   6. 18 July 1970 (ES) 20. 2 Apr. 1971 (AW)   7. 21 July 1970 (AW) 21. 3 Apr. 1971 (ES)   8. 16 Aug. 1970 (ES) 22. 9 May 1971 (AW)   9. 26 Oct. 1970 (ES) 23. 16 May 1971 (ES)   10. 29 Oct. 1970 (ES) 24 18 May 1971 (ES)   11. 14 Nov. 1970 (ES) 25. 1 June 1971 (ES)   12. 16 Nov. 1970 (AW) 26. 5 Aug. 1971 (ES)   13. 17 Nov. 1970 (ES) 27. 7 Aug. 1971 (AW)   14. 19 Nov. 1970 (AW)       10. Nancy Wansbrough (Letters to an Atheist, Worthing, Churchman, 1988)   [Letters on theology to and from Eric Sams, 1984-7] ISBN 1 85093 085 6   10.1. 25 selected letters on theology, religion, atheism (ES)   1. 8 Oct. 1984 14. 27 Jan. 1986   2. 26 Oct. 1984 15. 1 Feb. 1986   3. 23 Nov. 1984 16. 15 Feb. 1986   4. 9 Dec. 1984 17. 28 Feb. 1986   5. 8 Jan. 1985 18. 25 July 1986   6. 25 Jan. 1985 19. 9 Aug. 1986   7. 15 March 1985 20. 19 Aug. 1986   8. Oct. 185 21. 5 Sep. 1986   9. 19 Oct. 1985 22. 30 Oct. 1986   10. 25 Oct. 1985 23. 26 Jan. 1986   11. 6 Nov. 1985 24. 30 Jan. 1987   12. 12 Nov. 1985 25. 7 Feb. 1987   13. 23 Jan. 1986       top