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Travels and Holidays
This page lists Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji’s absences from his places of residence (London or Corfe Castle) for performances, holidays, and excursions, as far as surviving archival documents and references in letters and published articles allow. It also documents his hospital stays in the last years of his life, until he finally moved into a nursing home.
Several other travels and excursions undoubtedly took place but could not be documented. The same is true of holidays, particularly during his youth and later in Corfe Castle. Very short trips to London, for example to visit the dentist, are not recorded.
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Year-month | Country | Cities | Comments |
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Year-month | Country | Cities | Comments |
1914-04 | France | Paris | Travels with his mother at Easter. |
1914-06 | England | Robin Hood’s Bay (Yorkshire) | Leaves on 28 June at the earliest; travels with his mother and spends some time in a rented house, probably until August. Went there several times in his youth. |
1917-08 | England | Bournemouth (Dorset) | Writes Quasi habanera (1917; 6 pp.) from 10 to 14 August. |
1919-08 | England | Christchurch (Twynham) | Completes the composition of the Sonata no. 1 for Piano (1919; 42 pp.) on 5 August. |
1920-08 | England | Bournemouth (Dorset) | Stays at the Boscombe Pier Hotel, arriving on 21 August at the earliest. |
1921-06 | France | Paris | Gives the first performance of the Trois poèmes pour chant et piano (1918, 1919; 9 pp.) at the Société Musicale Indépendante with Marthe Martine. |
1922-02 | Austria | Vienna | Arrives in Vienna on 2 January at the latest to give the first performances of the Sonata no. 1 for Piano (1919; 42 pp.) and the Sonata seconda for Piano (1920; 49 pp.) and stays until 13 January at the earliest. |
1922-02 | Italy | Palermo, Cefalù | Travels with his mother on what he said was his third visit to Italy (previous dates unknown). |
1922-07 | England | Bournemouth (Dorset) | Leaves on 24 July for a holiday at the Boscombe Pier Hotel. |
1922-02 | France | Paris | Travels with his mother. |
1926-11 | Italy | Rome | Leaves on 26 November at the earliest. |
1929-01 | Italy | Rome | Spends some time in Rome. |
1929-02 | Italy | Rome, Palermo | Arrives in Rome in January and composes the Sonata IV for Piano (1928-29; 111 pp.), completing it on 22 March. |
1930-03 | Scotland | Glasgow | Takes the train on 31 March and gives the first performance of the Sonata IV for Piano (1928-29; 111 pp.); returns on 2 April. |
1930-05 | Scotland | Glasgow | Visits Erik Chisholm on 23 May. |
1930-06 | England | Bournemouth (Dorset) | Plays Opus clavicembalisticum (1929-30; 253 pp.) for Erik Chisholm in Price’s private sitting room. |
1930-07 | England | Corfe Castle (Dorset) | Takes a holiday until 14 August. |
1930-09 | England | Wells (Somerset) | Spent a weekend with his mother. |
1930-10 | Returns home after an absence at an unspecified location. | ||
1930-12 | Scotland | Glasgow | Gives the first performance of Opus clavicembalisticum (1929-30; 253 pp.) and leaves on 8 December. |
1931-02 | Italy | Rome | Arrives on 23 February and leaves for Paris on 31 March, probably with his mother; returns to Paris on 31 March and returns to London on 8 April. |
1931-02 | France | Paris | Returns to London on 8 April. |
1931-04 | Scotland | Glasgow | Arrives on 28 April and gives the first performance of Nocturne, “Jāmī” (1928; 28 pp.) on 29 April. |
1931-08 | England | Corfe Castle (Dorset) | Takes a holiday. |
1932-06 | England | Corfe Castle (Dorset) | Arrives no later than on 24 June. |
1932-07 | India | Bombay | Stays in Bombay with his mother until 7 December to settle matters relating to his father’s estate. |
1933-05 | India | Bombay | Leaves from Genoa with his mother on 29 May and returns on 11 January 1934. |
1934-07 | England | Corfe Castle (Dorset) | Leaves London on 17 July. |
1934-11 | England | Liverpool | Takes an excursion to Liverpool Cathedral to see the organ. |
1935-07 | England | Salisbury (Wiltshire) | Takes an excursion to Salisbury Cathedral to see the organ. |
1936-11 | England | Liverpool | Takes an excursion to Liverpool to see the organ at St. George’s Hall. |
1936-12 | Scotland | Glasgow | Gives the first performance of the Toccata seconda per pianoforte (1933-34; 111 pp.). |
1937-01 | Italy | Rome, Palermo | Leaves Rome for Palermo on 12 January and returns to Rome around 21 January; departs for London around 27 January. |
1938-04 | Italy | Rome, Palermo | Leaves on 15 April at the earliest and returns in June at the earliest. Stays with his mother at the Albergo Internazionale, via Sistora 79, Rome. |
1938-07 | England | Corfe Castle (Dorset) | Arrives on 18 July. |
1939-04 | France | Paris | Arrives on 15 April at the earliest and spends Whitsun in Paris and goes to Chartres. |
1939-04 | Germany | Berlin | Spends Easter and returns to London on 14 April. |
1939-09 | England | Corfe Castle (Dorset) | Returns to London on 2 September at the latest. |
1947-06 | England | Corfe Castle (Dorset) | Arrives in early June and intends to stay well into August. |
1947-09 | Italy | May have travelled to Italy. | |
1950-12 | England | Bournemouth (Dorset) | Meets Erik Chisholm. |
1951-11 | England | Corfe Castle (Dorset) | Starts renting a house named Rowbarrow. |
1953-12 | England | London | Spends Christmas with his mother, returning to Corfe Castle on 28 December. |
1955-07 | England | York(shire) | Spends a fortnight in Yorkshire. |
1956-07 | England | Robin Hood’s Bay (Yorkshire) | Stays at the Victoria Hotel around 25 July. |
1957-07 | England | Robin Hood’s Bay (Yorkshire) | Stays at the Victoria Hotel around 23 July. |
1959-05 | England | London | Arrives on 23 May and spends a fortnight, after which a trip to Barnstaple, North Devon (where his friend Frank Holliday lived) is planned. |
1960-02 | England | London | Spends a fortnight and plans to return to Corfe Castle on 26 February. |
1961-06 | England | Tunbridge Wells (Kent) | Visits (unidentified) friends at their cottage. |
1962-06 | England | Canterbury (Kent) | Visits the cathedral. |
1967-11 | England | Eastbourne (East Sussex) | Pays a visit to his eye doctor. |
1986-06 | England | Poole (Dorset) | Is admitted to Poole General Hospital on 6 June. |
1986-07 | England | Wareham (Dorset) | Is admitted to Christmas Close Hospital and returns to The Eye on 15 October. |
1986-10 | England | Wareham (Dorset) | Is readmitted to Christmas Close Hospital. |
1987-03 | England | Winfrith Newburgh (Dorset) | Moves to a nursing home, Marley House, where he dies on 15 October 1988. |
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