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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47837
Title:
Scope & Content:: GUSTAV HOLST COLLECTION. Vol. XXXIV (ff. 14). Notebook of sketches; 1929-1931. Included are tunes noted on Holst's Italian journey early in 1929, ff. 1b-3 (one idea on f. 2b was used for the Scherzo of the Double Concerto, op. 49) and sketches for 'Hammersmith', op. 52, f. 4, 'The Tale of the Wa...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1929-1931
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47838
Title:
Scope & Content:: GUSTAV HOLST COI.LECTION. Vol. XXXV (ff. 16). Notebook of sketches; [1933]-1934. Included are sketches for Holst's unfinished music for a Hollywood pageant, 'The Song of Solomon', ff. 2b-6b, and fragments for the Unfinished Symphony, ff. 1-1b, 7-7b. I. Holst, App. IV, 8.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1933]-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47839 A-H
Title:: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: chorus parts for the St Matthew Passion; 1827-1829. Eight part-books, containing the Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass parts of Chorus 1 and Chorus 2 respectively, all except B and C in different hands; one leaf containing the chorale 'Wer hat dich so geschlagen' has been added to all the books. The part-books were among those used for the first public performance since Bach's death of the St Matthew Passion at the Singakademie in Berlin on 11 March 1829 under Mendelssohn'...
Scope & Content:: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Chorus parts of the St Matthew Passion used for his performance in 1829: 1827-1829. Johann Sebastian Bach, composer: Chorus parts for the St Matthew Passion: 1827-1829.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1827-1829
Extent:: 8 items