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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49636
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Scope & Content:: J. L. STEPHEN COLLECTION. Vol. IV (ff. ii+121). 'Book no: 4.' (f. i); 1914-1921, 1926, 1933.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1914-1933
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49637
Title:
Scope & Content:: J. L. STEPHEN COLLECTION. Vol. V (ff. i+395). 1. ff. 1-8b. Correspondence relating to the stringing and tuning of a harp-lute; 1946. Partly signed and printed. 2. ff. 9-145b. Notes from published works on the history of keyboard instruments; compiled 1934-1936. 3. ff. 146-395. Notes of Bri...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1918-1951
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49973-49974
Title:: ELGAR SKETCHES
Scope & Content:: Sketches, drafts and copies of compositions by Sir Edward Elgar, O.M.; 1872-1933. Mostly autograph. Supplement Add. MSS. 47900-47908. See D. M. McVeagh, Edward Elgar, 1955, and M. Kennedy, Portrait of Elgar, 1968. Presented by Mrs Carice Irene Blake, daughter of the composer. Two volumes, one ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1872-1933
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49973 A
Title:
Scope & Content:: ELGAR SKETCHES. Vol. I A (ff. i+140). Sketches, drafts, and fair copies of early works; 1872-1887. Viz.:- (1) Song, 'The Language of Flowers'; 'May 29, 1872'. ff. 1-4;- (2) 'Chantant', for piano. ff. 6-8;- (3) Sacred vocal music:- (a) 'Stabat Mater' in F, tenor and bass parts only. ff. 9, 10...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1872-1887
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49973 B
Title:
Scope & Content:: ELGAR SKETCHES. Vol. I B (ff. 92). Sketches and drafts; 1890-1907. Viz.:- (1) Partsong, 'My love dwelt in a northern land'. Sketch in short score. ff. 2-3;- (2) Partsong, 'O Happy Eyes', op. 18, no. 1. Imperfect. ff. 3, 11;- (3) 'Étude caractéristique' in E flat for violin, op. 24, no. 2. ff. 5b...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1890-1907
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49974 A
Title:
Scope & Content:: ELGAR SKETCHES. Vol. II A (ff. iii+95). Violin concerto in B minor, op. 61; 1909-1910. Rough sketches, mostly on three staves:- (1) First movement. Sketches and (ff. 19-35) solo violin part. Includes (ff. 11b, 12b) brief sketches for the third movement. ff. 1-35;- (2) Second Movement. f. 36;- ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1909-1910
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49974 B
Title:
Scope & Content:: ELGAR SKETCHES. Vol. II B (ff. 60). Sketches and drafts;circa 1918-1933. Viz.:- (1) Piano trio; '21st Sep. 1920' (f. 2). ff. 2-7;- (2) Sketch made at 'Brinkwells' of the Piano Quintet in A minor, op. 84. f. 9;- (3) Sketch for the Third Symphony, and sketch of a Fugue for violin. f. 9b;- (4) Sk...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1918-1933
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49974 C
Title:
Scope & Content:: ELGAR SKETCHES. Vol. II C (ff. 18). Notebook; bef. 1908-1933. It is uncertain if any of the unidentified sketches relate to the projected three act opera, 'Enoch Arden', noted on f. 2. Included are sketches for:- (a) Violin concerto in B minor, op. 61. f. 2 reversed;- (b) 'Hymn to the Creator'...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: before 1908-1933
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49974 D
Title:
Scope & Content:: ELGAR SKETCHES. Vol. II D. Notebook containing sketches and drafts for unfinished works; circa ‘Nov. 1. 1887' (f. ii). Imperfect, by the loss of pp. 3-52, 73-126 of an original pagination up to p. 136. As follows:- (1) Opening of a Sonata in D minor for violin and piano. ff. 1, 1b;- (2) Plan a...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c ‘Nov 1. 1887
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49995
Title:: 'INTERLUDE. FROM CHINESE SYMPHONY', amended to 'Interlude. from Choral Symphony, based on poems from the Chinese' (f. 1), with another title (f. 2) 'Interlude. (Nocturne) from Choral Symphony'; a fair copy in the hand of Philip Heseltine (initialled with a Greek Φ , f. 1) of instrumental passages from the Choral Symphony, op. 6, composed by Bernard van Dieren in 1914; 1916. Full score, partly in green ink. On f. 2, above the title, is added 'to Philip Heseltine', in the hand of van Dieren....
Scope & Content:: Philip Arnold Heseltine, alias 'Peter Warlock'; composer: Copies by: 1916. Bernard Van Dieren, composer: Interlude from his Choral Symphony: 1914: Copy, by P. Heseltine, 1916.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1916
Extent:: 1 item

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