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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50361-50366
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. I-VI. 'A Sea Symphony'; composed 1903-1909. First performed at the Leeds Festival, 12 Oct. 1910. Vocal score published 1909; vocal score, revised version, 1918; full score 1924. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 51-7; Dickinson, 1962, pp. 179-81; 1963, pp. 181-9.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1903-1909
Extent:: 27 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50367-50368
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. VII, VIII. 'A London Symphony'; original version completed bef. end 1913. First performed at the Queen's Hall, London, 27 Mar. 1914. The original full score was sent to Fritz Busch in Germany in July 1914 and not recovered after the outbreak of war. A full score reconstructed by the composer and several assistants from the band parts is now Add. MS. 51317 A-D. Movements II-IV were revised by the composer between 1918 and 1920 and the revised version was pu...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50370 A-B
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. X A, B. Symphony no. 4 in F minor; composed 1931-1934. Partly autograph. First performed at the Queen's Hall, London, 10 Apr. 1935. Arranged for two pianos. Full score published 1935. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 157-60; Dickinson, 1962, pp. 185-6, and 1963, pp. 291-309. The autograph full score is Add. MS. 50140; Add. MS. 62995 comprises copies of this.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931-1935
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50371-50372
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XI, XII. Symphony no. 5 in D major; composed 1938-1943. First performed at the Royal Albert Hall, 24 June 1943. Full score published 1946, revised full score 1961. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 183-4; Dickinson, 1962, p. 186, and 1963, pp. 309-20.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1938-1943
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50373-50374
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XIII, XIV. Symphony no. 6 in E minor; composed 1944-1947. First performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 21 Apr. 1948. Full score published 1948; revised impression 1950. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 190-4; Dickinson, 1962, pp. 186-7; 1963, pp. 320-35. The autograph full score is Add. MS. 58072. See also Add. MS. 61741, f. 5.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1944-1963
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50375 A-C
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XV A-C. Symphony no. 7, 'Sinfonia Antartica'; composed 1949-1952. First performed at the Manchester Free Trade Hall, 14 Jan. 1953. Full score published 1953. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 223-7; Dickinson, 1962, pp. 187-8; 1963, pp. 380-9. See Add. MS. 71176 (formerly Royal Philharmonic Society MS. Supplement 6), the autograph full score, and sketches in 50482 B, ff. 4-4b. See also Add. MSS. 50431, 52289, and 59537, for the film music for 'Scott of the Antarctic' on w...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1949-1963
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50376-50377
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XVI, XVII. Symphony no. 8 in D minor; composed 1953-1955. First performed at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 2 May 1956. Full score published 1956. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 235-40; Dickinson, 1962, pp. 188-9, and 1963, pp. 390-8. The final autograph full score is Add. MS. 57338. Further sketches are in 50390, ff. 9b-12.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1953-1955
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50378-50384
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XVIII-XXIV. Symphony no. 9 in E minor; composed 1956-1957, but later revised. First performed at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 2 Apr. 1958. Full score published 1958. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 246-52; Dickinson, 1962, pp. 189-91; 1963, pp. 398-410. See also Add. MS. 65188, ff. 15-16.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1963
Extent:: 27 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50386 A-C
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XXVI A-C. Suite for viola and orchestra. Full score. Partly autograph. First performed at the Queen's Hall, London, 12 Nov. 1934. Published, with accompaniment arranged for piano, 1936, and in full score, 1966. Kennedy, 1982, p. 155; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 429-30. Three notebooks.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1934
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50387-50388
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XXVII, XXVIII. Concerto in A minor for oboe and strings, etc. First performed at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 30 Sept. 1944. Published, with accompaniment arranged for piano, 1947, and in full score, 1967. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 185-6; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 421-2.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1944
Extent:: 2 items

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