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51. Add MS 50409-50410

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Add MS 50409-50410
Title:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XLIX, L. 'Sir John in Love', opera based on Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'; composed 1924-1928, with later additions. First performed at the Royal College of Music, 21 Mar. 1929. Vocal score published 1930. See also 50450, 'In Windsor Forest', Add. MS. 54187 C, f. 11b, a sketch for Act II, and Add. MSS. 69454-69456. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 126-33; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 258-71.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
6 items

52. Add MS 50412-50415

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Add MS 50412-50415
Title:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. LII-LV. 'The Poisoned Kiss', a 'Romantic Extravaganza'; composed 1927-1929, but later revised. Libretto adapted by Evelyn Sharp from a story by Richard Garnett. First performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, 18 May 1936. Vocal score published 1936. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 166-7; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 271-6.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927-1929
Extent:
7 items

53. Add MS 50416-50417

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Add MS 50416-50417
Title:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. LVI, LVII. 'Riders to the Sea', setting of the play by John Millington Synge; composed 1925-1932. First performed at the Royal College of Music, 30 Nov. 1937. Vocal score published 1936. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 168-9; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 276-90. See also 50412 A, f. 4b; 50481, f. 68b; 50482 A, f. 1.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925-1932
Extent:
2 items

54. Add MS 50418-50420

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Add MS 50418-50420
Title:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. LVIII-LX. 'The Pilgrim's Progress'; 1906-1952. Libretto adapted by the composer from John Bunyan. Vocal score published 1952. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 39-40, 182-3, 204-21; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 358-69. See also Add. MSS. 50481, ff. 17-61b; 50482 B, ff. 9-10; 63491; 69448 A, B; 70934; 71123.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1952
Extent:
5 items

55. Add MS 50422-50423

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Title:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. LXII, LXIII. '49th Parallel', music for the film produced and directed by Michael Powell; composed 1940-1941. Autograph. Film first shown, 8 Oct. 1941. The suite arranged from the film music was performed in Prague, 1946. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 178-80; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 436-7. See also Add. MSS. 50480, ff. 53-59; 57293, ff. 6-17.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940-1941
Extent:
12 items

56. Add MS 50424-50426

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Add MS 50424-50426
Title:
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Music for the film Coastal Command (1942), produced by Ian Dalrymple
Scope & Content:
A Crown Film Unit production, first shown, 16 Oct. 1942. The suite arranged by Muir Mathieson from the film music was first performed at Manchester (broadcast), 17 Sept. 1942. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 181-2; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 438-41. See also Add. MS. 71219.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
7 items

57. Add MS 50427-50428

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Title:
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Music for the film The People's Land (1943), on the work of the National Trust, produced by Donald Taylor
Scope & Content:
Possibly begun as early as 1941. Autograph. Based on traditional tunes. Film first shown privately, 17 Mar. 1943. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 184-5; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 441-2.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1941-1943]
Extent:
3 items

58. Add MS 50429-50430

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Add MS 50429-50430
Title:
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Music for the film The Flemish Farm (1943), directed by Jeffrey Dell
Scope & Content:
A Two Cities Film, first shown, 12 Aug. 1943. The suite arranged from the film music was first performed at the Royal Albert Hall, 31 July 1945. Kennedy, 1982, p. 185; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 442-4.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1943
Extent:
4 items

59. Add MS 50434-50435

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Add MS 50434-50435
Title:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. LXXIV, LXXV. 'Willow Wood', cantata for baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra; composed 1902-1903, revised 1908. Words by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 19-20; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 149-51.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1908
Extent:
2 items

60. Add MS 50438 A-B

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Add MS 50438 A-B
Title:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. LXXVIII A, B. 'Songs of Travel', Book I of the song-cycle containing 'The Vagabond', 'Bright is the ring of words', and 'The Roadside Fire'. Words by Robert Louis Stevenson. Orchestral version, 1905. First performed with piano accompaniment at the Bechstein Hall, London, 2 Dec. 1904, and published in this form 1905. See also Add. MSS. 50480, ff. 13-14, 76-81b; 59796, ff. 7-9; 62906, ff. 7-12; 72073, ff. 9-12. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 27-9; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 15...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
2 items