TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. xiv, xv. 'A Song of Liberty', for chorus and orchestra (words, William Blake, from 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'); 1937. Two volumes.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. xvi, xvii. Sonata no. 1 for piano, originally called 'Fantasy Sonata'; 1938, 1954. Partly copy and printed. First published 1942; revised version published 1954. Two volumes.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xviii. 'Robert of Sicily', children's opera in ten scenes (words by Christopher Fry), music arranged by Tippett from traditional sources; 1938. ff. ii+29. 1. ff. ii-14. Typewritten libretto. Overall size 263 x 205mm. 2. ff. 15-29. Ink full score, dated 1 Mar...
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. xix, xx. 'Seven at one Stroke', play for children (words by Christopher Fry), music arranged by Tippett from traditional sources; 1939. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Christopher Fry, dramatist: Musical works by Sir M. K. Tippett , to words by Christopher Fry: 1930-1939.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxi. Pencil sketches for the second and third movements of the Concerto for Double String Orchestra (ff. 1, 3) and for 'Seven at one Stroke' (f. 2); circa 1939. For pencil and ink scores of the Concerto see Add. 61750, 61751. For full and vocal scores of 'Seven...
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxii. Pencil sketches mainly for 'The Midsummer Marriage' but also for the Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli (ff. 22v-23); 1946-1953? For other MSS. of 'The Midsummer Marriage' see Add. 53771, 61766 and of the Fantasia Concertante see Add. 61769. ff. ...
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxiii. Concert opening and ending for Sosostris' Air from 'The Midsummer Marriage'; n.d. Ink full score with pencil annotations. ff. 2. 357 x 264mm.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. xxiv, xxv. Alternative finale for 'Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles', later discarded in favour of a revised version of the original finale; 1948. See also Add. 61767. Two volumes. 365 x 270mm.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxvi. Sketches for the Concerto for piano and orchestra (1953-1955) and various other works; 1946-1978, n.d. Mainly pencil. The concerto was first performed at Birmingham Town Hall, 6 Oct. 1956. Pencil score at the Barber Institute for Fine Arts, Birmingham. Fu...
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxvii. Two sketches for an orchestral work, 'Masque of the Queens'; n.d. Pencil score with a few ink annotations. Apparently incomplete. One sketch (ff. 2-3v), headed 'Interlude I', is an arrangement of 'Fairest Isle' from King Arthur by Henry Purcell (see also...