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Collection Area Music Collections Name Oliver, Stephen Michael Harding, composer, 1950-1992

1. MS Mus. 1223

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1223
Title:
Stephen Oliver: 'Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old'
Scope & Content:
Opera for soloists, chorus and piano; April 1966. Vocal score, in ink.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1966
Extent:
1 volume (38 folios)

2. MS Mus. 1223-1399

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1223-1399
Title:
Stephen Oliver Collection
Scope & Content:
Music manuscripts and papers of the composer Stephen Oliver (1950-1992). All autograph except where specified otherwise. Within each category, works are arranged in the order in which they appear in the composer’s own catalogue of his compositions (MS Mus. 1399). Dates of works have also gener...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955-1995
Extent:
177 volumes

3. MS Mus. 1224-1225

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1224-1225
Title:
Stephen Oliver: 'Doctor Faustus'
Scope & Content:
Opera, words selected from Christopher Marlowe; January-February 1967.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967
Extent:
2 volumes

4. MS Mus. 1226

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1226
Title:
Stephen Oliver: 'Comus'
Scope & Content:
Incidental music for the masque by John Milton, for soloists, chorus and orchestra; 1967, revised 1968. Full score with annotations (ff. 1-52v); Overture, in full score, subtitled ‘House Music Competitions: Instrumental!’ (ff. 53-57); Overture, revised and dated 8 July 1968 (ff. 58-70); Violin 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-1968
Extent:
1 volume (72 folios)

5. MS Mus. 1227

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1227
Title:
Stephen Oliver: 'The Birds'
Scope & Content:
Incidental music, words by Aristophanes, English translation by Christopher Moxley; September 1968. Full score with annotations.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

6. MS Mus. 1228

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1228
Title:
Stephen Oliver: 'All the tea in China'
Scope & Content:
Opera, based on a play by Wilfred Harvey; December 1968-January 1969. Typescript libretto (ff. 1-5) and full score with annotations (ff. 6-94).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968-1969
Extent:
1 volume (94 folios)

7. MS Mus. 1233

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1233
Title:
Stephen Oliver: 'A Phoenix too Frequent' and 'The Enchanted Shirt'
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-51. 'A Phoenix too Frequent', opera, for soprano, alto, baritone and piano, libretto by Christopher Fry; May-June 1970. Photocopy of autograph vocal score (incomplete), with manuscript annotations. ff. 52-84. 'The Enchanted Shirt', operetta for schoolchildren, words by the composer’s gran...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)

8. MS Mus. 1234-1236

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1234-1236
Title:
Stephen Oliver: 'The Duchess of Malfi'
Scope & Content:
Opera, words by John Webster; composed July-August 1971, revised 1978. Published by Chester Novello.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1971-1978
Extent:
3 volumes

9. MS Mus. 1237

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1237
Title:
Stephen Oliver: 'The Three Wise Monkeys'
Scope & Content:
Opera, libretto by David Pountney, for voices, piano, organ, guitar and percussion; October 1972. Photocopy of autograph full score.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1972
Extent:
1 volume (29 folios)

10. MS Mus. 1238

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1238
Title:
Stephen Oliver: 'The Dissolute Punished', and 'Three Instant Operas for Children'
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-40. 'The Dissolute Punished', opera; May-July 1972. Libretto (ff. 1-15); 'Prologue: a dialogue between Jupiter and Cupid', for soprano, tenor and instrumental ensemble (ff. 16-40); photocopy of full score. ff. 41-60. 'Three Instant Operas for Children', for voices, piano and percussion; ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1972-1973
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)