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Collection Area Music Collections Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1078-1112 Name Shaw, Christopher, pianist and composer

1. MS Mus. 1078

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1078
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1078. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. i. Cantatas; 1950-1985. ff. 125. 600 x 420mm. 1. ff. 1-36. ‘Croagh Patrick’, cantata (words, Edward Fawcett) for alto and baritone soloists, speaker, strings and timpani; 1950, revised 1954. Full score in ink (ff. 1-21), alto part with piano...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950-1985
Extent:
1 item

2. MS Mus. 1078-1112

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1078-1112
Title:
MSS Mus. 1078-1112. Christopher Shaw Collection: Music manuscripts and papers of the composer Christopher Shaw (b.1924, d.1995); circa 1930-1995. Autograph scores. Compositions, arrangements, correspondence and concert programmes. Names of correspondents are included in the index to this catalogue. Associated sound recordings have been transferred to the British Library Sound Archive. Presented by Belinda Crothers and other nieces of Christopher Shaw, 11 June 2004. Thirty-five volumes...
Scope & Content:
Christopher Shaw, pianist and composer: Music manuscripts and papers: circa 1930-1995.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1930-1995
Extent:
35 items

3. MS Mus. 1079

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1079
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1079. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. ii. ‘Garden songs’, also known as ‘In praise of gardens’, cantata for tenor solo, chorus, organ and piano; 1975, revised and orchestrated 1977-78. Full score of original version (ff. 1-38) and orchestral full score (ff. 39-88), rehearsal and perf...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1975-1978
Extent:
1 item

4. MS Mus. 1080

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1080
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1080. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. iii. Vocal music; 1956-1991. Some in oblong format. ff. i + 118. 300 x 425mm. 1. ff. 1-7r. ‘A Love-Song’ (words ‘To Chloë’ by William Cartwright) for voice, guitar or lute and cello; 1984. Two pencil scores and two ink scores. Dedicated to...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1956-1991
Extent:
1 item

5. MS Mus. 1081

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1081
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1081. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. iv. Songs; 1944-1983. ff. 116. 390 x 300mm. 1. ff. 1-8v. ‘Aubade’ (words, Shakespeare and Thomas Heywood, first words ‘Hark, hark the lark at heaven’s gate sings’ and ‘Pack, clouds, away’) for soprano, two violins and harpsichord; 1951. Scor...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944-1983
Extent:
1 item

6. MS Mus. 1082

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1082
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1082. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. v. Instrumental music; 1947-1973. ff. 113. 395 x 300mm. 1. ff. 1-7v. Variations on a theme by Béla Bartók, for piano; 1947, revised 1948. In ink. 2. ff. 9-15v. Suite in E, for piano; 1948. In ink. 3. ff. 16-47r. Sonata for clarinet and ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1973
Extent:
1 item

7. MS Mus. 1083

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1083
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1083. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. vi. Instrumental music; 1971-1995. ff. 117. 380 x 290mm. 1. ff. 1-42r. Fantasia for piano; 1978-80. Inscribed ‘To Tim’ [sc. O. W. Neighbour]. Pencil draft (ff. 1-15), final version in ink with pencil annotations (ff. 16-28), photocopy with ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1971-1995
Extent:
1 item

8. MS Mus. 1084

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1084
Title:
Christopher Shaw: Incidental music and film music
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-35r. ‘Sestriere-1949’, music for a film, for strings, woodwinds, two horns, piano, percussion and accordeon; 1951. Ink score. 2. ff. 36-65. ‘Cymbeline: suite of incidental music for Shakespeare’s play’, for chamber ensemble; 1951. For the Festival of Britain Oxford University Festival ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1955
Extent:
1 volume (i + 90 folios)

9. MS Mus. 1085

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1085
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1085. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. viii. Editions and arrangements; 1969-1992. ff. 163. 400 x 300mm. 1. ff. 1-5. Ludwig van Beethoven: ‘Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur’ (‘Creation’s Hymn’), arranged for mixed chorus and piano; 1971. Words in English. Arranged for the funeral o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1969-1992
Extent:
1 item

10. MS Mus. 1086

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1086
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1086. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. ix. Editions and arrangements; 1970-1992. Some in oblong format. ff. 19. 310 x 360mm. 1. ff. 1-6. Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘Trio super “Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend”’, BWV 655, arranged for two violins and continuo; May 1992. Pencil and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1992
Extent:
1 item